Jhoana M. Durán

About Jhoana M. Durán

4+ years experience in design of water conveyance as a design engineer for large diameter (≤120-inch) pipelines and facilities (10MG - 80MG pump stations, rate of flow control stations, reservoirs).Previous experience (6+ years): managing and performing various geotechnical field investigations for residential, commercial/retail, data centers, warehouses, solar, and public works projects throughout Nevada, southern Utah, and southern California. Includes proposals, project management, field work coordination, field work, boring logs, laboratory testing, calculations and analysis (settlement, liquefaction, global slope stability, foundations, floor slabs, retaining walls, pavements, and other analyses), reports, plan reviews, and update letters. Also experienced with construction and construction materials testing.

Experience

1. Staff Engineer

   Black & Veatch

   Nov 2025 — Present

   BV Operations • Engineering & Development ServicesCivil

Education

• Valley High School

  High School, International Baccalaureate - Middle Years Program and Diploma Progamme

• University of Nevada-Las Vegas

  Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE, Civil Engineering

  2014 — 2018

• University of Nevada-Las Vegas

  Pre-Professional Biology (pre-med)

Skills

• Cpr Certified
• Western Blotting
• Microbiology
• Customer Service
• Arcgis
• Leadership
• Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Elisa
• Aed
• Public Speaking
• Gint
• Organization
• Autocad
• Teamwork
• Art
• Chemistry
• Microsoft Office
• Crosshole Sonic Logging (Csl)
• Lpile
• Laboratory Skills
• Pcr
• Dissection
• Training
• Clerical Skills
• Matlab
• Google Earth
• Communication
• High Level of Initiative
• Slide
• Guitar
• First Aid
• Communication Skills
• Highly Detail Oriented
• Bacterial Transformation
• Civil Engineering
• Microsoft Word
• Multi Tasking
• Refraction Microtremor (Remi)