Jen Schmitz Email & Phone Number

I began working as an independent contractor after leaving Seattle in order to continue providing technical assistance services through the strong working relationships I had formed during my time in the Pacific Northwest. I continue to help clients in Washington and Oregon by writing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs), Stormwater Management.

Everett, Washington, United States

I managed the Water Resources Program at Triangle J Council of Governments, a position which covers not only the immediate TJCOG seven-county region, but also much of the Cape Fear, Neuse, and Tar-Pam river basins. I provide technical expertise and management on comprehensive and collaborative regional water resources planning projects for local.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Oversee data defensibility for the Division of Water Resources
• Assist in coordination and management of scientific councils comprised of regulators, university researchers, policymakers, consultants, and stakeholders, to develop scientifically and legally defensible approaches to.
• Create, review, revise, maintain, and update quality assurance documentation such as standard operating procedures and other regulatory guidance for use by the Division as well as other policymakers and environmental.
• Perform internal and external audits of sampling personnel for the Water Sciences Section and affiliated regulatory monitoring coalitions for compliance with procedures and confidence in sample data quality
• Develop and provide training to field staff on proper water quality sample collection procedures
• Proficient use of entire Microsoft Office Suite, RStudio, JMP, ArcGIS and extensions, Adobe Professional, Pathfinder, EndNote, and others

Greater Seattle Area

I utilized my diverse technical and project management background to manage the SoundEarth multi‐site industrial and construction stormwater services program that included: compliance and regulatory maintenance and tracking programs; implementation of BMP and sampling plans; stormwater pollution prevention plans, sampling plans, spill prevention and.

My expertise included sediment investigations, sampling, and risk assessments, remedial investigation and feasibility studies, protected species projects, wetland delineations, National Environmental Policy Act reports including Biological Assessments, Biological Opinions, Environmental Assessments, and Environmental Impact Statements, GIS and database.

~Prepare technical documents for existing and proposed projects~Review and prepare necessary planning and regulatory compliance documents~Conduct aquatic and terrestrial wildlife/ vegetation investigations and ecological risk assessments ~Perform intensive wildlife surveying and monitoring as well as the sampling of biota, sediment, surface water, soil.

Bachelor’S Degree, Zoology (Ecology, Evolution, And Organismal Biology), 3.6 - Magna Cum Laude

Master’S Degree, Land Resources And Environmental Sciences, 3.94

Certificate, Geographic Information Systems (Gis)