William R. Dodge, PE
Experience Summary:
Over 28 years of varied civil and environmental engineering consulting experience serving clients and turning information and objectives into desired results. Experience has been developed through personal interests and a variety of employment opportunities, including a number of consulting firms, a residential developer, and a municipality. This breadth of experience has often provided unique insight to address challenges and opportunities from varied perspectives.
Range of responsibilities: Classic, and occasionally unique applications of investigation, engineering design, and project approach to gain regulatory approval and develop engineering design documents for construction. Comply with federal/state/local regulatory or environmental review procedures and provide support to client and other professionals on clients team during project approval and construction. Project-related responsibilities include: project management and project execution, including, sub-consultant coordination, public presentation, permitting, negotiation, QA/QC review, and construction administration and trouble-shooting. Staff- and business-related responsibilities include: technical methods development and process improvement; planning and scheduling; inter-office and inter-department coordination; performance monitoring and projections, technical staff recruitment, management, training, and development; business development; cross-selling multi-disciplinary services, and client management.
Project types: Responsible for, or contributed to a variety of private and public sector projects related to utility improvements, site development, solid waste disposal, and hazardous waste remediation fields. Utility improvements include: water treatment and distribution facilities, along with sewage collection and pumping facilities. Site development-related projects vary from small to moderately-sized commercial, institutional, and residential subdivisions/site plans to major planned and mixed-use developments. Solid waste disposal projects include new site design and permitting, expansions, and closures. Hazardous waste and brown fields remediation project involvement includes: remedial investigation; feasibility study; remedial design for consolidation, closure, and groundwater/leachate collection/treatment; and post-closure operations support.
Notable accomplishments: Developed practical expertise in hydrology, surface water and pipe hydraulics, floodplain management, and general constructability-related topics. Primary designer of a unique collection system for removing PCB-contaminated oil from within a hazardous waste landfill which was implemented and proven to perform as designed. Contributed to the evaluation of changed field conditions and construction claims. Experience level is sufficient to be sought-out to trouble-shoot designs and constructed works. Provide meaningful quality assurance and quality control reviews of design documents. Mentor technical staff to apply systems design methods and constructability considerations. Successful cross-selling of multi-disciplinary consulting services and securing additional assignments and projects from clients managed.
Education:
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Master of Engineering Hydraulic Engineering [surface and groundwater processes]
Electives focused in Geotechnical Engineering
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York
B.S. Forest Engineering [broad civil and environmental engineering]
Professional Registration:
Licensed Professional Engineer in States of New Jersey and New York
Professional Employment:
HDR Inc., Goshen New York
October 2008 to March 2009 Senior Engineer
Municipal water/sewer engineering and Planning Board Engineer.
Design document QA/QC review.
The Chazen Companies, Poughkeepsie and Newburgh, New York [3 separate time periods]
December 2007 to August 2008 Senior Director, Chief Engineer
August 2005 to December 2007 Director of Engineering, South Operation
April 2002 to May 2004 Senior Managing Engineer
June 2000 to January 2002 Senior Engineer
Program assessment and development to improve technical abilities, design document
& service quality, and project delivery systems; Multi-disciplinary project management; Business development and client management; Engineering department and staff management; Staff recruitment, development, training, and mentoring; Residential/commercial site development design and permitting; Municipal engineering and Planning Board Engineer; Design document QA/QC and constructability reviews.
Ginsburg Development, LLC, Pomona, New York
May 2004 to August 2005 Site Development Manager / Planner
Civil / Site development coordination for a number of high-density, luxury residential
development projects in New York State 200 to 400 units each.
J. Robert Folchetti & Associates, PC, Montgomery, New York
January 2002 to April 2002 Senior Engineer
Client, project, and staff management.
Municipal engineering water/sewer; site development design and permitting.
IT Corporation, Mahwah, New Jersey
[Formerly EMCON, formerly Wehran Engineering, Middletown, NY]
March 1990 to June 2000 Senior Engineer
Project, staff, and client management. CERCLA site closure Project Manager.
Solid waste disposal and hazardous waste remediation design and permitting.
Hudson Engineering, PC, Hamptonburgh, New York
March 1988 to March 1990 Project Manager
Residential/Commercial site development design, approvals, and permitting.
Leonard Jackson Associates, PC, Spring Valley, New York
March 1986 to March 1988 Project Engineer
Site development design, approval/permitting
Hydrologic & hydraulic evaluations: storm water management system design.
FEMA flood insurance studies and flood plain/floodway evaluation & revision.
Buck, Seifert & Jost, Paramus, New Jersey
April 1981 to March 1986 Design Engineer
Water supply facilities design and construction observation/administration.
Professional Affiliations:
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Member, National Society of Professional Engineers
References: Available on request.
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