OUR PEOPLE
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ALBUQUERQUE TEAM
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Rebecca C. Fink, PE/CEO
Ms. Fink, the President and CEO, has 20 plus years of experience in civil engineering specializing in utility infrastructure (eight of those years have been at Smith). Ms. Fink has developed expertise in design, management, cost estimating, contracting requirements, federal, state, and local compliance, and quality assurance reporting. She has extensive experience in managing utility construction projects from planning, design through construction, coordinating with contractors, design consultants, public agencies, private developers, and utility customers. She has significant experience in design of waterline and sanitary sewerline rehabilitation, master plans, and asset management.
Phone: (505) 884-0700
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Pat Stovall, PE, CFM - Team Leader
Mr. Stovall has 33 years of specialized experience in drainage and flood control engineering. He has completed over 40 drainage analyses and design projects for the NMDOT Drainage Design Bureau and assisted the Bureau in modification of the Drainage Design Manual 2016. He has developed many Drainage Master Plans (DMPs), hydrologic, hydraulic, sediment yield and transport analyses and many floodplain mapping studies. Mr. Stovall has developed numerous hydrologic / hydraulic computer models for highways, roadways (street flow, inlets and storm drains), DMPs, storm sewers, culverts and bridges, natural and lined arroyos.
Phone: (505) 884-0700
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George Nemeth, PE - Team Leader
Mr. Nemeth has over 30 years of experience in civil engineering projects including grading and drainage design, highway drainage analysis and design, analysis and design of hydraulic structures and flood control channels and detention/retention ponds. His experience includes analysis and design of new and replacement of sanitary and storm sewers, site & land development, preparation of cost estimates, specifications, and construction contract documents.
Phone: (505) 884-0700
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Charles Stubbs, PE - Structural Engineering Team Leader
Mr. Stubbs has 38 years of structural engineering experience in all types of buildings, bridges and other types of structures. He’s managed an engineering office in Florida and another in New Mexico and was a Partner in the largest (at the time) structural engineering firm in the New Mexico. Mr. Stubbs has been the Engineer of Record on a wide variety of past projects including First Union Tower, a 24 story office tower in Ft. Lauderdale, two phases for Casino Del Sol in Tucson and the Desert Diamond Casino and Hotel, both in Tucson, a $200 million dollar expansion to Banner Thunderbird Hospital and the new Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, both in Phoenix, the 9 Story post-tensioned Pinecrest II tower in Largo, Florida and the USCENTCOM Headquarters at McDill AFB.
Phone: (505) 884-0700
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Tim Yatsco - Construction Services Team Leader
Mr. Yatsco has 25 years of experience in construction services, observation, inspection, and materials testing. He has been with Smith for 14 years and developed the electronic Daily Field Reporting format for the company. Mr. Yatsco is currently responsible for the construction oversight for numerous projects throughout New Mexico and Arizona including primary construction observer for Pulte at Mirehaven, Del Webb at Mirehaven, Mirehaven Arroyo, Sandia Preparatory School Track, Albuquerque Water Utility Authority Small Diameter Utility Replacement/Rehabilitation, and the Window Rock Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase 2 Improvements. He is certified with the American Concrete Institute and with NASSCO for Cured-In-Place Pipe Installation Inspection. His ability to work with the public and as a liaison between clients and engineers make him a true asset to the Smith team.
Phone: (505) 884-0700
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Allena Fernandez, PE - Senior Water / Wastewater Engineer
Ms. Fernandez, Smith Engineering’s water/wastewater Team Leader, has 12 years of environmental engineering experience. She has been responsible for project coordination, studies, budget development and implementation, funding requests, and design of a wide variety of water/wastewater municipal infrastructure facilities and has provided consultation for planning and coordinating with Significant Industrial Users. She has been Project Manager and design engineer for projects from small advanced WWTP design to multi-million-dollar infrastructure construction projects.
Phone: (505) 884-0700
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Jared Lujan, PE - Senior Project Manager
Mr. Lujan with 11 years of experience is one of Smith’s leading civil project engineers/managers. He is a multi-disciplined engineer. He has experiences in hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, as well as in design and management of projects including storm sewer, sanitary sewer, waterline design and rehabilitation, pumps, treatment facilities, and cost estimating. He has extensive experience in Construction Phase Services including time spent as a Resident Project Representation.
Phone: (505) 884-0700
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Cody Sipes, PE - Project Engineer
Mr. Sipes has more than 11 years of experience in civil engineering for communities throughout the state of New Mexico. This experience includes grading and drainage design, the design of pump stations and water treatment facilities, water transmission and distribution systems, wastewater collection systems, water storage facilities, water source development projects and planning reports. He understands the requirements of the various funding agencies, their grant programs, and has worked with multiple regulatory agencies to see that projects are completed from their initial planning stages. He began his civil engineering professional career as a construction observer and has been involved with the many facets of the discipline as a drafter, designer, and project engineer and project manager.
Phone: (505) 884-0700
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Chris Naidu, PE - Project Engineer
Mr. Naidu has over six years of experience in drainage and flood control projects throughout New Mexico. This experience includes the preparation of Drainage Management Plans (DMP), hydrologic analysis, hydraulic analysis of flood control structures, sediment transport, and scour analysis for unlined arroyos and bridge structures. Added skills include plan specifications, preparation for bidding and construction, preparing cost estimates, and bidding services.
Using modeling/analysis software, Mr. Naidu produces high quality hydrologic and hydraulic models using the latest technology. He has a proven record of preparing reports, corresponding maps and figures that are easy to understand. He has prepared hydrographs and analyzed storm drains, weirs, pump stations, and detention/surge ponds. His knowledge of applicable software includes ArcGIS, HEC-HMS, HEC-GeoHMS, HEC-RAS, HEC-GeoRAS, EPA SWMM, StormCad, and Culvert Master.
Chris is adept in developing and maintaining clear project communication which allows him to effectively manage the direction of the project and meet the needs of the stake holders. His clients have included the Dona Ana County Flood Commission, NMDOT Drainage Section, AMAFCA, SSCAFCA, the City of Albuquerque DMD, and the City of Farmington.
Phone: (505) 884-0700
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David Schwent, PE - Environmental Engineer
Mr. Schwent has 17 years of experience in environmental engineering and environmental chemistry. His expertise includes project management, engineering design of Wastewater Treatment Plants and associated unit processes, preparation of preliminary engineering reports and asset management plans, cost estimating, design and analysis of sanitary sewer and water distribution systems, design and analysis of water and wastewater pump stations, environmental permitting assistance for wastewater treatment plants and landfill facilities, and federal and state funding program assistance. He also has experience in Quality Assurance/Quality Control verification (validation) of environmental chemistry laboratory data and analytical procedures for a wide variety of environmental sampling applications including organic and inorganic chemistry as well as radiochemistry. He has worked on projects for both private and government clients.
Phone: (505) 884-0700
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ROSWELL TEAM
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Scott Hicks, PE - Team Leader
Mr. Hicks is a Licensed Professional Engineer with significant experience in the civil engineering field. His background includes land development, street and utilities design, commercial site development/design, storm water management, traffic analysis, construction inspection, and materials testing. He has proven leadership capabilities in project design and management, including preparation of engineered plans and specifications, cost analysis, bid documents and contract compliance.
Phone: (575) 622-8866
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Mike Douglass, PS (AZ) - Surveyor
Mr. Douglass has over 20 years of diversified surveying experience including boundary, topographic, location, and construction staking. A few of the projects he has conducted for Smith include, La Sierra Subdivision topo/boundary survey, US Highway 285 right-of-ways, IMC Potash Mines staking, RIAC runway slope staking, West Second Street Reconstruction right-of-way and boundary and topo survey.
Phone: (575) 622-8866
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Casey Hunter, PS (NM) - Surveyor
Mr. Hunter has over 9 years of experience in construction, boundary, drainage, right of way, and topographic surveying. His primary objective is to provide surveying services, to be used to facilitate and design various company projects. Mr. Hunter also served as a Surveying Lab Assistant concurrently while attending New Mexico State University.
Phone: (575) 622-8866
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Issac Daniels - Team Leader
As Laboratory Manager, Mr. Daniels coordinates and schedules all laboratory team members and materials testing. In the past 12 years, Mr. Daniels has performed testing procedures on more than 500 projects including; structural, road construction, and infrastructure projects. Tests include masonry, concrete, asphalt, aggregate, soil, and density. All tests are performed in accordance with AASHTO and ASTM standards.
Phone: (575) 622-8866
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Tod Carroll - Const. Observ. Manager
As a Project Observer with Smith for over six years, Mr. Carroll is proficient in monitoring construction developments to ensure quality control. He has considerable knowledge in materials testing such as soil densities, concrete, Superpave asphaltic concrete, asphalt sampling, grout, and mortar.
Phone: (575) 622-8866
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LAS CRUCES TEAM
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Rusty Payne - Team Leader
Mr. Payne, with over 11 years of experience, is Smith’s Team Leader and Senior Project Engineer for our Las Cruces Civil Engineering Department. His project experience includes the study and design of municipal/urban streets and roadways, water distribution and transmission lines, water well and storage facilities, sanitary sewer collector lines, and lift stations. He has extensive experience in Construction Phase Services including time spent as an intern for the Las Cruces Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant Renovation. Additional responsibilities include budget development and implementation, funding requests, master planning reports, and drainage master plans. He is knowledgeable in HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, and AutoCAD Civil3D.
Phone: (575) 523-2395
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Bill McFarland, PE, PS - Senior Project Manager
Mr. McFarland has 43 years of civil engineering and surveying experience. He is Smith’s current lead traffic engineer and has been responsible for project coordination, consultant coordination, studies, budget development and implementation, funding requests, and design of a wide variety of municipal infrastructure facilities. He has been Project Manager and design engineer for projects from commercial site design to $30 million dollar roadway construction projects.
Phone: (575) 523-2395
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John Jaquess, PES - CEO Emeritus
Mr. Jaquess has over 40 years of experience in the consulting engineering field, 16 of those years as the owner of John D. Jaquess and Associates, a consulting firm providing structural and civil engineering services and surveying and materials testing services. Mr. Jaquess has served as Principal Engineer, President and CEO of Smith Engineering since 1994. He has provided structural and civil engineering services for projects throughout New Mexico and West Texas, including a full range of services supporting the planning and design of educational, institutional, and commercial buildings, industrial parks, streets, highways, airports, subdivisions, commercial developments, and recreational facilities.
Phone: (575) 523-2395
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