Christopher Waechter, P.E. Email & Phone Number

Lakewood, Colorado, Us

Washington, Washington Dc, Us

Spearheaded research and design projects in dechloramination, advanced aeration solutions, and water age distribution system analysis, leading to sustainable water treatment solutions.• Managed project activities including cost estimating, research project management, and asset management.• Conducted lab work and field work to implement cyanoHAB biotreatment solutions, contributing to environmental conservation efforts.

Golden, Co, Us

Run and optimize a UF Ceramic Membrane Pilot Plant at the Golden Water Treatment Plant. Optimization is to maximize TOC removal.Assist Johan Vanneste in research involving silica removal in geothermal waters. Duties include general troubleshooting, vapor distillation membrane equipment building and calibration, jar testing,

Walnut Creek, California, Us

Assisted in gathering data for an asset management project for the Boulder Reservoir Water Treatment Plant.Calculate losses for wastewater treatment sludge pump sizing.Research in endocrine disrupting chemical regulations. Both existing legislation and possible future legislation was explored.General assistance on engineering tasks for staff in the office.

Maintenence of existing plant grounds, buildings, and water works.Plumbing; have worked with sizes up to 18" dia. steel pipe in water distribution workConstruction: minor electrical, carpentry, general handyman type workLab work, field sampling, record keeping, preparing reports to various governmental agencies, jar testing, Certifications: C Water(CO); D Wastewater(CO), Distribution 1(CO)Assist in minor process engineeringManage a team to upgrade a subdivision to a wireless meter head system. Included: Locate, map, repair if needed and replace existing meter heads with new wireless models.Line and valve locates.Emergency distribution system response and repair - management of the worksite to insure adherence to protocol and best practices to protect the public.

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Coyote Gulch Algae Biofuels Pilot Plant Operator. Duties include maintenance, water quality control, harvest and dewatering of algae, installation and maintenance of Algae PBR's(photobioreactors), general operations.Participated in engineering meetings as the operator in charge of data acquisition and onsite analysis of the photobioreactors and basin design.Installed and assisted in the design of the disinfection systems for the growth basins.

Responsible for ensuring productivity onsite. Management of temporary employees to maximize employee productivity. Drive timelines to meet deadlines. Manage time sensitive, high stress, fast paced environment. Concrete pours only allow one attempt. On the fly decision making, including last minute engineering and employee availability issues. A high degree of technical knowledge and ability required to ensure wearability and longevity of product. Motivate employees in situations of sporadic pay.

Durango, Co, Us

Customer service, phone work. POS troubleshooting, technical support for issues relating to the processing of payments in a retail environment.Following up on calls from clients and following through to the resolution of the problem.Extensive use of excel to identify patterns in data in the process of troubleshooting internal connectivity issues in the multiple database connectivities that exist on a digital payment processing platform.

Environmental Engineering, Water Engineering

Ba, Computer Science