Gary Durrant Email & Phone Number

Lula, Georgia

Moved to Georgia, found and purchased a house and moved in to enjoy.I hope to keep in touch with many of my friends from work here on Linked In.I am NOT making purchasing decisions for a Water Treatment Plant so if you are in sales, I am not your guy anymore.

West Palm Beach, Florida

This was a great place to work. I regret that I was only there for a short time. We made some decisions about my wife Maia being able to live near her mother in Lula, Georgia and I took an early retirement. The people from upper management all the way to hands on workers were very good to work with.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Technical and Administrative work to assist in controlling and supervising the City’s and surrounding area’s regional water treatment plants including Fiveash and Peele Dixie Water Treatment Plants.• Direct and supervise subordinates including proper operation and preventive maintenance of facilities.• Budget preparation for both treatment plants, all parts of the budget, new city, new process that I learned during preparation.• Develop plans for system changes to refine, expand, treatment processes, production quotas, and work programs for altering, repairing the water operations system.• Regular staff meetings to provide safety training with all staff at treatment plants.• Interview candidates for employment, recommend hiring, disciplinary and firing, promotions, transfers and reassignments.• Supervise 4 direct reports, 2 Chief Operators and 2 Maintenance Chiefs. Total of 46 staff for the 2 treatment plants.• Team Building and leadership to develop the staff to be more effective and satisfied in serving the City and other customers.• Develop and implement plans and procedures for complaint response and emergency repairs.• Maintain the Risk Management Plan (RMP) per EPA requirements due to gaseous chlorine on site. 90 ton railcar and 11 one ton cylinders.• Provide technical assistance to other City departments on problems relating to water system operations.• Confer with Plant Supervisors, regulatory representatives, and engineers relative to location and scope of construction affecting the overall water system operations.• Make recommendations for new facilities and equipment and modifications of existing facilities.• The City of Fort Lauderdale is currently active in working with Reiss Engineering to produce a new Master Plan for Public Works to address current and future needs at the treatment plants and the distribution system. I feel that I am contributing significant input for needed work at the treatment plants.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

• Start up new treatment plant. Established operating SOP’s and status as wholesale supplier.• Hire and oversee 16 Operators.• Supervise Operators, scheduling for shift rotation, call out, sick, OT, disciplinary actions, evaluations, raise recommendations, etc. Establish and maintain high levels of engagement by all Operators.• Coordinate staff of operations to work with Management Staff. • Budget preparation and spending. Prepare operations budget including Electrical costs – as performance measure, Chemicals – as performance measure, annual bid for chemicals, solids collection and disposal costs, salary, benefits and OT. Purchasing:contracts for on-line instrument maintenance with costs, equipment and supplies for operating. Operations budget is 3.2 million of approx 7.3 million total.• Reports – Monthly Operating Report (MOR), New Mexico Environmental Division (NMED) Drinking Water Division, compliance report, CT, etc. Office of the State Engineer (OSE) water rights use the previous month for 3 partners with BDD – City of Santa Fe – County of Santa Fe – and Las Campanas LLC. This report is coordinated with folks from each entity. The OSE is also part of a monthly NPDES report to EPA prepared by the Compliance Officer. Call for water to be released from storage reservoirs above our diversion to use all annual partner water rights accurately. Monthly meter readings, Chemical inventory report, help with the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).• Coordinate with Compliance Officer on automatic shutdown system called Emergency Notification System (ENS) that gives warnings and actually shut down the river diversion in the event of potential contamination from legacy radiological waste from the Los Alamos National Laboratory. I am responsible for this system.• Monthly Board meetings.• Note: Everything else has included working without someone filling the Facility Manager Position since August of 2012. The whole staff has been performing at a very high level.

Extensive project piloting for new water treatment plant. Continued process piloting for process change and control at existing treatment plant.

Sandy, Utah

Sandy, Utah

Sandy, Utah

Sandy, Utah

Sandy, Utah

Sandy, Utah

Before hiring on as a full time Operator I worked for 2 years part time in all areas of the plant. Buildings and Grounds, Custodial, Operations, Maintenance, etc.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Technology Management, Environmental Management

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Cappa

Associate'S Degree, Public Water Supply

Finished second Associates Degree, this one specific to water.

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Music, PlaysTook 2 years out in between school years to serve my Church on LDS Mission to New Mexico.

High School Diploma, General

Activities and Societies: Choir