Shane Fisher, PE is one of hundreds of skilled GAI professionals who help clients create better communities, transportation infrastructure, energy generation and delivery, and more from our office locations throughout the United States. Today we’ll find out a little about what makes Shane tick—the background, motivation, and methods that he brings to the table every day for GAI and GAI’s clients.
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about your area of specialization and what drew you to it?
Shane Fisher: Math had always been my favorite subject in school, so when I started looking at college degrees, Civil Engineering stood out to me as a solid choice—and I have never looked back. I work in GAI’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Business Sector within GAI’s Power and Energy Business Unit, and my duties center mostly on civil site design and environmental permitting for our natural gas and electric transmission clients. I have always enjoyed stormwater management and site design, so I’m happy to have the opportunity to do what I enjoy on a large scale for our energy clients.
Q: What role do you play at GAI and what sorts of projects do you typically contribute to?
Shane: I am a project manager responsible for teams of engineers and environmental staff working on energy projects largely focused on natural gas transmission and compressor stations, as well as overhead electric transmission lines and their associated substations. On any given day, we might be grading a pad, designing stormwater collection and detention systems, laying out erosion and sediment controls, and filling out the required documents to obtain an environmental permit in one of the many regions where we work.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
Shane: I enjoy the pace of my work and the interesting projects that we get involved with here at GAI. Not only is it challenging because of the diversity of GAI’s clients and projects, but also because, in 2023 alone, we have permitted projects across 10 states. What I find especially enjoyable is teaching staff GAI’s work standards while incorporating our clients’ design criteria, all the while working toward designing cost-effective, environmentally sound project deliverables that meet our clients’ goals.
GAI offers a working environment that is extremely conducive to producing quality work and fostering staff development and advancement.
Q: Why do you feel GAI is a good place to put your skills to work?
Shane: GAI offers a working environment that is extremely conducive to producing quality work and fostering staff development and advancement. The company nurtures staff, allowing them to expand their skillsets on increasingly difficult projects while being mentored by more experienced staff. I take pride in watching the engineers around me getting better by the day—GAI’s strength is in its people, and it’s no coincidence our people-first focus results in happy, fulfilled employees who have helped GAI earn a reputation for producing high-quality results for our clients.
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Shane Fisher, PE draws upon an extensive civil engineering background to provide a range of facility site design and environmental permitting services, primarily for GAI’s natural gas and electric transmission clients. A project manager responsible for teams of staff drawn from all levels of the company, Shane’s wide-ranging work can include designing substation and compressor station sites, stormwater collection and detention systems, laying out erosion and sediment controls, helping fulfill environmental permitting requirements, and more.
