Engineer Management
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GEORGE GARCIA
Rockport, WV 26169
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Profile
An accomplished and goal oriented professional with extensive hands-on
government/private industry safety and environmental regulatory and
compliance experience. Background includes CAA, CWA, RCRA permitting
submittal and negotiations to include CEMS protocol, RATA's, Wastewater
Monitoring Plans and Stormwater/SPCC plans. Experienced at construction
and industrial safety procedures and regulations. Created a Site
Environmental Management Plan to ensure multimedia regulatory compliance
and incepted these requirements in the daily operational procedures.
Demonstrated ability to identify areas of need, extract the essentials and
establish a direction toward long-term productivity.
Areas of Expertise
o EHS procedures/implementation
o Power plant construction/operations
o Multifaceted Project Management
o Project Resolution
o Regulatory Compliance
o Technical Support
o Personnel Supervision
o Client Relations
o CEMS/RATA's/Calibration Gases
o Stack Testing/Emission Controls SEMP's/Auditing
o Public Interface
Professional History:
Americas Styrenics, Marietta, OH (JV CP Chem/Dow)
2006-
Environmental Engineer
Responsible for Title V-LDAR/MACT programs, RCRA/Solid Waste,
DOT, NPDES-SPCC/Wastewater.
Coordinating internal programs to ensure compliance.
Ensuring proper emergency response.
Palmark Corp., Columbia, SC 2002 - 2006
Safety, Environmental and Training Coordinator
Coordinator responsible for safety and environmental procedure
revisions and field implementation of changes driven by regulatory
requirements
Audit and inspect several out-of-state facilities in addition to
oversight and management of Title V/Acid Rain, NPDES, RCRA and EPCRA
issues at these at these facilities
Responsible for PSM, RMP for LOTO, PPE, HASZCOM and HAZWOPER for
power generation.
Direct responsibility for Environmental Issues at the Power Plants
Pacific Gas & Electric National Energy Group, McAdams, MS 2000 - 2001
Environmental Manager
Responsible for permitting, Construction, Personnel Training and
Commissioning for the gas-fired combined cycle Attalla Generating
Plant, McAdams, MS, including permitting-procedures for Clean Air
(PSD, Title V), Clean Water (NPDES Intake/Discharge, Stormwater),
RCRA, EPCRA, CERCLA, TSA and the personnel to comply with the permit
conditions.
Finalized negotiations with MDEQ and EPA for applicable conditions on
the above permits
Completed CEMS Drift Test, Rata Certification/Stack testing
Negotiated and implemented a complicated NPDES permit conditions
monitoring plan
Phibro-Tech, Inc, Sumter, S C (midsize chemical manufacturing) 1998 -
2000
Safety, Health & Environmental Manager
Company liaison to environmental and safety regulators
Responsible for all company health issues
Wrote and negotiated RCRA, CAA, CWA, NPDES permits for this facility
Established in-house, a CAA Risk Management Plan for Ammonia and an
Air Monitoring Plan
Developed and implemented procedures for safety and environmental
issues in compliance with OSHA guidelines
Responsible for wastewater operators on a round the clock industrial
wastewater plant
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh, NC
1995 - 1998
Environmental Engineer-Permitting, Air Quality Division 1998
Responsible for reviewing applications and granting air emission
permits within the state of North Carolina. Maintained a schedule of
facilities to be inspected
Consulting Environmental Engineer
1995
Providing technical support to various concerns regarding
environmental issues and the impact on the projects involved,
including erosion controls for several large construction projects in
the Neuse River Basin area, near Raleigh
Westinghouse Company, Aiken, SC 1990-1995
Senior Environmental Engineer
Managed the organization and execution of more than 60 ongoing, upper
level environmental compliance projects for the High Level Liquid
Waste Management Division of the Savannah River Site, an extension of
the Department of Energy
Ensured compliance with all safety and regulatory requirements of
RCRA, CAA, SDWA, CWA, NEPA, CERCLA, and COE 404
Provided design environmental support to division project management
to ensure NEPA compliance with regulatory requirements for projects
that ranged from $10,000 to $250,000
Responsible for NEPA/environmental permits for the $6.2 billion New
Production Reactor and their schedule of availability for construction
Wix Corporation, Division of Dana Corporation, Gastonia, NC 1989-1990
Project/Manufacturing Engineer
Oversaw new manufacturing systems and environmental issues related to
operations
Ensured Waste Minimization and the selection of environmentally
friendly processes geared to reduce the possibility of noncompliance
with existing and future environmental regulations
Established standards for metal hardness in material used in oil
filter double seaming operations reducing rejection rate by 15%
Helped install an automated oil filter manufacturing line, to include
infrared paint drying systems and specialized filtering media curing
ovens
Monitored productivity; identified and resolved problem areas in
order to maintain productivity
North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Division of Health Services,
Solid Waste Management Section, Hazardous Waste Branch, Raleigh, N C
1987-1989
Environmental Permitting Engineer
Ensured that RCRA Part B's and RFI's were carried out at all North
Carolina DOD facilities
Reviewed and approved/disapproved hazardous waste operating permits
for all North Carolina federal facilities
Coordinated the review of the environmental compliance with any
regulatory statutes prior to issuance of the permits
Northrop Aircraft Corporation ASD, Pico Rivera, CA 1985-1987
Manufacturing Supervisor/Technical Engineer-Manufacturing Technology
Maintained direct cost responsibility for production and critical path
schedule
Scope of operations included all facets of the manufacturing
environment to expedite production and meet organizational milestones
Provided overall management of production planning and scheduling
activities required to meet customer commitments and delivery dates
Evaluated and restructured business operations to improve
productivity, enhance product reliability
Served as liaison engineer and coordinated the efforts of a
manufacturing research and development cell with line manufacturing
operations, including material handling equipment, robotics, AGV's and
other automated cost-reduction techniques
Interfaced with various engineering disciplines to apply new state-of-
the-art technology to the production mode in a timely and cost-
effective manner
Designed supporting plant facilities, including a battery changing
station for AGV's, overhead monorail, WIP Storage, overall
configuration management, reliability, maintainability, and
environmental control issues and systems
Supervisor for B-2 Bomber Secondary Bonding Clean Room with a mix of
a100 technical and hourly personnel as direct reports
EDUCATION
B. S., Petroleum Engineering
A. S., Engineering
Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology
B. A., Business Administration
Campbell University
TRAINING
Chevron Phillips: DOT-HM124F, RCRA Supervisory, Incident Commander
Training, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Prime South: CEMS Training, First Aid, CPR, and A.E. Defibrillator
PHIBRO-TECH Inc: Safety and Health Seminar, Industrial Ventilation, Visible
Emissions Training, Society of Safety Engineers
Westinghouse: Environmental Laws/RCRA, CAA, CWA, SDWA, CERCLA, NEPA and
EPCRA
Federal Facilities: COE 404-Wetlands, HAZWOPER 40 hr.
Dana, WIX Corp.: Statistical Process Controls
EPA: RCRA Facility Investigation/Federal Facility Compliance, Performance
Tracking
OSHA: VPP (Voluntary Protection Program)
Northrop Aircraft Corp.: CADAM, Project Management, and Management Seminars
Computer Skills: PC/MAC, Microsoft Suite Software including MS Excel and
PowerPoint, WordPerfect, and Databases.
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