Project Manager Management
Resume:
ROBERT H. YOUNG, P.G.
Expertise Hydrogeology and General Geology, Hazardous Waste
Investigation, Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments,
Contamination Assessment and Remediation, Landfill
Investigation, Project Management and Client Service
Academic
Background B.A., Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1978
Registrations Professional Geologist: Florida, No. 123
Professional Geologist: Georgia, No. 772
Professional Geologist: Tennessee, No. 1120
Certifications 40-hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response Training
8-hour Supervisor Training and Refresher Courses. Three-day
Project Management Course.
Experience Mr. Young has over 30 years of experience as a geologist
performing subsurface evaluations, soil and groundwater
assessments and remediation, landfill permitting, compliance
audits, and water resources investigations for public and
private sector clients throughout the southwestern and
southeastern United States. His recent activities include
business development, project and contract management, directing
site investigations, remedial design, design/bid document
preparation and review, and construction oversight at industrial
sites, chlorinated solvent and petroleum remediation sites. Mr.
Young is a registered professional geologist in the states of
Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. He has additional experience in
hydrogeologic investigations, Phase I and II environmental site
assessments, treatment technologies for contaminated soil and
groundwater and groundwater monitoring programs.
Work
Experien GWL, Inc./EMCON - April 1986 through August 1997, Senior
ce Geologist
Mr. Young served as program director for more than 40
petroleum-impacted sites in Florida and Georgia for a single
client. He provided assessment and remediation services at
retail gasoline facilities, bulk fuel storage facilities, truck
stops, and a former chemical plant. Representative project
experience includes the following: project management, business
development, conducting site assessments and initial remediation
sites, remedial design and long term monitoring reports. Mr.
Young's project management duties included the responsibility
from initial remedial actions, site characterization, remedial
design, construction oversight during implementation of the
remediation technology, long term operation & maintenance
monitoring and post remediation quarterly monitoring. Geology,
engineering and construction disciplines were all managed as
part of these projects.
Proprietary Client, Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. Young directed
an assessment to delineate soil and groundwater impacted by
petroleum hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvents. Shallow and
deep monitoring wells were installed to delineate the horizontal
and vertical extent of the dissolved constituents. A
contamination assessment report was submitted to the Florida
Department of environmental Protection (FDEP) and approved.
Compliance Audits, United States Postal Service, Georgia and
Florida. Mr. Young performed several compliance audits at
United States Post Office facilities in Georgia and Florida.
Audits were conducted to maintain client compliance with
aboveground and underground storage tank regulations, pollution
prevention plan requirements, hazardous waste regulations, storm
water regulations, and solid waste regulations.
Former Union 76 Truck Stop, Lake Park, Georgia. Mr. Young
directed a contamination assessment at a former truck stop that
included determining surficial aquifer characteristics;
establishing groundwater gradients and direction of groundwater
flow; delineating the horizontal and vertical extent of soil and
groundwater contamination; supervising shallow and deep
monitoring well construction; and preparing a detailed
Corrective Action Plan - Part A Report.
Lil' Champ Store, Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. Young designed a
groundwater remediation system to remove free phase hydrocarbons
and dissolved petroleum hydrocarbon contamination. Conducted
pumping tests in the surficial aquifer and produced a detailed
report on the site hydrogeology and remediation system design.
The site received closure status from the FDEP. Project manager
from initial assessment through final remediation and post
remediation monitoring.
Lofton Creek Landfill, Nassau County, Florida. Mr. Young
directed the contamination assessment of a closed municipal
solid waste landfill. A detailed assessment was performed to
detect contaminants leaching from a capped landfill. Off-site
contamination had been detected in the shallow rock aquifer
wells in a private residential subdivision downgradient of the
landfill during quarterly monitoring of the landfill. A series
of three-well, monitoring well clusters were installed to
delineate the vertical and horizontal extent of the contaminants
identified. Aquifer tests were conducted to estimate the
hydraulic conductivity in each zone. Detailed groundwater
contour maps and cross-sections were prepared to evaluate the
direction of groundwater flow and the underlying lithology. A
contamination assessment report was submitted to the FDEP.
Duval County School Board, Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. Young
directed an assessment to delineate lead-impacted soil at an
incinerator ash landfill. Mr. Young prepared a detailed
contamination assessment plan to characterize the ash and
delineate the areas of soil and groundwater contamination. The
plan was approved by the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection and implemented. Advanced soil borings and collected
soil samples from above, within, and below the ash to delineate
the horizontal and vertical extent of lead and to characterize
the ash as hazardous or non-hazardous material. Monitoring wells
were installed to determine the impact of lead on the
groundwater. Results of the chemical analyses of soil and
groundwater samples were compiled into a contamination
assessment report and submitted to FDEP.
Rayland, St. Johns County, Florida. Mr. Young directed Floridan
aquifer and shallow aquifer investigations in a large
undeveloped area in northern St. Johns County, Florida. The
investigations included conducting long-term pumping tests,
groundwater sampling, and aquifer evaluation to determine the
transmissivity of the aquifers and the location of potable
supply wells. Mr. Young prepared detailed reports evaluating
the shallow and deep aquifers that were submitted to the St.
Johns River Water Management District as part of a Consumptive
Use Permit. A Consumptive Use Permit was obtained.
Young Environmental Consulting & Products, Inc./LFR, Inc. -
August 1997 through November 2000 (full time with LFR, Inc.
November 2000 through April 2005), Senior
Geologist/Hydrogeologist
Mr. Young served as project manager for Site Assessments,
Quarterly Monitoring Reports and provided Construction Oversight
and management of subcontractors during the implementation of
remediation systems.
Herman Jackson Cleaners, Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. Young
directed the installation of a multi-phase remediation system at
a dry-cleaner site in northeast Florida. The remediation
activities consisted of the installation of shallow and deep
injection wells for the injection of ethyl lactate, installation
of in situ air sparging wells and soil vapor extraction wells
for the air sparging and soil vapor extraction systems.
Conducted quarterly ethyl lactate injections and the required
operation and maintenance on the air sparging and soil vapor
extraction systems.
Frasers Grocery, Glen St. Mary, Florida. Mr. Young provided
construction oversight during the installation of a soil vapor
extraction system for a performance based cleanup in the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection Petroleum Cleanup
Program. The site achieved 90% reduction in petroleum soil
vapors in less than six-months of operation.
Professional Cleaners, Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. Young
directed the installation of a temporary remediation system at a
chlorinated solvent site within the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection Hazardous Waste Dry-Cleaning Solvent
Program. The temporary system consisted of a dual-phase
extraction system designed to decrease chlorinated solvent
concentrations in the soil and groundwater. The system reduced
the PCE concentrations in the groundwater in the source area by
50 percent.
Former C&W Service Center, Glen St. Mary, Florida. Mr. Young
directed the construction activities required during the
implementation of a groundwater treatment system for methyl
tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). The dissolved MTBE plume had
migrated over a three-block area. Sixteen, 5-inch diameter
recovery wells were installed to 55-feet below ground surface.
Down hole pneumatic pumps were installed in each of the wells.
Two pump and treat systems, two infiltration galleries, two
equipment compounds, and over 5,000 feet of piping were required
to complete the installation. The system is effectively
capturing and treating the dissolved plume. Over 1,000 tons of
petroleum-affected soil was excavated during construction
activities and transported off site to an approved treatment
facility.
Various Dry-Cleaning Facilities, Jacksonville, Florida. Mr.
Young assisted during the contamination assessments of multiple
dry-cleaning facilities in Jacksonville, Florida as part of the
FDEP Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup and Drycleaning Solvent
Cleanup Program. Used direct-push drilling technologies and
mobile laboratories to obtain real-time data to enable timely
decisions regarding the delineation of the dissolved contaminant
plume. Rapid assessment techniques were used to complete the
assessment phase of the cleanup ahead of schedule. Performed
soil and groundwater sampling activities (including natural
attenuation parameters) as part of ongoing monitoring programs.
Conducted construction oversight activities during the
installation of a dual phase extraction system and performed
operation and maintenance activities at one of the dry-cleaning
sites.
Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc. - April 2005 through March
2009, Environmental Manager
Mr. Young was responsible for project management, proposals,
resources, budgets, and profits and loss results for the
environmental department. He provided technical review of all
environmental documents and directed his own projects. Mr. Young
also conducted business development to obtain new clients and
service existing clients.
Graphic Arts Chemical Blending Facility, Jacksonville, Florida.
Mr. Young was responsible for all phases of project management
related to this client. He prepared a Feasibility Study,
Remedial Action Plan (RAP), Remediation Construction Completion
Report, Operation & Maintenance Monitoring Reports, Post
Remediation Monitoring Reports, RAP Modification Report, and RAP
Modification Implementation Report to remediate impacted
groundwater at this facility. Mr. Young conducted an air
sparging/soil vapor extraction pilot test at the site to
determine the feasibility of this technology. Bio-venting was
selected as the appropriate remediation technology. A
bio-venting system was installed incorporating the existing air
compressors at the facility as part of the remediation system.
The system operated for five quarters and then turned off for
post remediation monitoring. Laboratory analysis of groundwater
samples indicated that the chemicals of concern rebounded in one
well. Therefore, ORC-Advanced was injected using a direct-push
rig as part of a RAP Modification. Post remediation monitoring
indicates that the chemicals of concern are below the Chapter
62-777 Florida Administrative Code (FAC), Table I Groundwater
Cleanup Target Levels (GCTLs).
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment and NEPA/SHPO Reports,
Kingsland, Georgia. Mr. Young prepared the Phase I
Environmental Site Assessment and NEPA/SHPO Reports on a
cellular tower site near Kingsland, Georgia. The reports were
prepared following the ASTM E1527-05 Standards and the
requirements of the National Programmatic Agreement.
Compliance Audits, Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, Spill
Prevention Control, and Countermeasures Plan, Ocala, Florida.
Mr. Young conducted compliance audits, prepared stormwater
pollution prevention plans, and spill prevention control, and
countermeasure plans for two recycling facilities in Ocala,
Florida. The compliance audits, SWPPPs and SPCC Plans were
prepared to maintain the facilities' compliance with federal and
state requirements.
Installation of soil vapor extraction/air sparging system at a
former dry cleaning facility, Orange Park, Florida. Mr. Young
conducted a soil vapor extraction/air sparging (SVE/AS) pilot
test, and then prepared a remedial action plan for the
implementation of a soil vapor extraction/air sparging
remediation system to remediate PCE and TCE in the groundwater.
Provided construction oversight of the remediation contractor
during the installation of shallow and deep air sparging wells,
and the installation of horizontal soil vapor extraction lines.
Directed the installation of air sparging system piping and the
trailer mounted SVE/AS equipment. Conducted monthly operation
and maintenance (O&M) activities, quarterly groundwater sampling
and quarterly monitoring reports. Project manager for the entire
project.
Initial Remedial Action and Contamination Assessment, Clay
County, Florida. Mr. Young directed the initial remedial actions
at a diesel fuel release at a county-owned water treatment
facility that included the removal of free product and diesel
contaminated soil. Mr. Young prepared a Source Removal Report
and then conducted a full Site Assessment to define the extent
of the impacted soil and groundwater. Installed eleven shallow
monitoring wells, sampled wells and collected confirmation soil
samples. Submitted a Site Assessment Report (SAR) and one SAR
Addendum; received a Site Rehabilitation Completion Order (SRCO)
from the FDEP (Northeast District Office). Project manager for
all phases of this project.
Young Environmental Services, Inc. - March 2009 through Present,
President
Mr. Young is responsible for all day to day operations,
including: project management, client management, proposal
writing, developing work scopes and budgets, conducting field
work and preparing reports. Mr. Young provides technical review
and professional geologist seal when required.
Post Remediation Monitoring at Graphic Arts Facility, Orange
Park, Florida. Mr. Young conducts quarterly post remediation
monitoring at the former graphic arts chemical facility and
prepares quarterly monitoring reports.
SPCC Plan for Fleet Maintenance Facility, St. Augustine,
Florida. Mr. Young prepared a spill prevention control, and
countermeasure plan for a facility that stored diesel and
unleaded gasoline in large above ground storage tanks (ASTs), as
well as new oil, used oil and hydraulic oil in ASTs for
maintenance operations.
Groundwater Monitoring, Nassau County Landfills, Nassau County,
Florida. Mr. Young worked with SDS, Inc. to provide technical
review and professional geologist signature and seal for
quarterly, semi-annual and bi-annual monitoring reports for
Lofton Creek, West Nassau and Bryceville Landfills during the
past 8 years of monitoring. The reports were prepared to meet
the permit requirements of the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection.
Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments, Florida. Mr.
Young directed Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments
(ESAs) throughout northeastern Florida. Projects included Phase
I environmental site assessments following the current ASTM
E1527-05 Standards on undeveloped land, agricultural property,
and commercial property; Phase II Environmental Assessments
conducted on properties with confirmed soil or groundwater
contamination or with confirmed contamination on adjacent
property.
781 Bonaire Circle
Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250
Contact this candidate