Tarah Graham
McKinney,TX
Summary
Proven leader in engineering and emergency response, excelling at Risk Analysis Region VI with expertise in GIS and floodplain management. Leveraged strong analytical skills and regulatory compliance knowledge to enhance project outcomes. Recognized for outstanding problem-solving abilities and achieving top salesperson status at RunOn, demonstrating unparalleled client relationship management.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Volunteer Firefighter/EMT
Town of Weston
Weston, TX
01.2024 - Current
- Respond to 911 calls for fire and EMS in the town of Weston and the surrounding area.
- Demonstrated dedication to providing quality care through continued training and education.
- Implemented, managed, and maintained a personal accountability system for all emergency responders.
Civil Engineer
Risk Analysis Region VI
Denton, TX
11.2019 - Current
- Serves as a technical, authoritative resource in the specialized fields of risk assessments, hydrologic and hydraulic flood studies, contract monitoring, and project management.
- Duties include program and engineering work that directly supports the National Flood Insurance Program and Mitigation Platform.
- Prepare and review contract documents for the Risk Analysis Branch (COR Level III).
- Monitor cooperative agreements and grants for cooperating technical partners (CTP).
- Review all mapping work submitted by CTP for accuracy and completeness.
- Provide technical assistance to CTP on project and database issues.
- Review and validate Base Level Engineering projects submitted by the contractor and CTP.
- Mapping Information Platform (MIP) Champion for Region VI responsibilities include creating and obligating projects, purchases, and tasks, updating baseline scope and schedule, monitoring EV, monthly and quarterly reporting, and supporting MIP Help requests.
- Assess program development through the review of Earned Value (EV) reports to analyze the performance of each grant, and formulate plans to resolve issues when out of tolerance.
Project Engineer
Pacheco Koch Engineering Consultants
Dallas, TX
05.2017 - 05.2019
- Developed plans and drawings for land development projects, including conceptual, preliminary, and final design.
- Researched and conformed to applicable city, agency design guidelines, codes, and checklists.
- Performed civil design calculations, sketches, technical evaluations, and similar technical work.
- Completed hydraulic and hydrologic evaluations of water distribution, wastewater collection systems, and stormwater catchment areas using modeling software.
- Interacted with clients to interpret needs and requirements.
- Monitored work performance against established milestones ensuring adherence to approved schedules.
Aquatic Chemistry Research Lab Assistant
SMU Engineering Department
Dallas, TX
06.2015 - 05.2017
- Assisted graduate students with their experiments, tracked time-restricted experiments, and dilutions.
- Recorded and collected data from instruments: ICP-MS and ion chromatographer.
- Prepared and tested soils, natural waters, and fly ash material to determine pollutant levels, and identify sources of contamination.
- Managed laboratory supplies and equipment, providing maximum output to meet data deadlines.
- Ensured compliance with regulatory requirements and accreditation standards, contributing to successful laboratory audits.
Physics Teaching Assistant
SMU Physics Department
Dallas, TX
08.2014 - 05.2017
- Led discussion sections, tutorials or laboratory sections.
- Held weekly office hours to assist students, or worked on additional TA tasks (3 classes, 75 students).
- Assisted in preparing and delivering lectures to undergraduate students in Physics courses.
- Graded and evaluated student work, including tests and lab experiment notebooks.
Sales Associate
RunOn
Richardson, TX
08.2010 - 04.2013
- Gathered and analyzed customers’ needs, built strong client relationships, and provided solutions to clients’ challenges.
- Explained product knowledge, features, and benefits, as well as technical specifications, to tailor them to each customer’s needs.
- Consistently increased revenues throughout tenure, and led the company as the top salesperson every month ($30k).
- Received the 'Elite Performer Award' for 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Veterinary Technician
VCA Pet Care Animal Hospital
Plano, TX
10.2005 - 01.2010
- Provided client communication, patient updates, discharge instructions and follow-ups for certain hospitalized patients
- Monitored surgical patients by tracking anesthetic depths, heart and respiratory rates, temperature, pulse oximetry and ECGs during anesthetic producers
- Assisted with diagnosis and treatment of animal health problems by performing lab tests on specimens.
- Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
Education
Emergency Medicine Technical
11-2024
Firefighting
03-2024
Master of Science - Environmental Engineering
05.2018
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Engineering
05.2017
Skills
- Civil3D
- AutoCAD
- Water CAD
- GIS
- Solid Works
- MS Windows
- Excel
- Word
- Access
- PowerPoint
- FrontPage
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Quicken
- C
- Mat Lab
- Visual Basic
- Dreamweaver
- HEC-RAS
- MODFLOW
- Incident command
- Disaster management
- Hazard management
- Advanced pre-hospital emergency care
- Risk assessment capabilities
- Strong analytical skills
- Regulatory compliance
- Geographic information systems
- Floodplain management
Certification
- Contracting Officer's Representative (FAC-COR 3)
- IS-100.C: Incident Command System
- IS-200.C: Incident Command System for Inital Response
- IS-700.B: National Incident Management System
- IS-800.D: National Response Framework
- Texas Commission on Fire Protection Driver Operator – Pumper
- Texas Commission on Fire Protection Structural Firefighter
- Hazardous Materials Awareness
- Hazardous Materials Operations
Timeline
Volunteer Firefighter/EMT - Town of Weston
01.2024 - Current
Civil Engineer - Risk Analysis Region VI
11.2019 - Current
Project Engineer - Pacheco Koch Engineering Consultants
05.2017 - 05.2019
Aquatic Chemistry Research Lab Assistant - SMU Engineering Department
06.2015 - 05.2017
Physics Teaching Assistant - SMU Physics Department
08.2014 - 05.2017
Sales Associate - RunOn
08.2010 - 04.2013
Veterinary Technician - VCA Pet Care Animal Hospital
10.2005 - 01.2010
- Contracting Officer's Representative (FAC-COR 3)
- IS-100.C: Incident Command System
- IS-200.C: Incident Command System for Inital Response
- IS-700.B: National Incident Management System
- IS-800.D: National Response Framework
- Texas Commission on Fire Protection Driver Operator – Pumper
- Texas Commission on Fire Protection Structural Firefighter
- Hazardous Materials Awareness
- Hazardous Materials Operations
Training Division - , Emergency Medicine Technical
Training Division Fire Academy - , Firefighting
Southern Methodist University - Master of Science, Environmental Engineering
Southern Methodist University - Bachelor of Science, Environmental Engineering
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