William Townsend is an experienced quality assurance and engineer technician seeking a position. He has over 40 years of experience in construction, quality assurance, and subsurface exploration. His background includes work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and serving in Iraq. He has extensive training, certifications, and awards related to construction, safety, and engineering.

1. William David Townsend
5486 Camlan Court
Harrisburg,NC 28075
704-614-8256
dktown1179@bellsouth.net
Objective: Experienced Quality Assurance/Engineer Technician personnel
Education: Stuggart High school (Germany) 1975
Experience: Data Collections January 26, 2015 to present (Temp- 2yrs)
Property Tax Reevaluation –Cabbarus County
• Residential house measurements for tax evaluations
(existing and new)
• Adjacent buildings or structures
• Additions or any permit related items
• Bi-Tek system incorporated for data input
Construction Representative, January 2002 to July 2014
U.S Army Corps of Engineers – Vicksburg District
• Works independently to ensure that scheduling, maintenance,
inspections, phases, construction processes and items of
work are within contract compliance
• Observes and inspects materials, equipment, workmanship,
procedures, and process used by construction forces.
• Insures compliance of work with plans and specifications or
deviations affecting work schedule
• Preparation of detailed field notes, job summary reports which
include: pay estimates, manpower, equipment usage,
schedule progress, and construction site consumable
supplies contract compliance
• Reviews contract plans, specifications, directives, schedules,
drawings, procedures, submittals, modifications and other
written orders to ensure contract compliance. Reports
inaccurate data to appropriate authorities for correction.
• Makes field judgments to provide informed decisions to
supervisors and contractors
• Works closely with engineers and contractors to advise,
identify, quantify, and rectify field problems to expedite
progress in accordance with established schedules.
• Computes pay quantities / approves monthly pay invoices
from contractor
• Reviews all payrolls and assures compliance with contract
requirements
• Computes quantity volumes concerning earthwork, concrete,
Riprap stone and other various applications

2. • Prepares and maintains necessary records and submits
required reports of construction activities using the Resident
Management System (RMS)
• Enforce Safety requirements for each project site per Corps
Of Engineers EM 381-1-1 safety manual and OSHA
standards
• Survey control measures on project site as determined by
contract specifications
• Emergency response experience:
• Hurricane Charley: Q.A. supervisor – 52 men-8 roofing
crews-6 Corps of eng. personnel
• Reviewed residential houses that would receive temporary
tarpaulin roofs, measured roof dimensions, instructed corps
personnel on proper method of roof installation. Instructed
contractor crew’s proper method of roof installation. Enforced
installation procedure by contractors
• Hurricane Ivan: (60 days) Supervised 4 personnel utilizing
excel spreadsheets to calculate daily debris removal. Work
crews varied from 83 men to 65 men , daily totals were used
to evaluate contractor expenditure and assure compliance
with contract compliance
• Operation Iraq Freedom:
• Served as Project engineer-Responsible for the execution of
construction, contractor supervision, and payment for Water
and Sewer networks installations in Baghdad, Iraq.
• The total contract value for the installed projects exceeded
19.6 million dollars
• Developed scopes of work, bill of quantities, independent
government estimates, contract modifications, solicitation
reviews, contract proposal evaluations, pre-construction
meetings, program reviews, and program reviews
• Contractor payments thru the RMS systems, payment
verifications, contractors’ evaluations, and project closeout
process
• Conducted weekly coordination meeting with the Baghdad
water and Sewer authorities and other local authorities
regarding construction activities in their areas.
• Worked closely with the 4th
bde 101st
liaisons team to
coordinate active and planned construction projects
Powered support equipment repairman
• December 2001- June 1984
• Supervised mechanical equipment operations to include
heavy equipment trouble shooting, repair and preventive
maintenance schedules.
• Replaced faulty wiring, hydraulic systems, engines, piston
pumps , monyo pumps and all activities concerning the
operation of Drill rigs, swamp buggy units, stationary
engines w/ pumps, Generator sets, etc.
• Conducted semi-annual and annual property inventory’s
for all components concerning repair shop, storage areas,

3. various equipment (5 ton trucks, pickups, ect.) app. 5.2
million inventory.
• Complied with required safety standards set forth in EM
381-1-1 for all equipment assigned to section.
• Fabricated necessary hydraulic – electrical – mechanical
support for equipment related to subsurface exploration.
• Usage of all equipment required to fabricate parts for
development of various projects, Mig welding, acetylene
torch , lathe, drill press , etc.
Sub-surface exploration
• May 1984 – July 1979
• Primary operator for various subsurface exploration
equipment, concrete pumping machines, core boring
devices, Drill rigs, Mobile & stationary.
• Supervised crew members on proper operation and
safety procedures concerning mechanized machinery.
• Located project site, set subsurface location area from
survey coordinates located on project site plans.
• Performed all scheduled maintenance on equipment
required for subsurface exploration.
Subsurface exploration assistant
• December 1976 – July 1979
• Drill rig operators assistant in various geotechnical
subsurface exploration projects
• Installed Water wells, Water Well rehabilitation,
pumping plant development, flood control structures,
Soil sampling, and various geotechnical projects.
United States Army
• November 1974 – November 1976
• 151st
infantry – Armored Personnel Carrier operator
• Served 18 months in Germany
• Honorable Discharge
Training; Confined Space entry/self rescue , Crane inspection
Certification ,OSHA –Inspection/Compliance for Construction and operations activities ,
Construction Quality Management for Contractors , Construction Quality Management for
federal employees , Construction Safety , Respirator training Certification , Earthwork
Construction , CPR/First Aid – certified every year from 1994 to present , General
Construction , Nuclear Gauge Safety training class , Practical guide to the Davis-Bacon Act ,
Concrete – Quality verification , Surveying 1 , Concrete Maintenance & Repair , Defensive
driving – yearly since 1994 , 40 hour Hazardous waste Health and Safety operations , 8 hour
refresher each year to stay current to date.
Licenses: Occupational Safety Health Administrations
Inspection/Compliance and Operations Activities, Subsurface Exploration , Defensive
driving , 40 hour Hazardous Waste Health and Safety operations , First Aid , CPR , Physical
Security Crane safety and inspection , Confined Space Entry ,
Awards: Officially Commended – 1977, 1981, 1989 thru 2007.
Certificate of Appreciation- January, September, December-1998, April, September 2004 ,
GRD combat pin for Civilian Service-2006 (Iraq), Commanders award -(Iraq) 2006 , Letter of

4. Appreciation (Iraq) 2006, Achievement medal for Civilian service 2009, Commanders award
June 2014
Computer Skills: Microsoft Outlook, Windows 95/98/2000/XP, Microsoft Office,
Internet and RMS (Resident Management System)
References: Available Upon Request