
WGI Unleashed Podcast Episode 43 – Joelle McCormack, MEP Team Leader
On this episode of WGI Unleashed, we get to know Joelle McCormack, MEP Team Leader located in our Austin, Texas office.
Learn from award-winning professionals — explore our whitepapers, blogs, and the latest industry updates.
Join our dynamic organization of engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, environmental scientists, and architects!
Talk to a market leader today! We’ll answer any questions you have about our professional services.
What drew you to this profession?
I started drafting for an Austin engineering firm that had just opened their doors. After just a couple of months they started up a surveying department. I naturally gravitated to surveying because I have always loved math, history, maps, research and the great outdoors. I have been very fortunate to have worked with many great mentors.
What types of projects have you worked on?
I have worked on a variety of surveying projects throughout many counties across Texas including large boundary tracts, electric utility line surveys, boundary surveys of many of the parks around Lake Travis (while employed by LCRA), engineering design surveys, highway route surveys, subdivision plats, the TxDOT South Orient Railroad (where I was able to drive a high rail vehicle on the tracks). I have worked for several different firms and agencies in Austin including TxDOT, LCRA, Lone Star Transmission (a subsidiary of NextEra Energy), private surveying firms, and private multi-disciplined firms.
Where’s your favorite place to eat?
Pappadeaux! I love seafood.
What do you like to do in your free time?
I love to travel, garden, enjoy live music and spend time with family and friends.
What does your ideal vacation look like?
Exploring an area of the US or another country that I have not previously been to. I love the adventure.
Do you have any pets?
Three rescued dobermans (Prada, Ruby & Cooper).
What would be impossible for you to give up?
My dogs!
Any interesting facts about yourself that you’d like to share?
I am related to the founder of Avon….too bad the company was sold long before it became a multi-billion dollar company!
Who or what inspires you?
I get inspiration from being outdoors, enjoying nature and taking in all of the beauty in trees, flowers, and creatures.
Everyone at WGI has a story about why they joined the team. What’s yours?
I received a phone call from a WGI employee in the WPB office, whom I knew through the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors (TSPS), letting me know that WGI would be posting a position in Austin that I might be interested in. I was then contacted by another WGI employee who wanted to meet me in person. After our meeting and discussions, I decided that both WGI and the position was a good fit for me an opportunity that I could not pass up!
WGI is a national design and professional services firm leading in technology-based solutions for the construction of public infrastructure and real estate development. At WGI, we’re providing Tomorrow’s Infrastructure Solutions Today.
On this episode of WGI Unleashed, we get to know Joelle McCormack, MEP Team Leader located in our Austin, Texas office.
In the WGI Geospatial Division, we are innovators. While anyone can purchase the latest technology such as UAS and LiDAR systems, we pride ourselves on the unique ways we leverage technology to provide better deliverables for our clients. Here’s what we’re working on…
On this episode of WGI Unleashed, we get to know Loren Steele, Project Engineer for our Transportation division in our Tallahassee, FL office.
WGI recently completed the third annual wetland monitoring event and accompanying report for a twelve-acre on-site wetland mitigation area located in the Sterling Ranches community.
In the City of Austin, site plan exemptions give small projects that do not have an existing site plan on file an expedited pathway to permit the project.
We’re refreshing our brand to reflect the energy, inspiration, and excitement that we feel when we come to work every day.
You’ve been searching for a place like WGI. We look forward to meeting you soon.
Sign up to receive emails to hear our latest news and achievements in our monthly newsletter.
Enter your zip code, and we’ll personalize your experience with local projects, office locations, team members, and more.
WGI supports its associates with meaningful opportunities for growth, strong benefits and perks, while we work collaboratively with clients and co-consultants to shape and improve communities.
WGI is a dynamic organization with opportunities nationwide for engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, environmental scientists, and architects.