.jpg) Peter
Nimrod named Chief Engineer
of the Mississippi Levee Board
Peter Nimrod has been named by the Greenville-based Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners as their
new Chief Engineer. Nimrod is replacing
outgoing Chief Engineer, Jim Wanamaker, who will retire on June 30.
“I am very excited to have this opportunity and have had a great mentor in Jim Wanamaker," said Nimrod. "Jim has
been a great flood control ambassador for the Mississippi Delta. One of the most exciting aspects about being appointed
to this position by the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners at this time is that many of the projects that we
have been working on for several years are about to come to a head such as the Yazoo Backwater Project and the Big
Sunflower River Maintenance Project.”
In his new position as Chief Engineer, Nimrod will be responsible for the daily
operations of the Board which maintains 212 miles of the mainline Mississippi River levee system and 350 miles
within interior streams of the Mississippi Delta.
“Four years ago, our Board looked at several applicants and made the decision to hire Peter knowing that in the coming
years, I would retire,” said Wanamaker. “Peter has done an outstanding job as Assistant Engineer during the past four
years and I am pleased that he will be moving into the position of Chief Engineer.”
A resident of Greenville, Nimrod received a degree in Civil Engineering from Auburn University in 1992. After his
education, he returned to Greenville and worked for W.L. Burle Engineers as a consulting engineer until he went to
work for the Mississippi Levee Board in November 1999.
"During the past four years, Peter has served as Chairman of the Engineering Committee of the Mississippi Valley
Flood Control Association and has been an active member of the Mississippi Engineering Society and Mississippi
Society of Professional Surveyors," said Fred Ballard, President of the Mississippi Levee Board. "His participation in
these organizations as well as his involvement with other entities such as Delta Council, Mississippi Water Resources
Association and with state and federal agencies, has provided Peter with a broad spectrum of experience that will be a
great benefit to the Levee Board.
Nimrod is married to the former Allison Crandall and they have two children, Dillon and Paxton. The Nimrods are
active members of St. James Episcopal Church in Greenville.
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