Dwayne Cordray, P.E.
COLLEGE STATION,TX
Summary
Highly accomplished and results-driven Civil Engineer and Project Leader with over two decades of experience in civil infrastructure, safety, and operational management. Proven expertise in leading cross-functional teams, overseeing complex projects from inception to completion, and implementing strategic initiatives to enhance efficiency and compliance. Recognized for a strong command of federal regulations, a commitment to risk mitigation, and a track record of successfully managing multi-billion dollar assets. Seeking to leverage extensive experience in a challenging leadership role.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Lead/General Engineer/SOHM
USDA/ARS
09.2014 - Current
- Serve as Team Lead and manage safety team, providing technical guidance and ensuring successful project completion for the USDA. Direct the planning, organization, and execution of safety and engineering projects, including the development of project plans, budgets, and timelines. Supervise and mentor team members, conduct performance evaluations and ensure the timely completion of projects. Develop and implement standards and procedures, ensuring strict compliance with all relevant safety, quality, and regulatory standards. Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customers to ensure smooth project delivery. Formulate and recommend programs and objectives based on functional needs and resource capabilities. Analyze the effectiveness of engineering projects and programs, preparing and presenting comprehensive reports on progress and outcomes. Implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance team performance and mitigate potential project risks. Stay current with industry trends and best practices through ongoing professional development and training.
- Directs the development and implementation of comprehensive safety and occupational health plans, policies, and procedural guidelines, ensuring consistency with agency missions and alignment with management-supported goals. Manages all aspects of safety and occupational health programs, including program planning, organization, and control, through the application of sound management principles. Coordinates inspection activities among personnel, including the completion of inspection tasks. Also formulates and executes national policies and priorities to ensure safe and healthy working conditions, while establishing and enforcing federal occupational safety and health standards. Achieves full compliance with all safety and occupational health legislation, standards, orders, and regulations. Identifies and implements countermeasures to mitigate potential accident and illness-related losses across operational areas, collaborating with cross-functional teams including personnel, supply, engineering, and medical services. Develops and manages employee and supervisor training programs by analyzing accident and illness data, legislation, and job hazards to reduce or eliminate potential losses. Designs and implements disaster preparedness plans, including internal and external response plans, procedural manuals, and employee education, supported by routine drills. Assesses, regulates, and preserves environmental conditions to minimize adverse health effects, conducts comprehensive inspection programs to ensure continuous compliance with federal standards. Utilizes robust procedures for measuring, reporting, and evaluating safety and occupational health data to continuously improve program effectiveness and drive quantifiable results.
Civil Engineer, Requirements and Optimization
DoD
05.2011 - 09.2014
- Served as lead Civil Engineer for all Facility, Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization (FSRM) projects and the Facilities and Utilities Activity Management Plan Manager (AMP), encompassing over $10B of built and natural infrastructure. Implemented asset management principles and capital planning to determine short- and long-range requirements for the repair and replacement of real property assets. Served as the subject matter expert to the Operations and Engineering Flight for all civil engineering aspects on projects including design reviews, developing Initial Government Estimates, and liaising with cross-functional customers. Provided civil engineer and technical expertise to maintenance shops to assist with developing work requests, performing work statements (PWS), and statements of work (SOWs). Provided overview for projects including new construction, renovations, and improvements to real property facilities from cradle to grave, to include project budgeting, scope development, drafting CSI technical specifications and standards, scheduling, permitting, procurement, construction management, field inspection, testing, turnover, and project closeout. Served as a liaison between facility managers, maintenance shops, data management team, engineering, and environmental flight to identify requirements and develop asset management plans to proactively sustain mission critical base infrastructure. Utilized SMS data and predictive analysis to identify requirements and prioritize projects to target sweet spot investments and identify centralized and decentralized project lists. Provided professional management and contract administration of third-party providers of services and goods including engineering & environmental consultants, surveyors, construction contractors, material and equipment vendors, materials testing, and inspection firms. Served as a team member of Emergency Management Flight to ensure the deployment readiness of the base's Civil Engineer Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force team, responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing actions to prepare for, respond to, and recover from various emergencies and disasters. This includes natural disasters like hurricanes and man-made incidents such as chemical spills.
- Estimated quantities and material costs during project planning to support budgeting and costing.
Project Engineer
HHS/IHS, Redding, CA
04.2004 - 05.2011
- Design, organize and direct construction and administrative activities associated with construction of community and individual water supplies and waste disposal facilities. Investigate and conduct engineering feasibility studies. Develop with project proposals; prepare project summaries, memoranda of agreement and project final reports. Prepare project summaries covering preliminary design and estimates of cost for an entire project, e.g., water source, water storage, water analysis, water distribution, sewage collection and sewage treatment. Comply with various public laws and executive orders concerning EPA, NEPA, flood hazards, and historical and archeological preservation. Developed and implemented technical standards to be utilized by contractors for construction and operations in the field. Supported project delivery efforts through determining asset & operational requirements, executing detailed engineering design tasks, and administering project permitting tasks. Provide guidance to employed construction workers and technical guidance to tribal officials, employees, and volunteer workers. Develop competitive bidding cost estimates for a variety of construction projects in different geographic locations, with different climatic conditions and land characteristics. Determine construction operations and methods involved and the time required to complete each phase. Determine various types and capacities of equipment required and cost of operation and maintenance. Determine materials type and quantities for entire project. Prepare alternatives and recommend final selection for location and routing of water and sewer lines and other facilities in the project area by field or aerial surveys. Perform field surveys utilizing total station and design projects utilizing AutoCAD.
Staff Engineer
Kleinfelder Inc., Roseville, CA
08.2002 - 04.2004
- Experience encompassed a broad range of construction related engineering. Areas of experience included coordinating geotechnical investigations, materials sampling, and laboratory testing of construction materials including soils, concrete, masonry and asphalt concrete. Other experience included subsurface investigation, soil drilling and sampling, logging borings, and assisting with preparation of geotechnical reports. Knowledgeable in observation and testing of construction projects using both Cal-Trans and ASTM standards.
Lab Technician
Kleinfelder Inc., Sacramento, CA
04.2000 - 08.2002
- Performed a variety of laboratory tests on soils, concrete, metals, and asphalt. Testing was performed in accordance with project specifications, ASTM, Caltrans, UBC, and AASTHO. Examples of test include: compaction tests, moisture contents, Atterberg limits, sieve analysis, sand equivalence, R-value, pH test, organic content, durability index, compression test, lineal shrinkage, tensile and bend testing, Rockwell hardness.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
C.S.U. Sacramento
Associates of Science Degree -
Cuesta College
U.S.M.C., Communication And Electronics School
Registration
Register Professional Engineer, C77249
Timeline
Team Lead/General Engineer/SOHM
USDA/ARS
09.2014 - Current
Civil Engineer, Requirements and Optimization
DoD
05.2011 - 09.2014
Project Engineer
HHS/IHS, Redding, CA
04.2004 - 05.2011
Staff Engineer
Kleinfelder Inc., Roseville, CA
08.2002 - 04.2004
Lab Technician
Kleinfelder Inc., Sacramento, CA
04.2000 - 08.2002
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
C.S.U. Sacramento
Associates of Science Degree -
Cuesta College
U.S.M.C., Communication And Electronics School
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