Project Manager Plant

Shawn C. Johnston

**** ******* ****** - ******** *****, California 91932

Cell: 619-***-****

Email:

shawn_johnston.cox.net

Professional Work Experience

Environmental Specialist (2010 - Present)

Wilson Construction Company - 1190 N.W. Third Avenue Canby, OR 97013

. Environmental compliance construction monitoring for segments 7 and 8

of the Southern California Edison's Tehachapi Renewable Energy

Transmission Line (TRTP).

. Specific job responsibilities for the TRTP include: guidance to

construction contractors on avoidance and minimization of biological

resources and compliance with biological mitigation measures, nesting

bird mitigation, SWPPP compliance, and noxious weed management.

Biologist/Wetland Scientist (2009 - 2010)

URS Corporation - 1615 Murray Canyon Road, Suite 1000, San Diego, CA 92108

. Field lead/manager of a special-status plant survey for a proposed

8,230 acre photovoltaic site (Calico Solar) in the Mojave Desert.

Specific tasks included: design of survey protocol and methodology,

team coordination of a large number of biologists/subcontractors, and

client/agency debriefing and reporting.

. Conducted and assisted with various wildlife surveys (desert tortoise,

burrowing owl, and flat-tailed horned lizard), general biological

assessments, drainage studies, wetland determination/delineations and

contributed/authored the associated technical writing for these

surveys.

Independent Biological Consultant (2009-2010)

. Conducted rare plant surveys (spring and monsoonal), and general

habitat assessment for a proposed transmission line alignment within

the Sonoran Desert near El Centro, California.

Biologist/Wetland Scientist (2007 - 2008)

ARCADIS Inc. - 9095 Rio San Diego Drive, Suite 240, San Diego, CA 92108

. Field lead/manager for the 2007/2008 rare plant survey and 2007

wetland determination and delineation for the proposed SDG&E Sunrise

Powerlink proposed alignments.

. Directed the delegation of work resources and personnel to

successfully implement a complete survey for several hundred miles of

proposed and alternative transmission line alignments.

. Reported on the development and progress of biological surveys to

upper management, and worked with numerous biologist, engineers and

subcontractors to schedule survey dates and times.

. Conducted biological impact analysis and reporting for the proposed

SDG&E Sunrise Powerlink project

Biologist/Restoration Ecologist (2004 - 2006)

AECOM/EDAW - 1420 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101

. Biologist/project manager for a variety of habitat restoration, vernal

pool/wetland creation, and biological assessment projects.

. Directed and assisted in the development, staffing, budgeting,

implementation, and monitoring of numerous biological as well as

habitat restoration projects.

Biologist/Restoration Ecologist (2001 - 2003)

Soil Ecology and Restoration Group - 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA

92115

. Implemented and managed numerous habitat restoration and biological

survey projects.

Skills

. Biological impact assessments and reporting (CEQA, NEPA, CESA, and

FESA).

. Rare plant surveys and vegetation mapping.

. Federal and state waters and wetland determinations and delineations.

. Ecological habitat restoration.

. Section 404/401 permitting and section 1601/1603 streambed alteration

agreements.

. knowledgeable in the use of sub-meter GPS equipment and ESRI software

(e.g. ArcMap, ArcInfo, and ArcPad) in addition to other GIS/GPS

software applications such as TerraSync, MapSource, and DNRGarmin,

Education

San Diego State University

5500 campanile Dr. San Diego, CA 92182

Bachelor of Science in Biology: Emphasis in Evolution and Systematics

2009

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