Billy M. Thompson
N. Myrtle Beach, SC
Phone: 828-***-****
Email: abhn1y@r.postjobfree.com
Skills and Keywords
EHS Manager, RCRA management, wastewater, groundwater, storm-water, SPCC,
SWP3, drinking water, landfills, land application, CAA, Title V, MACT,
stack sampling, emission inventories, laboratory analysis, environmental
sampling, groundwater sampling, permitting, budget management, emergency
response, PCBs, asbestos, SARA, OSHA, trainer, CHMM, facility auditing,
recycling, brownfield, written programs and procedures, industrial hygiene,
DOT haz-mat, DHS chemical compliance, safety management
Other Skills:
. Computer literate
. Excellent team building and people skills
. Management and Supervisory experience
Work History
. 2010 - 2011 Environmental, Health & Safety Manager Exide
Technologies, Bristol, TN
o Member of senior management team with 14 direct reports
including environmental technicians, safety supervisor,
wastewater treatment personnel, ventilation technicians and
building services personnel
o Responsible for all aspects of environmental and safety
management including regulatory reporting, operations and
program development
o Liaison to new "Orbital technology" plant being constructed on
site for EHS issues
o Responsible for implementation of Lead Exposure program at an
automotive battery plant
. 2008 - 2010 Environmental Manager Louisiana Pacific Corporation,
Roaring River, NC
o Oversight for environmental operations staff of eight, landfill
operation and land applications including an operating budget of
over $3 million.
o Responsible for regulatory compliance and reporting
. Title V, PCWP MACT, Coating MACT, Boiler MACT (wood & oil
fired boilers)
. CWA - 2 MGD chemical and biological wastewater treatment
facility and lab. Drinking water and storm-water
compliance
. RCRA - CESQG, universal wastes, non-RCRA industrial wastes
. SARA 312 & 313 reporting
. OSHA requirements including MSDS approvals
. DOT Hazardous Materials Management
o Air, water and solid waste permitting including MACT and Title V
o Conduct Environmental Impact Analyses for capital improvement
projects
o Communication with and liaison to upper management, regulatory
agencies, consultants and plant employees on all environmental
issues impacting our operation
o Work with "corporate" environmental affairs staff to maintain
Environmental Management System requirements including training
. 2000 - 2007 Safety & Environmental Engineer Lockheed Martin Aircraft
Center, Greenville, SC
o Responsible for Environmental Operations staff including
wastewater treatment personnel
o Responsible for all regulatory compliance with environmental
affairs
. Chemical pre-treatment facility
. Title V permit for aircraft painting, de-painting and
maintenance operations
. RCRA compliance - Large Quantity Generator
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. SARA reporting
. DOT Hazardous Materials Management
o Oversight of Crash, Fire & Rescue team (first responders, fire
fighting, haz-mat response)
o Environmental assessment and input for new capital projects
o OSHA training
o Audit of safety programs including LOTO, confined space entry,
Life Safety Code, Fall Protection
o Developed and began implementation of hexavalent chromium
industrial hygiene programs
. 1998 - 2000 Research Associate USC, Earth Sciences Resources
Institute, Spartanburg, SC
o Environmental assistance provided to the Cowpens Brownfield
working with USEPA, SCDHEC, Army Corps of Engineers and private
consultants
. Liaison to program manager, consultants and regulatory
agencies
. Site investigation of approximately 100 acre contaminated
brown-field site
o Acting as an agent for the university environmental department I
provided environmental assistance to small businesses in the SC
Upstate area
. 1997 - 1998 Wastewater Systems Operator Culligan Operating
Services, Asheville, NC
o Contract operator of municipal and industrial water and
wastewater facilities
o Operation of groundwater contamination remediation system
o Worked this job after being "right-sized" by my previous
employer who sold the plant
. 1995 - 1997 Waste Management Supervisor Morton Chemical Company,
Taylors, SC
o Responsible for Environmental Operations staff including
wastewater treatment personnel
o Developed and maintained responsibility for the facility solid
waste management program including recycling, and RCRA hazardous
wastes (Large Quantity Generator)
o Emergency spill response
. 1981 - 1995 Environmental Chemist Olin/Ecusta/P. H. Glatfelter
Co, Pisgah Forest, NC
o Developed and maintained the solid and hazardous waste
management programs for two facilities (pulp & paper,
cellophane) employing over 2000
. RCRA - Large Quantity Generator - printing wastes,
maintenance wastes, lab wastes
. Several on-site landfills for ash and wastewater sludges
. PCB management and disposal
. Asbestos removal and disposal
o Responsible for facility emergency response teams including
chlorine response team
o Assisted with industrial hygiene monitoring (solvents, dusts,
asbestos, etc.)
o Clean Air Act duties including stack sampling
o Wastewater duties including capital improvement projects and
monitoring of the 27 MGD wastewater treatment plant
. 1980 - 1981 Electroplater / Wastewater Operator Westinghouse General
Controls, Asheville, NC
o Metal finishing and fabrication of electrical control centers
(currently Eaton Cutler-Hammer)
. 1975 - 1980 Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Cranston Print Works,
Fletcher, NC
o Textile printing and finishing, chromium plating operation
Education, Certification and Training
. Graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a
Bachelors degree, majoring in biology
. NC Grade IV Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator - 1985 Certificate
#7145
. Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Master Level - 1985
Certificate #0735
. Completed various engineering technology courses at Blue Ridge
Technical College
. Annual RCRA courses since 1982 with various providers
. Completed OSHA 500, 501 and 503 courses at the Georgia Tech OSHA
Training Institute
. Several 40-hour hazmat, emergency response schools
. Various Safety and Environmental training courses with several vendors
over 20 years
. Management/supervisory seminars