Brian Deters Email & Phone Number

Brighton, Co, Us

Greater Denver Area

Project manager and technical lead for an industrial air permit compliance review and response to a Notice of Violation (NOV), industrial boilers operation, Colorado and Nebraska.Technical lead for EHS program overhaul • at a large public research universityTechnical lead for the development and implementation of a comprehensive odor monitoring and management plan for a sugar beet processing plant, Colorado.• Technical support for a comprehensive onsite environmental compliance assistance program involving multiple Colorado Pollutant Discharge System (CPDS) discharge, storm water permitting and wastewater management tasks at an industrial facility.• Technical support on OSHA citation response/settlement and EHS compliance program development, including development

National

•Lead teams of environmental professionals to safely resolve a wide range of EHS projects to meet/exceed client expectations.•Ensure all aspects of the project are done in full compliance with Local, State and Federal regulations, as well as client protocol and ensure full compliant documentation.•Clearly communicate evolving scope, timeline, and cost to internal and external customers to ensure clear outcome.•Drive employees, contractors and other site contractors to safely complete projects on time and on budget.•Complete all administrative documentation for accurate project time and cost tracking. •Work with client to ensure timely financial collections.•Benchmark with other PM's to ensure we are using best practices when encountering unusual situations.•Complete accurate project proposals to competitively complete projects while meeting client expectations.

Englewood, Co And Luverne, Mn

EH&S Manager - R&D laboratories and Manufacturing PlantsFacilities Manager For Englewood, CO Corporate Office and R&D Laboratory Facilities• EHS Support for first of a kind plant retrofit and start-up• Teach, deliver, and implement best of class EHS programs to Gevo PSM manufacturing facility and construction groups• Regulatory Due diligence, on new manufacturing facilities and potential partner sites• Process Hazard Analysis for new technology for large scale plant retrofits• Implement behavioral based safety program to track behavioral data, pinpoint behaviors and reinforce select behaviors to promote zero injury culture• Train and lead incident investigations to identify and alleviate root causes• Manufacturing site permitting including all major air and water • Manage Lab Hygiene program for 75 employee R&D Facility• Oversee building maintenance program including all facility maintenance and improvement projects• Manage building projects including increasing building capacity, and $1M lab improvement projects from scope creation to managing trades and permits to project completion

Denver, Co

Environmental Project Manager- Corporate Risk ManagementCorporate Environmental Support for Regional Safety and Environmental Managers and internal Qwest service groups• Provided daily environmental guidance to Qwest internal service groups• Coordinated the tracking of all Qwest Environmental Permits, Plans, Equipment, Audits using internal database• Environmental database maintenance and improvement projects including ongoing feasibility study of new database systems• Developed and Implemented Corporate Audit Strategy, to determine big picture program compliance and the need for companywide policy modification• Created internal communication program to keep regional Safety and Environmental Managers and work groups up to date on compliance best practices and new upcoming policies, laws, and regulations• Created Risk Management group metric tracking for board reports• Developed inspections tracking database to track data on regulator inspections and violations in order to focus efforts in higher regulated areas and reduce risk• Reviewed and updated all corporate waste disposal guidelines• Performed vendor audits on high risk waste facilities

Indianapolis, In

HSE Manager – Manufacturing Facility in Indianapolis, IN Responsible for managing Health Safety and Environmental programs and compliance in a 130 year old union manufacturing facility.• Manage all facility regulatory tracking and reporting requirements including OSHA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, NPDES, RCRA, SARA, IDEM, OES• Create and facilitate all environmental training, safety and compliance materials and programs.• Lead all root cause analysis through to completion and tracking of action items• Monitored medical care of injured employees to ensure proper treatment and prompt return to work• Introduced Management of Change program to ensure all plant design changes comply with government regulation and guidelines, and initiate improvement and creation of P & IDs• Developed, Monitored, and approve all Management of Change documents to ensure all plant design changes comply with government regulation and guidelines• Coordinated employee projects promoting employee ownership of safety process• Developed file management system for all required record keeping• Managed safe operation of solvent recovery still unit and resulting 250 ton/year flammable waste stream• Reduced cost of waste disposal 20% through waste handling improvement programs• Coordinated spill and UST clean-up/remediation activities and communication with regulatory agencies

Blair, Ne

Environmental Coordinator / Controller – Manufacturing Facility in Blair, Nebraska 2000-2005Responsible for creating and delivering established Environmental Program for start-up facility. Dedicated to reducing costs, increasing quality, reliability and safety in the plant.• Managed all regulatory tracking and reporting• Conducted Safety and environmental training• Established all tracking databases and communicate environmental goals for plant• Facilitated data mining sessions for environmental process improvement, drive ideas through to implementation of gap plan and success tracking• Managed 400 million ton per year waste stream, including cost and waste reduction projects• Managed contract crew of 6+ employees overseeing all daily waste handling activities including created minor construction permit for large scale start up facilities• Created and maintain all waste profiles of plant waste streams• Directed air permitting process in coordination with improvement engineering, plant management, and regulatory agencies for million dollar emission reduction projects• Site Radiation Safety Officer• EHS subject matter expert for all MOC reviews including pre start up and P&ID audits

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry

Education record