I am a registered Civil Engineer in California, Arizona, and a Project Management Professional with PMI. I have 14 years of business development, sales, project management, and engineering and construction experience in the public/private sectors. I am pursuing a position with a growing sustainable energy company looking to add energy, experience, and entrepreneurial spirit to business development, project management, and engineering.
Derek W. Petersen, P.E., PMP, CFM
Professional Certifications/Registrations
* State of California Professional Engineer Reg. #65903
* State of Arizona Professional Engineer Reg. #35912
* Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification #431984, accredited from Project Management Institute (PMI),
* Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM), Certification # US-07-02473, accredited from National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP, FEMA),
* Real Estate Salesperson License ID # 01376687, California Department of Real Estate
Education
University of Minnesota
Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering 1995
Experience
PBS&J Consulting Carlsbad, California 4/02-11/09
Senior Project Manager
* Manage Business Development & Marketing efforts for the Public Infrastructure Group ($8M in Revenue). Prepare proposals targeting new business, interview with clients, pre-wire, maintain relationships, and create portfolios following new business.
* Project Manager and Client Service Manager for multiple public infrastructure clients at the County and City level in Southern California (Riverside County Transportation Department, Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, City of Big Bear Lake, City of Moreno Valley, etc.). Responsible for acquiring and managing all aspects of project deliverables and resources; provide technical lead and quality assurance/control, ensure the project deliverables meet schedule and budget milestones, manage internal staff and project stakeholders. A project list is available upon request.
* Instructor of PBS&J University; developed course material and trained over 200 Project Managers in the area of Financial Project Management. In addition to instructing, participated on several PBS&J committees to enhance Project Management competency within the company. Supervise other project managers, technical professionals and design staff, and served as a mentor to groom technical staff in to management.
* Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Management for municipalities including developing and maintaining up to date project budgets, accounting of state and federal funds and allocation to priority projects, overall CIP project schedule, staff resource allocation, preparing preliminary designs, detail designs, and cost estimates, bidding and contractor award, completing staff reports, preparation of budgets and contracts, managing consultants, and construction contract administration.
* Project management and technical lead for transportation, hydrology/hydraulics modeling, drainage/water/sewer utility projects plans, specifications, and engineer's estimate (PSE) projects. Responsibilities include identification of new business pursuit, pre-wiring and proposal management, coordination and strategic interview coordination, contract negotiations and execution of project's scope of work, schedule, and fee, directing project team compliance with contract terms, manages QA/QC procedure, maintains stakeholder expectations, design lead to staff, internal resource allocation, and overall deliverable management.
* Extensive design and Interactive review of conditions, plans, specifications, design reports, and agreements for large flood control and transportation projects to ensure compliance with agency standards. Responsibilities include coordination with developers, consultants, and other agencies; provide engineering direction and resolve issues that occur during design; conduct a detailed review of plans, reports, and specifications for conformance to District standards.
City of Flagstaff Flagstaff, Arizona 1/98-1/02
Project Manager/Capital Improvements Technical Lead
* Lead Design Engineer for Capital Street and Storm water Improvement Projects. Responsibilities include creation of plans, specifications, and estimates for street improvements and underground utilities, design report creation, and construction management.
* Integral involvement in the delineation and hydrologic modeling of the city's watersheds. Assisted in developing the City's Watershed Master Plan of facilities and managed the data acquisition of streams, storm drains, and compiled a infrastructure database with GIS (ARCGIS) application.
* Creation of FEMA Technical Data Notebook for restudy of Floodway/Floodplain delineation on three separate watercourses within the City limit. Assist in the regulation of FEMA delineated Floodway/Floodplain encroachments within the city limits.
* Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Section Head. Sanitary Sewer, Water Distribution, and Storm Sewer modeling and design.
Kelleher Construction, Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota 8/97-12/97
Construction Project Manager (Temporary, Contractor)
* Construction Project Management responsibilities on a $4.1 million dollar project including earthwork and paving, utility improvements, bridge renovation to code, railwork, and expansion of office facilities.
* Tasks include design, bidding and subcontract award, overall budget accountability, scheduling, and quality control.
C.H.Q. Construction Services Minneapolis., Minnesota 12/95-8/97
Construction Project Engineer
* Design-Build, Construction Management, and General Contracting experience. Responsibilities include conceptual estimate and schedule analysis, design, bidding and subcontract award, overall budget accountability, schedule and quality control. Provided daily construction management including assistance during bidding and award, shop drawing review, office and field engineering support, field observation, construction contract administration, change order review and processing, preparation of Record Drawings, etc.
* Site hydrology, hydraulics, and drainage design for Design-Build projects. Shop drawing review for structural compliance to code.
Other Certifications/Software
Softdesk 8/AutoCAD R14, HEC-RAS, HEC-1, Boss Watershed Modeling Software(WMS)&(RMS), ArcView 3.1, StormCAD, Flowmaster, Pondpack, Microsoft Project, Primavera, Suretrack
Interests
Mountaineering, skiing, mountain biking, real estate, travel, Habitat for Humanity
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