Experience:

1962 to 1966 Nichols Engineering Company, Consulting Engineers Union City, Tennessee. Summer work consisting of field work, drafting, and soil cement testing.

1966 to 1967 City of Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Sewer engineering department, part-time work while in college, consisting of field work, drafting,
and design of sanitary sewer collection lines.

1967 to 1973 Nichols Engineering Service, Inc., Consulting Engineers, Union City, Tennessee.
Involved in design and construction supervision of water systems, sewer systems, sub-divisions,
land surveying and mapping, roads and streets, airports, and recreational facilities. Project manager for various projects.

1973 to 1977 Nichols Engineering Service, Inc.
President and Project Engineer. Duties included personnel contact, supervision, job scheduling, office management, reports, design and preparation of plans and specifications for the various engineering projects.

1977 to 1982 Russell & Axon, Engineers-Planners-Architects
Daytona Beach, Florida
President and office manager of Nichols Engineering Service, Inc., Union City, Tennessee,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Russell & Axon.

Duties included client contact, personnel contact and supervision, job scheduling, reports,
design, and plans and specifications preparation.

Was heavily involved in the EPA 201 program since its inception, and was responsible for the conduction of numerous Infiltration/Inflow Analyses, Sewer System Evaluation surveys,
and Facility Plans.

Work also included complete engineering services on water distribution and treatment facilities, wastewater collection and treatment facilities, storm sewer systems, streets, bridges, parks,
recreational facilities, airports, gas lines and steam (heating) lines. The largest of these
projects was a $6.5 million waste-water treatment plant for the City of Dyersburg, Tennessee.

1982 to 2014 - Owner and chief engineer of Robert L. Nichols & Associates,
Engineers-Surveyors, Union City, Tennessee.

 

2014 to Present - Partner, Ashburn Nichols & Associates.

Serves as an adjunct instructor in the
Engineering Department of the University of Tennessee
at Martin, teaching surveying courses.