2008-01-24, 8:50AM CST
JAMES BRENT KEISMAN
1103 Meadowcreek Drive, Allen, Texas 75002
Ph.: 972.375.1633
jameskei@hotmail.com
PROFILE:
Civil Engineering, Transportation, with a proven ability to interface with engineers, multi-task cad technician, identifies quality control, and delivers effective engineering solutions. My experience on private and government standard projects with technical and engineering in multi-functional environments. In this past year of 2007, I wanted to try something on my own. Having applied my hobby to a business and kept my engineering experience active. What I accomplished is more knowledge of business and the desires to apply myself towards a good company and understand what there needs are of a qualified person. Currently looking for a permanent position within my engineering background.
1. Providing civil design services for projects involving land development, transportation, municipal design and rehabilitation existing utilities including pavement solutions.
2. Documentation including: traffic operation design, highway and city street design, schematic design and route studies, culverts, and interchanges, paving, storm water drainage systems, water and sanitary sewer system and utility relocations, including past experience with DART Act 21 franchise utilities.
3. Environmental improvements to the lift stations, water treatment plants.
EXPERIENCE:
J. Brent Keisman Agency Current Owner-Consultant, Allen, Texas
Design, calculate and help companies with their design solutions with Civil Engineering; Paving, drainage, storm water piping, water line relocations and general municipal utilities. Also available for construction inspection and job foreman paving and utilities.
Consultant-Senior CADD Technician, 2007
POCHECO KOCH Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Consulting: Completed multiple Site Development plans, including church layouts and warehouse site plans using AutoCAD Land Desktop.
HAYDEN CONSULTANTS, INC.; 2005 / 2006
Senior CADD Design Manager, Dallas, Texas
As CADD Manager, responsible for working with Roadway, Drainage and Utility Engineers to end product delivered to the client.
Project experience includes:
DART Act 21, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Utility franchise location drawings and several Utility relocation production drawings. I was located at the project office of DART Act 21 during my first six months with Hayden Consultants.
City of Carrollton, McCoy Road Paving, Drainage and Utility replacements.
PARSONS TRANSPORTATION GROUP, Inc.; 1999 / 2005
Senior CADD Designer, Dallas, Texas
Responsible for working with Roadway, Traffic and ITS Communication Engineers that designed engineering plans in MicroStation V8.05.00.64, Geopack, ArchView, Inroads and using Projectwise. With Parsons, extensive travel to Design Build projects throughout the United States.
Project experience includes:
City of Houston 240 Downtown Intersections - geometric and volumes, signal systems
City of Austin Signal System Upgrade Design
Albuquerque, NM Coors Interchange I-25 Design Build, (4 mos. On-site)
TxDOT Belt Line Road Improvements Storm Drainage P/P Plans
Minneapolis, MN - Hiawatha Light Rail (6 wks on-site)
City of Austin Capital Metro Light Rail proposal/alignment (6 wks. On-site); liaison between sub-contractors CAD personnel and project standards.
ArchView Loop 9 Dallas R.O.W. proposal generated some shapes for data population numbers and sign calculations.
Denver, CO I-25 Design Build, Light Rail Comm. (6 mos. On-site)
RJN GROUP, INC.; 1995 / 1999
Senior Designer, CAD Department Manager, Dallas, Texas
Job and Project experience includes:
Wagon Wheels Trail from Lazy River Drive to Lancaster Road Paving, Water, Sanitary Sewer, and Drainage Improvements; Dallas, TX.
Drainage Improvements on 58th and Michigan Road Used Eagle Point software to complete proposed storm sewer layout on 19,800 LF of pipe. Completed a set of 45 plan and profile sheets; Indianapolis, IN.
Hunter-Ferrell Lift Station Improvements Design of improvements to the lift station; Irving, TX.
M36512 Drainage Area Rehabilitation and Sewer Improvement quality control coordinator for drainage rehabilitation and sewer improvements; Fort Worth, TX.
Capital Improvements Project, Wellesley Avenue Street Improvements (Bryant-Irvin Road to Horne Avenue) paving water, sanitary sewer, and drainage improvements; Fort Worth, TX.
Street Improvement Plans, Grading Plans, Water and Sanitary Sewer Improvement Plans, and Storm Sewer Improvement Plans in Allen, Dallas, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Frisco, Lewisville, and Plano, TX and Edmond, Moore, Norman, and Oklahoma City, OK.
State Highway 5 Project from 18th Street to Park Lane paving, water, sanitary sewer, and drainage improvements. Traffic coordination during construction phasing; Plano, TX.
Established a Quality Control Group that eliminated the review and correct (back and forth) steps, keeping the review process to a minimum throughout the Dallas and Fort Worth offices.
Implemented a fiscal responsibility program within the CAD department that resulted in 94% of the CAD projects coming in within/under budget.
CORWIN ENGINEERING, INC.; 1991 / 1995
CADD Technician, Dallas, Texas
Job and Project experience includes:
Completed civil engineering design plans, working with the engineer to produce top quality plan and profile sheets.
Developed subdivision plans and designs in accordance with city standards for Allen, Flower Mound, Frisco and Plano, TX.
Researched deeds located in Collin and Denton counties to establish right-of-way for roadway projects.
SHIMEK, JACOBS AND FINKLEY ENGINEERS, INC.; 1984 / 1991
CADD Technician, Dallas, Texas
Job and Project experience includes:
Worked with the Survey Department, downloading data while checking points to make sure that all survey work was completed as required by the engineer.
Provided manual drafting on many architecture and engineering city projects using pen and ink and K&E Leroy.
Calculated cut and fills for cross-sections on paving quantities.
EDUCATION:
Associate of Technology, Oklahoma State University
Further management abilities with classes in AutoCAD, Speech and Communication, and Psychology, were completed at Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
Member of the Allen Lions Club 1986-1998
Nominated for Citizen of the Year Allen, Texas 1989
Volunteer for Allen High School Freshman soccer club
Volunteer for Allen High Senior fund raisers
Parsons Regional Employee of the Month, February 2005
National Photographers Association
CERTIFICATIONS:
Eagle Point Advantage Series, Software Certification, Houston, TX
ArcView GIS, Introduction to ArcView GIS
GIS Certification - ESRI, San Antonio, TX
Geopack Roads 1 Certification, Dallas, TX
- Location: Texas
- Compensation: $65,000 per year and relocation fees.
- Telecommuting is ok.
- This is a contract job.
- This is at a non-profit organization.
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