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Project Manager Quality Assurance

Location:
Durham, NC, 27704
Posted:
February 27, 2011

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Khalil Porter

**** ****** ***** ***** ? Durham, N.C. 27704 ? 919-***-**** ?

************@*****.***

Environmental Professional

Accomplished professional with 7+ years of experience as an

environmental scientist with industry-leading organizations.

Consistently maintains the highest quality standards and work ethics.

> Environmental compliance specialist with the ability to analyze

operations in order to advise on environmental regulatory requirements

and best practices. M.S. in Environmental Chemistry.

> Excellent relationship builder with success in forming strong,

sustainable relationships and securing consensus among cross-

functional team members for key initiatives. Effective communicator

and leader.

SELECTED SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Familiarity with federal, state, and local environmental laws and

regulations.

* Proficiency in working with regulatory agencies to obtain

environmental permits.

* Immense ability in developing environmental procedures and guidelines.

* Capability to perform studies to estimate and reduce air, soil, and

water contamination.

* Ability to coordinate multiple complex tasks and projects

concurrently.

* Trained and mentored colleagues in areas including emission

calculation procedures, environmental data validation, and proper

field sampling techniques.

* Developed and implemented a comprehensive greenhouse gas emission

estimation program designed to assist industry clients with emissions

quantification and regulatory compliance.

* Consistently received excellent performance reviews.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MARSHALL MILLER & ASSOCIATES, INC., Raleigh, N.C. 2006 -

Present

Project Scientist, Environmental Science and Engineering Division

Served as lead for air quality related consulting services. Provided

oversight and technical review of compliance programs for numerous

industrious, manufacturing, chemical, surface coating, pulp and paper, oil

& gas, coal mining and other miscellaneous operations to ensure compliance

with applicable air regulations.

. Policy and Procedure Implementation- Developed and implemented company

policies and programs to assist industry clients with greenhouse gas

emissions and climate change. Completed greenhouse gas emission

inventories, verifications, and regulatory applicability reviews.

. Project Management - Served as project manager on various projects.

Duties included staff training, budget tracking, client management;

preparation of proposals, cost estimates, and Health and Safety Plans.

. Health and Safety - Directed environmental, health, and safety

projects for industrial and commercial facilities including Compliance

Audits, Training, Spill Prevention, Spill Control, Underground Storage

Tank Closures and Waste Handling Transportation and Disposal.

. Regulatory Compliance - Acquired, updated, and maintained permits and

regular operating procedures.

. Environmental Site Assessments - Conducted Phase I and II Site

Investigations including indoor air, outdoor air, noise, soil, surface

water, groundwater, and drinking water assessments under various

regulatory programs.

PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, CONTINUED

EARTH TECH, INC., Greenville, S.C 2004 - 2006

Professional, Environmental Science Division

Served as a Quality Assurance Professional providing environmental data

review and extensive data validation and usability determinations for

numerous diverse projects under various EPA Regions.

. Environmental Data QA/QC - Conducted environmental data validations

under SDWA and RCRA programs. Prepared Data Usability Summaries on

various analytical parameters (e.g., Metals, VOC, SVOC, BTEX, TPH,

Herbicides, PCB). Co-authored quality assurance project plans and

developed procedures for manual QA/QC validation. Identified

functional design criteria for in-house development of electronic data

validation software and environmental data storage structures.

Produced tables and trend plots of analytical data.

. Environmental Site Assessments - Conducted Phase I and II Site

Investigations including indoor air, outdoor air, noise, soil, surface

water, groundwater, and drinking water assessments under various

regulatory programs.

. Environmental Site Remediation - Completed transportation, disposal

tracking, and manifesting of hazardous waste materials.

. Report Preparation - Assisted with writing technical memorandums, site

assessment reports, site-specific work plans, annual reports, and

confirmatory sampling reports.

. Laboratory Coordination- Scheduled sample events, maintained chain-of-

custody procedures for environmental samples. Coordinated and managed

contracted laboratory activities.

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, 2003 - 2004

BUREAU OF AIR QUALITY, Columbia, S.C.

Chemist, Emissions Inventory Section

Calculated air pollutants from rubber, petroleum, synthetic fiber and

chemical manufacturing industries in the state of South Carolina by EPA and

SCDHEC approved methods.

. Emissions Inventories - Interpreted emission inventory questionnaires

submitted by facilities detailing equipment and processes (i.e. fuel

usage, solvent usage, hours of operation) and determined accurate

estimates of air emissions by using emission factors, material

balance, stack test data, and emission models such as EPA's Tanks 4.0

software.

. Public Assistance -Provided assistance to facilities in completing

emission inventory questionnaires by participating in workshops and

consulting. Responded to public inquires concerning air emissions.

. Audits/Inspections - Perform visual monitoring and facility

inspections for air emissions.

. Compliance - Reviewed facility permits and emissions limits to

determine compliance.

. Formal Recognition - Received an award for outstanding service.

EDUCATION

Master of Science - Chemistry (Environmental Concentration)

Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina

Bachelor of Arts - Chemistry

Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina

Certifications: Greenhouse Gas Quantifier, Greenhouse Gas Verifier,

HAZWOPER 40-Hour with updated 8-Hour Refreshers, Roadway Worker Protection

Training, EPA Method 9 Opacity Certification

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