Thomas Kunkel Email & Phone Number

Coordinates the safety, health, and environmental activities at multiple division levels. Provide resource and expertise to assist project personnel in achieving a zero incident work environment and results. Standardized safety goals and procedures between states and divisions. Achieve zero recordable incidents in multiple divisions. Provide division.

New York, NY, US

Division creation and overall responsibility for the development of all projects, both public and private in Lower Manhattan related to the environmental compliance. These responsibilities include program creation, environmental monitoring, environmental policies, technical reviews, development of websites and media, compliance inspections, management of.

Albany, New York, US

Director of New York State’s environmental personnel for environmental monitoring activities performed in New York City. Manage a staff of 200 scientists and engineers involved in municipal environmental projects, including those performed by governmental agencies, including Port Authority, NYC Transit, Con Ed, and other energy producers in NYC (Reliant.

• Coordinated response teams to various emergencies, specifically steam breaks and transformer fires.
• Assessed potential environmental risks and health hazards at facilities and made recommendations to executive to decrease risk exposure.
• Coordinated and directed construction upgrades of substations involving asbestos and lead decontamination.
• Developed operating procedures, policies, and principles pertaining to environmental compliance.
• Provide regulatory assistance to numerous Con Edison power plants and facilities in all aspects of environmental programs and management.
• Provide strategic direction for environmental initiatives and environmental risks. Liaison to government agencies.

• Oversight of construction debris transfer, staging and disposal operations; environmental permitting, spills response; air and environmental monitoring and facility inspection.
• Responsible for the safe transportation, coordination and supervision of all aspects of radioactive, hazardous and solid waste disposal for $150 million decommissioning construction project.
• Responsible for the remediation of underground storage tanks and disposition of contaminated soil to regulated landfills.
• Liaison to governmental agencies and responded to daily issues of compliance with regulatory agencies.

• Directed all areas of construction demolition, waste management, asbestos abatement, safety operations, project development and completion. Managed corporate staff of supervisory and other managerial personnel in New.
• Advised executive management on all matters of environmental health and safety.
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, orientation, training, evaluating and motivation of operational personnel. Managed subcontractors and consultant contracts.