Eric R. Email & Phone Number

Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area

Lubbock, Texas

• Currently under the Advanced Planning Design Engineer.• Performs engineering design work such as layouts, sketches, schematics, plans, specifications, estimates, drafting, pavement designs, utility coordination, change orders and contracts. Develop and/or oversee all aspects of Plans Specification and Estimate development including but not limited to: public meetings/hearings; coordinating with government officials, utilities, consultants, and other TxDOT offices when required; maintaining appropriate project files and documentation; minimize design errors; meeting deadlines.• Reviews/processes contracts, specifications, plans, estimates and proposals including but not limited to: ensuring compliance with current engineering practices, guidelines, policies, manuals, rules and regulations; minimizing project after-let design error change orders; meeting deadlines• Provides support and training in the areas of roadway design, hydrology/hydraulics, traffic engineering, drafting and computer-aided design software.• Collect field survey data using Trimble R10 equipment• Development of procedures for Microstation.• Train new Engineer in Training personnel and CAD designers.

Austin, Texas

Working as General Engineering Consultant for ROW/Utilities on I-35 Mobility Project.•Overall coordination of utility adjustment process for roadway and utility improvement projects•Assists with design activities by attending meetings, reviewing documents, coordinating activities, ensuring all parties receive and review ongoing information, facilitating site visits, improving coordination, and identifying right of way easements•Researched prior rights issues and franchise agreement issues•Assists with construction activities by improving coordination, identifying roles, assigning responsibilities, obtaining schedules, and resolving conflicts•Utility records research•Utility conflict determination and conflict resolution•Utility permitting (preparation and submittal)•Prepare Utility Agreement Assemblies (complete including forms,•Track and monitor progress of the permitting and relocation efforts•Prepare Joint Use Agreements•Prepare and/or verifying Record (As-built) drawings•Prepare cost estimates (material and labor)•Prepare quantity calculations•Prepare invoices with all required back-up for submittal to governmental agency for reimbursement to Utility

Amarilllo, District Headquarter

• Coordinate and monitor all technical work related to new utility installations for state and federally funded utility adjustments and relocations• Performed legal and technical review analysis of schematics, utility adjustment plans and cost estimates, maps, surveys, field notes, property descriptions, pre-appraisal and appraisals, titles and/or deeds.• Implemented and interpreted Department policies and procedures as they related to utility adjustments, relocations, negotiations, reimbursements and compliance with applicable state and federal laws.• Established liaison with and coordinated activities between the Department, federal agencies, utility companies, and other entities.• Met with utility representatives and other entities to explain the utility accommodation policy and relocation and reimbursement processes, negotiate, answer questions and to resolve problems.• Monitored the installation/removal, adjustment or relocation of utilities.• Reviewed agreements, plans, specifications and billings submitted by the utility companies.• Reviewed and processed new utility installation permits.• Developed, maintained and updated utility relocation schedules.• Reviewed current projects for progress and pending projects for planning purposes; advises and trains others on policies and procedures.• Performed audits that determined eligibility requirements for payment of relocation reimbursements.• Measured, coordinated and calculated payments such as betterment ratios, eligibility percentages, supplements, market value comparisons and relocation costs.• Coordinated the execution of relocation and/or condemnation papers with Department payment processing personnel, property owners and/or title companies for commitment and closure.

Amarillo Area Engineering Office

• Reviewed and inspected all utility permits also designed using a CAD software, reviewed and enforced all driveway permits for this area.• Performed transportation engineering operations such as construction inspection; complex maintenance contract inspection; highly advanced design; traffic engineering design and data analysis; surveying; bridge inspection; bridge structural analysis; construction record auditing• Plan review; Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E) processing; review and maintenance of shop drawings; traffic control inspection and planning; light and heavy equipment operation. • This work required application of engineering principles.

Amarillo Texas District Office

• Serving on a survey crew. I learned and utilized all survey equipment, insured proper maintenance and storage. This equipment includes Trimble data collectors, Trimble VRS antennas, Geodimeter total stations, and rod and levels. • Performed intermediate drafting and design work which includes maintaining field books with data collected in field, taking all data collected in the field with GPS equipment and convert it into usable information to be used in Microstation to create 2D and 3D DGN TIN files. • Assisted in the issuance of utility permits with the District Utility Coordinator and made sure these permits were in accordance with TxDOT’s Utility Accommodation policy. • Reviewed and completed unfinished R.O.W maps with R.O.W.I.S to search for and insure all deed information was correct before submitting the final copy to Austin. After final acceptance I would upload these R.O.W. maps into our U.I.R GIS system.

Amarillo Texas, (City Hall)

• Assisted with directing projects that ranged from $10,000 to the Potter County Well Field project that was an estimated 80 million, • Development and implementation of design and engineering. • Implemented new technology to assist project reps. with documenting all aspects of a project from GPS data collection to new software for conformed drawings.• Minor Design work with Microstation.• Inspected all aspect of projects that were assigned.• Liaison between the City of Amarillo and Landowners.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Physical Sciences

Activities and Societies: Science Club

High School Diploma

Engineering