Education

2011 to 2012 Bachelor of Technology in GIS (in progress)
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), Burnaby, BC
1996 to 1998 Diploma in Geomatics
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), Burnaby, BC

Certifications

August 2010 Professional Land Surveyor, Utah (#7745525-2201)
June 2009 Certified Federal Surveyor, (#1272)
June 2006 Registered Land Surveyor, AZ (#44568)

Technical Skills

AutoCAD Civil 3D, Microstation, Trimble Geomatics Office, Trimble Business Center ArcGIS 10, Arc SDE, PCI Geomatica Suite, Quantum GIS, FME, sql, sqlplus GeoServer, MapServer GeoNode, OpenLayers, MySQL Workbench, Netbeans, Eclipse HTML, CSS, Javascript, Java, Python, PHP

Work Experience

McElhanney, Kitimat, BC 07/2012 to Present
Survey Technologist
  • Rio Tinto Alcan - Kitimat Modernization Project
    • Field survey support for various contractors including precision leveling and layout, topographic surveying, office reductions and preparation of record drawings for submission to owner.
  • Kitimat LNG
    • Survey support along the Bish FSR (forest service road) including topographic surveys, layout, scanning, working in a seasonally changing, isolated environment.
AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Mesa, AZ 10/2006 to 07/2011
Geomatics Specialist, RLS
  • Provided complete field surveying services for 3 year ADOT contract.
  • Checked survey stakes against construction plans.
  • Verified bridge work.
  • Provided CAD services.
  • Troubleshoot & resolve construction issues.
  • Volume surveys.
  • Monitored side slopes.
  • Recovered and created control.
  • Boundary, Topographic, ALTA/ACSM, right of way surveys.
  • Compile plats and descriptions research into one CAD file for boundary analysis.
  • Process field data, create basemaps and finished drawings.
  • Aerial photography surveys, ground truthing verification.
  • Provided mapping for GIS analysis of earthen dams in southern Arizona.
Dibble & Associates, Phoenix, AZ 05/2003 to 10/2006
Project Surveyor, RLS
  • Boundary, topographic, ALTA/ACSM, right of way surveys.
  • Process field data, create basemaps and finished drawings.
  • Compile plats and descriptions research into one CAD file for boundary analysis.
  • Implemented a field coding standard, and automated linework from processed data.
  • Compile plats and descriptions into one CAD file for boundary analysis.
  • Managed field work progress and scope compliance.
CEI, Phoenix, AZ 03/2002 to 05/2003
Field Surveyor
  • Boundary, topographic, ALTA/ACSM, right of way surveys.
  • Set and verified control for construction projects.
  • Managed equipment and supplies.
Focus Corporation, Calgary, AB 05/2001 to 10/2001
Field Surveyor
  • Southern Alberta oil field surveying.
  • Used and maintained 4 wheel quads and chain saws
  • Cut line in heavily wooded muskeg swamp.
  • Set out well lease locations.
  • Topographic and construction surveys.
Pollock & Wright Land Surveying & Geomatics 04/2001 to 05/2001
Field Surveyor
  • Helped establish damages cut line in Northern Manitoba
  • Traversed heavily snowed terrain with total station
  • Traced contour line representing damage limits for future dam flooding
  • Helped with the cutting of lines in heavily timbered woods
Penhallegon & Associates Constulting Engineers, Kirkland, WA 07/2000 to 04/2001
Field Surveyor
  • Boundary, topographic, monitoring, ALTA/ACSM surveys.
  • Construction staking large parking lots, roads, foundations.
  • Processing field work.
Coler & Colantonio Inc, South Deerfield, MA 08/1998 to 07/2000
Project Surveyor
  • Boundary and topographic surveying.
  • Construction staking, subdivision layout, sewers, roads.
  • Field to finish data collection and client deliverables.

References

Available on request