Chris Taylor

Experience

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  City of Alcoa

  Aug 1994 - Dec 1994

  Project Manager Intern

  Supervised staff of 15 and was responsible for Alcoa-Maryville-Blount County Landfill Improvements. Worked directly with Landfill Manager to create efficient, user-friendly layout of landfill. Determined watershed area and design runoff flow. Designed maintenance building and scale house. Evaluated and offered alternatives for road design and traffic flow characteristics. Submitted plans and cost estimates to be bid upon by local contractors.

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  Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

  Feb 1996 - Apr 1996

  Office Engineer Intern

  Assigned to Parsons Management Consultants for New Terminal Project at Reagan National Airport (main airport for Washington D.C.). Performed field inspections and reported findings to construction managers. Upheld compliance to design specifications and drawings. Maintained schedule updates. Documented plan revisions. Received Building Officials Code Administrators (BOCA) training.

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  The Neel Company

  Apr 1996 - Feb 1999

  Design Engineer

  Designed precast modular retaining walls from conceptual design to construction. Fully involved in submittal/tender packages, including cost estimating and design calculations. Served as technical consultant for architects, Engineers of Record, contractors, and precast concrete facilities. Provided national and international on-site construction/technical assistance. Conducted site investigations. Created macros to enhance CAD applications. Trained new employees on software applications.

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  Freewill Enterprises

  Dec 1998 - Sept 2001

  Owner

  Responsibilities involved the start up and successful management of a business manufacturing and distributing gardening systems. Coordinated & supervised production schedule with 25 suppliers, 6 subcontractors and 2 employees. Focused on customer relations, budget forecasting, inventory control, financial and legal affairs, bookkeeping, computer maintenance and operations, database implementation, website operations, and sales. Sold business to partner after 2nd profitable year.

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  Akers & Associates

  Sept 1999 - May 2003

  Project Engineer

  Responsible for preparing all drawings for projects ranging from USD$100,000 to USD$2,000,000. Typical duties include preparing grading and drainage plans, erosion control plans, site plans, tentative maps, utility plans, surface/terrain modelling and drainage calculations. Created computer library of standard details. Maintained and managed office-wide computing system. Representative projects ranged in size from 0.2 to 26 hectares and included residential properties, subdivisions and small business/government developments (e.g. medical centres, libraries, etc.). Show less

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  Concept Marine Associates

  May 2003 - Sept 2003

  Project Manager

  Coordinated and oversaw technical & financial aspects of harbours and dock structures. Performed cost estimates, cost analysis and design. Representative projects include sea harbours, recreational lake docks, and Long Beach Marina Improvements.

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  Greenwood & Moore, Inc.

  Nov 2003 - Jan 2005

  Project Manager

  Head of Engineering Department, supervising five employees. Project Manager for “Eden Medical Center Improvements”, a 10-year, US$330 million dollar project. Developed multi-phase design under constraint of uninterrupted hospital operations. Oversaw all infrastructure design and utility relocation, mass and fine grading, roading, and traffic flow. Restructured CAD operations and policies for optimal efficiency. Created and implemented company-wide automated scheduling / resource management system. Representative projects include residential properties, shopping mall outparcels and business/municipal developments (e.g. churches, hospitals). Show less

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  Berenyi, Inc.

  Jan 2005 - Nov 2006

  Staff Engineer

  Head of Commercial Division, Civil Engineering Department. Responsible for complete scope of work for all commercial and industrial land development projects including client liaison, tender packages, and consenting. Representative projects include Daimler Chrysler Sprinter Vans Plant Improvements, multi-unit strip malls, office buildings and warehouses.

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  Trico Engineering Consultants, Inc.

  Nov 2006 - Mar 2007

  Senior Engineer

  Supervised engineering design of several commercial land development projects and additions. Wrote proposals, completed due diligence site analyses and performed large scale drainage basin studies.

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  Davis & Floyd, Inc.

  May 2007 - Jun 2008

  Senior Engineer

  Project Manager for “Navy Yard at Noisette”, a 137 hectare sustainable urban redevelopment (high density urban, suburban, residential subdivisions) of the abandoned Charleston Naval Base under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) pilot program. Prepared work breakdown structure and budget. Produced plans, specifications and design reports. While supervising a design team of five, helped to reduce project cost by 28% and maintained project programme. Created agendas and liaised with client, architect, and various county and city agencies as needed in weekly internal design meetings and monthly external design meetings. Technical aspects of project included roading, utilities, hydraulic and hydrological modelling, water supply, stormwater and wastewater management. Created and directed AutoCAD policies that enhanced overall AutoCAD production. Show less

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  Weiss Associates

  Oct 2008 - Sept 2014

  Senior Project Engineer

  Design and provide complete functional environmental remediation systems for clients and stakeholders in the private and public sectors. These projects involve ground water extraction well networks, dual-phase (ground water and soil vapour) remediation systems, secondary containment, and treatment system relocations. Project management duties include maintaining great client and stakeholder relations, developing proposals (scope, programme and budget) for targeted projects, analyzing programme and budget/effort during the project, preparing invoices and administering project closeout. Technical duties include engineering design from concept and detailed design through to construction administration, preparing pressure flow and pump balancing calculations, pipe sizing, trenching methodology and reinstatement, seismic calculations, structural concrete calculations, materials and instrumentation research, controls and logic design, and contract specifications. Show less

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  Beca

  Sept 2014 - Feb 2015

  Civil Engineer

  (Fixed-Term Contract)Directed tender-level (NZS 3910) civil technical package for stormwater management plan using a constructed wetlands within multi-disciplinary team environment. Liaise with client at key intervals to ensure overall vision was achieved. Negotiated client-initiated work order changes to design scope and budget. Participated in weekly management meetings to maximize resources effectively. Technical elements of package included earthworks, modelling, open channel, pressure, and gravity flow, pipe sizing, pump station design, trenching and reinstatement, road geometrics, pavement design, controls methodology. Project capital cost valued at $1.5M. Show less

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  Airey Consultants Limited

  Jul 2015 - Jun 2017

  Senior Civil Engineer

  In this role I oversaw the civil engineering department for the Pukekohe office, reporting to the Managing Director who oversaw the structural engineering services for the office. I have worked with in Auckland and Waikato regions to provide services including stormwater and wastewater reports, flood assessments, utility capacity checks, resource consent applications, engineering plan approval, engineering support during construction, as-built certifications, 224(c) approval process. My role also focused on maintaining great client relations, producing fee estimates, and being responsible for civil engineering invoicing and revenue receipts. Representative projects include rural production industries (greenhouses, fruit produce packing facilities, nurseries), subdivisions, light industry, office buildings, small hospitals, schools and residential areas. Show less

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  CKL Surveys, Ltd.

  Dec 2017 - Mar 2019

  Senior Civil Engineer

  In this role I lead the technical design of civil works for land subdivisions in the primary sectors (Residential, Commercial and Industrial). I am involved in the entire project cycle, from initial client interaction, developing detailed civil design (calculations, drawings and specifications), drawing up contract documents, awarding the successful tenderer, construction administration, through to 224(c) certification. I mentor and train junior engineers on an ongoing basis. I have also taken on additional managerial duties while the Engineering Manager role for the company was vacant. Representative projects include general land subdivision projects. Show less

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  CDIM Engineering, Inc.

  Jan 2019 - now

  Senior Project Engineer