DONALD B. SCHROAT

***** ********* **.. – Novi, Michigan 48377 248-***-**** – acpkfk@r.postjobfree.com

SOLID WASTE/PROJECT/OPERATIONS/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

Accomplished, operations manager with significant field/office experience at managing and

resolving daily environmental and operational routines with creative cost effective solutions,

design review and project coordination. Posse’s widespread educational qualifications and over

twenty years work experience. As a project coordinator, I was responsible for all aspects of

project management, construction, regulatory liaison, budget development, and P & L. In

addition, charged with all phases of site development and construction/development phasing.

Charged with heavy equipment acquisitions/leases, repair and maintenance of yellow iron.

Exceptional work ethic, determined effective verbal/written skills.

Core competencies and professional strengths include, but not limited to:

• Project Management

• Operations Manager

• NPDES & SESC Permitting

• SPCC Plan Development

• SARA Title III; Tier II Plans

• Waste Management heavy equipment acquisition and maintenance

• Budget Development

• Customer/Regulatory Liaison

• Sales & Marketing

Career Highlights

Extensive experience with LFG projects & operations with both gas turbine/reciprocating

engines at electrical generation plants, managed construction of LFG well installation,

header placement and sub-contractor selection and oversight, royalty and contract

negotiations.

Maintained responsibility for developing, administering/monitoring multimillion-dollar

budgets.

Managed environmental compliance issues including wetland mitigation

projects/permitting, construction and certification(s), groundwater & subsurface water

monitoring and data management, storm water and industrial waste and waste water

management, NPDES, SESC and SPCC plan development/permitting and field

reconnaissance.

Air/Emissions monitoring (Title V) MAERS, ROP, RCRA and CERCLA monitoring,

permitting & report preparation/submittal. SARA Title III (EPCRA) Tier II inventories

and plan development

Extensive experience with fleet management, performance and comparative analysis of

facility “Yellow Iron” and training of site personal to achieve maximum productivity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Selman & Associates, Ltd. – Midland, TX. Oct. 06 – 2008 - Present

Geological Consultant

Survey and interpretation of work of an area’s underlying geological rock structure.

Assess the prospects of producing oil and gas in that area. Study rock obtained from

prospective oil, gas & CO2 wells to determine what rock formations are being drilled

into and how drilling should proceed. Charged w/training of geologists, review of

samples, logs, e-logs, drilling fluids engineers, geological prognosis and summary

reports during and upon project TD or completion of projects. Consultant/liaison

between client(s), operators and rig personal. Project Manager on individual site(s) and

charged with all aspect of project from spud-in to production casing placement.

IESI – (NW Texas) – Haltom City, Texas Dec. 05 – 2007 Sept. 2008

Dispatcher-Scheduler/Audit/Compliance

General landfill and hauling division supervision, scheduling, dispatching,

statistics/efficiency report(s) preparation, general compliance review and operational

assistance. Operating Record SESC, SPCC plan updates/modifications.

Facility daily volume: 1200 – 2000 tons/day

Staff of 12 operators, maintenance personal and support staff

Innovative Environmental Solutions – Madison Heights, MI Aug. 04 – 2006 – Nov. 2007

Office Manager and Senior Project Scientist

Management and oversight of the east Michigan region with a staff of 10 staff engineers,

scientists, geologists and staff support regarding phase I and phase II ESA activities.

Development and implementation of NPDES, SESC, SPCC and SARA Title III (EPCRA)

– Tier II inventory plans for various projects throughout the mid-west and upper south.

Gas/Oil pipeline, compressor stations, well installation/abandonment and site or field

development. General project management/coordination. Waste Characterizations,

MSDS review/development, surveying (horizontal/vertical) services, AutoCAD plan

generation.

World Waste Services, Inc. – Almont, Michigan August – 2000 - July, 2006

Operations Manager

Management of several privately owned Solid Waste Management facilities

(landfills/transfer stations)

With a combined staff of approximately 40 administrative & operations personnel – including

hauling divisions based at landfill & transfer stations. Increased sales annually and decreased

operational costs.

Facility daily volume 1200 – 2700 tons/day

Staff of 40 included hauling division, equipment operators and support staff

Riverview Land Preserve – Riverview, Michigan Sept. 1995 – July 2000

Director of Solid Waste Services

Managed construction, extraction, operations, regulatory compliance, sales and P & L.

Involved in host community negotiations, regulatory liaison, extensive involvement with hydro-

geological investigation (unique sub-surface conditions due to nearby century old limestone

quarry dewatering) and facility master planning/phasing. Managed and constructed a Wetland

Mitigation Project/Wetland Banking for other surrounding communities. Developed a Par-3 9

hole Golf Practice Facility & Driving Range on a closed portion of the facility.

Facility volumes 4850 – 5000 tons/day

Staff of 14 operators, maintenance personal and support staff

The Environmental Quality Co. Wayne Disposal - Wayne, Michigan Oct. 1989 – Sept. 1995

Site Manager/Construction Manager

Managed all civil, construction and environmental projects including permitting of a

closed Halite mine below the City of Detroit and suburbs (site within Melvindale, MI.)

Managed a Type II Environmental Protection Facility in south central Illinois (Hillsboro)

and a Wetland mitigation project in Augusta Twp., (former Martin Marietta clinker mine

site) and property manager of surrounding area approximately 2205 acres. Managed

numerous subtitle C & D facilities throughout the mid-west and upper south (i.e., Ohio,

Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia)

Managed extraction, construction, liner installation and certification of seven cell

excavations and closures at the above locations. Worked on a LFG delivery system to a

General Motors assembly plant in Orion Township, Michigan.

Facility processed 3800 – 5000 tons daily

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science in Geography - Environmental Sciences

Double Minor in Mathematics & English

40 – Hour OSHA HAZWOPER Health and Safety Trained

Certified Storm water manager, Construction Site A-1j

Certified Industrial Waste Water Plant Operator A-1i, NPDES

SPCC – Certified Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan Inspector

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