Held positions of increasing responsibility beginning as a staff engineer followed by promotions into the roles of project engineer, project manager, geotechnical department manager, and finally serving as the Manager of the Cypress, California office. As Office Manager, my responsibilities included: -Administrative control and management of a 25 person office/division comprised of engineers, geologists, technicians and administrative staff. -Assignment and supervision of project management teams. -Business development and client relations. -Maintaining an understanding of the changes to the evolving state of practice and updated Code requirements. -Development and review of scopes of work, cost estimates and proposals. -Technical and budgetary oversight on all projects. -Implementation of corporate technical and administrative policies. -Review of draft and final reports for technical compliance with Code requirements, company policy and continually evolving industry standards. -Ensuring timely output of work product, including cost estimates, plans and reports. -Mentoring and development of junior staff. -Review of monthly invoices. -Acting as Project Manager on complex and difficult projects.
