Robert D. Baird, Pe, Leed Ap Bdc Email & Phone Number

Fully enjoying retirement. Not interested in any job offers. Thanks.

Enon, OH

• Speedway LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Findlay, OH-based Marathon Petroleum Corporation, which owns and operates the nation's second-largest convenience store chain for a coast-to-coast retail and marketing.
• Provide engineering program management to support corporate capital improvement and retail development program.
• Provide project management, design expertise, team leadership, supervision, training, evaluating, and motivation for civil engineering group (five engineers and two college co-ops).
• Coordinate year-round college co-op program with human resources.
• Mentor 6 college co-ops annually.
• Direct and monitor personnel in achieving annual department goals and metrics.

Enon, OH

Same job performed while at contractor at Speedway via LJB, Inc. Refer to job description listed under LJB, Inc.

Miamisburg, OH

• Mid-sized, midwestern consulting firm of architects, engineers, planners and scientists that provide design and administrative services for the private industries of commercial, industrial, institutional and.
• Operated as a special LJB project employee at their client’s office (Speedway LLC in Enon, OH). Employment was on a temporary, 12-month contract basis.
• Helped the client in the preparation of new build and rebuild of sites for their convenient store market locations in nine Midwest states.
• Developed engineering designs (based on an engineering information review I developed), which contained specific civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, or architectural details. These designs were required in order.
• Analyzed engineering proposals and worked within the department to resolve any issues prior to implementation of new construction drawings. Field construction provided input for design intent and quality.
• Developed preliminary site layouts, building designs and associated project cost estimations.

Worked with recruiters, employers and personal network to find opportunities as a Project Manager and/or a Civil Engineer.

Dayton, Ohio

• Large-sized employee-owned, professional services firm with nine offices spread across the eastern half of the United States (US). This multidiscipline design firm offered project management, engineering (civil.
• On both Design/Bid/Build & Design/Build formatted projects:o Annually acted on over $2 million worth of Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) & Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) types of contract.
• Managed architectural/engineering (A/E) team members (various group sizes / three to fifteen, different geographic locations & included subconsultants) through all phases of a military design project.
• Worked on 33 Department of Defense (DoD) projects (US Army Corps of Engineers/USACE, US Navy, US Air Force, & US Army) that were located in many locations throughout the United States.
• Performed marketing efforts for Federal Business Unit’s response on over 30 Request For Proposals (RFP) that developed into 15-20% successful contracts and task orders.Assistant Project Manager (2009-2010)
• Administered 20 DoD projects, with several A/E team members, for the delivery of contract documents at specified milestones (utilizing DrChecks module of ProjNet).Civil Engineer (2007-2009)

BWSC / Dayton, OH

• Employment agency for professionals to find work full-time with their client firms. Worked six months for Aerotek as a contract employee for BWSC in Dayton, OH.
• Utilized Microstation (v8i and XM) to design site and infrastructure development on four different DoD projects in various US locations.

Dayton, OH & Richmond, IN

• Mid-sized consulting firm of architects and engineers that primarily covers Ohio and Indiana by providing design and administrative services for: institutional projects, private projects, medical facilities.
• Produced designs and construction documents for over 70 site development and infrastructure development projects by utilizing Microstation (v8) and AutoCAD 2005 software.
• Major project designs included new developments or expansions at colleges, an historical park, numerous primary and secondary schools, hospitals and a community center.
• Aligned civil design work with in-house architectural/engineering staff and outside consulting firms to provide quality service for clients to derive unique solutions for specific applications.
• Utilized local, state and national codes for zoning and design issues that affect the project design.
• Dealt with many County, Township and City governments and all types of utility companies.

Blue Ash, OH

• Mid-sized consulting firm of engineers, architects, planners and surveyors that primarily covered the local Tri-state area and provided services for: municipal & public works projects; commercial & industrial building.
• Supervised 3 to 4 engineering professional & technicians to provide quality service for customers with economical solutions for unique applications for their subdivision projects.
• Brought over 11 subdivision projects to fulfillment. One major project – River’s Bend Golf Community / Maineville, Ohio A Master Planned Community included heavily wooded home sites, hike/bike paths, Arnold Palmer.
• As Assistant City Engineer in two municipalities, performed 46 reviews of private projects and was the project manager for 12 City projects.
• Dealt with many County, Township and City governments and all types of utility companies.

Middletown, OH

• Small firm of engineers and surveyors that covered the local Tri-state area and provided services for: residential subdivisions; public works projects; commercial development plans; property surveys; plus construction.
• Had marketing and design responsibility for services provided by the company.
• Established new markets and clientele to enhance visual awareness in the SW Ohio market place and to increase revenue.
• Supervised a staff of 2 to 3 engineering technicians to provide quality service to customers with economical solutions for unique applications by utilizing AutoCAD (v.13) and SOFTDESK (v.7) software programs.
• Over the four years, brought over 27 major projects, mainly subdivision designs, to fruition.

Middletown, OH

• Major manufacturer and distributor of steel, aluminum, geosynthetic and plastic products for the civil engineering construction industry.
• Had marketing and engineering responsibility for aluminum products which included costing, pricing, fabrication, installation, literature development, advertising, technical support and engineering design.
• Acted as product application and detail source for 138 field sales representatives, ten regional sales offices and 32 dealers.
• Authored and developed six product catalogs, 50 case histories and six national advertisements with outside agency and in-house publication personnel.
• Supervised the optimization of the aluminum structural plate box culvert by developing computer programs for design and costing. Project helped to reduce production time by 10%, reduced material inventory by 19%.
• Supervised the first product to be put into a CAD format. This allowed field sales for the first time, to give a designing agency a complete detailed product package that could constantly be adapted to any specific.

Mitchell, IN

• Predominate manufacturer and distributor of aluminum corrugated drainage products.
• Responsible for all sales and engineering functions within designated area.
• Managed sales in six midwestern states with 12 dealers, distributors and customers plus worked all D.O.T. specifications in seven states. Handled direct sales with an average of 30 Indiana county highway departments.
• On a weekly basis, worked with the Indiana Department of Highways to maintain close working relationship with major departments: Design, Hydraulics, Specifications and Maintenance. Statewide utilization, of aluminum.
• Implemented the design, specification and $1.2 million sale of eight twin aluminum box culverts in a drainage ditch that ran under Indianapolis streets.
• Worked with various government agencies like SCS, DNR and USACE.

Southfield, MI & Mitchell, IN

• Major manufacturer and distributor of diverse aluminum products for the consumer and business markets.
• Responsible for all sales within the territory of south central Michigan.
• Maintained working relationship with 11 product manufacturing facilities. Sold and serviced over 35 accounts which included the following fabricated products: rod, bar and wire; sheet and plate; ingot and billet, foil.

Farmington Hills, MI

• Leading material handling firm that manufactured and distributed steel storage racks for the warehousing industry.
• Responsible for CAD design engineering requirements, project coordination, job estimation, product pricing, direct purchasing and inside sales correspondence.
• Supervised the design and installation of a 100,000 square feet storage rack/mezzanine system for the Hathaway Shirt Company in Waterville, Maine.
• Utilized or redesigned over 50 standard rack components, made from structural tubing and rolled forms, to fit the specified requirements and budget of the customer.
• Traveled to customers and job sites to handle product installation and usage issues.
• Followed a project from proposal, to manufacturing, to installation and finally to operation.

Warren, OH

• Firm that designed and fabricated steel components to produce concrete batch plants (stationary or mobile types).
• Responsible for the design and calculations of various load forces for the concrete batch plant components.
• Did board work and read blueprints.
• Correlated office design with the fabrication shop.
• Helped in the testing of pneumatic conveying system.
• Reorganized different facets of the engineering office for more efficient operations.

Warren, OH

• Agency that was responsible for all engineering and surveying activities for the County.
• Made engineering drawings, proposals, contracts and estimates pertaining to bridges, roads, storm drainage, traffic flow, road resurfacing, bridge redecking and pavement markings.
• Worked from surveyor’s notes and with survey crew to ensure the field data was conveyed to design project.
• Utilized drainage manuals, state and federal specifications, USGS maps, aerial photographs, etc. in order to make an accurate engineering drawing.