Mohammed Howlader, PE
Arlington
Summary
Highly skilled and accomplished licensed professional engineer with a proven track record of success in municipal engineering. Ten years of experience managing and executing capital improvement and private development projects in Civil Engineering. Actively seeking a full-time civil engineering position to utilize expertise and contribute to organizational growth and success. Known for dynamic approach, competitive spirit, and unwavering dependability. Confident in ability to make significant impact in challenging engineering role.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Civil Engineer
The City of Arlington - Utility Department
02.2025 - Current
- Review, coordinate, and monitor water and sanitary sewer plans and specifications for completeness and compliance with engineering practices.
- Prepare plans and specifications for water and sanitary sewer renewals, including bidding and final acceptance of construction.
- Manage multiple projects and maintain detailed project budgets and cash flow reports.
- Administer assigned projects from design to construction, ensuring timely completion and minimizing change orders.
- Communicate effectively with city personnel, utilities, consultants, contractors, and the public regarding utilities construction.
- Prepare clear and accurate reports and presentations related to utility projects.
- Maintain records, files, computer models, and project statuses.
Civil Engineer
City of DeSoto-Engineering Department
07.2023 - 01.2025
- Primarily responsible for design, review, bid, construction, inspection, and final acceptance of Capital Improvement Projects including roadway, alleys, drainage, sanitary sewer and water projects
- Work closely with consulting engineers to make sure the design is done per city standards
- Communicating with different departments in state and county for project related different permits
- Secondarily provide technical input and direction to graduate engineer who manages all private development projects including residential and commercial
- Monitors and inspects projects to ensure compliance with contract specifications; prepares reports for development and CIP reflecting project status
- Also manage tri-city franchise utility meeting, attend DRC meeting, and prepare city council agenda for CIP projects
Engineering Project Manager
City of Mansfield-Department of Public Works
08.2018 - 07.2023
- Managing and overseeing development projects to ensure design and construction meet City standards and permit requirements
- Demonstrate effective management with a full range of engineering techniques to interpret original designs and applicable regulations and standards
- Strong leadership ability yet also is ready to roll-up sleeves and work through details when needed
- Creative problem solver, who enjoys a challenge, is results oriented, and is a strong leader who is also visible, approachable, and credible with staff and the community
- Have a strong commitment to customer service and high degree of integrity
- The complexities of reviewing engineering design and an advocate of quality service and accountability are the day to day responsibilities
- Specific areas of focus include, but are not limited to: providing professional engineering oversight in City approval of primarily residential development and secondarily commercial development proposals; working closely with other Community Development Divisions and public works permits; and outside consultants, and contractors in area of assignment
Graduate Civil Engineer
City of Rowlett-Department of Public Works
10.2015 - 08.2018
- Temporarily for two years I was responsible for the city engineer’s role and supervised five engineering assistants directly
- Responsible for the technical supervision of city construction projects
- This includes primarily capital infrastructure projects, and secondarily private development projects
- Review plans and inspect projects for compliance within standards and specification of the contract and within the City of Rowlett standards
- Design, development and evaluation of construction, rehabilitation projects by gathering field data, drawing the schematic, determining the elements to be included, preparing the plans and specs, and preparing cost estimates
- Manage street & drainage, water and sanitary sewer plans and specifications of projects for completeness, sound engineering practices and conformance to master plans
- Prepare plans and specifications for street and utility bidding, awarding, processing estimates and final acceptance of construction by council
- Administer assigned projects from design to construction, including preparing detailed reports submitted to City Council
- Incorporate design review comments, cross-check work and calculation of other team members
- Assist in the preparation of engineering specifications and plans by determining the appropriate standards and specifications
- Prepare and also review all bid packages prepared by consultants, attend and run pre-con & pre-bid conferences, analyzes bid results, prepare detailed results for evaluation
- Prepare cost estimates using historical data and working knowledge
- Provide technical assistance to develop standards and specifications, engineering calculations and data analysis to design teams, peers and related personnel
- Review permits/applications and plats within the City of Rowlett standards included generally accepted practices by ensuring applicable information is included
- Responsible to prepare and submit MS4 annual report to TCEQ
Engineering Assistant
City of Rowlett-Department of Public Works
08.2015 - 10.2015
- Assist City Civil Engineer with plan and specification review
- Assist Civil Engineer with value engineering and constructability review
- Perform project management including, but not limited to, construction observation, update weekly project status report, preconstruction meeting agenda and hosting, review of submittals, traffic control plans and subcontractors
- Review of estimates prepared by consultant and contractors
- Negotiation and preparation of project change orders and update the daily log
- Continued coordination with franchised utilities to resolve utility conflicts
- Calling for final ADA inspections and resolving any ADA violation identified
- Providing feedback to the City Civil Engineer on the quality of the plans and specifications for projects under construction
- Securing records drawings and other required project documents from the consulting engineer, project close out documentation from contractor prior to final estimate payment
- Preparing and sending out Project status report to stakeholders
- Closing out the project files and give them to the City Civil Engineer for final review
Field Representative
Alpha Testing Inc.
06.2014 - 08.2015
- Perform CMT services including, but not limited to, construction observation and testing on a variety of projects, preparation of engineering field reports, conduct and review of laboratory testing, and various engineering related tasks
- Report directly to the Project Manager, and work with numerous Project Engineers in the Construction Services
- Testing and observation of: soil moisture and soil densities during fill placement, lime depth check, compaction, gradation and other earthwork; concrete testing - concrete strength and reinforcing steel placement, pre-pour inspection, reinforcing and placement monitoring; pier monitoring, pre- and post-tension placement and inspection and also Dallas city 311-t construction observation/inspection including street & approach, storm, sewer and water drainage
Engineer
Y J, Inc.
09.2012 - 03.2013
- Designed array of signs based on 2010 CBC and 2009 IBC
- Engineered and analyzed footing, monument, pylon, base plate, bolts and anchor
- Designed footing, monument, pylon, base plate, bolts and anchor in AutoCAD
Engineer III
T C & I, Inc.
04.2012 - 09.2012
- Worked as a Project Manager in a ¾ million dollars school project of Monrovia Unified School District where I was responsible for inspecting and reporting on virtually every phase of the construction process: including, civil (site work), structural; building, mechanical, indoor air quality, safety, and hazardous material abatement
- Ensure that all contract documents represented by working drawings and specifications are properly executed by the contractors
- Also responsible for establishing and maintaining a professional working relationship with architects, engineers, testing labs, general contractors, subcontractors, school board personnel, and the general public
Plan Designer/Drafter
UDAMAN, LLC
02.2012 - 05.2012
- Worked on a Demolition Plan where I designed an Existing Plan, Site Plan and Proposed Plan for a business building and 'the Building and Safety Division' of the City of Santa Clarita had approved the plans
- Calculated occupant load, occupancy group, type of construction and showed all electric and gas lines in addition to building structure in the AutoCAD drawing
- Designed a 2010 ADA Standards handicapped restroom in AutoCAD
Sales Associate/Manager
Esmat & Faten Enterprise
05.2004 - 03.2012
- Employment with Esmat & Faten in California allowed me to finance my education, attaining my degree as a Civil Engineer, from California State University, Northridge in 2010
Engineering Intern
TRS Engineers Inc.
01.2009 - 06.2009
- Assisted with computer aided design using AutoCAD software
- Assisted on designing residential houses to prepare plans and structural calculations
- Maintained and organized official documents
- Assisted Project Engineer with close activities of design projects through final acceptance
- Assisted Project Engineer with change activities
- Collaborate with Client and Project Engineer to ensure all deliverables are submitted to Clients once a design is approved and completed
- Attended meetings and calls with Clients and city / county Engineers to obtain their standard plans and codes
Education
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
California State University-Northridge
Northridge, California01.2010
Skills
- AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Microsoft Office
- Visual Basic
- Matlab
- Java
- C
- C
- Pascal
College Activities
- Designed Steel Bridge for 2007 ASCE PSWRC competition
- Designed Concrete Canoe for 2009 ASCE PSWRC competition
- Volunteered for 16th Annual Popsicle Stick Bridge contest
- High school Badminton champion in Bangladesh
Professional Affiliations And Licenses
- Licensed Professional Engineer, TX
- Local Government Project Procedures Qualification (UTA#53847)
- Basic River & Floodplain Modeling Using HEC-RAS
- Stormwater Management-BMP Maintenance & Post-Construction Inspection (NCTCOG)
- Lead, Asbestos, & Treated Wood Waste Awareness Training
- American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006-Present
- American Association of Bangladeshi Engineers & Architects, 2006-Present
Timeline
Civil Engineer
The City of Arlington - Utility Department
02.2025 - Current
Civil Engineer
City of DeSoto-Engineering Department
07.2023 - 01.2025
Engineering Project Manager
City of Mansfield-Department of Public Works
08.2018 - 07.2023
Graduate Civil Engineer
City of Rowlett-Department of Public Works
10.2015 - 08.2018
Engineering Assistant
City of Rowlett-Department of Public Works
08.2015 - 10.2015
Field Representative
Alpha Testing Inc.
06.2014 - 08.2015
Engineer
Y J, Inc.
09.2012 - 03.2013
Engineer III
T C & I, Inc.
04.2012 - 09.2012
Plan Designer/Drafter
UDAMAN, LLC
02.2012 - 05.2012
Engineering Intern
TRS Engineers Inc.
01.2009 - 06.2009
Sales Associate/Manager
Esmat & Faten Enterprise
05.2004 - 03.2012
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
California State University-Northridge
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