Veronica L. Reyes

**** ****** **** ******

Riverton, Utah 84096

E-mail: aca7h2@r.postjobfree.com

702-***-****

CAREER SUMMARY

Environmental Safety and Health Specialist with a concentration in

environmental management. Strong background in environmental remediation

including over five years of experience in geotechnical and environmental

drilling, soils classification, soil and groundwater monitoring and

sampling, and systems installation, operation and maintenance. Knowledge

and experience with ISO 14001 environmental management system criteria and

auditing. Unique skills include strong technical writing abilities.

EDUCATION

. Candidate - M.S. Occupational Safety and Health/Environmental

Management, Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, Alabama,

expected graduation 2014

. B.S. Occupational Safety and Health, Columbia Southern University,

Orange Beach, Alabama, 2010

. B.S. Environmental Geology, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado,

1998

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Rio Tinto 2011 - 2013

Kennecott Utah Copper, South Jordan, Utah

HSEQ MS Coordinator (2011 - 2013)

Coordinated and prepared annual corporate reports for KUC; planned and

participated in internal and external audits; supported development and

implementation of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Management System

(HSEQ MS) and HSE Performance standards; maintained HSEQ MS intranet

website.

. Worked with the Kennecott Utah Copper Environmental Air Quality Team

performing site-wide air quality and visible emissions monitoring

. Took ownership of outstanding HSEQ actions and reduced them by 75% in

five months

. Participated in several internal and external HSE management system

audits both as an auditor and coordinator

Colowyo Coal Company, Meeker, Colorado

Summer Intern, Safety and Health (2011)

Prepared the written site health, safety, and business resilience program;

assisted with health and safety tasks such as data entry, site zones

inspections, revision of the site HSE employee handbook, and review and

update of site Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) via the MSDS database.

Broadbent and Associates, Inc., Henderson, Nevada

2006 - 2010

Senior Staff Geologist

Wrote and updated site-specific health and safety plans and site quarterly

reports; conducted site safety and environmental walk-through assessments;

Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments; air quality dust and EPA

Method 9 visible emissions monitoring; soil and groundwater monitoring and

sampling; observed and logged of hollow stem, sonic, air-rotary, and

horizontal soil boring drilling, soil sample collection; oversight of

monitor well and soil/groundwater treatment system installation procedures.

. As Site Safety Officer, logged over 1,000 drilling hours without a

major, safety, health, or environmental incident

. Implemented HSE and installation procedures for a new experimental

ozone-hydrogen peroxide injection remediation system at a pilot site

which reduced groundwater contaminants by 60% from previous levels

in 6 months

. Designed and drafted the template for the site-specific safety and

health plan currently in use company wide

AG Wassenaar, Inc., Denver, Colorado

2003 - 2006

Drilling Engineer (2004 - 2006)

Logged, identified, and classified sub-surface soils for geo-technical

purposes, moisture content, compaction, and swell potential through visual

inspection, blow count, and Unified Soils Classification System (USCS)

criteria. Familiar with multiple soil sample collection methods.

Residential Field Technician (2003 - 2004)

Inspected all phases of residential foundation construction including open

excavations, natural and fill soils identification and classification,

caisson/pier drilling, narrow spread and pad interrupted footings, post-

tension, interior and exterior perimeter drains, foundation steel re-

enforcement placement, and final slab-on-grade.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and TRAINING

40-hr HAZWOPER training (08/25/2006)

8-hr HAZWOPER Supervisor training (10/08/2006)

8-hr HAZWOPER refresher training (10/ 2012)

24-hr MSHA 30 CFR Part 46 & 77 Surface Coal and Metal/Non-Metal training

(05/2011)

8-hr MSHA 30 CFR Part 46 Surface Metal/Non-Metal refresher training (10/

2012)

Respiratory Protection Program certification (07/2013)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite

SAP database

AutoCAD 2009

Web site maintenance - Web Publisher

Microsoft Visio

Adobe Acrobat Standard and Pro

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