Karen Nelson
8300 Woodbend Drive
Semmes, AL 36575

ksbnelson@gmail.com ​
251-631-0036

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:​
Extensive experience as a Civil Designer/OSP Engineer specializing in Cable and Fiber Optics,  Water, Sewer, Storm Drain Design, Road and Bridge Design, Permitting and Contract Documents
 
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
Design & Calculations, Drafting, Earthwork Computation, Right of Way, Plat & Tract Maps, Boundary Research, Surface Design, Permitting, Water & Sewer Design, Survey, Cable & Fiber Optic, Permitting , Contract Documents, Quantities and Acquisitions

Software Includes:
AutoCAD/Civil 3D, Terra Model, Eagle Point, Deed-pro, Estimator, Microstation, Bentley Inroads, Microsoft Word/Excel, GIS Software
 
WORK PROJECT HISTORY:

Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood, Mobile, AL

Designer/Drafter - 6/2013 to 10/2014

Importing of survey data/Surface Design, Permitting & Site Layout, Water and Sewer design, Fiber Optic Route design, Roadway design, Structural design, Site Visits, Alignments, Typical sections, cross sections, Earthwork /Quantities Computation, Topographic Maps, Preparing of right of way:  ie: Researched deeds and right of way plans determining ownership and property layout, Plat Maps, Deeds and Legal Descriptions, Tract Maps and Parcel Maps, Boundary Research and Permitting, Contract Documents

 

Mobile Group, Mobile, AL
Design Technician - 6/2012 to 6/2013
Importing of survey data,  Permitting & Site Layout, Water and Sewer design, GIS

Thompson Engineering, Mobile, AL
Design Technician - 3/2005 to  6/2012

Designed and drafted Civil Engineering plans, typical designs, quantities, cross sections, Earthwork Computation, Importing of field survey data and producing topographic maps, Preparing of right of way: ie: Researched deeds and right of way plans determining ownership and property layout, Plat Maps, Deeds and Legal Descriptions, Tract Maps and Parcel Maps, Boundary Research, Surface Designs and alignment, Permitting, Contract documents

Sears, Department Manager , Mobile, AL

Manager - 6/2002 to 2/2005

Managed three departments, handled opening and closing of store, inventory control, training employees, hiring/termination of employees, assisting customers and employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

KMC Telecom, OSP Engineer - Duluth, GA

OSP – Engineer Specialist - 3/1998 to 5/1999

Feasibility Study, Design and Calculations of Telecommunications/Fiber Optic Network, Import data  from field survey, Permitting & Site Layout, Building Consulting and Design for fiber network, Permitting, Acquisitions/Negotiations

Volkert & Associates, Mobile, AL

Drafter/Designer -  8/1997 to 3/1998
Import Survey data, Topography Maps, Water and Sewer Designs, Title Research, Deeds, Site Visits, ROW designs, Structural Design, Airport Design

Time Warner Cable, Milwaukee, WI   

Design Engineer/OSP Specialist - 4/1994 to 7/1997
Design and Calculations of Telecommunications/Fiber Optic Network, Import design data from field survey,  Permitting & Site Layout, Import Survey Data, Cross Sections drainage, surface design, Building Consulting and Design for fiber network, Upgrading of existing network  from Cable to Fiber Optic, Permitting , Acquisitions/Negotiations
 
Universal Ensco, Inc.​​​​​​​​​, Houston, TX
OSP Engineer/Acquisition Specialist - 1/93 to 4/94

Right of Way Consulting and Acquisition, Title Search, Permitting (bridge attachments and Road Borings), Importing of topographic field Survey, Design and Calculation of Aerial and underground Fiber Optic Network, GPS/OSP Mapping and Inventory through contract with the Texas Department of Transportation, pipeline design
 
EDUCATION
Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, WI​
Attended: 1995-1997
Associate Degree
Major: Civil Engineering Technology