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Ben Hoober

Winters,CA

Summary

Dedicated and independent Civil Engineer in Training with four years of experience in environmental site assessment, remediation, and soil/groundwater monitoring. Seeking a transition into conservation while maintaining a professional engineering practice, education, and credentials. In the process of obtaining California PE license and recently passed the NCEES PE Civil: Water Resources and Environmental exam.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Environmental Engineer

Barr Engineering Co.
Minneapolis, MN
05.2021 - Current
  • Routinely planning and conducting environmental fieldwork, including groundwater, surface water, soil, and soil gas sampling for municipal, industrial, manufacturing, and public clients.
  • Practicing the engineering design process, including proposal writing, feasibility studies, alternatives analyses, equipment selection, system design, construction oversight, and continued compliance for environmental site remediation and wastewater treatment projects.
  • Task managing multiple project teams of 15 or more engineers and scientists to generate and deliver regulatory compliance documentation to state and federal agencies.
  • Building strong client, stakeholder, and regulator relationships through consistent and exceptional service delivery.
  • Leading an internal project initiative to develop and deploy real-time environmental data visualization technologies, yielding accurate live and predictive
  • Leading an internal project initiative to develop and deploy real-time environmental data visualization technologies, yielding accurate live and predictive process models.

Project Scheduling Intern

Mortenson Construction
Minneapolis, MN
05.2019 - 08.2020
  • Constructed, updated, and revised complex weekly project schedules for all high-voltage power projects.
  • Initiated and led a training program for project teams on advanced scheduling software and best practices.

Construction Project Intern

Mortenson Construction
Waco, TX
05.2020 - 08.2020
  • Managed client walkdowns, punch lists, project completion certificates, and quality assurance inspections.
  • Spearheaded QA/QC reporting system improvements for client communications and progress reporting systems.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering

Iowa State University
Ames, IA
05-2021

Skills

  • Land reclamation
  • Environmental fieldwork
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Biological and mechanical wastewater treatment
  • PFAS capture and removal
  • Technical writing
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Environmental remediation

Affiliations

  • Running, Cycling, and Skiing of all kinds: I spend every moment I can outside and active.
  • Reading: Top reads include Barbarian Days by William Finnegan, Life Lived Wild by Rick Ridgeway, The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah, and Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush by Pierre Berton
  • Wildlife Photography: I just started out and and learning the basics. I hope to grow this into a lifetime hobby of photographing endangered species.

References

References available upon request.

Certification

  • Engineer in Training - Minnesota AELSGLAD, 2021
  • HAZWOPER 40hr + HAZWOPER Supervisor, 2021-2025

Timeline

Environmental Engineer

Barr Engineering Co.
05.2021 - Current

Construction Project Intern

Mortenson Construction
05.2020 - 08.2020

Project Scheduling Intern

Mortenson Construction
05.2019 - 08.2020

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering

Iowa State University

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