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Provides input on company direction and initiatives; negotiates and develops client contracts; oversees Mountain West Staff; and serves as Principal-in-Charge for projects including scheduling, budgeting, staffing and hiring subconsultants and contractors. Provides QA/QC for projects ranging from multidiscipline design-build to conventional design-bid-build. Technical expertise includes treatment facility process design; treatment technologies such as membrane filtration systems, disinfection by-product control and radionuclide removal systems; bringing facilities to compliance; and collaborating with CDPHE, DOLA, USDA and the EPA to help facilitate the delivery of successful projects.

Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Responsible for the direction of the company. Contract agreements for clients, contractors and subcontractors. All aspects of the design of water and wastewater facilities, storage, and distribution systems. Feasibility studies. Engineering Reports for permitting requirements. Design-bid-build and design-build projects. Design complexity includes multiple pump configurations, biological and physical treatment processes, chemical feed systems, and hydraulic grade lines, including use of horizontal directional drilling, and the ancillary material and equipment requirements. Oversight of mechanical, electrical, and I&C engineers to develop designs and coordinate construction site issues; coordination with contractors; on-site construction observation.

Denver, Colorado

Project Engineer/Assistant Project Manager responsible for design drawings and technical specifications for water & wastewater treatment facilities, and the ancillary distribution facilities and collection system facilities. Oversight of mechanical, electrical, and I&C engineers to develop designs and coordinate construction site issues. Design-bid-build and design-build projects completed.

Staff/Project Engineer responsible for the construction observation of water and wastewater treatment facilities, pipelines, responsible for pay applications, change orders, coordination with Owners and Contractors, development of design documents for the construction of treatment facilities, including construction plans, specifications, assisted in the coordination between engineering disciplines. Design complexity included multiple pump configurations, biological and physical treatment processes, chemical feed systems, and hydraulic grade lines, and the ancillary material and equipment requirements.

Las Cruces, New Mexico Area

Graduate Studies In Environmental Engineering

Bachelor Of Science In Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

Master Of Science In Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering And System Dynamics