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James A. Uriarte 13583 Indiana Avenue • Corona, CA 92879 • United States Summary of Qualifications • Results driven professional with over 25 years
experience in civil engineering design and construction. •
Over 15 years experience designing and
producing construction documents, plan & profile with AutoCAD /Civil 3D
for street, sewer, water, and storm drain improvements, fire water
distribution, drainage and grading, pump stations, water & sewer
treatment facilities, telecom fiber optics networks, hydrology and erosion
control plans, survey and mapping. •
Over 10 years of project management
experience in the production, approval, permitting, and delivery of civil
plans through pre-design, site analysis, schematic design, design
development, and construction documents. •
Two years of construction project
management and inspection experience entailing the site construction and
installation of clean-renewable energy servers and interconnection, natural
gas facilities and pipeline construction, and residential site development. Professional Experience NPHS Inc, Rancho
Cucamonga, CA April 2015 – February 2016 •
Managed ground-up housing developments
for multi-family affordable housing projects. •
Perform cost analysis and evaluate
potential sites to determine project feasibility. •
Perform project entitlement to develop
a cost effective design, address applicable zoning regulations, municipal
codes, General Plan, and neighborhood council/community groups requirements. •
Coordinate with utility purveyors to
address cost and design requirements to convey sewer, water, telecom, cable,
power, and natural gas to develop a detailed engineering utility project
plan. •
Produce earthwork quantity take-offs
utilizing AutoCAD Civil 3D per the soils report recommendations for
over-excavation of footings, concrete paving, utility trenching, soils
scarifying and remediation. •
Resulted in developing and maintaining
a project budget of $1.5 million for a multiple residential project. •
Hire and manage architectural, civil
and structural engineering consultants, plus vendors throughout the entire
project engineering design phase and resolve cross-functional issues at the
project level. •
Ensure that team members have the
skills and tools necessary to complete assigned scope of work. •
Track project progress, establish
ownership of tasks; perform weekly reviews of project deliverables with
consultants and vendors to ensure tasks and key milestones are met. •
Conduct weekly progress updates and
forecasts to client and upper management for cost and schedule. •
Prepare bid invitation packet, request
for qualifications (RFQ), perform contract administration, and negotiate
construction fees, process bid RFI's, through the general contractor bid
selection process, and project award. Sempra Utilities,
Southern California Gas Company,
Playa del Rey, CA
June 2014 – March 2015 •
Managed the quality assurance and
pipeline inspection for the construction of natural gas metering and supply
facilities, involving 4" to 30" steel pipe fabrication, the
installation SCADA and telemetry systems, Total flow analytical
instrumentation, Pneumatic control valves, filter vessels, and MSA client facility
installations. •
Interpret engineering plans ensuring
that work is completed in accordance with the contract documents. •
Conduct separate reporting for
hydrostatic pressure testing of the fabricated pipeline per the approved gas
company engineering procedures; inspect and verify all pressure test
equipment, gauges, and calibration certifications. •
Provide contract administration and
ensure any unforeseen risks are communicated to the general contractor and
appropriate team members, solving problems on a timely and decisive manner to
ensure project success. •
Observe subcontractors work to protect
the overall integrity and condition of the pipeline and gas company
facilities. •
Identify project setbacks or obstacles
and provide solutions to ensure project is built on time and within budget. •
Coordinate between the gas company and
the contractor all associated schedules, material requirements, change work
orders, invoices, and clearances to work on or near energized facilities. •
Document on a daily bases all labor,
equipment and material used, including pipeline welds and NDT inspections. •
Review and approve contractor daily
timesheets and invoices for work performed. •
Supervise field operations to ensure
work is performed safely and is in compliance with company policy, procedures
and governmental regulations. •
Consulted the gas company project
engineer for changes deviating from the engineering drawings and
specifications. Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale,
CA September 2013 – April
2014 •
Create extensive cost-model data
spreadsheet and estimate all associated construction costs for the
construction and installation of Bloom Energy fuel cell energy servers. •
Study and analyze existing and proposed
projects to identify high cost items for labor, equipment and materials. •
Interpret architectural, civil site
work, electrical one-lines, structural concrete pads, electrical runs, and
interconnection (line or hot taps) to main electrical switchboard (MSB) and
gas service to server MSA. •
Utilize AutoCAD Civil 3D to download
survey point data to extract earthwork quantity take-offs per the soils
report recommendations for trenching, over-excavation and compaction, as well
create plan and profile to estimate utility run depth per the existing survey
topography. •
Resulted in estimating over 40 projects
within the U.S. with associated pricing costs, based on various regions. •
Provide recommendations and figures to
client Bloom Energy to negotiate with general contractors and obtain lower
construction costs. Core States Group, Ontario,
CA February 2013 – September
2013 •
Managed the entire engineering, design
and construction of Bloom Energy fuel cell facility servers. •
Resulted in managing various projects
with budgets ranging from $350k to $1 million for design and construction. •
Perform initial site investigation,
pre-entitlement process, acquiring applicable municipal codes, planning and
zoning regulations, and utility purveyors conditions to determine the full
scope of work for a cost effective fee proposal. •
Coordinate with SCE, LADWP, SoCal Gas,
SDG&E & PG&E to attain design criteria, location and installation
of its MSA's, power disconnects, utility alignments, and to mitigate
any encroachments in the private or public right-of-way. •
Communicate client requirements and
project risks to appropriate team members, ensuring client expectations are
met. •
Assist in the initial design layout
utilizing AutoCAD, Civil 3D to facilitate the design team in the full scope
of work. •
Manage the project schedule and worked
closely with client PM, facility manager, and building chief engineer. •
Ensure the efficient production of the
construction documents by providing QA/QC; redlining changes and corrections. •
Process all plan submittals and
permitting efforts through cities, counties, and public agencies having
authority. •
Attend bid walks, and assist in rough
order of magnitude estimates using the final approved IFC set of documents. •
Coordinate during construction with
site superintendents and answer all project related issues through RFI
process. •
Participate in site walk to go over
final punch list and secure a satisfactory project closeout. PBS&J
Corporation Inc, Orange, CA January 2006 – January 2010 •
Designed and managed a variety of civil
engineering projects including a residential development of 1000 homes, a 12
mile water pipeline distribution system, various street improvements, BLD
sports park, parking lots and public works projects as well as winning one
major design-build project for Disney California Adventure Carsland. •
Produce the initial civil design layout
utilizing AutoCAD, Civil 3D to facilitate project deliverables and work
within project budget and schedule; QA/QC plans and responsible for the
overall design of the project. •
Process all plan submittals and
permitting efforts through cities, counties, and public agencies having
authority. •
Prepare and draft proposals, attend bid
walks, review bid documents, estimate project engineering costs; attend
interviews. Resulting in a big project win of $460k design-build Disney's
Carsland back of house Area development. •
Resulted and the successful completion
of all civil scope for the area development of 5 buildings, infrastructure,
grading, loading dock, storm drain, etc. acquiring all plan approval and
permits through the City of Anaheim. K&A
Engineering, Inc, Corona, CA January 2003 – December 2005 •
Designed and managed a residential development
of 600 homes project in Sun City, Riverside County. •
Assisted in grading design for other
various land development projects such as The Retreat Golf & Country
Club, Riverside County, and Eagle Glen Phase III, in the City of Corona. •
Successfully design and produced all
civil engineering drawings, plan and profile utilizing AutoCAD LDD, including
off-site public works improvements such as street design, sewer and
water, and storm drain. •
Calculate earthworks quantities for
mass grading and stockpiles utilizing AutoCAD LLD. •
Process all plan submittals and
permitting efforts through Riverside County and agencies having jurisdiction,
such as EMWD, Fire Department, , and Riverside County Building and Safety and
Transportation Department. •
Coordinate design with utility
purveyors such as SCE, SoCal Gas Company, and Time Warner Cable. •
Resulted in successful completion of
project by acquiring all plan approvals and permits after mitigating
conditions of approval, and addressing all environmental impacts per the EIR. David Evans &
Associates, Inc., Ontario, CA October 1999 – December 2002 Designed
and managed multiple civil engineering projects for the civil engineering
department. Demonstrated successful project results by providing best design
practices and by completing projects within budgets and schedules. Two major
projects I managed are South Central High School No.1, and Qwest
Communications Backbone Fiber Optic Network. South
Central High School No. 1 – This project was designed to be built over the old Knudsen Yogurt
factory in Los Angeles. Successfully managed the civil scope of work and
engineering design, which included all onsite and offsite improvements, plus
the major relocation of the North-Outfall sewer (brick and mortar structure). • Design and produce all civil engineering drawings utilizing
AutoCAD LDD, such as street improvement plans, rough and precise grading,
sewer and water improvements, hydrology plans, storm drain, roads, parkways,
and off-site public works improvements. • Participated in all LAUSD meetings in downtown Los
Angeles, as well as coordinate plan approvals with the city of Los Angeles
Bureau of engineering. • Coordinated all offsite public works with the Los
Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP), Major Sewer Engineering
Division, Street Lighting Department, Street Vacating Division, and Los
Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW). • Successfully
coordinated major utility relocations and improvements with SoCal Gas Co.,
and SCE. Qwest
Communications Backbone Fiber Optic Network – Designed and managed the civil
engineering telecom infrastructure spanning over 16 miles from the City of
Pasadena, below the Old Pasadena Bridge, into South Pasadena, terminating in
Down Town Los Angeles. Thence, heading west on Wilshire Blvd to Century City
District. Plus managed several other shorter service runs for Qwest customers
in various Los Angeles County districts, city and in the City of El Segundo. • Resulted in managing over 25 projects and targeted
design engineering fees of approximately $750k. • Successfully estimate overall project cost,
schedules, and fee proposals for client approval. • Demonstrated winning project success by meeting and
working closely with client. • Developed scope of work based on client conceptual
routes and per client's direction. • Prepared a feasibility route study report for the
approval of a 16 mile span from Pasadena to Los Angeles. • Processed all plan submittals and permitting efforts
through various cities and approval agencies. • Effectively coordinated all plan approvals with
LACMTA, BNSF railway, and Caltrans for crossings thru bridge cells, and
directional boring under railways. • Coordinated joint-built efforts with other telecom
companies such as Level 3, AT&T, and COX in the Downtown Los Angeles
area; this was due to limited space in public right-of-way and to comply with
street moratoriums schedules. • Managed, designed, and produced all civil
engineering drawings utilizing AutoCAD LDD. • Supervised a small staff of personnel; such as civil
designers and survey technicians. • Managed and approved all internal project management
duties such as invoicing, account receivables, project monthly budget
reports, staff time approval and delivery of annual performance reviews
(APR’s). Walt Disney
Imagineering, Glendale, CA, United
States January 1997 – September
1999 Assigned
to the civil engineering department to work on Disney’s new California
Adventure theme park over the existing parking lot. The civil engineering
design scope also included area developments for the East Esplanade,
Restaurant Dining & Entertainment, resort parking lots, and parking
structure areas. In a team effort, I also supported the coordination of the
onsite/offsite improvements around the entire park, which included public
works improvements such as streets, wet and dry utilities connecting into the
park, plus the I-5 connection to the parking structure and resort hotels. •
Designed civil improvement plans; such
as horizontal control, grading, water, sewer, hydrology plans, and storm
drain utilizing AutoCAD LDD. •
Coordinated civil design and perform
infrastructure interference checks with architectural, structural, mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, data and communication disciplines from the Disney
team. •
Estimated earthwork quantity take-offs
for rough grading, stockpiling, and prepared earthwork phasing plan. •
Assisted in the coordination and
documentation of field RFI’s during the rough grading phase of construction. •
Report all offsite discrepancies to
design consultants for proper revisions to their construction documents. •
Resulted in the successful completion
of the project and construction documents and received " A piece of past
as we build the future" award. Fluor Global Inc, Irvine,
CA, United States March 1996 – December 1996 Assigned
abroad to work in Mexico City, DF for Fluor/ICA Constructors as-built
project. At the time, this was the largest telecommunications as-built
project in the world. It was an MCI/Avantel joint venture; roughly 5,000 Km
of already constructed telecom infrastructure fiber optics network. Trained
approximately 49 civil designers and engineers in MicroStation J. •
Managed, trained, and supervised 7
teams, each composed of 7 designers and engineers, each team worked on
separate spans of the telecommunications network from one city to another. •
Produced a total of approximately
75,000 as-built drawings in a team effort. •
Assisted management by reporting all
production activities and forecasts. •
Reviewed and synchronized on a daily
bases all production costs and schedules with upper management. •
Provide weekly reports to Fluor Global
for the overall project and production effort. •
Resulted in the successful completion
of the as-built project and received a Fluor Global recognition bonus
and MVP award. Education NATIONAL WELDING
INSPECTION SCHOOL, Burton, TXMarch
2015 •
Visual pipe inspection, design
formulas and measurement of welding parameters UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, Ontario, CAOctober 2014 •
Critical Studies of Foundations of
Business, and Essentials of Business Administration WESTWOOD COLLEGE, Anaheim, CADecember 2012 •
Construction Project Management and
Administration MTI COLLEGE, Orange, CADecember 1989 •
Autodesk AutoCAD Release 9,
Electrical and Mechanical Drafting Principles Summary of Qualifications |
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