LIVERMORE FALLS — Esther Bizier, PE, has been given the Maine Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2016 Young Engineer of the Year award.

Bizier graduated as valedictorian from Livermore Falls High School and received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine at Orono.

She started at Main-Land Development Consultants in Livermore Falls as a student intern, was hired as a staff engineer upon graduation and is now a project manager and project engineer at Main-Land. Her recent projects include Wolfe’s Neck Farm in Freeport, a site expansion project at the Oxford Casino in Oxford, and Riverweb Farm in Avon.

She resides in her hometown of Livermore.

Phil Dunn, left, chairman of the awards committee for the Maine Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, presents the Young Engineer of the Year award to Esther Bizier, a Main-Land Development Consultants’ employee who lives in Livermore.