Mike Miranda, P.E., PTOE
McAllen,TX
Summary
Traffic engineering expert in South Texas with 18+ years of experience in both the public and private sectors, including 12 years of public service (prior employment with the TxDOT Pharr District and the City of McAllen), and 6+ years in the private consulting sector as a "seller/doer" (business development + project/people management). Previous experience as a practice builder (and office manager), having successfully started up a new office (in McAllen) for a national civil engineering firm. Widely known and highly esteemed professional within the surrounding municipalities and TxDOT districts; looking to bring additional value to the right firm.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Consor Engineers
02.2022 - Current
- Traffic Engineering practice builder for South Texas; responsible for recruiting, screening, interviewing, and hiring local professional and technical staff, regularly reporting to manager (VP) in Houston.
- Traffic Engineering office lead for McAllen; currently supervising 3 P.E.'s (including 2 that I mentored and developed from EITs) and 1 EIT, with shared oversight of 3 CAD techs and 1 administrative assistant.
- Business Development/Client Services Manager (BD/CSM) for South Texas (Traffic); leveraged existing professional relationships with local city, county, and TxDOT (PHR, LRD, and CRP District) staff to strategically pre-position for upcoming municipal on-call or statewide Traffic contracts. On existing contracts, met with respective clients to "mine" for new task orders or WA's.
- Project Management for municipal (city and county), state (TxDOT), and private-sector client projects; accountable for keeping projects within scope, on schedule, and under budget; providing QA/QC on project deliverables; delivering high-quality customer service and results, often leading to repeat work and/or recommendations and referrals.
- Assisted in preparation of SOQs and proposals in response to RFQs and RFPs; developed Scope of Work and Fee Schedule documents for level of effort negotiations; created project design and construction schedules; provided recommendation on "go/no-go" decision for each opportunity.
Project Manager
Cobb Fendley
04.2019 - 01.2022
- Managed municipal, state, and private-client projects; provided leadership of team including project engineers, designers, CAD technicians, and administrative staff; communicated frequently with clients to provide status updates and to respond to inquiries; maintained upper management informed.
- One of four founding employees of McAllen Office; served as interim Office Manager for first eight months (until our Office Manager was hired); helped grow staff count from four to eleven full-time employees within first year in operation; assisted Office Manager with daily office and staff management operations.
- Participated in Business Development and Marketing efforts to grow our local client base and to bring in new work. Maintained crucial existing professional relationships with local city, county, and state staff, and worked to establish new professional relationships. Represented company at local conferences, forums, and various other networking-type events.
- Assisted in preparation of SOQ’s and proposals in response to RFQ’s and RFP’s. Developed Scope of Work and Fee Schedule documents for contract negotiations. Created project schedules, assigned tasks and monitored workloads, and produced high-quality work that led to new/additional work authorizations.
Transportation Engineer
TxDOT
03.2016 - 04.2019
- Served as Project Manager in Advanced Project Delivery (APD) section; ultimately responsible for overall progress of local government (city/county/MPO/RMA) roadway projects ($20M+) receiving state and/or federal funding; ensured projects complied with state/federal requirements, coordinated with local government staff and other TxDOT sections as needed, and monitored project schedule and budget.
- Served as Project Manager in Traffic Safety section; ultimately responsible for overall progress of Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) projects; designed and reviewed highway signing and pavement markings plans, traffic signal and flashing beacons plans, roadway illumination plans, work zone traffic control plans (TCPs), Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) reports, all-way stop and traffic signal warrant studies, speed zone studies, access management (driveway permits), and various other traffic operations or traffic safety components.
- Familiar with TxDOT Plans, Specifications, and Estimate (PS&E) packet preparation and submittals, as well as various TxDOT design standards and manuals; familiar with TxDOT’s DCIS operating system (for input of project cost estimates) now TxDOTCONNECT; ProjectWise software (for collaborative file sharing), CAD software (AutoCAD and MicroStation), and several traffic analysis software.
Traffic Operations Engineer
City of McAllen
04.2007 - 02.2016
- Assessed existing traffic signs and pavement markings, designed engineering plans, and monitored installation of new traffic signs and pavement markings on roads within City.
- Conducted all-way stop warrants, traffic signal warrants, and speed limit amendments.
- Conducted intersection sight distance (ISD) studies in accordance with AASHTO guidelines to determine if obstructions were present within intersection’s clear sight triangles.
- Reviewed proposed plats, site plans, and conditional-use permits, and provided answers to questions pertaining to traffic operations.
- Designed work zone traffic control plans (TCPs) for roadway construction projects, oversaw deployment of temporary traffic control devices, and regularly checked sites to ensure that traffic control devices were in place and/or operational, in accordance with TMUTCD.
- Responsible for managing City’s Speed Hump Installation Program. Reviewed applications and conducted traffic engineering studies to determine if streets met all requirements to be eligible for installation of speed humps.
- Performed travel runs along major corridors to check traffic signal progression using GPS. Obtained offsets, splits, and time/space diagrams using Synchro® software.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, TX12-2006
Skills
- Communication - ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written); adaptive communication style depending on audience and subject matter; attentive listener
- Leadership - demonstrated capacity to carry out directives and lead a team; persuasive/motivational management style; high EQ; leads by example; does not have an ego
- Teamwork - team player; capable of working efficiently as a member of a team (even across disciplines), or independently; prefers to be engaged; does not like letting teammates down
- Ethics - unwavering ethical and moral belief system; honest and hard-working; instills the importance of ethics to mentees; career-long "Order of the Engineer" ring-bearer
- Bilingual - native proficiency speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish (this is somewhat of a local culture expectation); available to serve as an interpreter if the need ever arises
Certification
- Texas Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.), license no. 110127
- Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE), certificate no. 3264
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Consor Engineers
02.2022 - Current
Project Manager
Cobb Fendley
04.2019 - 01.2022
Transportation Engineer
TxDOT
03.2016 - 04.2019
Traffic Operations Engineer
City of McAllen
04.2007 - 02.2016
- Texas Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.), license no. 110127
- Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE), certificate no. 3264
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
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