Robert Riffle Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

•Inspection of new storm sewer, tile and drainage construction. Bridge construction, repairs and repainting projects. Full depth roadway construction as well as rehabilitation projects. Concrete, asphalt and aggregate inspection and testing for proper placement and specifications. •Inspect and record all work performed on construction site by contractors and track quantities of all materials used for compliance, installation and payment.•Investigate and respond to complaints or inquiries submitted by the general public, private industry, contractors, inspectors and others; confers with contractors, inspectors and citizens. •Computer use on a daily basis: Site Manager, Microsoft Office, Windows. •Perform labor and data collection as needed in the area of maintenance, inspection, repair, and construction.•Daily operation of machinery used in roadway construction and maintenance.•Removal of debris as needed on roadways and roadsides for public safety.•Operation of many types of hand tools: Shovels, rakes, chainsaws, trimmers, mechanic tools, carpentry tools, etc.•Operation of dump truck/snow removal equipment: snow plow, salt spreader.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Operate bobtail bulk tank propane truck and service truck. •Run a daily route delivering propane during peak season to customers both residential and commercial.•Perform service calls for customers as needed. Mostly new installations of propane tanks, gas lines, fireplace log sets, and other LP gas appliances. •Keep accurate records of all work completed and materials used.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Manage and oversee all daily operations of 3-2 man field crews and work completed.• Operate various types of leak detection sounding and correlation equipment.• Interpret maps and track all daily quantities of waterline completed.• Pinpoint all leakage accurately for mainline repair.• GPS and log all leaks found using a Trimble GeoXH handheld.• Process data electronically, create and maintain excel databases of all field data obtained for delivery to client. • Sewer monitoring and testing for flow measurements.• Daily operations and deployment of flow monitoring and rain gauge equipment.• Collect, process and evaluate flow data for delivery to client.• Meet with client representatives to present and interpret data collected each week.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

•Daily operations of hydraulic valve turning machines and fire hydrants for operational assessments.•Location and excavation of valve box top sections to repair broken box, raise to grade and confirm operability of the valves.•Flow tests to identify flow capability.•Dismantle and repair of inoperable fire hydrants.•GPS and collect all appurtenant data of asset for GIS mapping purposes.•Data collection QA/QC and reporting for each project.•Operation of metal detectors, valve turning machines - portable and truck mounted, and truck mounted vacuum equipment.•Use of basic hand tools: shovels, rakes, trimmers, saws, etc.

Columbus, Ohio

Member of the System Surveillance Group responsible for the collection and development of data required to identify water loss in the distribution system, performing special hydraulic measurements, trouble shooting pressure and flow complaints, oversee contractors, complete acceptance testing of new mains in addition to:•Inspection of new waterline installation and waterline modification projects. Storm and sanitary sewer construction, air and mandrel testing for proper installation. Full depth street and roadway construction as well as rehabilitation projects. Concrete inspection and testing for proper placement and specifications. •Inspect and record all work performed on construction site by contractors and track quantities of all materials used for compliance, installation and payment. •Install, repair and operation of small and large mainline valves.•Installation of water taps, fire hydrants, pitometer taps, waterline both small and large diameter.•Conduct investigations of water leaks and other related problems by using correlation and other leak detection equipment.•Perform and assist in the testing of booster stations pump efficiency testing, flow meter accuracy tests on water plant master venturi meters, customer water meters, special Pitometer studies and c-factor tests.•Investigate and do prep work for water line cleaning and other maintenance projects.•Review SCADA data daily for potential hydraulic issues in the water system.•Collect hydraulic data for engineering studies.•Measure flows in water mains with Pitometer equipment.•Perform fire flow tests.•Perform chlorine testing within the system and record data for water lab.•Investigate and respond to complaints or inquiries submitted by the general public, private industry, contractors, inspectors and others; confers with contractors, inspectors and citizens.•Computer use on a daily basis of ESRI Arcview, Arcmap, Microsoft Office, special instrumentation software, GPS and Windows.