Vivian M Weaver

11001 N 99 Ave, Ste 116, PMB 63, Peoria, Arizona 85345 Cell: (623) 418-8412: rt1vivian@gmail.com

Profile

Arizona Registered Land Surveyor with 17 years of experience in land, mining and construction surveying in Arizona and Montana. Highly motivated and enjoy the field of land surveying.

 

Skills

●  Leica 1200 GPS Smart Rover		●	ProMine
●	Trimble Equipment	●	Traverse PC
●	Nikon Top Gun	●	Cogo PC
●	Geodometer 5600	●	Generic CADD
●  ACAD R 12,13,14 2000-2005		●	Microsoft Office Suite
●	LDD 2004-2007	●	Microsurvey
●	DOS Microsoft Office Suite	●	Micro Station V8

 

Accomplishments

Completed Project Management Course in 2009. Speaker at the NSPS Conference in Salt Lake City in 2009.  Security Clearance to survey runway for improvements at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.

 

Professional Experience

Owner/Manager

 

October 2005 to Jan 2011

 

Location Route Surveying, LLC – Peoria, Arizona

 

Scheduled and trained survey techs, field crews and drafters; prepared and presented proposals; contacted clients and assisted them with their needs; met with public offices; field work as needed; drafting as needed; bookkeeping, records keeping, marketing and networking. Set Panels for aerial layouts. Collaborated with engineers and project managers regarding design parameters for client projects. Managed numerous projects simultaneously within budgetary restrictions.

 

Survey Department Manager

 

March 2005 to June 2008

 

Phoenix, Arizona

 

Hired, assisted and scheduled survey tech, field crews and drafters; prepared and presented proposals; met with clients and assisted them with their survey needs; field work and drafting as needed; assisted engineers with their requests; contract and proposal preparation. Managed and field checked on site quality and control for construction projects. Spent days at a time on site at out of town construction projects. Performed data analysis and provided recommendations to achieve desired outcome. Conducted training meetings on new and innovative ways to improve performance and save money which led to the development of weekly training programs.

 

Senior Right of Way Technician/Survey Technician (Right of Way)

 

March 2000 to March 2005 and June 2008 to August 2009

 

Stanley Consultants, Inc. and URS Corporation – Phoenix, Arizona

 

Researched at BLM, ADOT, State Land Dept. and Recorders, Assessors & Planning Depts. of various counties throughout Arizona; examined notes, calculated sectional breakdown and determined corner locations based on information recovered; prepared proposals and contracts for clients; scheduled field crews; manipulated engineers design to match survey, including integrating and interpolating scale factor to coordinates to match scale factor required; prepared Surveys and Right of Way Plans for ADOT and examined final product from drafter for submittal; calculations for property, acquisitions, stations and closures for existing and new right of way; prepared legal descriptions and exhibits for Right of Way Acquisition, ALTA's, subdivision plats and surveys for land development and topographic maps; daily contact with ADOT and other clients. Performed data analysis and provided recommendations to achieve best fit for roadway.

 

Surveying Assistant

 

June 1997 to March 2000

 

Stillwater Mining Company – Nye, Montana

 

Inversed coordinates to set up machines for 10' to 300' long boreholes, calculated to set Lasers on known azimuth and grade, calculated cubic feet of rock for contracts for Miners, produced markups and cut grade chains to set Miners on line; responsible for person I work with for last 3 months.  The above duties were performed on the surface and underground.

 

Land Surveying Technician

 

May 1996 to September 1998

 

Montana

 

Laid out and designed subdivisions for private parties and engineering firms; performed extensive research at courthouse for land boundaries and property corners; attend meetings at courthouse representing land owners. Duties were performed in the office and in the field.

 

Education and Training

International Correspondence School 2000

 

Scranton, PA

 

Small Business Management - Diploma

 

Studied at my own pace and finished 6 months early of a recommended 2 year program. This course included basic computer knowledge as well as Accounting for Small Business. My GPA was 3.5.

 

Flathead Valley Community College 1996

 

Kalispell, Montana

 

Land Surveying – Associate of Applied Science

 

The first year of training was all hands on, no calculators or electronic equipment, hand drafting, transits, Gunter's chain, long hand calculations for curvature of the earth, temperature, lat and long etc. Our GLO instructor worked for the Forest Service so we had many field trips into the wilderness of Montana searching for GLO Corners, HES Corners, Witness Corners, etc. The second year was all electronic AutoCAD, Total Station, Traverse PC, GPS, EDM. I was on Job Study and worked with my instructor learning digitizing and GIS. My accumulated GPS was 3.2.

 

Affiliations

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS HELD: Arizona Registered Professional Land Surveyor (RPLS) 42990 - July 2005; Montana Land Surveyor in Training (LSI) 12675 - 1996; Arizona Professional Land Surveyors Association since 2000; Montana Association of Registered Land Surveyors since 1995; National Society of Professional Surveyors since 2007.