Tony R. Rodriquez
**** ******* **** *** *****, MI
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Summary:
Mr. Rodriquez has 10 years of diverse operations experience, with
demonstrated lead supervisor experience for radioactive and mixed waste
operations and facilities. He has served as an operations supervisor, team
planner, and waste treatment technician for chemical, radioactive, and
mixed waste offloading and treatment processes. He has special supervisory
expertise in rail and truck loading/offloading operations, radioactive and
chemical decontamination, and mixed waste stabilization technologies to
meet Land Disposal Restriction (LDR) requirements for landfill disposal.
He has experience directing work teams under air purifying respirator (APR)
and self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). He has served as the
facility manager/coordinator for critical safety and programmatic systems,
and was the lead supervisor for several crucial waste campaigns using state
of the art offloading and processing systems.
Special Training/Certifications:
40 Hour HAZWOPER Certification
Radiation Worker II Certification
HAZMAT Transportation Security Awareness
Operations Manager/Supervisor Development Training
Emergency Response Team (ERT) Qualification Training.
Human Performance Indicators (HPI) Program Training
Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA) Program Training
Project Experience:
Lead Supervisor for GE Hudson River Valley Superfund Project Offloading
Campaign. Provided shift planning and execution for bulk waste offloading
campaign to transfer over 3000 tons of PCB-contaminated sediment from unit
trains at a commercial radioactive treatment and disposal complex in West
Texas. Following offloading, each rail gondola was released for return to
service using a dedicated wet vacuum cleaning process that processed 40
rail cars per shift prior to return to the generator. Responsible for
shift planning, material and supply ordering, and coordinating maintenance
needs for fixes and mobile equipment.
Facility Manager for Mixed Waste Treatment Facility. Served as technical
manager and lead supervisor of 11,000 s.f. waste processing facility for
commercial waste conditioning for disposal. System includes physical
mixing/shredding, metal sorting, and batch solidification/macro-
encapsulation to stabilize chemical and mixed waste streams.
Lead Supervisor for Mercury-Contaminated Size Reduction Campaign. Served
as Operations lead for specialized metal cutting process development
project for US military client. Thermally decomposed steel cylinders from
chemical weapons operations were size reduced and verified to be free of
elemental mercury for recycling. Teams performing metal cutting and visual
inspection completed the work under HEPA filtered, chemically reacted
negative air exhaust flow, with supplied air PPE provided as a redundant
control. Responsible for planning, training, and overseeing shift
production throughout the process development and optimization process.
Operations Supervisor for Chemical Waste Stabilization Process. Provided
technical and production leadership for non-radioactive waste stabilization
using Portland cement, pozzolonic, and chemical solidification processes.
Solidification campaigns included heavy metal-contaminated solids, spent
chemical solutions, and contaminated aqueous solutions prepared for
permanent landfill disposal.
Operations Support Lead for Fire System and Ventilation System Upgrade.
Provided direct supervision of operations and construction labor teams
performing selective demolition of existing ventilation system components,
preparing areas of the active processing area for the installation of new
equipment, installing of approximately 60,000 s.f. of fire retardant wall
and ceiling board to enhance fire resistance, and installation of new
supply and exhaust air trains for better radiological control. The
treatment facility upgrade was completed in 5 months with no accidents or
injuries, which was 4 months shorter than if a general contractor had
performed the work.
Shift Supervisor for Waste Transfer for Disposal and Offsite Release.
Provided direct supervision to WCS and external operators for receipt and
release of hazardous, radioactive, and mixed waste shipments. Responsible
for routine equipment inspections, offloading equipment selections,
operator proficiency evaluation, and work scheduling sequencing to maintain
landfill production. Coordinated access and waste placement locations with
landfill operations personnel.
Shift Supervisor for WCS Rail Receipt Campaigns. . Provided direct
supervision to WCS and external rail engineers for receipt and transfer of
hazardous, radioactive, and mixed waste shipments. Coordinated use of roll
offs and overhead dig out of rail gondolas for treatment or direct
disposal. Provided proficiency evaluations of WCS staff for use of reach
stacker and other specialized offloading equipment. Waste included soil
containing RCRA metals (Lead, Cadmium), radium-contaminated wastes, soil
and debris from tantalum production processes, and wood treated with
cresols.
Education:
Andrews High School, Andrews Texas, May 1997