ERIC SANDIFER

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Amarillo, Texas 79118

Telephone 720-***-****

Email: abk728@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Work experience includes project, personnel, and environmental management along with extensive field experience.

Educational background includes a BS in Natural Resources Management, an advanced certificate in Geographic Information

Systems, and additional training in Global Positioning Systems, water treatment technologies, and hazardous waste site

operations.

EXPERIENCE

Environmental Site Assessments November 2006 to June 2009

Environmental Manager / Co-Owner

• Environmental Professional conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, asbestos building inspections,

and environmental management, guidance, and peer review for the company.

Contract Environmental Professional, Colorado Springs, Colorado March 2006 to November 2006

• Contract Environmental Professional conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for Environmental Site

Assessments, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Terry Garner - Owner.

• Contract Environmental Professional conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for ABCO

Engineering, Denver, Colorado, Michael Dannecker – Environmental Division Manager.

Western Environment and Ecology, Inc., Littleton, Colorado May 1999 to August 2006

Contract Environmental Professional May 2005 to August 2006

Vice President/ Project Manager November 2000 to March 2004

Field Operations Manager May 1999 to November 2000

• Performed all aspects of environmental and ecological consulting including project management, proposal and

scope of work preparation, scheduling, implementation, report preparation, peer review, budget control, and

invoicing.

• Author of 100’s of reports including Phase I, II, & III investigations according to ASTM standards and Site

Characterization and Corrective Action Plans according to Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Oil

and Public Safety (OPS) standards.

• Provided environmental oversight for installation of over 200 monitoring wells and soil borings.

• Performed soil, groundwater, and soil vapor sampling, quality control, and custody control according to OPS and

EPA requirements.

• Project manager, lead writer, and GIS analyst for Forest Legacy Program Assessment of Need studies for states of

Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Nevada.

Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort, Buena Vista, Colorado January 1998 to May 1999

Assistant Manager, Director of Physical Plant Operations

• Managed maintenance and grounds keeping departments for a 47 room, year round resort which included a full

service restaurant, hot springs pools, and store.

• Developed and supervised facilities improvement projects for the resort including redesigning of the resort

plumbing system, a $70,000+ renovation project of the resort conference center, and company liaison for

construction of a $500,000 maintenance and housing facility.

• Designed, implemented, and managed an onsite mountain bike rental shop containing 30 mountain bikes and full

service bicycle shop.

• Supervised a $12,000 grounds development plan to improve resort landscaping.

South Fork Lumber Inc., Wheatland, Wyoming December 1996 to January 1998

Procurement Forester

• Procured Ponderosa Pine on private and state lands for a lumber mill producing 1.5 to 2 million board feet per

year.

• Supervised all aspects of timber sale operations including sale procurement, sale layout, road layout and

construction, and administration of contract loggers.

• Developed and implemented new system for scaling and cost analysis of timber sales.

Colorado State Forest Service, Walden, Colorado May to November 1995 & 1996

Forestry Technician

Eric Sandifer

• Supervised and participated in all aspects of timber sale administration including layout, measurement, marking,

and inspections for 300+ acres of commercial timber sales.

• Supervised an EPA 319 water quality data collection for a cooperative ecosystem management plan that included

the Colorado State Forest (three summers).

• Performed duties of heavy equipment operation and maintenance on crawler-bulldozers, front end loaders, 4 ton

dump trucks, back hoes, and road graders.

• Attended Colorado Division of Wildlife Noxious Weed Seminar

• Evaluated two Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for forestry use.

• Planned and supervised a $10,000 road surfacing and improvement project.

US Forest Service, Estes Park and Salida, Colorado Summers, 1991 to 1994

Forestry Technician: Estes-Poudre RD -three seasons, Salida RD -one season

• Law enforcement, fee collection, and trail crew supervisor of two to four person crews, for 72 miles of dispersed

and wilderness foot trails, 4 developed campgrounds, and 50+ miles of dispersed recreation areas.

• Responsible for maintenance and reconstruction of trails and trailheads.

• Implemented a trail improvement and interpretive sign program for historic homestead sites.

• Assisted volunteer groups with construction of trail improvement projects.

• Initial attack for fire suppression on five fires and hand crewmember on one project fire of 300 acres.

US Army, Heilbronn, Germany 1987 to 1991

Combat Engineer, Specialist E-4

• Primary positions were platoon leader's and first sergeant's driver and radio operator.

• Secondary positions were 5 ton dump truck operator, demolition specialist, combat life saver, and combat

construction specialist.

EDUCATION

BS, Colorado State University, 1995

Major in Natural Resources Management

Minor in Watershed Management

Certificate of Advanced Studies, Denver University, 2002

Geographic Information Systems

Certificate of Completion, CompassCom, 2002

Trimble Pathfinder Global Positioning Systems

Certificate of Completion, A & M Safety and Environment, 1999

OSHA 40 Hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Initial Site Worker and Confined Space

Operations

Colorado Water and Wastewater Plant Operator’s School, 1999

Class D Water Plant Operator’s License

Certificate of Training, US Forest Service, 1991

Law Enforcement II, Basic Wildland Fire Fighting, Powersaws for Fire Fighting, ATV Safety Rider Course

EPA-AHERA Asbestos Building Inspector Certification, June, 2009

Acclaim Environmental, Denver, Colorado

State of Colorado Asbestos Building Inspector Certification, August, 2009

Certification #15517

PERSONAL SKILLS

Extensive outdoors experience including backpacking, skiing, and environmental education.

Nationally registered Emergency Medical Technician - Basic

Proficient with WordPerfect, MS Word, MS Access, MS Excel, Corel Draw 9, Arc View 3.2, and Arc GIS 8.2

Further information and references available upon request.

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