Douglas A. Falkner Jr.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXPERIENCE:

Working as the Environmental Health and Safety Manager for the largest seafood processing facility in North America.

Overseeing the health and safety of 1,400 employees from 35 different countries and working to protect the environment that they live in. Managing a team of environmental technicians, safety representatives, and emergency medical technicians.

Managing the facility Stormwater Permit. Collecting stormwater samples. Ensuring the BMP’s listed in the SWPPP are followed by employees working at the facility. Conducting monthly stormwater discharge inspections. Conducting training sessions and labeling stormwater drains.

Editing and managing the spill prevention, spill control, and waste management plans.

Performing corrective actions if test limits are over the benchmark limit for a specific water quality test.

Implementing pollution prevention best management practices (Source Control BMPs).

Rerouting plumbing pipes to eliminate pollution from the facility wastewater. Developing facility wastewater maps.

Performing DMR Quality Assurance analysis. Compiling and submitting discharge monitoring reports.

Daily flow meter readings for 7 different wastewater effluent outfalls.

Working with the Department of Ecology to ensure that two facilities comply with the current Code of Federal Regulations regarding stormwater discharge and processing wastewater.

Maintaining a working knowledge of environmental rules and regulations and the impact they have on facility operations.

Establishing testing and monitoring plans to ensure compliance with the Federal Clean Water Act and governmental environmental regulations.

Implementing pollution prevention best management practices (Source Control BMPs).

Maintaining a working knowledge of environmental rules and regulations and the impact they have on facility operations.

Managing and ensuring compliance with the facility APDES Wastewater Permit.

Rerouting plumbing pipes to eliminate environmental pollution from facility wastewater. Developing facility wastewater maps.

Interpreting laboratory data and entering data into various database management systems like Sharepoint and Enviance.

Managing an Environmental Laboratory and ensuring that all testing equipment is calibrated in the required timeline.

Developing the Water Quality portion of the company Operations Manual.

Experience with Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and WA Department of Ecology inspections.

Updating and developing the facility Best Management Practices Plan for wastewater management.

Collecting wastewater samples and shipping them to a third party lab to be tested for TSS, BOD, Fecal Coliform, Ammonia.

Performing settleable solids, COD, pH, salinity, temperature and total residual chlorine tests on wastewater.

Daily sea surface and shoreline monitoring for harmful wastewater discharges into a harbor that has endangered species.

Assisting in managing the operations of a screenhouse that processes industrial wastewater and monitoring effluent outfall.

Overseeing the transfer of stickwater onto a barge that is disposed of at sea as per our permit.

Assisting in managing the operations of a sewage water treatment plant and testing for BOD, TSS, TRC, and Fecal Coliform.

Driving a boat and conducting bay monitoring studies to test the pH, salinity, conductivity, and dissolved oxygen percentage of the harbor that the facility wastewater discharges into.

Managing and ensuring compliance with the facility Drinking Water Permit. Familiar with potable water treatment processes.

Assisting in the operations of a Domestic Fresh Water Pumphouse and Fresh Water Treatment Plant.

Developing a Total Coliform Sample Siting Plan for a public water system.

Checking flow meters and recording the incoming gallons of surface water.

Testing drinking water for total residual chlorine, fluoride and turbidity.

Ensuring that the level of chlorine in the drinking water stays above permit limits and is safe to drink.

Collecting monthly drinking water samples to be tested for TTHM, HAA5, TOC, Nitrate, and VOC.

Collecting monthly raw water samples to be tested for Total Organic Carbon.

Managing and ensuring compliance with the facility Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan.

Monthly Cathodic Protection Inspections of fuel lines measuring amps and volts using a multimeter.

Overseeing Tank yard and fuel delivery inspections and Tank farm fuel containment inspections.

Using Chlor-D-Tect to sample used oil for halogenated substances before burning or shipping.

Reporting oil spills to land and water to the ADEC, NRC, and EPA.

Ensuring that large oil spills to water are properly contained and cleaned up.

Assisting the Chief Engineer in managing the facility Contingency Plan.

Ensuring that the contingency plan outlines what is necessary to ensure a rapid, well-coordinated response to an oil spill.

Managing spill management teams necessary to clean a spill or respond to an incident.

Providing appropriate spill response equipment and training personnel to respond to an oil spill into an inland body of water.

Monitoring the contingency plan verification log when transferring fuel from our fuel station onto a boat.

Managing and ensuring compliance with the facility Air Quality Permit.

Assisting in developing the Annual Title V Environmental Compliance report.

Collecting and sending used oil samples to a third party laboratory to be tested for heavy metals and sulfur content.

Interpreting analysis reports and calculating sulfur/blend content to monitor the safe burning of waste oil in the incinerator.

Ensuring that hazardous waste, recyclable materials, plastic, and prohibited items are separated before burning.

Using a Drager MSI gas emissions analyzer to monitor NOx, O2, CO, NO, and CO2 emissions from numerous generators.

Conducting monitoring and recording of selective catalytic reductions systems operating parameters (urea, temperature).

Assisting engineers in performing corrective actions if the NOx emissions from SCR’s are too high to prevent air pollution.

Conducting monthly visual inspections for fugitive dust and smoke while performing industrial activities.

Overseeing open burning and industrial waste incineration of municipal solids waste, processing trash, rotary screened solids, pressed sludge and sanitary solids from the water treatment plant.

Non-compliance reporting to state and federal agencies when a non-compliance test result occurs with the facility stormwater permit, wastewater permit, drinking water permit, and air quality permit. Reporting hazardous oil and substance spills to the EPA, SPAR, National Response Center, Coast Guard and ADEC.

Managing and ensuring compliance with the facility Hazardous Waste Program.

Assisting the Chief Engineer in developing the Tier II Chemical Report.

Performing weekly inspections of areas where hazardous, solid, and universal wastes are stored and accumulated.

Tracking the inventory of hazardous, solid, and universal wastes on site to ensure that the facility stays within the designated hazardous waste generator status and DOT compliance. Performing weekly hazardous waste inspections.

Reviewing hazardous wastes manifests and shipments ensuring that hazardous waste is properly identified and labeled before shipping. Familiar with RCRA hazardous waste regulations.

FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE BIOLOGY EXPERIENCE:

Experience working with various fish species throughout Washington, California, and Alaska. Thorough understanding of the dynamics incorporated with life cycle processes and ideal habitat. Identifying sex and species for both juvenile and adults.

Using dichotomous and taxonomic keys for fish identification in the field. Including types of rockfish, bottom fish, and various types of salmon in both their ocean and spawning phase. Experience identifying steelhead and other types of trout and amphibians in the Pacific Northwest.

Collecting scales, otoliths, and DNA tissue samples from various fish species while in the field and in a hatchery setting.

Data collection in the field while working alone in remote areas or in a group. Entering data into various database management systems.

Strategically communicating with fisherman in effort to sample their daily catch for Creel Surveys. Developing positive relationships between the fisherman and the Department of Fish and Wildlife, ensuring trust, and informing them of the rules and fishing regulations of the area they were fishing in.

Working in a tagging trailer installing coded wires and clipping adipose fins in juvenile Chinook salmon and Steelhead.

Working in a salmon hatchery during a spawning season. Adapting to changing protocols for the spawning process.

Experience identifying wild or hatchery origin fish based on adipose fin clips, CWT’s, Pit Tags, opercle punches, and elastomers.

Working with the California Department of Water Resources regulating water usage at the hatchery.

Statistical analysis of data looking for trends.

Removing coded wire tags from salmon snouts while in the field. Decoding coded wire tags with a microscope.

Fish anesthetics for both juvenile and adult fish. Egg collection and shocking in a hatchery to determine their overall embryo health and identify dead eggs. Quality control of juvenile Fall Chinook.

Reading and installing pit tags in juvenile Chinook salmon and Steelhead.

Stream and spawning ground surveys and identifying redds for various fish species in the Pacific Northwest. Including surveys to determine fish passage and presence, and identifying barriers that prevent them from passing.

Experience with GIS, PITAGIS, ArcMAP. Using topographic maps in the field while conducting surveys.

Installing Pit Tag Arrays to collect data on anadromous Steelhead and Chinook to further analyze return rates. Building a weir for an adult Steelhead trap to block the passage of fish so data can be collected.

Electrofishing experience in both small tributaries and large rivers.

Using statistical random sampling while in the field to ensure there would be no bias in the data I was collecting.

Technical Writing experience and making edits and revisions to the annual hatchery report.

Stream typing, fish identification, and measuring bank full dimensions in the field.

Identification of riparian management zones in a forest management setting to help conserve ideal fish and amphibian habitat.

Experience using a GPS, topographic map, compass, clinometer, conductivity meter, Densitometer, microscope, hemostat, and taking various hydrologic measurements.

Knowledge of various game management units and how they differ in population abundance of wildlife. Thorough understanding of wildlife habitat needs of various species in different ecosystem.

Experience with GIS, Arc-Map, Fragstats, Program R, Q-Rule, UTM’s, and Geospatial Modeling.

Working in the field during extreme heat in the summer and negative temperatures in the winter.

Experience navigating on logging roads using topographic maps and a GPS.

Volunteer work for the WDFW. Tracking, tranquilizing, and installing radio collars on wild black bears to study their habitat interactions and which type of habitat they select for before hibernation by using radio telemetry.

Volunteer work for the WDFW. Tracking, tranquilizing, and installing GPS radio collars on wild cougars for Project Cat to study their habitat selection and how they are impacted by hunting season by the use of radio telemetry.

Resolving environmental policy and wildlife conservation issues. Working to find common ground between ranchers who did not like wolves, and environmentalists that wanted to conserve wolves. Building mutually beneficial relationships and resolving conflicts between organizations and their publics. Improving grey wolf conservation in counties of Washington and Idaho.

Past work experience with marine invertebrates, such as oysters and shrimp. Knowledge of coastal ecosystem policies.

SAFETY EXPERIENCE:

Managing and enforcing facility Safety Programs listed in the Safety Manual.

Experience with OSHA enforcement inspections. Ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations.

Working with fellow managers to ensure that the number of OSHA recordable injuries, TCIR, and DART stays low.

Compiling and editing OSHA 300, 300A, and 301 logs and keeping them current.

Performing accident investigations and developing reports for OSHA and fellow managers.

Training employees on safety programs including chemical safety, confined space entry, electrical safety, fall protection, food safety, hazard communication, blood borne pathogens, lock out/tag out, respiratory protection, pinch points and GMP’s.

Performing monthly inspections of SCBA’s, Life Rings, Fire Hoses, Fire Extinguishers, Fire Control Panel Sprinklers, Emergency Lights, Machine Emergency Stops, Emergency Eyewash/Shower Stations, AED’s, Emergency Oxygen Tanks, Emergency Baskets/Stretchers, First Aid Kits, and Fall Protection Safety Harnesses.

Managing and updating the facility Emergency Evacuation Plan. Performing emergency evacuations and fire drills.

Performing employee emergency evacuations of numerous facilities when a power outage or emergency occurs.

Performing Daily Safety Audits of various departments at the facility to evaluate and improve safety practices.

Developing a Weekly Safety Issues Log and communicating near misses and facility issues to plant management.

Developing Power Point presentations and leading weekly safety meetings with plant managers.

Providing employees with proper PPE in various hazardous situations.

Assisting in managing the facility Risk Management Program.

Updating Job Safety Analysis for numerous positions. Updating facility Safety Data Sheets.

Developing and implementing new Safety Protocols and SOP’s.

Identifying and reducing issues related to ergonomics in specific job positions.

Assisting in managing and enforcing the facility Hearing Conservation Program.

Implementing engineering, environmental, and administrative controls to eliminate hazards in the workplace.

Using a Circuit Tester to identify hazardous electrical wires. Ensuring proper lock out/tag out procedures are followed.

Helping a Physician’s Assistant provide medical care to injured employees in the onsite clinic.

Assisting in Coast Guard helicopter medical evacuations.

Monitoring radiation with dosimeter badges. Developing monthly reports for the AK Department of Health and Social Services.

Assisting the human resources department with various issues and conflict resolution.

Assisting the Chief Engineer in managing the Process Safety Management Plan.

Using sulfur sticks and a gas detector to conduct inspections and identify ammonia releases in refrigeration areas.

Developing and implementing a chain of command and emergency action plan for responding to ammonia releases.

Responding to emergencies and safely evacuating employees from a facility during a large ammonia release.

Reporting ammonia releases to the EPA, National Response Center, Coast Guard and ADEC.

Managing the facility Security Program.

QUALITY CONTROL EXPERIENCE:

Managing and supervising laboratory activities, recordkeeping, calibration, reporting, and inventory in two facilities.

Developing an in-house microbiology laboratory in two facilities. Maintaining laboratory supplies and hazardous materials.

Conducting microbiology laboratory tests for Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella, E. coli, Coliform, and Enterobacteria.

Conducting environmental Listeria tests to locate contaminated areas in two food processing plants.

Identifying and eliminating biofilms in two facilities.

Statistical analysis of data trends to develop a microbiology testing baseline and to identify food quality issues.

Eliminating cross contamination issues by developing a color coding system in two facilities.

Validation of sanitation cleaning procedures through daily microbiology testing with the use of Hygiena microbiology swabs, organoleptic evaluations, and bioluminescence tests in two facilities.

Testing the conductivity, pH, salinity, and temperatures of batches of maturing solution and product.

Records and database management. Daily evaluation of training effectiveness and establishment of employee accountability.

Ensure plant and facility operations are in compliance with customer specifications. Working to develop a quality product.

Ensuring employees wear the proper Personal Protective Equipment as required by OSHA at all times.

Developing Quality Control, Water Treatment, and Sanitation SSOP’s, SOP’s and Data Forms in two facilities.

Developing the Sanitation and Chemical Handling portions of the company Operations Manual.

Developing proper documentation of raw material handling policies and activities, incoming product protocol, cleaning and sanitation, receiving records, quality control documents, employee management, and handling vendor accounts.

Identifying and posting Safety Data Sheets for all chemicals used by the company.

Assisting with and leading periodic audits and inspections conducted by the FDA, WSDA, USDC, and DOE.

Assisting the Director of Quality Assurance with the development of the facility QMP and HACCP plan.

Experience with British Retail Consortium, Silliker, and USDC audits.

Identifying and eliminating FDA, OSHA, and EPA violations

Working to develop and design an efficient Quality Control Department in two facilities during a plant start up.

Managing Quality Control Technicians in two seafood processing facilities.

Training Quality Control Laboratory Technicians in Good Laboratory Practices and proper microbiological testing methods.

Training Quality Control Technicians and Sanitation Technicians in Good Manufacturing Practices in two facilities.

Managing and developing Quality Control Technician schedules. Conducting interviews of potential employees.

Working with plant management to resolve issues that could negatively affect product quality, production efficiency and cost.

Providing targeted training, leadership and direction in developing and improving skills and competencies in two seafood processing facilities. Support of CAPA investigations and plan implementation.

Designing Standard Operating Procedures for the employees to follow to prevent further spread of the dangerous bacteria.

Expert in Microsoft Access, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Working with Pest Control and Sanitation Vendors in two seafood processing facilities.

Managing the facility Pest Control Program

PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERIENCE:

Website design working with programs such as Wix.com, WordPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Google Analytics, and Premiere.

Thorough understanding of strategic communication through means of a social networking systems like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and various blogging sites. Knowledge of how to bring together organizations and individuals with their key stakeholders. Managing the TKE Facebook page.

Quantitative and qualitative research after running and testing surveys in the field. Managing the spread of information between an organization and the public.

Managing a public relations campaign and conducting focus groups while analyzing and interpreting public opinion.

Counseling management at different levels in my public relations team with regard to policy decisions, courses of action and communication, taking into account their public ramifications and the organization’s responsibilities.

Planning and implementing an organization’s efforts to influence or change public opinion. Setting objectives, planning, recruiting and training members, and managing the resources needed to perform all of the above.

Advertising and sales experience working to market advertising space to local businesses and social organizations on campus.

Working as a creative writer, writing my own magazine article every week. I ranked number one at WSU and number four in the nation in terms of the most article views for their company.

CAREER EXPERIENCE:

Environmental Health and Safety Manager- Trident Seafoods, Akutan, AK (January, 2016 - Current)

Quality Control Supervisor, Microbiologist- Jessie’s Ilwaco Fish Company, South Bend/Ilwaco, WA (January, 2015 - January, 2016)

Microbiology Lab Technician- Jessie’s Ilwaco Fish Company, South Bend, WA (July, 2014 - December, 2014)

Scientific Technician 2- WA Department of Fish and Wildlife, Neah Bay, WA (Region 6) (June, 2014)

Fisheries Scientist- Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Chico, CA (February, 2014 - May, 2014)

Scientific Technician 2- WA Department of Fish and Wildlife, Dayton, WA (Region 1) (August, 2013 - January, 2014)

Natural Resource Scientist- West Fork Environmental, Olympia, WA (May, 2013 - August, 2013)

Wildlife Biology Volunteer- WA Department of Fish and Wildlife, Leavenworth, WA (July, 2013)

Wildlife Biology Volunteer- WA Department of Fish and Wildlife, Dayton, WA (February, 2013)

Creative Writer, Marketing Specialist- The Odyssey, Pullman, WA (January, 2011 - February, 2013)

Head of Public Relations- TKE of Washington State University, Pullman, WA (January, 2011- May, 2013)

Special Topics Gray Wolf Internship- Washington State University, Pullman, WA (January, 2011 - May, 2012)

EDUCATION: Central Washington University: 2008 - 2010 Washington State University: 2010 - 2013

The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, WSU

Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Communication; Major in Public Relations

School of the Environment, WSU

Major in Natural Resource Science

CERTIFICATIONS:

Certified Environmental Specialist

DOT-Stormwater Management During Construction Training Certification

Stormwater Discharges and Permits in Construction Training Certification

Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Training Certification

OSHA 30 Hour General Industry Outreach Safety Certification

OSHA Ammonia Refrigeration PSM Certification

GHS and OSHA Hazard Communication Certification

First Aid and CPR certification

US Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Credential

Washington State Boating License

TWIC Card

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