Environmental Geologist

CHARLES W. SPRAGUE

**********@***.*** • www.linkedin.com/in/cwsprague• Sachse, Texas • +214-***-****

Environmental Project Manager Senior Geologist Adjunct Geology Instructor

MS Level Educated Environmental Project Manager and licensed Senior Geologist, with extensive experience in the environmental industry. Environmental consulting experience includes planning, budgeting, conducting and managing Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III Environmental Site Assessments with an eye towards achieving client objectives at or under budget. These goals were achieved by oversight and management of professional staff, consultants, and vendors; and mentoring and training of junior level staff. Maintained relations with clients and regulatory agencies through excellent communications and project management.

CORE COMPETENCIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

·Leadership and Management. Manages a diverse team of scientists, engineers, and technicians coordinating the planning and execution of environmental site assessments and special projects. Led field teams during both the Columbia Shuttle disaster recovery operations and the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Recovery incidents while coordinating operations with NASA, USEPA, and START personnel. Directed and managed junior staff working on projects.

·Communications and Negotiations. Expert in ensuring budget and time management of projects in addition of proactive reporting and frontloading roadblock detection. Excellent presentation and negotiation skills. Coordinated remote staff on assigned projects with budgets and schedules bringing in projects on time and on budget. Presented site data and negotiated corrective actions with regulatory personnel. Cultivated relationships with regional and State level regulatory personnel to obtain both information and buy-in to client needs.

·Strategic Planning and Implementation. Track-record in planning and conducting complex site assessments, including multiple data collection methods. Planned and performed the site assessment of a planned roadway through the middle of a closed landfill. Operations included three lines of soil vapor survey points; the collection and analysis of surface geology and ground water samples for a wide variety of potential contaminants; the utilization of geotechnical soil borings to collect environmental data; and interviews of business owners in the area of concern.

·Data Analysis. Skilled in the collection and analysis of data collected for projects. Demonstrated plume stabilization or decrease using Mann-Kendall test at a chlorinated solvent site. Gathered, analyzed, and calibrated geology data from over 700 soil borings and monitor wells at a large chemical plant to produce a coherent presentation of the plant’s subsurface geology.

·Site Assessment. Deep knowledge and experience of site assessment methodology for a wide variety of site impacts. Sites were impacted with petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, PCBs, pesticides, inorganic chemicals, and heavy metals at industrial, commercial, institutional, military, and residential sites in fifteen states.

·Relationship Building and Partnering. Very adept at team building and forming a team consensus to accomplish a goal and achieve desired results. Consulted experienced vendors familiar with subsurface conditions at new sites. Obtained information from contractors to better implement site operations. Consulted with regulatory personnel to develop consensual approaches to site assessments and corrective actions.

·Education and Training. Effective communicator across all levels of personnel including internal staff and regulatory and governmental organizations. Strong ability to adapt message to differing audiences. Developed and presented periodic health and safety classes to staff including office and field personnel. Developed and presented introductory class on site assessment of chlorinated solvent impacted sites to State environmental agency’s new employees. Developed and presented class on subsurface site assessments to the regional General Services Administration.

·Relationship Building and Teamwork. Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills in a diverse population of people and disciplines. Developed relationships with clients and regulatory personnel during site assessments and site monitoring and remediation. Have taken into consideration the experience and knowledge of all team members, vendors, and clients.

·Creativity and Innovation. Simplifies ambiguous and complex situations to deliver consistent, innovative, and definitive solutions. Designed and deployed the remedial operations of a storm water drainage canal and two holding ponds at a chlorine repackaging plant under a consent order from State regulatory agency. Modified a scope of work at a remote location after assessing the site and realizing a different approach was better and consulting the client for buy in.

·Adaptability and Flexibility Proven ability to remain resilient and tenacious under pressure whilst displaying fortitude in the face of adversity. Oversaw the excavation of a shutdown service station wherein excavation decisions were made based on data collected in real time and the excavation of unforeseen conditions and materials required on-the-fly changes in remedial operations. Oversaw the removal of a set of USTs that uncovered three more sets of USTs that were in place and their presence unknown. Arranged for the disposal of storm water from a heavy rainstorm that flooded a large UST pit. Arrangements included obtaining permission from the local water treatment plant to pump water from the pit into the sanitary sewer instead of disposal to a fuel recycling facility.

·Systems Utilization. Expert in MS Word, MS PowerPoint & MS Excel; Experienced in SADA (Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance) and Biochlor.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (fka AMEC Foster Wheeler), Dallas, Texas DEC 2016 – FEB 2020

Senior Geologist

• Program Manager of Phase I and Phase II Due Diligence site assessments for a nation-wide homebuilder. Coordinated company assets to conduct site assessments and provided trouble shooting to address client concerns. Increased the geographical area of Due Diligence coverage for the client by adding new offices to the network of providers.

• Provided support to the environmental department of a large international airport to include conducting Phase I Due Diligence site assessments prior to leasing airport land to commercial entities. Conducted Phase II assessments in preparation for commercial development of airport land. Conducted Phase II field operations in support of remediation activities conducted by the airport.

• Provided support to the office geotechnical department by conferring and collaborating with geotechnical personnel in the planning and conductance of geotechnical projects as well as providing field support for a long-term geotechnical soil boring projects prior to site design.

Dougherty Sprague Enterprises, Inc. (fka Dougherty Sprague Environmental, Inc.), Dallas, Texas MAR 2008 – DEC 2020

Senior Geologist/Hydrogeologist

Directed staff and planned, budgeted, and implemented Phase II and Phase III operations for private, institutional, industrial, commercial, and governmental projects.

Managed and conducted Phase II field operations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Arizona and Nevada at remote Indian Reservations.

Planned and conducted a multiyear rights-of-way clearance Phase II operations in support of the Texas Department of Transportation for three major highways in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Dry Cleaner operations

oPlanned, budgeted, and oversaw Phase II and III operations for multiple dry cleaners throughout Texas.

oOperations included preparation of Dry Cleaner Program applications, site assessments, and remediation operations.

oLegal support of dry-cleaning machine manufacturer in lawsuit.

Led sampling teams for multiyear monitoring of natural attenuation at a large former defense site impacted with perchlorates near McGregor, Texas.

Conducted a large-scale Phase I and II assessment of multiple sites on St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, in support of NOAA to include soil and rock borings.

EDUCATION

Master of Science: Geology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Bachelor of Science: Geology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

LICENSES

Licensed Professional Geoscientist, PG 47, Texas

Licensed Professional Geologist, PG 1385, Tennessee

Licensed Corrective Action Project Manager, CAPM 0000543, Texas

CERTIFICATIONS

40-HR OSHA HAZWOPER

8-hr OSHA HAZWOPER Refresher current

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Geological Society of America

Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists

National Ground Water Association (Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers)

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