News: Northern New England
Posted: May 3, 2012
Christopher Osterrieder 2012
Name: Christopher Osterrieder, P.E.
Title: Senior Engineer
Company: DeLuca-Hoffman Associates, Inc.
Location: 778 Main St., South Portland, ME 04106
Place of birth and year: Virginia Beach, VA - 1972
Family: Wife Michelle, 3 kids Bella (9), Emily (8) and Ben (6)
College: University of Maine
First job unrelated to your current field: Dishwasher
First job in current field: Summer intern at DeLuca-Hoffman, have spent entire 18 year career here.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future?: We provide broad based civil engineering services for both private development and municipal projects throughout Maine and New England. Our projects involves all sections of the development field from peer review, to third party inspections to permitting of health care, wind farm and school projects.
Hobbies: Distance running
Favorite novel: "The Firm" by John Grisham
Favorite film: Armageddon
Keys to success: Always self evaluate and make sure you are your own hardest critic, but also appreciate and respect the diametrically opposed point of view. Try to see things from the other perspective, especially when that is the end-user. Never discount local knowledge, ever.
Person you most admire (outside of family): Ben Franklin
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be?: Park Ranger
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