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Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: May 14, 2015
Professional Profile: Jessica Yeager 2015
Name: Jessica Yeager
Title: Assistant Project Manager
Company: GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
Location: Norwood, MA
Place of birth: Kansas City, MO
College: Harvard-SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-MEng
First job unrelated to your current field: Tutor at age 12
First job in current field: Engineer at GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: Founded in 1964, as a soils and foundations specialty consultant, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. has grown into a premier multi-disciplined consulting firm providing its clients with a wide range of geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting and remediation services.
Hobbies: I'm passionate about encouraging young people to pursue STEM. I've been around the world to almost 30 countries on 4 continents.
Key to success: GZA is Proactive by Design - we keep you up-to-date on work status, often before you think to ask; offer the most important project and risk options before work begins; and take a forward-thinking "ownership" perspective toward your project's success alongside you and your team. I incorporate that thinking into everything I do.
If you were forced to choose another vocation what would it be? Tutor and college consultant
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