Ziegler has 13 years of extensive and diverse experience as an Environmental Project Engineer and Manager working for consulting firms, a university, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the United States Senate.
“We are very pleased to have Jennifer joining our firm to help strengthen our environmental engineering group,” said Melinda McGrath, PE, Neel-Schaffer’s Central Region Manager. “Her experience in Mississippi and across the Southeast will allow us to expand the services we can offer clients in the state and across the Neel-Schaffer footprint.”
Ziegler is active in multiple engineering organizations, including serving this year as Vice President of the Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Founded in 1999, the EWRI has 23,000 members worldwide and is ASCE’s technical source for environmental and water-related issues.
Ziegler is a Registered Professional Engineer in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Georgia, Maryland, and Connecticut. She holds three degrees from Mississippi State University: Doctor of Philosophy in civil engineering, Master of Science in civil engineering-water resources, and a Bachelor of Science in civil and environmental engineering. She has a master’s certificate in coastal engineering from the University of New Orleans and is certified as an Envision Sustainability Professional and Certified Erosion Control Person.
