Driven Subsurface Engineering Leader Optimizing Safety & EfficiencyAccomplished and motivated senior project manager leveraging over 25 years of experience spearheading subsurface utility engineering initiatives that mitigate risk and safeguard infrastructure integrity. Exceptionally dedicated utility coordination expert progression from locating and mapping to rehabilitation and damage prevention.Masterful assembling and leading high-performance teams that collaborate seamlessly to deliver projects ahead of schedule and under budget through excellent communication, planning, and productivity optimization. Absolute commitment to construction safety and asset longevity, continuously pioneering new subsurface investigation technologies and methodologies.Broad industry knowledge and professional connections facilitate immediate positive impacts streamlining project workflows. Complex multifaceted ventures are systematically broken down into manageable components and actionable solutions that satisfy stakeholders. Known for resolving issues creatively to generate win-win partnerships with clients and contractors.Core Competencies:Utility Coordination & RelocationConstruction Planning & LogisticsLeadership, Mentorship & MotivationProcess Improvement & Efficiency GainsTechnical Writing & Presentation SkillsBuilding Effective Working Relationships

• Initiate and maintain contact with key personnel and officials of organizations and companies. This includes coordinating with municipalities to obtain proper certifications/permits, and maintaining/developing client relationships.• Plan, organize, train, and supervise crews, technicians and other staff members.• Administer contracts and manage projects, interpret, organize, execute and coordinate assignments.• Schedule and assign work to meet completion date.• Plan and develop SUE projects with unique or complex problems, explore subject area, investigate and develop novel concepts and approaches.• Developing and monitoring project scope, budget, schedule and quality control for SUE projects from the proposal stage through final deliverables.• Planning of SUE crew schedules and coordination with other departments to ensure the proper allocation of personnel and resources to meet project deadlines.• Responsible for safety coordination of SUE effort.

Jim serves as Pilot-in-Command and/or Visual Observer of the sUAS, while operating aircraft safely and effectively in accordance with all McCarty Drone Group policies and procedures.• In addition to facilitating hazard identification and safety risk analysis, Jim coordinates flight schedules, logistics, FAA airspace approvals, and maintenance.• Performing field maintenance and routine preventive maintenance on aircraft, sensors, and support equipment is a key to safe flight and keeping equipment in proper working order.• Plan and execute missions with various flight control software (DJI, Litchi, Pix4DCapture, Autopilot, Mission Planner etc.)• Process and check data captured (Pix4D, ArcMap, Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, etc.)• Upload captured data to the appropriate location on Client/Company FTP sites.

• Staff Utilization & Budgetary Controls• Invoicing, Accounts Receivables• Capital Purchases / Supply / Inventory Audit & Control• Consultant Contact Liaison• Civil Design, CMAR, DBE, D.O.T. Municipal Jurisdictions• Sales Generation / Procurement / Client Outreach• Project Administration & QA/QC Review• Business Development / Marketing• SOQ, RFP Preparation• Contract Negotiations / Scope & Fee / Insurance Certificates• Established long term relationships and familiarity with major utility owners including the City ofPhoenix, City of Las Vegas, City of Mesa , City of Henderson, LVVWD, Southern NevadaWater Authority & Clark County, Salt River Project, Nevada, Energy, Southwest Gas, and numerous SID & GID• Work with all major public & private utility companies and their representatives in Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, California & Texas

Responsible for delivering projects within agreed scope, budget, schedule &customer expectations. Doing this whilst supervising, directing & motivatingteams of employees and multi-discipline contractors.* Responsible for Business Development activities within the SUE Division forArizona, Nevada, California, Texas and Colorado.* Created and managed the process of creating Statement of Qualificationsand contract creation to secure new and follow-on S.U.E. Projects. * Define and initiate projects, to manage cost, schedule, and performance ofMunicipal and DOT projects, while working to ensure DBE goals are achieved. * Read and Interpret engineering plans, OSP Plans, Buried Facility Maps, As-built drawings and shop sketches. * Over the past 12 years, successfully performed hundreds of undergroundutility excavation and engineering projects that have involved designatingover 11 million linear feet of utilities and over 52,000 potholes for utilitylocations.; I have successfully completedmore than 230 Job Orders, including excavating 2,435 potholes whilemaintaining a 99.7% on-time completion rate.* I have established long-term relationships and familiarity with all of themajor utility agencies throughout Arizona.

Interpret a variety of utility maps and operate various equipment includingline tracer, electronic and magnetic pipe locators to locate subsurfacefacilities in public streets, alleys, utility easement and right-of-ways. * Maintain daily logbook and prepare various reports and simple sketches anddrawings. * Calculate distances to ensure exact locations, mark the location of utilitiesusing locating equipment, paint and line tracers. * Contact contractors and new customers to schedule appointments forsubsurface utility locating.

* Respond to Accelerated Response Emergency situations to give informationand utility locations to contractors, City employees to prevent furtherdamage and lessen health and safety hazards. * Train utility locating personnel in the policies, procedures, equipment andpertinent rules and regulations used in locating underground utilities.Relevant ProjectExperience * Valley Metro Rail –(Light Rail Transit)