Engineer Quality Assurance
Resume:
John Wester, P.E.
Boise, Idaho 83706
Cell: 801-***-****
abiho6@r.postjobfree.com
Objective
TO SECURE AN ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY ENGINEER
POSITION WHERE I CAN UTILIZE MY EXPERIENCES WORKING AS AN
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER AND IN A MANUFACTURING FACILITY.
Employment
ASSOCIATE ENGINEER
EMPLOYED OCT 2006-OCT
2009
Idaho Dept. of Environmental Quality
Boise, Idaho
Chemical Engineer
Employed Oct 2005-
Sept 2006
URS Corporation
Salt Lake City,
Utah
Research Associate
Employed Aug 2003-Oct
2005
Cephalon, Inc
Salt Lake
City, Utah
Education & Certifications
GRADUATE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSEWORK UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Salt Lake City, Utah Currently Attending
B. S. Chemical and Fuels Engineering (BSChE) University of
Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah Graduated May 2002
State of Idaho Professional Engineer No. 14274, issued May
2010.
Experience
. PREPARED TIER II AND TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY, TRI, EPCRA FILINGS
FOR HILL AIR FORCE BASE DETAILING ALL CHEMICAL RELEASES
INCLUDING AIR EMISSIONS, ALONG WITH RELEASES TO SOIL AND WATER
DURING THE 2004 FISCAL YEAR.
. Maintained MSDS binders in active laboratory and chemical
storage environments.
. Reviewed annual and semiannual compliance certification
evaluations submitted by Title V facilities.
. Familiar with interpreting OSHA safety regulations and preparing
a summary of the requirements.
. Experienced in documenting activities to demonstrate compliance
with state and federal regulations.
. Reviewed stationary air emission source test protocols and test
reports, aka stack tests, for Tier II and Title V facilities to
determine compliance with state issued permit requirements and
all federal requirements contained in 40 CFR 60 and 40 CFR 75.
. Prepared Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Manuals for a chemical
processing facility.
. Trained in spill response management.
. Experienced in sample collection, chain of custody and sample
analysis protocols.
. Prepared Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) for a hazardous
waste thermal treatment system that would dispose of all waste
at a RCRA site.
. Wrote standard operating procedures for an FDA-regulated
manufacturing facility.
. Received annual HAZWOPER training as an engineer and monthly
safety training at Cephalon.
. Presented engineering designs, cost analyses and experimental
results to groups.
. Certified Method 9 VE observer, expired.
. Familiar with DOT regulations and labeling for hazardous waste
disposal.
. Trained new employees in job-specific duties.
. Generated monthly performance reports for groundwater treatment
liquid-liquid separation systems.
. Prepared bid documents including specifications and estimated
costs for remediation projects.
. Wrote lifetime financial analyses for remediation systems.
. Experienced calculating chemical emission inventories for
industrial facilities.
. Reviewed engineering submissions for water and wastewater
systems for compliance with Federal and Idaho State Rules.
. Knowledgeable of Continuous Emission Monitors (CEMs) and
required Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RATAs) and their
requirements through reviewing them for major industrial
facilities.
. Utilized gas and liquid chromatography to test samples for
specific chemical compounds.
. Prepared Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID) for chemical
processes.
. Familiar with new source reduction and other pollution
prevention initiatives.
. Have reviewed water facility O&M manuals for compliance with
state requirements
. Experienced with various computer programs including TRIM
Document Management System, COMSOL, Matlab, Excel, Word, Access,
Power Point, SAS (Statistical Analysis Programming), Fortran and
Visual Basic Editor.
Relevant Course Work
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING I ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING II
Air Pollution Control Engineering
Instrumental Analysis
Chemical Process Design I Chemical
Process Design II
Statistics Graduate
Level Heat Transfer
Graduate Level Thermodynamics Graduate
Level Chemical Reaction Engineering
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