Nick VanEss, PE, PTOE

Experience

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  Bigfoot's Taxidermy

  Aug 2008 - Nov 2012

  Taxidermist

  Skinning, fleshing, preserving and mounting animal hides. Performed all steps in the taxidermy profession. Those steps included skinning the animal, removing all red meat from the hide, cleaning the hide, sewing holes in the hide, form modifications, and mounting the hide on the form for a finished product.

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  Tennessee Technological University

  Aug 2012 - May 2014

  Student

  To complete course work and projects to achieve a BS in Civil Engineering. Course work and projects included working individually on homework and tests, working in groups for different design projects, and working with a group for the senior design project. The senior design project was a semester long project to design two buildings, a rail spur, a traffic control plan, and to acquire the necessary environmental permits for the Memphis Megasite. The site is to accommodate a large manufacturing plant near Memphis,TN. My role in the project was to design the rail spur and assist in the design of the traffic control plan. The group received an award at the end of the semester for the overall design and work on our project. Show less

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  Mattern & Craig

  May 2014 - now

  Using Microstation V8i to work on roadway design (horizontal and vertical alignment, cross sections, storm water drainage systems, EPSC plans, traffic control plans, etc.), perform monthly earthwork quantity calculations for roadway construction, and various other project activities. I have completed road safety audits, traffic impact analysis, coordinated signal timing, hydraulic analysis using HECRAS and SRH-2D in SMS, various surveying activities, erosion control inspection, utility coordination, and limited construction inspection. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Project Engineer

    Jan 2019 - Aug 2022

  • Engineer in Training

    May 2014 - Dec 2018