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Regional Engineer *Environmental Justice Advocate: Pioneered initiatives to ensure equitable access to potable water for underserved populations, including central Washington H2A farmworkers.*Emergency Response Leader: Delivered critical technical guidance during drinking water emergencies, coordinating stakeholder involvement and providing media updates.*Engineering Project Reviewer: Led multi-party reviews of complex engineering designs and water system plans, ensuring compliance… Show more Regional Engineer *Environmental Justice Advocate: Pioneered initiatives to ensure equitable access to potable water for underserved populations, including central Washington H2A farmworkers.*Emergency Response Leader: Delivered critical technical guidance during drinking water emergencies, coordinating stakeholder involvement and providing media updates.*Engineering Project Reviewer: Led multi-party reviews of complex engineering designs and water system plans, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations.*Program Optimization Innovator: Developed and implemented strategies to enhance data collection and surface water compliance program efficacy.*Policy Change Advocate: Successfully influenced agency-wide policies, exemplified by a presentation to senior leadership on environmental health solutions.*Regulatory Compliance Expert: Conducted thorough system reviews, sanitary surveys, and investigations to enforce compliance with water safety standards.*Documentation Authority: Authored regulatory directives, approvals, and detailed reports for engineering projects and studies.*Cross-Agency Collaborator: Partnered with EPA and other agencies for comprehensive evaluations and infrastructure improvement efforts.Mass Vaccination Clinic Leadership *Site Commander: Spearheaded operations at a mass vaccination site, driving efficiency through process innovation and resource optimization.*Technical Solutions Creator: Built Excel macros to streamline daily operations, reducing administrative workload and improving data accuracy.*Public Health Communicator: Coordinated press engagements and mass communications, ensuring transparent and effective public outreach.Infrastructure Engineering Expertise *Funding Oversight Specialist: Developed and approved scopes of work and project designs for State Revolving Fund initiatives, meeting rigorous engineering and regulatory standards. Show less

• Bid, administered, inspected, and successfully delivered over $1.5M in capital improvement projectsin my first year of employment.• Foresaw an opportunity for partnering and proactively established an inter-local agency agreementwith a local PUD. This led to one neighborhood receiving a new looped water main, fire hydrants, stormwater conveyance, and a full road reconstruct in addition to the stormwater conveyance and asphalt patches planned.• Issued print and digital… Show more • Bid, administered, inspected, and successfully delivered over $1.5M in capital improvement projectsin my first year of employment.• Foresaw an opportunity for partnering and proactively established an inter-local agency agreementwith a local PUD. This led to one neighborhood receiving a new looped water main, fire hydrants, stormwater conveyance, and a full road reconstruct in addition to the stormwater conveyance and asphalt patches planned.• Issued print and digital construction notices, responded to public inquiries regarding construction, and worked with numerous homeowners to alleviate concerns regarding construction impacts.• Oversaw the work of a surveyor, deputy city attorney, construction inspectors, administrative assistants, and consultants in generating reports, plans, and revisions.• Drafted engineered drawings in Civil3D and assembled specifications in WSDOT’s PS&E program.• Oversaw a stormwater turbidity exceedance event, and worked with the contractor and WashingtonState DEQ to properly react to and improve our BMPs so as to come back into permit compliance. Show less

I currently plan, design, manage and oversee work on water and wastewater projects in North Idaho. I've had the good fortune to work in these capacities on a wide range of projects including water and wastewater treatment facility upgrades, open trench projects, I&I investigation, cured in place pipe (CIPP) rehabilitation, manhole rehabilitation, surveying, and drafting O&M manuals.

Project Lead for Dr. Pankow's United States Geological Survey (USGS) autonomous water sampler development project.• Solely responsible for designing the electronics and software of an original autonomous water sampler, the Small Volume Autonomous Water Sampler (SVAWS). • Responsible for testing the sampler’s electrical and software systems.• Worked with various government clients to develop an understanding of product needs. • Managed a team of up to three mechanical… Show more Project Lead for Dr. Pankow's United States Geological Survey (USGS) autonomous water sampler development project.• Solely responsible for designing the electronics and software of an original autonomous water sampler, the Small Volume Autonomous Water Sampler (SVAWS). • Responsible for testing the sampler’s electrical and software systems.• Worked with various government clients to develop an understanding of product needs. • Managed a team of up to three mechanical engineering students during the project.• Oversaw the mechanical design and modifications of all SVAWS component parts.• Aided in developing a design that achieves low blank levels for over 200 chemicals of interest.• Cooperatively designed a standardized field installation implemented at seven test sites.• Managed material selection and procurement.• Designed and wrote a quantitative research study to assess the SVAWS across various aspects of design, operation and installation.• Wrote a thesis based on the SVAWS design, operation and installation; including a description of the SVAWS components and construction and feedback assessment from end users. Show less

Served as student ambassador for Portland State University. Duties and responsibilities included:• Assisted in the production of large scale events , including those to showcase PSU facilities and resources and those that provide student career and academic information.• Conducted tours of laboratories and university facilities for incoming and prospective students.• Set up and staffed a booth at numerous on- and off-campus events.• Discussed schooling and careers in… Show more Served as student ambassador for Portland State University. Duties and responsibilities included:• Assisted in the production of large scale events , including those to showcase PSU facilities and resources and those that provide student career and academic information.• Conducted tours of laboratories and university facilities for incoming and prospective students.• Set up and staffed a booth at numerous on- and off-campus events.• Discussed schooling and careers in engineering with prospective students on a one-on-one basis. Show less