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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.• Perform cost analysis and generate reports for research proposals and infrastructure upgrades.• Departmental point-of-contact for warranty and insurance claims on damaged equipment.• Responsible for purchase planning and tooling upgrades within the department.• Oversee all personnel matters that arise within the department.• Building Manager and security approver for multiple buildings on and off campus.• Evaluate needs and implement professional development for department staff; adding value to the university.• Establish departmental guidelines and procedures that adhere to university policies.• Responsible for maintaining remote field research station and housing.

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 US.• 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.• Assist with electro fishing, surface water chemistry, and other aquatic sampling.• Operate aquatic sensors to include SUNA analyzers and multiparameter Sondes.• Interview, supervise, and schedule lower level employees for various NEON protocols. • Certified climb instructor for NEON towers; I teach fall protection and tower safety.• Certified Qualified Electrical Worker (QEW) instructor for NEON; I teach QEW courses.• Fleet Manager; vehicle inspection reports, reconcile fuel receipts, schedule maintenance/repairs and off-road driving instructions.

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.• Project management and contractor oversight on new site installations.• Design, fabricate, and install monitoring equipment structures and shelters.• Program equipment for automated initiation of calibration/verification sequences.• Maintain annual certifications and traceability to NIST standards.• Drafted the current EPA approved SOP for O3 monitoring program.

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.• Data entry of compliance reporting, pumping manifest, cleaning logs and sample results into compliance database.• Maintain records; prepare operating reports, inspection reports and other documentation.

• 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.• Utilize GIS, historical data, sample analysis, and onsite analysis.• Supervise sub-contractors on environmental remediation projects.• Design, fabricate, and install pollution control structures onsite.• Operate heavy equipment such as skid loaders, backhoes, excavators, skylifts, and street sweepers. • Installed Underground Storage Tanks and Oil Water Separators. • Interpret Phase I and II data to prepare field and technical reports. • Lead and perform Phase II tests using sample equipment and instrumentation