Civil/ Structure Engineer

9705 Genesee Ave, apt #D2 		        RAFAH JACOB       		 (619)737.7280	
San Diego, CA92121								             jacobrafah@yahoo.com                                                                                                                     


EDUCATION
	Bachelors of Science Structural Engineering, University of California San Diego, 2008.
	Associate degree in Science Mathematic, Cuyamaca College, San Diego, California, 2005. 

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

Intern- Assistant Engineer - County of San Diego (DPW)				7/2009 – Present

Assistant Project Manager - Capital Improvement Department
					
	Assist Project Manager in maintaining budgets for a major city projects including road improvements, construction of new and existing bridges, drainage improvements, and construction of new traffic signals. 
	Utilize a Project Rating Sheet to determine high priority projects and  projected costs and completion rate
	Assist the design team with the completion of report construction cost estimate (30%)
	Collaborate  with lead Civil Engineer to complete Preliminary Engineering Report
	Define Storm Drain areas on plans for new engineering projects 
	Working in Auto CAD Civil 09 to enter Spot Elevation, add surface labels and create tables using data short-cuts, and Traffic Control plan. 

Civil Engineer Construction department (Six Months)                
         			
	Checked certified payroll, payment, project estimate calculation, and check quantity sheets.
	Organized and file project paperwork as Caltrans’s CAT, and archive finished projects
	Watershed designation 
	Reviewed and check construction report.
	Logged correspondence letter to and from the contractor to the computer.
	Logged daily diary into weekly statement
	Assist in recording and filing necessary records pertaining to construction progress including daily reports, monthly pay estimates and job expenditures.

Office Manager (Coda Electric) 								10/2002-12/2005 
	Assisted the contractor to prepare a plan for a new contract. 
	Answered service, took orders by phone or on line 
	Account payable bill and receivable.
	Created company’s personal invoices, work estimate, proposal and work order.

		
SKILLS
Computer Skills:  
	SAP2000, Solid work, and basic Auto CAD (14, 2000, 2004, Civil 3D-2009).
	Microsoft office XP (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Minitab.
	Familiarity with QuickBooks 
	Basic programming language: Mat Lab, and C ++.

Language Skill:
	Multi language: English, Arabic, Greece, Aramaic.

Academic Research /Projects
Determine stress and strain for a particular material experimentally and using Hooks low and Young’s modules.
	Lab project to prevent a coke can from buckling after applying 200 lbs load.
	Analytical and using software computation to analysis statically determinate and   indeterminate structure.
	Knowledge of using AISC Specification (ASD) Manual.
	Basic reinforcement concrete design.

Academic Achievement
	MESA student  
	Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (2001-2003)
	Cuyamaca Collage President’s list (2001)
	Transfer honor from community college to the university (2006)
	Award of Teamwork  from County of San Diego, DPW (2009-2010)

MEMBERSHIPS
	ASCE ( American Society of Civil Engineer)
	SEI ( Structure Engineer Institution)
	Woman Engineer
	Volunteer San Diego