Supervisor Training

RAMON RODRIQUEZ

**** **** *** ****** **** 970-***-****

GREELEY CO 80634 HOME 970-***-****

abz8yi@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

My goal is to continue working in the Environmental Remediation (EM) field for a DOE Contractor, conducting operations in Waste Management, Deactivation and Decommissioning, Soil and Water Remediation Processes.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Worked for the Department of Energy at Rocky Flats, Los Alamos, Hanford, SPRU Project, and at Argonne National Laboratories for the last 30 years

• Experienced D&D Supervisor working dismantling equipment starting from the removal of piping to glove boxes to the filter plenums to the duct work

• Conduct of Operations mentor training, Automated Job Hazard Analysis training, (AJHA) and LO/TO qualified.

• Web based AJHA tool training ( Hanford )

• Passed the Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) and the Emergency Management Systems (EMS) phase at Hanford

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

URS/SPRU, NISKAYUNA, NY 7/2012- Present

WORK GROUP SUPERVISOR

• Facilitated the Job Hazard Analysis for the Micro Pile and Soldier Pile procedure

• Manages D&D Work

• Confined Space Attendant/Supervisor

• Supervises Micro Piles and Soldier Piles drilling

• Asbestos Abatement Supervisor

• Hot Work Supervisor

• 40 Hour OSHA

CH2MHILL, RICHLAND, WA 3/2010- 9/2011

NDA SUPERVISOR

• Maintained four Germanium Crystal detectors and a Passive Active Neutron counter (PAN) that determined if the drums that were being dug up from the low level burial ground were transuranic or low level waste using the ORTEC Gamma Vision 32 Program

• Wrote the procedures to operate the systems

• Trained and supervised nuclear chemical operators (NCOs) to learn the procedures to allow them to run the machinery.

• Coached the NCOs on the procedures to allow them to pass the startup ORRs

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CH2MHILL, RICHLAND, WA 6/2009-3/2010

TECHNICAL AUTHORITY, D&D PROJECT AT PFP

• Trained and Supervised Supervisors, Project Managers, crew leaders and various skilled craft workers on the Rocky Flats D&D methodologies at PFP

• Wrote procedures on how to cut Plutonium Nitrate bearing process piping using the tap and drain methods used at Rocky Flats

• Designed and developed mockups to train Pipefitters, NCOs, RCTs and SOEs on how to use the Score and Snap method to remove transfer line

• Wrote procedures on window changes and how to cut, separate, and downsize glove boxes

• Designed chop boxes to downsize the piping after it was removed from the overhead

CH2MHILL, RICHLAND, WA 5/2006- 6/2009

Operations Specialist/Shift Duty Officer

Solid Waste Storage and Disposal (SWSD)

• Managed all operations in the Process Area, including: All waste movements, Hazardous Waste Retrieval, and the shipments of Hazardous Waste containers to the Central Waste Complex TSDF for long term storage and the Perma - Fix Facility for size reduction

• Worked the Critical Lift packages directing Riggers, Crane Operators and Heavy Equipment Operators on lifts greater than 10,000 lbs

• As an SDO I verified that all the daily work was on the Plan of the Day (POD), all pertinent work packages had been released and the Pre-Jobs were attended by everyone involved in the work to be performed

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Nuclear Chemical Operator (RFTS) /Skilled Craft Worker

• Certified Environmental Health and Safety Management Specialist

• Certified D&D Supervisor having completed the Supervisory Academy training (RFTS)

• Certified Operations Specialist/Field Work Supervisor (Hanford)

ROCKY FLATS ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY SITE 9/1998 -3/2005

CREW LEADER/Skilled Craft Worker

• Crew Leader for our D&D group and occasionally upgraded to the Supervisor position when needed

• Removed Radioactive and Hazardous waste from glove boxes during the Deactivation and Decommission phase at the Rocky Flats facility

• Worked in Supplied Air making two entries a day.

• The first D&D worker to enter the Infinity Room in over 30 years

• Cut piping using the Tap and Drain method as a vacuum source using four wheel cutters as well as hydraulic crimpers.

• Removed all tools and equipment from the inside of glove boxes often using Plasma-arc welders as a cutting utensil.

• Removed all asbestos from the ceilings, piping and floors

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• Removed vacuum vent lines leading to the filter plenums and overheads using saws-alls and nibblers

• Used chain falls and picking eyes to hoist and rig the vent pipes and lowered them down.

Used saws-alls, port-a-band saws and German saws to cut glove boxes, water wall, pencil

tanks and filter plenums inside Supplied Air Containments in PAPRs and Supplied Air

• Removed the lead used for blocking Ionizing Radiation from the outside of the glove boxes before cutting the glove box into sections small enough for the exit door

EDUCATION

1/1996-9/1998

Attended Colorado State pursuing a degree as an Environmental Management Specialist for three years before being asked to go back to Rocky Flats

TSDF MANAGER: 9/1990-12/1995

• Responsible for the RCRA daily and weekly inspections.

• Managed seven Supervisors and their assigned Chemical Operator crews in the repacking and shipping of thousands of Transuranic and Low Level shipping containers to WIPP, the Nevada Test Site and Enviro-Care in Utah.

• Managed the storage, treatment, sampling, and repackaging of shipments received.

• Repacked 25,000 containers of Pondcrete and Saltcrete tri-walls

• The liaison for my company dealing with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

CHEMICAL OPERATOR: 3/1983- 9/1990

• Operated various process lines in the recovery of Plutonium Metal for nuclear weapons.

• Segregated RCRA, CERCLA, radioactive and hazardous waste streams.

• Worked on labeling, marking, packaging, and inspecting RCRA, CERCLA, TSCA, waste for offsite shipments.

• Performed glove box operations including bag outs, glove changes, and replacing equipment as necessary

TRAINING

Current Training:

• Web based AJHA tool training ( Hanford 2006 )

• 40 Hour OSHA/ 8 Hour Refresher ( 8/15/2012 )

• Asbestos Certified Supervisor ( New York State )

• Radiation Worker II ( 8/7/2012 )

• CPR, Basic First Aid, and AED trained ( 12/20/2010 )

• Confined Space Supervisor ( 8/16/2012 )

• Respirator fit ( 8/21/2012 )

• NFPA 70E Trained and qualified

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