William “Alex” Pickens
*** ***** ** ********, **. 47712
812-***-**** • ***********@*****.***
Objective
Experienced Environmental Field Specialist seeking to fill a Environmental Field Specialist role. Key Qualifications
I have relevant experience in Environmental regulations quality control, and strategic planning. I have over a decade's experience in hazardous and Non Hazardous Waste. Work Experience
Environmental Field Specialist (Duke Energy)
GPA. Terre Haute, In
● Develop compliance processes and procedures necessary to meet requirements of environmental and health & safety programs and compliance
● •Maintain comprehensive knowledge of regulations, permits and other EHS compliance requirements applicable to the specified facilities
● •Track regulatory reports, notifications and submittals. Organize and/or assist in the maintenance of required EHS record keeping for the facilities
● •Provide EHS oversight during various types of activities including interface with regulatory personnel
● •Develop a weekly, monthly, etc. listing of compliance activities assigned to station personnel to ensure that monitoring, sampling, inspection, and quality assurance activities are properly conducted.
● •Represent business unit in internal EHS compliance audits and external facility inspections. Assist with corrective actions; revise procedures and compliance matrices as required
● * RCRA Experience
● •Support incident investigations and implementation of corrective actions
● •Assist facilities in defining projects and activities required for EHS compliance plus culture
● •Provide EHS support to construction projects and special projects as appropriate. Including closure of facility.
● •Develops and conducts section and department administrative and development functions including budgeting, special projects and assignments, employee training, emergency preparedness and quality assurance programs
● * Assist with updating SPCC Plan and SWP3 .
● *Perform SPCC and SWP3 Inspections for the station.
● * Practice Best Management Practice .
● * Assist the decommissioning of the station by purging and draining lines. Dispose of residual from the lines in proper drums.
● *Oversee the Environmental aspects of all Coal Combustion Residual Projects.
● *Good computer skills including the use of the Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook. Chemical Plant Operator
(Vertellus Specialist) Indianapolis, In
● Perform a batch process distillation column whose primary function is to distill 2-Vinylpridene into a form to sale. Use “wet” distilled in the column is to produce in the dehydrator of the plant.
● Operate the still at a 5,000 gallon kettle with wet2- Vinylpridene.
● Perform batch process for making 30% Sodium Methylate with the addition of adding a mixture of Sodium and Methanol.
● Chemical Blending and Batch manufacturing in an ISO/LEAN 24/7 environment following SOP at Jul 2011- Jul 2012
Feb 2004- Sept 2009
all times
● Control room DCS/ Board operator Yokogawa program
● Charges materials through equipment units, such as mixing tanks, or pumps, tanks or dedicated containers, vessels centrifuges and reactors
● Loading and unloading of tanker trailers at road station/ terminal hub, rail cars and use mobile track equipment to manipulate rail cars as well as make railroad track switches
● Sets up and adjusts indicating and controlling devices, such as radiographic detecting, flow meters, specific gravity meters, level indicators, gauges, signals, alarms, recording instruments, DCS controls
● Samples product and performs QC/QA tests.
● Maintains logs, gauge readings, production, equipment malfunctions Hazardous Materials Coordinator
AECOM/AGS. Bargain, Afghanistan
● Provides Hazmat expertise in the areas of movement transportation.
● Knowledge and understanding Army Information Management Systems for movement to include knowledge, training 49 Code of Federal Regulations section 171.8 required training in the areas specified in section 172.704 of the CFR Ammo-67 DL (General Awareness/ Familiarization training and the Safety training requirements.
● Certifying Official for shipments of Hazmat as outlined in the DOD 4500.9- (AMMO62 course).
● Received, processed and issued Material release orders (MRO) and Hazardous Materials for requesting U. S. Military Retrograde and battle damaged throughout the Middle East region. Performed inventory, storage, packaging, labeling and preparation of Shippers Declaration For Dangerous Goods IAW AFMAN, 49CFR and all international and local regulations.
● Ensures the proper containment, packaging, labeling and handling, storage public transportation of hazardous materials and waste followed per regulations.
● Able to use International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) code and 49CFR understand what is required from them for the Transportation of hazardous materials.
● Support AECOM Movement Transportation specifically in support of the Movement Transportation Section of Operational requirements.
● Initiate outreach efforts to improve compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations, Hazardous Materials Regulations, International Air Transport Association, and the Department of Transportation; for preparation of documentation for both International and Domestic shipments of Hazardous Materials.
● Work in tandem with other team members in supporting of CRSP (Central Receiving and Shipping ) Yard, Movement Transportation Operations.
Environmental Technician
Parsons Newport In
● • Responsible for chem demil process control, maintenance,rounds and readings, protective gear upkeep and documentation.
● • Inspect and maintain all life support equipment (military and commercial grade) necessary for entry into toxic environments including personal protective equipment (ppe), emergency breathing apparatus (EBA), line air systems, various instrumentation and safety appliances
● • Drain ton containers of VX neurotoxic chemical warfare agent; monitor process and document deviations or adjustments to equipment or conditions
● • Cross trained for monitoring/clearing alarms, lock-out/tag out protocol (LOTO), observational back-up for entries and safety maintenance
● • DPE (Demilitarization Protective Ensemble), OSHA, A, B & C, MOD A and Level B entries and removals for environmental inspections or emergency situations
● • Troubleshoot Motorola DPE communication problems; write maintenance orders; assist with maintenance
● • HazMat team member; assist in variety tasks associated with hazardous waste clean up,site remediation equipment and facility decontamination and handling of hazardous waste.
● • Segregate hazardous & non hazardous waste by segregation of waste stream by type and compatibility. D001
● • Identify and develop waste profiles for disposal acceptance prior to placing into approval containers.
● • Package it in the appropriate containers within the DOT CFR 172.
● • Properly complete all data sheets and records and record for equipment/ instrument and waste Oct 2002= Oct 2003
July 2009
May 2006
containers in the functional area. I.E. sample tracking forms, 2271s, inventories and receiving logs.
● • Maintaining a RCRA 90 DAY Storage and Satellite Accumulation Areas
● * Perform cleanup activities, sample collections, waste removal during decommissioning and demolition of plant.
● • Perform Job Safety Analysis (JSA's) procedures as outlined.
● • Responds as part of an emergency teams to hazardous material spills, gas leaks and other indoor air quality issues; performs other job related duties as required
● • Maintain the HVAC system with positive pressure in the ventilated areas of the plant.
● • Utility Operator; open/close valves, set control points for readings; assist with safe operation of the diesel generators.
● • Load and unload raw materials and supplies, i.e. diesel, caustic, glycol from and into a tanker.
● • Maintain the Water Demineralizer flow rate from 10-188 gpm. for the purification of the plant water.
Environmental Field Specialist
(Washington Group). Johnston Atoll, Hi
● • Responsible for the operations involving hazardous waste that conducted at the Treatment, Storage, disposal (TSD) Facility
● • Responsible for hazardous waste removal process including the monitoring, maintenance and inspection of equipment, containers, staging and storage areas
● • Monitor, inspect, label document and review records for process control
● • Properly complete all data sheets and records for equipment/instruments and waste containers in the functional area. I.E. sample tracking forms, 2271s, inventories and receiving logs.
● • Characterize and segregate, hazardous and non hazardous waste
● • During Closure and Decommissioning phase, remove and treated biological/chemical material with various hand tools and the BROKK remote controlled equipment.
● • Perform decommissioning sampling from each room and areas in the facility.
● • The techniques applied throughout the decommissioning; collect surface samples of porous substrates by the use of chipping concrete floors and permanent walls.
● • Wipe Sampling Method, Concrete Core Sampling for concrete,soil and wood
● • Chunk Sampling Method, for porous surfaces e.g. cable,conduit, 2" wall panel interfaces.
● • Monitor and operate automatic boilers that supply steam for process; perform boiler water analysis.
● • Operate twin drum dryers to remove salt from brine solutions.
● • operate metal parts furnace, quenchers, precipatators and filters within the operational parameters
● • Monitor the operations of the following furnaces Deactivation Furnace, Liquid Incinerator and the Metal Parts Furnace.
● • Deactivation Furnace were the components from munitions are removed and destroy
● • Metal is sent to the Metal Parts Furnace to max 2,000 F to destroy the agent and safely disposed of as scrap metal.
● • The liquid agent is then transfer to holding tanks where it is then burn in the Liquid Incinerator and burn at one of two temperatures. 2,700 F or 1,500 C..
● • Load and unload raw materials and supplies, i.e. propane, fuel oil, chlorine, caustic and HCL.
● • Serve as a member of the Emergency Response Team Education
Project Management Professional
Villanova University
● Graduated with a 3.6 GPA.
● Concentration in Project Management.
Environmental Science
Columbus University
● Graduated with a 3.25 GPA.
● Concentration in Environmental Science
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