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Giselle Ramirez

Bakersfield,CA

Summary

Resourceful Environmental Engineer and Project Manager with experience in organizing financial oversight and planning project schedules to achieve smooth flow and project design development. Leads procurement of resources including grants and federal funding opportunities. Aiming to leverage my abilities to proficiently monitor and support the management of Los Angeles City stormwater capture public projects.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Environmental Engineering Associate

Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment
06.2022 - Current
  • Created cost analysis Microsoft Excel tools to assess ongoing project phase budgeting and expose weaknesses for communicative remediation with contractors
  • Identified projects’ stormwater capture design plans and resources required to meet Los Angeles County Safe Clean Water Standards, community beautification goals, and public educational objectives
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders such as Council District, Council Neighborhoods, and City departments to clearly convey deliverables, schedules, and mediate design conflicts
  • Presenting and reporting detailed project status updates to facilitate communication between Los Angeles public departments for productive project collaborations

Substation Maintenance Intern

Pacific Gas & Electric Company
05.2015 - 09.2015
  • Daily electrical substation visits for inspection of PG&E maintenance and adequate accommodations of safety standards
  • Conducted analysis of system operations were communicated to engineers and crew members to devise and deploy improvement strategies
  • Maintained safety conditions and standards in facility.

Education

B.S - Civil Engineering, opt. Environmental Engineering

California State Polytechnic University
Pomona, CA
04.2022

Skills

  • AutoCAD expert
  • Microsoft excel
  • Interpreting project plans and specifications
  • Bluebeam Revu
  • Project Feasibility Studies and Concept Reports
  • Grants and Federal Funding Applications and Reporting
  • CEQA Certification Process
  • Budget administration
  • Scope definition

Projects And Affiliations

  • Project Manager, LASAN North Sepulveda Pedestrian Island Project -Organized scope, schedule, and budget for this Safe Clean Water Measure W and Community Development Block Grant funded project that will treat water through vegetated parkway swales, enhance an existing Metro stop, and provide community educational opportunities.
  • Project Manager, LASAN Lincoln Park Neighborhood Green Street Network Project- Organized scope, schedule, and budget for this Safe Clean Water Measure W and Proposition O funded project that will provide water quality improvements by diverting urban stormwater by percolating it into the local groundwater through drywells. The Project includes lake rehabilitation measures and educational opportunities for the Lincoln Height Neighborhood.
  • Project Engineer, LASAN MacArthur Lake Stormwater Capture Project -Organized scope, schedule, and budget for this Safe Clean Water Measure W funded project that will divert, treat, and replace potable water with captured stormwater into the MacArthur Park lake.
  • Project Team Member, Proposed Water Treatment Facility Design - Efficient water treatment plant design developed within city potable water necessities and standards., Collaborated in the development of facility final AutoCAD visuals for coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration products waste clear well, sludge drying beds, chlorination system, chemical facilities, and pump stations.

Timeline

Environmental Engineering Associate

Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment
06.2022 - Current

Substation Maintenance Intern

Pacific Gas & Electric Company
05.2015 - 09.2015

B.S - Civil Engineering, opt. Environmental Engineering

California State Polytechnic University
Giselle Ramirez