July 13, 2022

Barghausen Consulting Engineers Inc.

Dow

Varas

Dawson

Palmer

Manning

Anderson

Van Zandt

Huerta

King

Cory

Hubbell

Inigues

Wecker

Barghausen Consulting Engineers Inc. has promoted a total of 14 employees so far in 2022. Jennifer Manning was recently promoted to project coordinator. Manning was an intern on the firm's planning team during the Summer of 2019 and returned to work full-time for the Permitting and Compliance team in June of 2021. She is actively engaged in learning the permit processing protocols for site modifications, the procedures needed to bring fuel facilities back into compliance after receiving violations, and engaging Agency reviewers for permit issuance based upon our client's needs.

Megan Palmer and Haley Dawson were both promoted to senior project engineers. Palmer has been with Barghausen since June 2014 when she moved back to Washington from Nevada. She began working on a mix of commercial and fueling projects for several years before joining one of the firm's commercial teams, dedicating her skills to one client. Dawson has been with Barghausen and the Costco team since May 2017. She moved to Washington from Florida where she worked as a civil engineer for an Orlando firm for more than four years. She has a stormwater modeling background and manages a large engineering team on a large and diverse portfolio of projects.

Vicente Varas, from the firm's residential team, was recently promoted to project engineer, along with Cassie Thompson from the Oregon office. Varas started with Barghausen in June 2018 and has been a key piece of the Barghausen residential team. Varas works from the Kent office on small and large residential development projects for several national homebuilders from Pierce County to Snohomish County. He continues to grow his knowledge of residential plats and directly trains a design engineer. Brian Dow, out of the firm's Long Beach office, was promoted to design engineer for his efforts on a major fueling client account. Dow started with Barghausen in January 2014 and has been a key part of the Long Beach, CA office. He has taken on the responsibility of master drawing coordination and maintenance for a major retail fueling client.

Jordyn Cory was promoted to marketing coordinator and recently earned a drone pilot's license. Cory has been an integral part of the success of the marketing department since she started in 2019. Cory is now starting to fly project sites with her drone. Sandy King, from the firm's Oregon office, was promoted to project manager. King has been with Barghausen since September 2016, serving in various roles on both the engineering and planning sides of the firm. King has a unique skill set based upon her years of engineering experience.

Rhonda Huerta received a promotion to senior project accountant and David Van Zandt was promoted to senior CAD technician. Huerta has been with Barghausen since July 2018. She juggles many high-profile clients, challenging portals, and billing requirements and develops tools to track contracts and keep monthly billing as high as possible. Van Zandt started with Barghausen in September 2017. Since then, he has been expanding his knowledge on everything CAD related and has become an integral part of the team. He provides site plan options and civil plans to clients.

The firm also announced four new shareholders to its leadership team including senior planners, Sean Anderson, and Nick Wecker; permitting and regulatory compliance manager, Alexia Inigues; and senior project engineer, Jason Hubbell. Anderson is a senior planner and joined the company in early 2014, with most of his expertise focused on a nationwide fueling program. He has led the internal team on a gas program for many years. He has been instrumental in expanding the firm's footprint with the client into the Midwest, the East Coast, and gaining additional market share in Southern California and the Bay Area. Wecker is a senior planner who joined the company in 2013, quickly proving his value as a project manager for a substantial portion of the firm's corporate commercial work. He is responsible for developing and sustaining many key accounts with multisite commercial programs that span across multiple U.S. states.

Inigues is Barghausen's permitting and regulatory compliance manager who joined the company in 1997. Several years ago, she took over management of the firm's compliance program, leading a talented team ensuring a nationwide retail fueling client remains in compliance with a myriad of regulations and permit renewal requirements over all 50 states. Hubbell is a senior project engineer who also joined the company in 1997. Most of his early career with Barghausen involved helping clients get their projects designed and permitted. His client base includes a wide range of commercial, industrial, and residential projects.