Douglas E. Cade, P.E., P.S. Hancock County Engineer
Education B.S. Civil Engineering - Ohio State University, 1993 FEMA Managing Floodplain Development for Local Government – 1998 FHWA NBIS Bridge Inspector Level 2 – 2011
Professional Registrations Registered Professional Engineer - Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Florida Registered Professional Surveyor - Ohio, Florida
Professional Organizations Ohio Public Works Commission - Commissioner Ohio Governors Highway Traffic Safety Council West Ohio Regional Transportation Planning Organization - Chairman (2023- 2025) OPWC District 13 Executive Committee County Engineers Association of Ohio - President, Co – Chair Legislative Committee, Ways and Means Committee, Executive Committee Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio National Society of Professional Surveyors Hancock County Township Association Findlay Airport Advisory Board
Former Affiliations KYOVA Interstate Planning Commission Lawrence County Storm Water Task Force Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce Lawrence Economic Development Corporation Ohio Valley Regional Planning Commission Ohio Public Works District 15 Integrating Committee Lawrence County Public Works Integrating Committee Lawrence County Transportation Improvement District Appalachian Regional Comm. Lawrence County Caucus Ohio Valley Resources Conservation and Development Ohio Floodplain Managers Association
Civic Organizations South Point F&AM #497 Order of Scottish Rite Valley of Cincinnati Chapter
Special Awards Lawrence County Business Person of the Year 2009 CEAO David Brand Safety Award – 2023 NACE David Brand National Safety Award Nominee – 2024
Professional Experience Doug is a graduate of Ohio State University with a BS in Civil Engineering with emphasis in transportation, remote sensing and surveying. He began his career at Woolpert Consultants as a Transportation Engineer and then accepted the appointment as Director of Special Projects of the Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization (CAO) where he managed Lawrence County’s water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, floodplain management, solid waste management and planning projects. He later joined the regional consulting firm of CT Consultants as their Branch Office Manager of their Huntington, West Virginia office prior to joining E.L. Robinson Engineering as the Ironton, Ohio Office in charge of operations in southern Ohio, Eastern Kentucky and Florida. He was appointed Lawrence County Engineer in 2011 and served until 2015 when he accepted the position as Deputy County Engineer in Hancock County, Ohio and appointed County Engineer in December 2018. During his career he has successfully managed and assisted in obtaining funding for over $325 million in infrastructure projects.
He was raised in Gallia County on a cattle farm and active in athletics, 4-H and FFA in his youth. He is married to Ruth (Saunders) Cade, PE, MSChE a Chemical Engineer at Marathon Petroleum. She is a graduate of Ohio University and earned a Masters Degree from Marshall University. They have two children, Jonathon, a Chemical Engineer and Grace a sophomore at Cory Rawson High School.
