Specialties
Horizontal Directional Drilling Evaluation and Design; Geohazard identification, Evaluation, and Mitigation; Geohazard Management; Hydrotechnical and Geotechnical Risk Evaluation
Practice Areas
Environmental Management, Water and Natural Resources, Civil Infrastructure, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Education
MS, Geological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007 BS, Geological Engineering and Geology/Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005
Registration
Professional Engineer (PE): Wisconsin #43785, Washington #47725, Oregon #102595PE, Utah #8132371-2202, Michigan #6201068982, Iowa #P23577, Indiana #PE12300255, Mississippi #34234, Kentucky #39501, North Dakota #PE-41354; Licensed Professional Engineer (PEng): British Columbia #65591
Client Service
Jeff evaluates and mitigates geotechnical and hydrotechnical risks (geohazards) related to pipelines and energy infrastructure with a specialty in waterbody crossing and trenchless design for pipeline installations. On projects that involve slope stabilization design, he evaluates river channel migration, designs river channel and bank stabilization, evaluates scour, mitigates erosion, and designs pipeline replacement projects. He leads teams as they evaluate scour assessments and lateral migration potential studies to provide recommendations for pipeline burial depth and sag bend set-back locations for new build pipelines and exposure replacement. In addition, he leads mitigation design to reestablish cover over existing exposed pipelines at crossings nationwide.
On behalf of oil and gas clients, Jeff applies trenchless pipeline installations with an emphasis on horizontal directional drilling (HDD). He also develops geotechnical investigation programs, feasibility and risk evaluations, inadvertent drilling fluid return potential analyses and mitigation plans, and pipeline stress and pullback force evaluations. His detailed designs for HDD installations of plastic and steel pipe include pipe diameters ranging from 2 inches to 42 inches and can span more than 5,000 feet for crossings on environmentally sensitive areas and critical infrastructure in urban and remote areas. In addition, Jeff serves as a subject matter expert for feasibility evaluations and alternatives evaluations of trenchless designs for nontraditional applications.
With extensive programmatic project management experience and experience building and leading geographically and technically diverse multidisciplinary teams, Jeff offers best-value solutions to help clients solve challenging issues. He has led multiyear integrity management, asset management, capital improvement and upgrade projects for power and energy sectors clients across the country and draws on this experience to manage teams that provide the full scope of services for his clients’ projects.
Contact Jeff at jeff.schneider@geosyntec.com.
