Various Positions
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Rail Division Engineering and Safety Branch Staff Engineer August 1999 to July 2000• Designed planimetric at-grade railroad crossing signals and coordinated design plans and project funding with railroad companies• Reviewed engineering plans for sound engineering practices & principles for encroachment requests on state right-of-way; field investigated sites; and responded to written inquiriesDesign Services Encroachment Review Engineer June 1995 to August 1997• Supervised engineering squad, streamlined review process, and increased production 10%• Developed and implemented tracking Access database for reviewing hundreds of encroachment engineering plans (structural, roadway, site, traffic, utility, etc.) and documents• Corresponded with elected officials, local governmental staff, private engineering firms and general public as necessary seeking effective means to increase the safety of both the traveling public and construction workers via civil engineering solutionsArea Accident Investigation Engineer July 1990 to June 1995• Established a systematic approach for investigating and analyzing hundreds of high frequency and fatal crash locations; made recommendations for improvements at these sites and obtained project funding, design and construction for these recommendations through communications with various federal, state and municipal governments and other stakeholders• Performed hundreds of traffic engineering tests, data collection methods and studies such as turning movement counts, spot speed, volume, curve speed, traffic signal warrant analyses, benefit-cost analyses with related results and recommendations for improvements for safer flow of motorists, cyclists, pedestrians and economic goods• Represented and negotiated Traffic Engineering interests at MPO meetings for three Metropolitan Planning Organizations