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Gold Bar Mine

Assisted with start-up permitting, installation of refinery stacks and sampling ports, hazardous waste operations, evaluations of air emissions and permit compliance, groundwater monitoring, mine tailings treatment system operation, reporting to regulatory agencies.

Tustin, Ca

Performed High-Level Environmental Site Assessments (HLESA) and managed soil investigation and remediation at antiquated Southern California Edison electrical substations targeted for divestment. HLESA’s were prepared in conformance with SCE and DTSC standards. Remediation typically involved shallow site-wide excavation and disposal of soil usually impacted by arsenic, lead, and PCBs.

Irvine, California

Managed soil and groundwater investigations, fueling system upgrades and remediation at Circle K Stores leaking underground gasoline tank cleanup sites in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Prepared work plans, corrective action plans, site conceptual models, health and safety plans and human health risk assessments. Conducted soil, groundwater and soil gas assessments and remediation feasibility testing. Responsible for remediation system construction activities. Duties also included document peer review, evaluating remedial technologies, gaining offsite access, and various types of permitting. Signing professional geologist for many sites managed by others.

Lake Forest, Ca.

Responsible for client relations and regulatory agency compliance for ExxonMobil underground storage tank cleanup sites with an annual budget of 1.5 million dollars. Fiscally responsible for project budgets, profits, and cost-reduction while progressing cases to closure. Supervised, managed and trained personnel to prepare work plans, corrective action plans, site conceptual models, technical reports and to conduct subsurface investigations and feasibility tests. Responsible for direction of construction activities. Duties also included document review, evaluating remedial technologies, gaining access to adjacent properties and roadways, and permitting with all applicable regulatory agencies. Signing professional geologist duties for not only for own portfolio of sites, but for many other sites managed by others without geologic experience. Remediation Feasibility Department head, responsible for developing standard testing procedures, training field staff and training documentation. Increased revenue by presenting services to new clients.

Lake Forest, Ca.

Assisted in the startup and development of an environmental consulting firm by performing the duties of a project geologist, and later those of a project manager. Responsible for field and office tasks including preparation of work plans, health and safety plans and technical reports, procurement of equipment and supplies performing soil gas surveys and site assessments using direct-push technology. Performed groundwater monitoring and remediation feasibility testing. Designed, permitted, installed, operated and maintained various soil and groundwater remediation systems. Assisted the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board in the development of preliminary soil gas investigation guidelines by demonstrating specialized field methods and procedures.

Long Beach, Ca.

Assisted instructors, lecturers and graduate students with setup of experiments, tests and displays. Operated research equipment (i.e. scanning electron and polarizing microscopes, X-ray diffractometer and spectrometer, electron microprobe, gas chromatograph, rock saw) in support of various research projects. Responsible for quarterly inventories of department equipment and supplies. Procured geology department field and study supplies. Operated state vehicles in support of geology field trip and summer camp activities.

Bs, Geology

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities