Professional Staff

“I particularly enjoy the technical challenges that come with almost every project encountered as an engineering consultant in this industry, and Kleinschmidt provides me the tools and support to succeed in providing dam and hydro owners practical solutions that help provide and maintain important water resource and clean energy producing facilities.”

Eric is a senior structural engineer with over 12 years of experience as a consultant in the dam and hydroelectric industry. As a senior consultant and project manager he oversees the execution of large and small projects typically involving the evaluation, rehabilitation, or construction of dam and hydroelectric projects across the United States and Canada. Eric specializes in dam safety and structural conditions assessments, as well as the design of dam and water control/conveyance structures such as spillways, gates, and penstocks. He has extensive project experience involving a variety of hydroelectric and dam structures, including powerhouses, penstocks, trashracks, intake structures, flashboards, spillways, and gates of various types.

Eric has completed numerous field observations and condition assessments, designed repairs, and overseen the development of drawings, specifications, and construction documents. He frequently performs detailed quality control checks of engineering designs and calculation, participates in due diligence efforts and feasibility studies, and has experience generating cost opinions. He regularly participates in FERC, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other dam safety inspections.

Eric is a SPRAT Level 1 certified rope access technician with experience performing penstock and Tainter gate inspections utilizing industrial rope access climbing and belaying techniques. Some of Eric’s highlighted project experience includes Spillway Gate Inspections; Draft Tube Replacement Design; Powerhouse Roof Crane Load Evaluation; Intake Structure Concrete Crack Repair; Tainter Gate Inspections; New Hydroelectric Development.

Eric has a B.S. in Civil/Environmental Engineering from the University of Maine and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, and Kansas. He is an active member of the American Society of Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO), American Concrete Institute (ACI), American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), and the Structural Engineers Association of Maine (SEAM).