June 21, 2023

Barghausen Consulting Engineers

Dunham

Alfaro

Machiela

Gaitan

Buchanan

Waight

Forza

Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc. has expanded its team by hiring eight new employees as of April 2023. In Kent the firm has welcomed an administrative assistant, a people and culture administrator, and two people and culture assistants. Additionally, the Roseville, CA location has brought on a new design engineer and a project architect. The Richland, WA location welcomes a project engineer and a senior civil project manager.

Clarice Buchanan started at Barghausen as the people and culture administrator on April 17. She holds a B.A. in business administration with an emphasis on management and HR from Pacific Lutheran University, graduating in 2021. Prior to joining Barghausen, she worked as an Ops/HR Coordinator at WideNet Consulting Group.

David Gaitan EIT, joined Barghausen on April 17 as a design engineer. He graduated from CSU Sacramento in May of 2020 with a B.S. in civil engineering. He previously worked at a geotechnical engineering firm where he helped with technical fieldwork for residential, commercial and industrial projects for three years.

Kerah Iyall joined Barghausen on April 25, as an administrative assistant for the permitting and compliance team. She holds a B.A. from WSU and is currently pursuing a master's degree in library and information science from UW Seattle. Prior to joining Barghausen, she worked as a registrar for the Bethel School district, and completed a fellowship with the Association of Research Libraries during her time at WSU.

Nathan Machiela joined Barghausen on May 1 as a senior civil project manager in Richland, WA. He graduated from Washington State University with a B.S in civil engineering. He started in engineering in 1998, and he worked with Barghausen from 1998-2003. Nathan earned his P.E. in 2002 and has been working in the industry managing and directing projects for over 25 years.

Omar Alfaro joined Barghausen in Roseville, CA, on May 8 as a project architect. Alfaro is a California licensed architect with 30 years of experience after graduating from U.C. Berkeley. He previously worked at Barghausen 14 years ago, and for the last 2 years he had his own practice where he worked on high end residential, retail and office projects.

Hannah Dunham joined Barghausen on May 22 as a people and culture assistant. She graduated from Washington State University in 2022, with her B.A. in social sciences and human development. She comes from a background in customer service, where she previously worked as a customer liaison at California Closets.

Derek Forza joined Barghausen in Richland, WA on May 30, as a project engineer. He graduated from Washington State University in 2015 with a B.S. in civil engineering. He previously worked at Aqtera Engineering and Parametrix, for a combined tenure of eight years. His primary focus includes both design work and field inspection, with an emphasis on utility, pipeline, and site development work.

Iona Waight joined Barghausen on May 30 as a people and culture assistant and will be working at the front desk as a receptionist. She holds a B.S. in psychology from Grand Canyon University and has a background in customer service, having previously worked at Bigfoot Java and Ben Bridge.