Alex Ward, Lg Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Bellingham, Washington, United States

• Provide task management and field-based support for remedial investigations and corrective actions at Duke Energy coal-fired or hydroelectric power plants, transmission facilities, and training centers, as well as.
• Implement project workplans by leading field teams consisting of multiple junior to mid-level staff as an ERM High Risk Field Safety Officer and Subsurface Clearance Experienced Person
• Develop deliverables in support of soil and groundwater remediation projects to include proposals and change order requests, client readiness review slide decks, subcontractor work authorizations, health and safety.
• Support the ERM Amazon account by performing senior review of stormwater management deliverables and conducting field stormwater inspections and sampling efforts
• Mentor and train junior staff via direct field oversight and by serving as a new hire integration colleague

Asheville, North Carolina Area

• Full-time secondment for environmental consultation and technician services at the Asheville Duke Energy Coal Power Plant – responsible for collection, management, and interpretation of plant scrubber and wastewater.
• Conducted NPDES stormwater sampling and MSD wastewater treatment plant sampling to meet requirements of active industrial stormwater and wastewater permits
• Managed bulk chemical inventories by implementing a new tracking system, performed hydrazine and anhydrous ammonia chemical batching for boiler feedwater injection and performed contractor oversight of tanker truck.
• Strictly adhered to all Duke Energy safety protocols including pre-job safety briefs, utilization of stop work authority, lockout/tagout requirements, risk identification and mitigation, and continuous use procedures

Chattanooga, Tennessee

• Environmental regulator involved in the Construction General Permit, watershed monitoring, septic system permitting, and public outreach programs
• Reviewed and processed construction general permits which included review of engineer site plans, assessment of best management practice suitability, technical report writing, and issuance of enforcement documentation.
• Conducted site assessments for residential and commercial septic system construction permits and proposed subdivision developments which involved the review of soil maps, property plats, engineer design plans, on-site.
• Solely responsible for handling all septic system permits, installation inspections, technical assistance inquiries, and environmental complaints in a county of over 100,000 citizens yet consistently exceeded.

Memphis

• Conducted earthquake hazard research in eastern Arkansas in conjunction with the United States Geological Survey
• Drilled and obtained two 100+ foot continuous sediment cores and utilized a mobile dark lab onsite to prepare samples for optically stimulated luminescence dating
• Collected, organized, and interpreted large datasets consisting of physical core descriptions, core photographs, grain size analyses, downhole geophysical logs, and magnetic susceptibility logs
• Disseminated research results through a written thesis, oral presentation at the 2016 Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Meeting, and an article in Seismological Research Letters
• Created lesson plans and instructed undergraduate students in introductory Geology, Geography, and Weather and Climate laboratory courses

Nashville, Tennessee

• Processed soil, water, and solid media samples for chemical analyses and coordinated with field team to meet deadlines and regulatory requirements of NPDES Sector N Industrial Stormwater Permits for client sites in ten.
• Maintained, calibrated, and repaired field environmental data collection equipment including pH meters and multi-parameter water quality meters

• Performed laboratory compositing of scrap metal shredder residue for laboratory analysis according to workplan standard operating procedures and regulatory requirements
• Collected industrial stormwater samples at scrap metal shredder client sites from autosamplers and designated outfalls according to field sampling plans

Master Of Science (M.S.), Earth Science

I earned a Master's Degree in Earth Science at the University of Memphis in May 2016. My responsibilities included teaching undergraduate.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Geoscience: Geology

Activities and Societies: Sigma Gamma Epsilon National Earth Sciences Honor Society - Eta Sigma Chapter MemberI earned a B.S Geoscience.