JOSHUA HENSLEY
Beavercreek
Summary
CAD Manager with extensive experience at HWC Engineering, skilled in implementing standards and leading teams to improve project efficiency. Expertise in CADD administration and quality control, with a strong focus on problem-solving. Successfully mentored staff, consistently meeting project deadlines and budgets across various transportation initiatives.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CAD Manager/Senior Civil Designer
HWC Engineering
Indianapolis
05.2021 - Current
- INDOT Roadway Design: Taking projects from start to finish. Including Subgrade Utilities, Project Summary, Horizontal and Vertical Design, and Modeling.
- Vertical and Horizontal Design: Utilizing design requirements per Federal Highway guidelines, State of Indiana guidelines, and Municipality guidelines.
- Project Design: Creating all design files and file structure for Indianapolis Transportation projects and maintaining quality control of all design files.
- Survey Processing: Work with survey group on producing INDOT deliverable survey basemaps and related files to Indianapolis transportation group.
- CADD Administration: Overseeing all CADD standards and best practices for all HWC offices, assisting the IT department, troubleshooting, helpdesk requests.
- Installing and Maintaining: CADD software for offices. Including the development and implementation of INDOT Standards for HWC across all offices and remote employees.
- Troubleshooting: CADD software over multiple versions, standards, workspaces, and offices throughout Indiana to maintain office productivity.
- Cad Manager: Started position for the need of mentoring cad staff with design standards and project workload management to ensure project deadlines are met and within given budget.
- Cad Management: Responsible for mentoring and managing cad staff for the Indianapolis Transportation Group.
- Workload and Budgeting: Assigning and Reviewing the hours of cad staff across all active projects.
- SOP and QA/QC: Working along senior staff and project managers across HWC implementing Standard Operating Procedures for our transportation group.
- Also providing quality control measures and checklists to ensure efficiently and quality of all transportation projects.
- Software Development: Communicated with senior staff about software updates and researched software that would assist with streamlining and creating efficiencies within the Indianapolis transportation group.
- Staff: Hold weekly staff meetings to go over CADD processes and troubleshoot any technical or procedural processes to maintain efficiency within designers.
- Mentorship: Hold individual 1:1 meetings with designers to go over any personal or work related issues to maintain positive attitudes and to resolve any internal or client issues.
Assistant Project Manager/Senior Civil Designer
LJB Inc.
Miamisburg
03.2006 - 05.2021
- ODOT Roadway Design: Taking projects from start to finish. Including Subgrade Utilities, Project Summary, and Horizontal and Vertical Design.
- Vertical and Horizontal Design: Utilizing design requirements per Federal Highway guidelines, State of Ohio guidelines, and Municipality guidelines.
- Project Design: Creating all design files and file structure for Ohio Transportation projects and maintaining quality control of all design files.
- Survey Deliverables: Process ASCII files and Field Book information to produce survey basemaps and DTM’s.
- Civil Design for Private Civil Group: Owning a project from start to finish. Including Storm, Sanitary, Storm Detention, Grading, and Utility Layout.
- Proposed Project Location: Utilizing design requirements, best practices, and industry leading software.
- Project Setup: Utilizing local design standards, developing best practices using MicroStation, Open Roads Designer, and Civil3D.
- Utilize ArcMap: Utilize GIS software to produce various exhibits specific to needed projects.
- Construction Observation/ Inspection and Pavement Analysis: Utilizing software and on-site observation for Federal, State, and Municipal Projects.
- Construction Observation: Conducting pre, ongoing, and post construction observation/ Inspection for ODOT and Municipal projects.
- Pavement Analysis: Using state of the art software to inspect, analyze, and prepare documents for pavement inspections.
- CADD Administration: Overseeing all CADD standards and best practices for all LJB offices, assisting the IT department, troubleshooting, helpdesk requests.
- Installing and Maintaining: CADD software for LJB offices. Including the development and implementation of OHDOT/ NCDOT Standards for LJB across all offices and remote employees.
- Develop: Created original Private Civil Template for C3D.
- Troubleshooting: CADD software over multiple versions, standards, workspaces, VBA’s for offices throughout the United States to maintain office productivity.
- Administration: Managed and implemented Projectwise across LJB offices.
- Assistant Project Management: Helping manage clients for Private Civil group and assisting lead project manager with deadlines and submissions.
- Project Management: Managing Speedway program responsible for over $2 million dollars of revenue in 2018.
- Team Leadership: Assisting and managing team members to completion of projects within deadlines and completing projects within set budgets.
Conceptual/Civil Designer
CESO Inc.
Centerville
04.2003 - 03.2006
- Performed Civil Design: Designed Wal-Mart store sites from start to finish. Including Storm, Sanitary, Storm Detention, Grading, and Utility Layout.
- Performed Survey and Construction Layout: For local and out of state Wal-Mart stores.
- Proposed Project Location: Utilizing the design requirements from Wal-Mart corporation to develop construction plans for over 80 stores across the United States.
- Traffic Impact Studies: Installing and monitoring traffic count equipment and writing reports.
- Wetland Mitigation Design: Designed two Wetland Mitigation sites for Wal-Mart utilizing design requirements for wetland design.
- Construction Testing: Performed and monitored site testing for various Wal-Mart projects.
CADD operator
Bechtel Associates Inc.
Fairborn
06.1999 - 03.2003
- Oversaw: Numerous Projects through design and visiting of sites.
- Trained: New employees with understanding how to use AutoCAD.
Education
Associates equivalent - Civil Technology
Sinclair Community College
Dayton, OH01.2013
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Wright State University
Dayton, OH06.2005
Associates - Architectural Technology
Sinclair Community College
Dayton, OH01.2003
Skills
- Project management
- Technical troubleshooting
- File management
- Survey processing
- Standards implementation
- Workload management
- Client communication
- Team leadership
- Budget oversight
- Problem-solving
- Process improvement
- Mentorship development
- CADD administration
- Quality control
- Subgrade utilities
- Design software
- Site development
- Traffic impact analysis
- ODOT right-of-way certification
- Civil design expertise
- Software proficiency
- Bentley and AutoCAD products
- Construction inspection and testing
- Leadership and teamwork
- Effective communication
- Strong work ethic
- Residential surveying
- Construction layout planning
- CADD automation techniques
- Administrative skills
- CAD team management
- Mentorship and guidance
References
Available on request.
Training And Knowledge
- Bentley/Autodesk Software
- AASHTO Manual 'Green Book'
- Trax Traffic Software
- Esri Software
- ODOT/ INDOT/ NCDOT CADD Standards
- MUTCD and Ohio MUTCD
- Trimble Software and Equipment
- Microsoft Software
Certification
- ODOT R/W Designer
- INDOT R/W Designer
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
CAD Manager/Senior Civil Designer
HWC Engineering
05.2021 - Current
Assistant Project Manager/Senior Civil Designer
LJB Inc.
03.2006 - 05.2021
Conceptual/Civil Designer
CESO Inc.
04.2003 - 03.2006
CADD operator
Bechtel Associates Inc.
06.1999 - 03.2003
Associates equivalent - Civil Technology
Sinclair Community College
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Wright State University
Associates - Architectural Technology
Sinclair Community College
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