QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Experienced manager with excellent interpersonal communication skills

Proficient in Corrective Action management, Cost Account Management, Nuclear Operations Management

Demonstrated skill as a project manager as implemented in sampling and waste management

30 years’ experience in the area of fire/EMS service as a volunteer in four departments.

Currently Fire commissioner for Benton County Fire Protection District #02

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

•Project Management, Tank Sampling Operations; High risk work with complex work instructions. All samples are fee bearing as required by the tank farms contract.

•Created excellent customer service relations to maintain customer satisfaction with maintenance, 222S and off site labs, Waste Management, Radcon, Environmental, WDOE, WDOH and the Department of Energy.

•Strong management and communications skills are required to manage a group composed of bargaining unit and exempt employees,

•Responsible for recruiting, training and development of new employees.

•Currently hold the office of Fire Commissioner for Benton County Fire Protection District #2. This requires the ability to work and communicate well with the other commissioners, police chiefs, city councils, congressman, state officials and the public.

•The commissioner’s scope includes budget preparation and resolution, personnel HR resolution, approval of contracts and agreements with union and non-bargaining personnel.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2010- Present Washington River Protection Services (WRPS)

Sampling Operations Project Manager – Responsible for managing waste sampling activities, Fleet Maintenance, Corrective Action Management and budget (Cost Account Manager) for Project Operations. Additional duties include Management Assessments, Records Management, management of bargaining unit and exempt personnel. Recent issues with vapors have added significant work issues regarding the use of respiratory protection for the workers

Sampling Operations Field Work Supervisor – Performed supervision of sampling events in the tank farms, ensuring that all regulatory and nuclear facility expectations were met. Ensured a high level of personnel safety during the high risk sampling evolutions. Also directly supervised bargaining unit personnel.

2007 – 2010 CHPRC Soil and Groundwater Sampling

Operations Supervisor – Performed Sample Management of the groundwater wells at Hanford, including supervision of bargaining unit personnel, approval of sample documentation, and management of sample wastes per EPA and Ecology requirements.

2005 – 2007 CHPRC Burial Ground Project

Operations Supervisor – Performed supervision of bargaining unit personnel for Burial Ground Waste Retrieval Project.

2000 – 2005 Fluor Hanford

Manager – Managed Corrective Action Management personnel. Personnel performed root cause analysis across the Hanford Site. These analyses were then documented and entered into a corrective action management tracking system (CAMS) for reporting and closure purposes. Worked closely with DOE and senior level management on formal Corrective Action plans (CAPs).

1987 – 2000 Fluor Hanford

Operations Manager/Nuclear Chemical Operator – Control Room Operator at the Plutonium Reclamation Facility and the Remote Mechanical C-Line at the Plutonium Finishing Plant.