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Knoxville, TN, US

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

• Oversee all operations of multi-craft trade shops that support multiple colleges and departments.- Electronics, IT, Refrigeration, Machine/Fab., Mechanical, and Carpentry
• Responsible for annual budget proposal and adherence.
• Act as technical expert and liaison for equipment site prep. and facility upgrade projects.
• Coordinate utility outages with tenants and equipment users.
• Responsible for bringing equipment back online in the event of an improper shutdown.
• Draft bid specs for scientific equipment purchases for multiple departments on campus.

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States

• Operate a variety of instruments, sensors, calibration equipment and test fixtures on 150’ eddy covariance towers, soil plots and aquatic sites at multiple locations in the Upper Cumberland / Appalachian Region of the.
• Inspect and maintain civil infrastructure including boom arms, sensor mounts, towers, boardwalks and instrument huts.
• Install, diagnose, and repair gas monitoring system components such as pumps, valves, and calibration gas cylinders.
• Operate a SCADA type system for calibrating, troubleshooting and remote monitoring of 800+ sensors at 5 different sites.
• Utilize Linux systems and Power over Ethernet to remotely test and diagnose sensors.
• Assist with stream morphology and stream surveys.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

• Ambient air monitoring for various pollutants at multiple sites in Knox County.
• Operate, troubleshoot, and repair analyzers, calibration standards, data loggers, telemetric data retrieval equipment and meteorological equipment.
• Design and implement quality assurance and quality control protocols.
• Draft corrective action reports and addendums for special events.
• Inspect monitoring sites to ensure compliance with 40 CFR siting criteria.
• Data collection, entry, analysis, and reporting to EPA database.

Marietta, Georgia, United States

• Provide consultative and educational services to CCWS customers.
• Enforce and ensure compliance in pursuant to the Official Code of Cobb County.
• Conduct routine, and follow-up site inspections of Underground Storage Tanks and Oil Water Separators to ensure lawful compliance of all rules/regulations.
• Perform smoke and or dye testing to verify underground plumbing.
• Collect and review discharge permit applications.
• Complete and issue discharge permits.

• Collected samples according to NPDES permits at multiple sites throughout the US.
• Collect surface/ground water and core/surface soil samples.
• Respond to and correct Notice of Violations from multiple state compliance agencies.
• Conduct Phase I responses, field explorations, and site analysis to environmental issues.
• Collaborate internally with company environmental team and regulatory officials to address pollutant sources and develop solution proposals.
• Perform smoke and or dye testing to verify underground plumbing.