TPRB Construction Engineer – Dam Safety SME

TPRB Construction Engineer – Dam Safety SME

El Vado Dam Embankment Improvements | Bureau of Reclamation Technical Peer Review Board
Company: ASR International Corporation (Small Business)
Location: Remote + limited travel (NM / CO)
Engagement: SME / consultant (approx. 37-40 days over ~24 months)
Clearance: Ability to work on U.S. federal contracts;
Reclamation NDA required

Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, ASR International Corporation is an ISO 9001:2015 certified small business providing construction management, engineering support, quality assurance, and subject-matter expertise to federal agencies and commercial owners. ASR supports clients including the Department of the Interior / Bureau of Reclamation, NAVFAC, USACE, NASA, and the National Park Service.

ASR is seeking a recognized dam-construction expert to serve as the Construction Engineer member of an independent Technical Peer Review Board (TPRB) supporting the Bureau of Reclamation’s feasibility-level Corrective Action Study for El Vado Dam near Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico.
El Vado is Reclamation’s only steel-faced embankment dam (structural height 229.5 ft). Elevated risks are driven by seepage and internal erosion through the embankment and foundation, and by the deteriorating upstream steel faceplate. Reclamation is evaluating embankment and foundation alternatives that include exposed geomembrane and concrete lining systems, cutoff walls, remedial grouting, an upstream berm, and possible new embankment or RCC dam options.

The TPRB will independently review analyses, constructability, construction risk, and risk-reduction conclusions before a preferred alternative advances to final design.
It is a high-visibility, limited-hour SME assignment under ASR’s IDIQ with Reclamation.

• Independently review historic geotechnical analyses, geologic investigations, construction records, and dam-safety studies for El Vado Dam (including CAS, comprehensive review, condition-assessment, and geology reports).
• Participate in an in-person kickoff at the Denver Federal Center (Lakewood, CO) and a site visit at El Vado Dam (Tierra Amarilla / Chama, NM).
• Prepare TPRB Technical Memorandum-01 documenting findings from document review and the site visit; present findings to Reclamation’s TSC design team.
• Review and comment on new analyses (slope stability, seepage, settlement, hydrologic and seismic studies, geologic model) and on cofferdam / river-diversion concepts.
• Attend up to four remote design-team meetings (~6 hours each) and five technical correspondence meetings (~2 hours each); provide written comments, recommendations, and constructability / construction-risk feedback.
• Independently review Reclamation’s Feasibility-Level CAS TM and issue TPRB Technical Memorandum-02 addressing Reclamation questions and TPRB findings.
• Assess soundness of conclusions about existing-dam safety, suitability of proposed modifications, and construction risk associated with lining systems, cutoff walls, grouting, earthwork, and temporary works.
• Coordinate participation through the TPRB Chair and ASR contract administration; comply with Reclamation security, NDA, and contractor-identification requirements.

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, or Construction Management. Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred.
• Minimum 20 years of experience on numerous projects, including at least five projects of similar scope involving construction of large new earthen embankment dams and/or dam-safety modifications of high-hazard dams.
• Demonstrated experience sequencing construction, developing and evaluating construction…