Robert Léger Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon Area

Associate / Senior Civil Project Manager - oversees development of creative solutions to provide efficient, cost-saving designs for clients. Provides excellent results for challenging sites. Leads highly-driven design teams, fostering growth and advancement in an environment of creativity, collaboration, and knowledge sharing. Manages projects from proposal through construction administration.

Portland, Oregon

Driven throughout 17 years with VLMK to enhance knowledge and skills. Progressed from Engineering Designer to Senior Civil Engineer overseeing junior engineers and managing projects.• Pioneered procedure for demonstrating SLOPES V stormwater quality compliance, proved its reliability and freely shared the process with other engineers. Method frequently realizes significant cost savings, including $20K+ per acre and reduction of maintenance costs by $1.5K per acre annually for some clients… Show more Driven throughout 17 years with VLMK to enhance knowledge and skills. Progressed from Engineering Designer to Senior Civil Engineer overseeing junior engineers and managing projects.• Pioneered procedure for demonstrating SLOPES V stormwater quality compliance, proved its reliability and freely shared the process with other engineers. Method frequently realizes significant cost savings, including $20K+ per acre and reduction of maintenance costs by $1.5K per acre annually for some clients (Clean Water Services territory, using filters).• Consistently recognized by clients, contractors, jurisdictions, and fellow engineers for providing creative, cost effective solutions under challenging conditions.• Routinely reduces company liability through thorough plan review, identifying errors pre-construction, and mitigates exposure during construction by finding solutions with low budget impacts.• Writes proposals, manages invoices, and monitors scope. Communicates well with clients regarding scope creep and proposes budgets for additional services as needed. Reviews contractor pay applications, requesting revisions or advising clients as necessary.• Incorporates field modifications made by skilled contractors into future designs when appropriate.• Strives to ensure that every project is better than the last - making sites easier to manage or to build.Key Strengths:♦ SLOPES V Stormwater Compliance Expert♦ Stormwater Facility Design*♦ Education and Mentoring♦ Strong AutoCAD Civil 3D Skills♦ Document Quality Control♦ Challenging Site Specialist♦ ADA Compliance♦ Determined Problem Solver♦ Licensed in Oregon and Washington*Stormwater facility designs include traditional wet and dry ponds, swales, Low Impact Development (LID) techniques, pervious paving (asphalt, brick pavers), vegetated surface infiltration, sub-surface infiltration/injection (UIC) including deep drywells, as well as underground facilities and structures that maximize developable land. Show less

Portland, Oregon Area

• Drafted and designed site, grading, utility, landscaping and public improvement plans.• Operated electronic theodolite for construction staking and topo surveys.• Construction cost estimates.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Instrument Operator - Leica TCA 1800 Electronic theodolite and Leica digital level.• Temporary crew chief, managing 900m survey of I-205 at Clackamas River.• Interpreted survey requests and organized plans to work safely and efficiently.

Flagstaff, Arizona Area

• Part-time, student position• Worked with City inspectors to as-built record plans by hand on Mylar.• Updated utility quarter section maps annually in AutoCAD.• Streamlined as-built process from 22 individual steps to 17.• Compiled annual Fixed Asset Report of new utility features for Finance Department.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Civil Engineering, Environmental Emphasis

Activities and Societies: Hiking Club, Mountain Biking, Climbing, Backpacking

Diploma

Activities and Societies: Drafting Club, Student Council, Prom Committee, Varsity Soccer