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Tacoma, Washington, United States

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Manage approximately 20 remediation projects, including soil, groundwater and sediment sites in various stages of cleanup from discovery through compliance monitoring.• Collaborate with regulatory agencies, tribal governments, and other internal and external stakeholders to complete projects in compliance with relevant laws and regulations.• Investigate sources of contamination using techniques including collection, analysis and interpretation of site technical data, historical research, and chemical fingerprinting.• Develop conceptual site models to test understanding of contaminant fate and transport and inform cost recovery strategies.• Manage project schedules, budgets, and contracts, including negotiating consultant contracts and directing and supervising consultant work.• Negotiate with regulatory agencies to resolve environmental technical issues and compliance issues, including remedy selection.• Recover project costs via grants, insurance, settlements, and cost sharing agreements.• Advise Port of Tacoma commission (elected body) regarding environmental liability during property acquisition (environmental due diligence), and during negotiations with regulators and potentially liable parties.• Present written and oral briefings to Port of Tacoma commission, agency heads, and community groups on assigned projects and associated environmental issues.

Flagstaff, Arizona

Teaching assistant for undergraduate geology courses.• Instructed freshmen through seniors in geology labs and field courses.• Held office hours for instruction and mentoring.

Tacoma, Washington

Managed environmental remediation projects. Field lead on hydrogeologic characterizations and environmental site assessments. Prepared reports and project related data analysis.• Led field programs. Duties included coordination with subcontractors, sample collection, well design, drilling oversight, geologic logging, and aquifer testing.• Prepared work plans, remedial investigations reports, and other technical documents.• Analyzed and interpreted site data, data analysis techniques included time series plots, trend analysis, isopleth maps, geologic cross sections, and environmental sequence stratigraphy.• Researched water rights for water resource assessments.• Presented project findings to clients and regulators.

Mapped geologic features along Hood Canal using ArcGIS, LiDAR, and isotopic age dating as well as classical geologic techniques and principles.

Twin Falls, Idaho

Inventoried transportation routes in the Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness using aerial imagery and ground-truthing, data collected with Trimble GPS receiver and TerraSync software.

Boise, Idaho

Surveyed forest roads as part of the Forest Service Legacy Road and Trail Remediation project. Collected data on road grade, vegetation, erosion, etc. using Trimble GPS receiver and TerraSync software.

Master Of Science - Ms, Geology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Geology

Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program

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