William Finke

Experience

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  Finke Engineering and Construction Company

  Jun 1977 - Oct 1982

  Construction Surveyor

  Experience included: performing horizontal/vertical control surveys, topographic surveys, road construction layout, utility layout, and road construction.

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  Lockwood, Jones & Beals

  Feb 1983 - Feb 1986

  Surveyor/Party Chief

  Experience included: performing boundary surveys, subdivision layout, control surveys, topographic surveys, building and road construction layout, utility layout, courthouse research and some construction inspection.

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  Shaw Weiss & DeNaples

  Feb 1986 - Oct 1988

  Surveyor/Party Chief

  Experience included: performing boundary/cadastral surveys, mortgage surveys, subdivision layout, control surveys, topographic surveys,building and road construction layout, utility layout, courthouse research and some traditional drafting.

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  Woolpert, Inc.

  Oct 1988 - Oct 2011

  Directed the geospatial operations for Woolpert's southeast region including over thirty survey and mapping professionals in several offices in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia. Specialized in leading and managing projects that involved large engineering design applications, boundary/cadastral/land title surveys, utility inventory, asset management, 3-d laser scanning and high-precision geodetic control surveys for federal and state clients.Other responsibilities were providing the marketing, business, recruiting and leadership support for the region. Show less Experience included: Preparation of proposals and contracts(defining scope, fee, and schedules) for survey projects; project management responsibilities including contract negotiations, schedules, client contact, billings, etc.; day to day scheduling and supervision of project surveyors and survey technicians; job set up and coordination with the survey crews, projects engineers and cadd drafters; quality control review of survey plans and documents within survey group as well as review of work performed by regional offices involved with our major clients. Show less Experience included: Boundary computation and analysis; the preparation of land title surveys, plats of survey, record plans and staking plans; subdivision design and geometrics; easement computations; topographic survey computations and contouring; the preparation of legal descriptions and survey reports; courthouse research; some project management that included - preparing proposals for survey projects, job set up and coordination, quality control review, client contact and governmental agency approvals. Show less

  • Regional Group Manager, Senior Associate

    Oct 1998 - Oct 2011

  • Survey Manager/Project Manager

    Nov 1993 - Oct 1998

  • Project Surveyor

    Oct 1988 - Nov 1993
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  John Chance Land Surveys, Inc.

  Feb 2012 - Nov 2013

  Office Supervisor

  Management of field and office staff including Civil Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Environmental Scientists, working on oil & gas well sites and pipeline projects in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

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  Bowman Consulting

  Dec 2013 - Aug 2015

  Director of Surveying

  Directing the surveying operations of field and office staff performing oil & gas, pipeline, land development, and transportation projects in Pennsylvania, Ohio & West Virginia. Responsibilities include: project management, recruiting, client relations & business development and provide leadership for the region.

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  ESP Associates, Inc.

  Sept 2015 - May 2024

  Survey Division Manager

  Management of field and office staff performing surveying and mapping services for commercial/residential land development, state and municipal projects.

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  Retired

  May 2024 - now

  Retired