Spotts, Stevens, and McCoy — a regional engineering, environmental, and surveying firm with an office in West Chester — has promoted Jamie Lorah to the role of Technical Director of Environmental Engineering.

Lorah has been a part of the SSM team since 2003, most recently serving as the Manager of Process and Design Engineering. As the Technical Director, she will be responsible for managing the technical aspects of the Environmental Division’s business and ensuring the technical proficiency and adherence to technical standards, as well as performing quality control checks on projects and deliverables. She will continue to manage the everyday operations of the Process and Design Department.

Lorah, who earned her bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University, has more than 20 years of experience in environmental and municipal engineering. Her responsibilities include client management, project management, water and wastewater design, design specifications, engineering cost opinions, population and flow projections, Act 537 Planning, hydraulic modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, sewer system evaluations, Industrial Pretreatment Program development and support, data analysis, and report preparation.

In other SSM news, Patty Burke has earned her Certified Plan Sponsor Professional (CPSP) credential through Plan Sponsor Council of America.

The credential demonstrates a level of expertise in the duties of a retirement plan sponsor and attests that the holder possesses the knowledge and skills to evaluate, design, implement and manage an employer-sponsored retirement plan.

A part of the SSM team since 2005, Burke serves as Senior Administrative and Executive Assistant in the Human Resources Department. She is responsible for administrating the employee benefit and retirement programs.

Meanwhile, Survey Crew Chief Zane Britton has received his certification as a FAA Certified Remote Pilot. He is one of three certified pilots at SSM.

A graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology, Britton has three years of surveying experience. He is responsible for performing all aspects of site and boundary reconnaissance, construction stakeout, and boundary, topographic, roadway and as-built surveys, as well as ultimately turning that field data into AutoCAD drawings.

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