Mark Jones, P.E. Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Dam and Levee Risk Cadre:Conducting various types of risk assessments for dams and levees across the USACE portfolio including Risk Informed Designs, Quantitative and Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessments, and Post Implementation Evaluations.

Dallas, Texas, Us

• Work as contracted engineer with utility's project engineering team to oversee large scale coal ash pond closure projects with duties including review of submittals/RFIs, contractor meetings and discussions, preparing scopes of work and bid tabs for multiple large on-site projects, communicating with owner's engineer and contractor to resolve field adjustments, and assisting in technical evaluation of contractor bids.• Served as lead geotechnical engineer for planning and implementation of multi-faceted geotechnical investigations of dams/dikes for various utility and government clients• Perform liquefaction screening evaluations at various dam/impoundment sites to assess potential risk for liquefaction, estimation of residual shear strengths, and impacts to global stability• Work with contractors and colleagues across the nation to perform various analyses for multiple, simultaneous geotechnical projects• Coordinate efforts with subcontractors, geologists, and engineers to implement geotechnical field investigations of embankment dams, coal ash impoundments, and native materials• Prepare scopes of work based on client requests for proposals; manage and track progress and adequacy of work• Utilize computer software (Geostudio) and other applications and integrate other mathematical and graphical methods to support projects

Edmonton, Alberta, Ca

- Project engineer for specific large-scale and long-term geotechnical fieldwork, including borrow studies, instrumentation, and general site explorations for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). - Lead field engineer/inspector for geotechnical explorations of various TVA dams and continue role as primary project engineer in analyzing laboratory and field data, authoring extensive reports, and conducting rigorous slope stability analyses of the dams.- Assist in coordinating and executing annual dike inspections for various TVA coal-fired power plant facilities and authoring reports- Design and review drawings for extensive stability cross sections, boring layouts, and instrumentation installation logs- Contribute analyses and recommendations to senior engineers on large and complex projects; exercise and provide technical guidance to engineering technicians and drillers- Regularly communicated with on-site personnel for TVA Kingston Ash Recovery projects

- Developed construction recommendations and co-authored subsurface exploration reports- Coordinated logistics, equipment and materials necessary for small- to moderate-scale geotechnical site explorations- Formulated design recommendation parameters for foundations, retaining walls and pavements based on analysis of raw field and laboratory data; routinely assigned and reviewed soil laboratory work- Evaluated in-situ foundations with Dynamic Cone Penetrometer; monitored; logged installation of auger cast-in-place piles; evaluated sinkhole remediation and forensic pavement failure analyses

Us

- Evaluated geotechnical and construction specimens on-site and in the laboratory, including soil index testing, concrete sampling, fill and asphalt density testing (nuclear method), drilled pier foundation inspections, water quality testing, and floor flatness and levelness testing.

M. Eng., Geotechnical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Civil Engineering