David J. LaCross

465 West Wright Avenue #8   ~  Shepherd, Michigan 48883   ~   (517) 282-9362   ~   davelacross@yahoo.com

 

Objective

 

To secure a full time position within your company which uses my knowledge and skills and that offers opportunity for future professional growth, which will allow me to become a professional surveyor.

 

Education

                                                                                                                                               

Ferris State University                                                                                                       Big Rapids, MI 49307

Bachelor of Science, Surveying Engineering (May 2006)                                             2002 – Present

Associate of Science, Surveying Technology

GPA 3.2/4.0 overall

 

Alpena Community College                                                                                             Alpena, MI 49707

Associate of Science, Pre-Engineering                                                                            1997 – 2002

                               

Woolpert, Inc. Scholarship, 2005

Mark and Kim LaCross Educational Scholarship, 2005

 

Employment

                                                                                                                                                                               

KEBS Inc.                                                                                                                         Haslett, MI 48840

Survey Technician                                                                                                               2002 - 2005            

 

Established vertical and horizontal control.  Staked roads buildings and utilities for construction of apartments and subdivisions.  Performed mortgage surveys and flood plane certifications.  Performed Topographical surveys, Boundary surveys, ALTA surveys and Lot Surveys throughout the Lansing Area.

 

Wilcox Professional Services LLC.                                                   Alpena, MI 49707

Survey Technician                                                                                                               1998 – 2002

 

Established vertical and horizontal control.  Staked new buildings and roads for construction.  I was sent to Laredo, Texas to final stake and grade a 65’ hill and locate three separate areas on a high-speed test track for pull off lanes.  Slope staked embankments for highways, bridges, and local roads.  Calculated the amount of remaining area in existing cells at a landfill in Waters, Michigan.  Certified that the liners of landfills and other hazardous material were built to specification.  Surveyed large areas for calculating quantities of material that was removed for strip mining of limestone and gypsum.

 

City of Alpena                                                                                                                Alpena, MI 49707

Co-op Engineer                                                                                                                    1996 - 1999

                               

Assisted in the survey of city streets, parks, and bike paths.  Designed city streets, parks, and bike paths.  Designed new storm and sanitary sewers for the city infrastructure.  Construction staked city streets, parks, and bike paths for construction.

 
Honors and Activities

 

·         Vice President of the Mary Feindt Chapter of Lambda Sigma at Ferris State University.

·         Student member of Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors

·         Active member of Burt and Mullet student chapter of American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

 

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