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Karl Heinrichs

St Louis

Summary

Currently, on my second year of OPT and working as an Assistant Consultant, Civil Engineer for one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. Qualified Civil Engineer with roughly 4 years of experience (counting internship experience) working in various capacities to complete engineering tasks. Worked in the fields of Transportation, Water Resources, and also Construction. Proven success in identifying and addressing challenges to complete projects on time and under budget. Good communication skills keeping teams on-task and exceeding quality, performance, and safety standards. Gets the most out of every resource and team member using creativity and excellent problem-solving abilities.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Consultant, Civil Engineer

WSP USA
06.2022 - Current
  • Integrated VISSIM models into road design planning to support safe and lasting roads/highways infrastructure.
  • Planned, directed and participated in traffic related activities and helped with several traffic study reports in preparation for Traffic Engineering Recommendations.
  • Participated in several meetings with MoDOT seeking solutions for current issues and providing comments/observations.
  • Assessed construction and planning operations for compliance with Federal and State standard safety rules and also complying with environmental regulations.
  • Executed several Crash Study Analysis for MoDOT coupled with Data Analysis.

Traffic Engineer Intern

WSP USA
10.2021 - 05.2022

Supervisor Contact: Michael Dolde +1 (314) 608-1640 – Supervising Traffic Engineer

Position Duties:


  • Support Engineers checking design inconsistencies on Synchro 10 (Traffic Design Program).
  • Execute basic drafts on new possible highway design using Synchro 10.
  • Perform Crash Analysis for several different routes around St. Louis to find a pattern to the crashes.
  • Nighttime inspections on signs around St. Louis, checking their location, retro reflectiveness, or damages found.
  • Execute technical reports on the data gathered in the Crash Analysis.
  • Support the engineers in the group.
  • Experienced several meetings with different offices to discuss problems and solutions regarding new traffic designs.

Civil Engineer Intern

Woodard & Curran
06.2021 - 08.2021

Supervisor Contact: Don Taul +1 (618) 978-8285 – Project Manager

Position Duties:


  • Support Engineers checking design inconsistencies using Bluebeam.
  • Communicate with Engineers all over the U.S. (from the company) to overcome difficulties in design errors or issues presented on site.
  • Check if contractors were following the design in the Wastewater Plant upgrades.
  • Aid contractors during construction in the Wastewater Plant.
  • Sample testing with the effluent and influent water samples coming to the Wastewater Plant in the laboratory.
  • Engaged in the construction of upgrades in many different areas of the plant.
  • Experienced the operation of meeting deliverables to achieve state and federal fund loans distributed to help upgrade of sewage system for many towns/cities.

Civil Engineer Intern

Viaplan Engenharia
05.2020 - 12.2020

Supervisor Contact: Everton Hara +55 (41) 3245-7679

Position Duties:


  • Surveying potential fields
  • Soil testing
  • Sample testing in laboratory
  • Engaged in the construction of roads on every step of the process
  • Shadowed the managing of the employees
  • Experienced the operations of the entire company, including; administration and HR

Student Consultant

UMSL
07.2019 - 05.2020

Supervisor Contact: David Maczynski, (314) 516-7636

Position Duties:


  • Provide support to end users.
  • Maintain the department equipment.
  • Adhere to department schedule, policies and procedure.
  • Support the ITS resources.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering

Washington University in St Louis
St Louis, MO
05.2022

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering

University of Missouri - St Louis
St Louis, MO
05.2022

Skills

  • Synchro Drafting
  • Data Analysis
  • Vissim Drafting
  • Safety Rules Enforcement
  • Regulatory Review
  • Engineering Activities
  • CAD Drafting
  • Impact Assessment

Accomplishments


- Academic All-GLVC (Great Lakes Valley Conference), Spring 2018

Languages

Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Limited Working
German
Elementary

Additional Information

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

St. Louis Food Bank, St. Louis, MO, November 2017


  • Reached out to the community to raise the quantity of food held in the food bank.
  • Prepared and distributed Thanksgiving meals to homeless and disabled individuals.

Timeline

Assistant Consultant, Civil Engineer

WSP USA
06.2022 - Current

Traffic Engineer Intern

WSP USA
10.2021 - 05.2022

Civil Engineer Intern

Woodard & Curran
06.2021 - 08.2021

Civil Engineer Intern

Viaplan Engenharia
05.2020 - 12.2020

Student Consultant

UMSL
07.2019 - 05.2020

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering

Washington University in St Louis

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering

University of Missouri - St Louis
Karl Heinrichs