ACSNIDER's Profile

ANGELA C. SNIDER

Senior CADD Manager, Specialist V

Hatch Mott MacDonald, URS & Arup - A High Speed Rail Joint Venture

Years of Experience

Current: Hatch Mott MacDonald

Previous:1999 - 2010 -11years with Parsons Brinckerhoff

14 years with other various firms.

Education

B.S., Interior Architecture, San Jose State University, 1988
A.A., Interior Design, Canada College, 1984

Professional Affiliations

Parsons Brinckerhoff Senior CADD Associate 2007

Parsons Brinckerhoff CADD Associate 2005

Parsons Brinckerhoff PAN 7 CADD Newsletter Editor 2006-2008

Parsons Brinckerhoff CADD IT Support Website MicroStation Moderator 2006

Parsons Brinckerhoff CADD Steering Committee(CSC) Member 2006-2008

American Design Drafting Association - ADDA Professional Member - 2006-2008

Parsons Brinckerhoff CADD Bentley Training Representative 2005 - 2008

Parsons Brinckerhoff CADD Steering Committee(CSC) Nomination 2005

Professional Certifications and Training

Bentley Institute ETS Professional Training - 5 star Rated,CEU & LU credits

Bentley Institute InRoads Production Level Design for WSDOT Training Certification, 2006; Bentley Institute ProjectWise Adminstrator / ProjectWise User Training Certification, 2005; Parsons Brinckerhoff CADD Associate Certification, 2005; Parsons Brinckerhoff Project Management Training & Certification Program, ongoing; MicroStation V8 CAD Manager update, Cordax Training Institue, 2004; Business Management Skills, Women in Business Conference - Skill Path Seminars, 2002; Certification Level II, AutoCAD, Ketiv Technologies, Inc., 2001; Certification, CADD - MicroStation, Concord Professions Institute,1993

Key Qualifications

Angela has over 25 years of experience using AutoCAD and MicroStation in production/ design environments and manufacturing.  She has worked as both a manual drafter and CADD operator/technician, and as CADD manager in a variety of disciplines and projects. As project production manager, she supervises technical staff members with a variety of experience levels. She is responsible for ProjectWise set-up and implementation, FTP coordination, data control, management of on-line files and archival, on a project specific basis. Angela has provided input into the coordination of California High Speed Rail Project Standards, WSDOT and SDOT Standards for the Alaskan Way Viaduct Project in Seattle, Washington; and was key in the the coordination between agencies & disciplines to create project specific standards. She has provided MicroStation and AutoCAD support and training for users at all levels. Angela possesses refined skills in project coordination of production materials to produce client specific plans. A strong contributor to the CADD community through her service via the organization and distrbution of Corporate CADD Newsletter and participation in Corporate CADD Steering Committees. She employs excellent communication skills between engineering and technical staff to create a team approach that exemplifies her commitment to quality service and the CADD community's desired encouragement of Participate-Communicate- Educate.

Relevant Experience

• 2001 - 2010 Alaskan Way Viaduct Project, Seattle, Washington: Project Plans Production Manager. Angela is part of the Viaduct team to facilitate build alternatives for the replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Angela will be leading a blended team of twenty project CADD staff and will coordinate work and workload with as many as 30+ engineers of diverse disciplines, as well as coordination with outside offices and agencies, management of files coming into and out of the project office. She has been instrumental in developing PB's capabilities and integration with the WSDOT/SDOT standards as well as managing the translation/coordination of City of Seattle Standards in conjunction with WSDOT. Angela manages CADD operations during upgrades and project team CADD issues development & resolution, as well as Administrator of ProjectWise database mangament tool for the project drawing design files. Angela is currently responsible for the establishment and implementation of the CADD project standards manual along with QA/QC process for project plan sets per PB standard.
• 1999 - 2001 King Street Area Improvements, Seattle, Washington: senior design drafter/CADD supervisor. Angela was responsible for contract documents, design report drawings, and report figures, coordinating the workflow to ensure deadlines and quality.
• 1999 - 2001 NE 8th/Bellevue HOV Access, Bellevue, Washingthon: senior design drafter/CADD supervisor. Angela was responsible for contract documents, design report drawings, and report figures, coordinating the workflow to ensure deadlines and quality.
• 1999 - 2001 28th/24th Avenue South, SeaTac, Washington: senior design drafter/CADD supervisor. Angela was responsible for contract documents, design report drawings, and report figures, coordinating the workflow to ensure deadlines and quality.

Previous Experience

Prior to joining Hatch Mott MacDonald, Angela worked with many of the top ten engineering and for architectural firms. She has supported small firms as a consultant in the areas of civil engineering, architecture and design. Angela worked as a consultant in the planning and layout of furniture systems and specifications, provided program planning for real-estate lease / acquisitions, space design and future use projections and presentation materials. Primary projects included:

• West Galer Street Flyover, Seattle, Washington: senior design drafter/CADD supervisor. Angela was responsible for contract documents, design report drawings, and report figures, coordinating the workflow to ensure deadlines and quality.
• Kennecott Mine Modernization,Salt Lake City, Utah: structural design drafter. Angela worked closely with the Lead Engineer to prepare and produce construction documents, participated in all phases of design and coordination with other disciplines with the project, and assisted in planning and detailing of structural concrete and structural steel aspects of the project.
• Amtrak Rail Station, Port of Oakland, California: designer/drafter. Angela prepared design development package and final construction documents for a fast-track project. She worked closely with design engineers to coordinate project architect's drawings and other disciplines within the project group.
• Dublin/Pleasanton Extension, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), San Francisco Bay Area, California: structural design drafter, responsible for design and preparation of construction documents for the bridges and trackway.
• East Castro Valley (BART), San Francisco Bay Area, California: structural design drafter, responsible for design and preparation of construction documents for the bridges and overpasses.
• Central Viaduct (Caltrans), San Francisco, California: structural design drafter, responsible for design and preparation of construction documents for the seismic retrofit
• Bart Extension Programs (BATC), San Francisco Bay Area, California: senior drafter. She prepared drawings and assisted with the preparation of construction document sets, while working in tandem with Civil/Structural, Electrical/mechanical, and Hydro engineers for the Pittsburg/Antioch Extension, Dublin/Pleasanton Extensions, Traction Power and Train Control.
• Burlington Northern Rail Site Remediation - Tank Farm, Martinez,California: design drafter. Angela provided plans for the site remediation project.
• C.S.E. Insurance Co. , San Francisco, California: Angela performed programming and space planning of systems furniture, coordinated furniture specification and installation plans. She was responsible for space planning and construction documents for tenant improvements, office reconfiguration and space planning shop drawings for custom work/layout area and computer accounting area, the reconfiguration and expansion of departments. She had direct client interaction along with architect and construction management coordination.
• United Airlines, San Francisco, California: project designer. Existing facilities plans.
• Charles Schwab & Co., Carmel, Indiana: project designer. Angela worked on design of branch facilities and call center.
• Various merchant retail establishments, University Avenue,Palo Alto, California: staff designer. Angela provided design consultation and services.