Project Manager
Resume:
Mr. Flynn has ** years of environmental and geological experience including
project management and geological oversight on numerous hazardous waste
sites in Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania,
& Tennessee. Mr. Flynn has extensive drilling experience logging over
850,000 feet associated with oil and gas, environmental monitoring and
remediation wells/borings. Mr. Flynn is experienced in UST & AST, closure,
removal, assessment and remediation; asbestos abatement, assessments,
monitoring and surveys; site investigations; environmental assessments
including contaminant migration, Phase I Assessments, Phase II Assessments,
and Environmental Impact Statements; conceptional site models;
environmental audits; geologic studies; hydrogeological subsurface studies;
groundwater modeling; regulatory analysis and compliance; and wetlands
assessment and delineation. Mr. Flynn also has 7 years of Paleozoic
intercontinental basin oil field experience and 4 years as a regulator of
the oil and gas industry.
Employment History:
> Principle Consulting Geoscientist, Flynn Geoscience Group, Paducah,
KY, November 2013 - Present, Offering geoscience based consulting
services to environmentally regulated industries.
> Senior Consulting Geoscientist, Environmental Standards, Inc.,
Knoxville, TN, November 2012 - November 2013, Assigned as a
seller/doer, promoting analytical related quality control and quality
assurance services to oil & gas companies, coal operators, P&E
industries, and general manufacturing companies which are highly
regulated by governmental environmental regulatory agencies,
utilizing Action Selling techniques.
> Consulting Geologist, Paducah, KY, January 2012 - November 2012,
Under contract to Diversified Management Consultants LLC, teaming
partner to LATA Kentucky, Prime Environmental Contractor at USDOE's
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Assigned to the C-400 IRA Project
tasked with remediating TCE soil and groundwater contamination.
Responsible for preparing the sampling and analysis plan for the
Remedial Action Work Plan, and assisting project team in the
preparation of the Remedial Design Report. Also responsible for
preparing project scopes of work and project specification documents
for drilling operations ($2M drilling program) and laboratory
services ($220K) RFP's.
> Geologist V / Manager, S. M. Stoller Corporation, Paducah, KY, July
2010 - June 2011, Assigned as Technical Field Lead, supporting the
LATA Kentucky Environmental Monitoring Group Project Manager at the
USDOE Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant by coordinating the performance
of multiple field crews to ensure that work is safely performed on
schedule and in the most technically sound manner to meet work scope
objectives. Responsibilities include: ensuring that all activities
are performed in accordance with industrial standards; meeting all
project safety, quality and technical requirements; work with project
team to ensure regulatory requirements are met; review and interpret
engineering and scientific data; overseeing project teams that
collect environmental samples as well as collation and interpretation
of field data; preparing plans, reports, ensuring that they are
technically sound and of the highest quality; supporting the Project
Manager with the development of project work scope and strategies as
well as assisting with modifying and updating project procedures, and
working with project teams reviewing, developing and implementing new
and innovative technologies. Also responsible for preparing project
training matrix's, reviewing and approving of all subcontractor
transmittals and invoices. Work with the LATAKY management team
preparing the DOE contract "True Up" estimates/documents for the C-
400 Phase II IRA
> Senior Geologist - Environmental Scientist IV, Shaw Environmental,
Inc., Tampa, FL, September 2004 - July 2010, Primary responsibilities
involved project management and field over-sight of geological
assessments at chlorinated solvent contaminated sites on behalf of
the USDOE / USEPA / ACOE and the Florida DEP Dry Cleaning Program.
Prepared and/or peer reviewed company generated reports, supervised
groundwater monitoring projects associated with natural attenuation
monitoring (NAM) and enhanced NAM and ISCO projects. Former lead
geologist/site manager for the Alaric Superfund site in Tampa, FL.
Mentored staff geologists/environmental scientists on project related
issues. Active member on the Shaw Tampa Office Safety Review Board.
> Geologist III, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Mines &
Minerals, Division of Oil & Gas, Frankfort, KY, 2000 - 2004.
Responsible for the technical/regulatory compliance review and permit
approval of all oil & gas wells proposed within the Commonwealth of
Kentucky. Co-Chairman Governor's Energy Advisory Board (2003).
Prepared legal case files for General Counsel and the Commissioner
concerning all oil and gas hearings. Oil and gas field inspector for
north central Kentucky.
> President, Flynn Environmental Services & Consulting, Inc.,
Lexington, KY, 1993 - 2000. Responsible for marketing, account
tracking, invoicing, and management of professional services. Managed
KPSTEAF facility cleanup projects totaling over $2 million. Managed
staff of four environmental professionals. The scope of services
offered, included project management, phase I and II audits,
subsurface soil and hydro-geological investigations, UST and AST
analysis, hazardous and solid waste management, remediation of
petroleum retail facilities, and RCRA corrective action, and risk
assessments. Also involved in JV conducting biological assessment
management associated with coal and DOH properties including aquatic
surveys, small mammal studies, T&E species studies, bat surveys,
habitat delineation, bird studies, water quality assessments, and
wetland delineation and replacement.
> Director of Environmental Services, Challenge Engineering
Consultants, Inc., Lexington and Morehead, KY, 1993. Managed staff
of twelve environmental professionals. Projects involved subsurface
and hydro-geological investigations, environmental phase I, II, and
III audits, wetland analysis, coal mining permitting applications,
and RCRA monitoring projects.
> Director of Remediation Services, Challenge Engineering Consultants,
Inc., Lexington, KY, 1991 -1993. Managed staff of six environmental
professionals. Responsible for reorganizing the environmental
division stressing remedial services, marketing professional services
and preparing technical and cost proposals.
> Supervisor of Remediation Projects, McCoy & McCoy Environmental
Consultants, Inc., Lexington, KY, 1990 -1991. Responsible for
management of remediation projects including air stripping, GAC
applications, bioaugmentation and landfill disposal.
> Senior Associate, McCoy & McCoy Environmental Consultants, Inc.,
Lexington, KY, 1989 -1990. Established the UST assessment and
remediation section and marketed services to industrial, commercial,
and governmental organizations. Prepared proposals, coordinated,
and supervised UST and RCRA site assessments. Lead field coordinator
on a national PCB assessment and remediation cleanup project for a
major interstate natural gas transmission client. Received 1990
"Employee of the Year "award for oversight of $1.5 million PCB
cleanup project.
> Project Manager, McCoy & McCoy Environmental Consultants, Inc.,
Lexington, KY, 1988 - 1989. Supervised field technicians and staff
geologists on various subsurface and groundwater monitoring projects
at municipal and hazardous waste landfills. Also performed duties as
a contract USEPA region IV underground injection control inspector
throughout Kentucky and Tennessee.
> Staff Geologist, McCoy & McCoy Environmental Consultants, Inc.,
Lexington, KY, 1988. Supervised installation of monitoring wells,
and collection of groundwater and surface water samples for various
environmental studies.
> Consulting Geologist, Richmond, KY, 1985 - 1988. Lead field
coordinator on a comprehensive county-wide (Lawrence County, Ky.)
groundwater user inventory project, evaluating petroleum and brine
water intrusion from the Martha Oilfield into regional groundwater
aquifers in conjunction with the Huntington, West Virginia US Corps
of Engineers' "Yatesville Dam Project."
> Regional Geologic Manager, Tamarack Petroleum Company, Evansville,
Indiana, 1983- 1985. On-site geologist for over 75 wells drilled in
Kentucky Indiana, Illinois, and Kansas. Generated and evaluated
drilling prospects, analyzed field data, prepared project reports,
and filed state and federal permit documents.
> Lab Assistant, Commonwealth Technology, Inc., Lexington, KY, 1982 -
1983. Tested rock and soil samples for various parameters.
> Field Geologist, C. G. Collins Oil Producer, Campbellsville, Ky. and
Oneida, TN. 1980 - 1982. Directed geologic field operations,
examined rock cuttings, supervised drilling crews and technical
personnel. Supervised the drilling of 170 oil wells drilled by air
rotary rig in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Selected Relevant Experience:
> Extensive Business Development and Marketing experience related to
Oil & Gas, Coal Mining, and P&E organizations utilizing Action
Selling Techniques. Developed extensive network of close
relationships with key players in the oil and gas, coal, and P&E
industries through out SE United States with special emphasis in the
Appalachian & Illinois Basins.
> Technical Field Lead assigned by S. M. Stoller Corporation to the U S
Department of Energy's Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah,
Kentucky. Manage team of professionals preparing a Field Sampling
Plan, UFQAPP documents and related work instructions to further
define TCE mass estimates in the subsurface soils and groundwater
plume associated with a historical TCE release at the C-400 Building
Complex. Project involves collection of Membrane Interface Probe
(MIP) logging data and collection of subsurface soil and groundwater
samples for volatile organic analysis. Data collected during this
phase of work will be compared to historical project data to better
define the conceptual site model for future remedial action.
> Senior Geologist assigned by Shaw Federal Projects Group to the U S
Department of Energy's Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah,
Kentucky. Fall of 2008 provided oversight and documented sonic
drilling activities in conjunction with installation of Electrical
Resistive Heating (ERH) electrode technology into select wells during
Phase I of the C-400 Interim Remedial Action Project. Logged and
described sediments during drilling operations, mostly in level B
PPE. Worked with health and safety personnel to observe and
document health and safety concerns associated with the C-400
project. Fall of 2009 provided oversight and documented sonic
drilling activities during the Northwest Plume Monitoring Well
Install Drilling Project. Spring of 2010 assigned as Document
Control/QA Specialist during the C-400 Soil Vapor and Groundwater
Treatment Systems (SVGTS) Construction Activities Testing and
witnessed System Operability Testing of the SVGTS systems.
Spring/Summer of 2010 assigned as Assistant Manager of
Maintenance/Scheduling for the C-400 SVGTS system.
> Senior Project Geologist for Groundwater Investigations at the
Hollingsworth Solderless Terminal Superfund Site in Ft. Lauderdale,
FL. Onsite supervisor, responsible for installation of injection and
monitoring wells in conjunction with ongoing migration assessment of
TCE/metals, in multiple aquifers. Utilizes DPT and CPT drill rigs,
along with mobile laboratories, to identify underground source
regions in variable geologic units, and to characterize plume
geometries. Data collected was used to assess remedial approaches.
> Senior Project Geologist and Site Manager for Dry Cleaning Facilities
and Four Hazardous Waste Sites under the SEI USEPA Superfund and
State of Florida Dry Cleaner contracts. Provides oversight and
supervision of field activities, report writing, scheduling, health
and safety, purchasing, and cost estimation. Responsible for site
evaluations and, where applicable, assisting engineers in the
implementation of remedial programs including SVE, ISCO, GW P&T and
sparge systems. Conducts seminars to staff level employees
concerning field techniques and QA/QC.
> Project Geologist for Remedial Investigation for the Alaric Superfund
Site in Tampa, FL. Performed follow up field oversight of extensive
soil and groundwater assessment concerning a PCE/TCE DNAPL site.
Field efforts involved Geoprobes, sonic rigs, and an EPA mobile
laboratory. Assisted Senior Geologist coordinating field activities
concerning the installation of over 60 injection and recovery wells,
associated with an ISCO (potassium permanganate) system.
> Site Superintendent / Health and Safety Officer at 14 FDEP Dry
Cleaning Solvent Cleanup sites in Florida, responsible for
preparation, modification, updating and implementation of health and
safety procedures at each site. Involved in risk identification,
elimination and/or mitigation of potential site hazards. Make
recommendations to management concerning field SOP's. Participate in
accident/incident review board investigations. Coordinate/interface
with Shaw CIH/CIHT's concerning health hazard issues related to
chlorinated solvent investigation and remediation installation sites.
Perform project safety inspection audits on regular monthly basis
documenting first aid, PPE, fire protection, air monitoring, welding
and cutting, hand and power tools, motor vehicles, emergency plans,
materials handling, fire protection, electrical, compressed gas
cylinders, scaffolding, working surfaces, site safety plan, site
control, heavy equipment, excavation, decontamination, hazard
communication, training, and documentation.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Robert W. Flynn
21 Margaret Court
Paducah, KY 42001
Please limit calls between the hours of 9am - 6pm M-F CST.
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REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Experience Highlights LOCATION
Paducah, KY
Years of Experience
30 + Years
Education
University of Kentucky, B.S., Geology, 1983
University of Kentucky, MBA course work, 1986
Training
V OSHA 40 Hour HAZWOPPER 1988 & 2004
V OSHA Annual 8-Hour HAZWOPER Refresher 1989-1999, 2005 - 2013
V OSHA HAZWOPER Supervisor 1989
V USEPA UIC Inspector 1989
V Competent Person Drilling Oversight 2007
V Ionizing Radiation GET 10/2012
V Radiation Worker Training 10/2012
GOVERNMENT CLEARANCES
V USDOE L Clearance
Registrations:
V Professional Geologist (ASBOG Certified) Florida, Kentucky, & (Tennessee
-inactive)
V Kentucky KPSTEAF Certified Contractor
Relevant Skills/Experience
V Senior Scientist and Site Manager on several hazardous waste sites in
Florida
V Excellent reporting capabilities and client interaction
V Provides oversight and supervision of large scale remediation field
activities
V Field QC expert with written SOPs and hands-on training of field staff
V Expert bioremediation / reductive dechlorination evaluation and progress
at numerous sites contaminated with solvent / DNAPL
V Extensive Health and Safety background, preparation of JSA's, Tailgate's,
Site Specific HASP's, HASP Amendment Documents, Project H&S planning,
calibration and utilization of air monitoring systems. Member on the Tampa
Office Safety Review Board.
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