GRETCHEN I. GOTLIEB

Houston, Texas *****

520-***-****

adobf2@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

I have experience in Management, Quality, Safety, Training Instruction, Reliability, Ergonomics, Environmental, HSE, Data Management, and Data Validation. My additional strengths are regulatory permitting at state and federal levels (NPDES/AZPDES, Clean Water Act, NRDA, Texas Railroad Commission, ADEQ, TCEQ, EPA, OSHA, RCRA) industrial inspection, Horizontal Directional Drill monitoring, data analysis/database validation, environmental laboratory chemist experience. Recent projects include monitoring of Chevron pipeline installation, Consorcio Shushufindi (Ecuador) pipeline data/laboratory coordination, BP gulf spill data validation, database, and legal support. I possess excellent communication and technical writing skills, with a focus on QA/QC. I also have skills in office management, administrative assistance, new hire orientation, property management, customer service, accounting, human resources, and vendor coordination.

CERTIFICATIONS:

• 10 Hour OSHA Training General Industry Health and Safety

• 40 Hour OSHA Training (HAZWOPER)

• Human & Organizational Performance (HOP) Learning Team Certification

• Annual Adult CPR and First Aid Training

• Annual Fire Extinguisher Hands On Training

• ADEQ (Arizona Department of Environmental Quality) Certification as a Grade 3 Wastewater Treatment and Grade 1 Wastewater Collections Operator (2005-2017)

• Certification and continuing education through California State University-Sacramento, Office of Water Programs College of Engineering and Computer Science in EPA Pretreatment Facility Inspection, 2003

•The AGTS Supervisor’s Academy Certification (72.5 Hours), 2008

SKILLS:

• Safety Training

• Safety Auditing • Reliability/Engineering

• Environmental Consulting • Willing to work overtime/flexible shifts

• Knowledge of Texas/TCEQ environmental regulations • Water Quality

• Quality Assurance/Quality Control • Regulatory Compliance

• Sampling • Environmental Permitting

• Groundwater • Environmental Compliance

• Environmental Impact Assessment • Data Analysis

• Water Quality • Hazardous Waste Management

• Industrial Inspections • Laboratory Audits

• Wastewater Treatment • Water Resources

• MS Office • Commercial Inspection

• Management Experience • Analytical Instrument

• Health, Safety, Environmental (HSE) Experience • Quality Assurance/Quality Control

• Regulatory oversight • Legal support

• Waste Management • Environmental Consulting

• Fieldwork • Technical Writing

• Mentor to Junior Staff • Management of Pretreatment Program

• Commercial Inspections • Wastewater Monitoring

• Pipeline Project Support • Regulatory Agency Reports

• Clean Water Act, RCRA regulations • Customer Service

• Office management •Inventory Management

• Property Management ·Covid-19 Management ·cGMPs and Good Documentation Practice • Ability to follow SOPs

• Detail-oriented • Inside Sales

• Environmental Awareness • Microsoft Office

• Engineering/Reliability • Hazard Analysis

• Incident Investigation • Behavior Based Safety

• Root Cause Analysis • Safety Auditing • Quality Assurance

EDUCATION:

University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

Bachelor of Arts Degree

Major: Geology

Graduated

EMPLOYERS:

Cintas

Houston, Texas September 2018-Present

Position: Compliance Coordinator/Health and Safety Coordinator

Prepares, completes, and maintains all regulatory and compliance documents for a specified location or

region. Ensures compliance with contractual requirements and federal, state, and local government

regulations. Collects, evaluates, writes, and submits data and reports for regulatory bodies. Assists with data gathering and analysis for legal purposes and audits. Coordinates document requests, procedure changes, and other quality projects. Audits and monitors data, systems, and processes for compliance to policies and laws. Responsibilities include fleet compliance/DOT, contract/vendor management, financial documentation, new hire orientation, etc. Highlight shortcomings and suggests improvements in current compliance processes, systems, and procedures within assigned unit and/or discipline. Own and manage audit tracking and preparation. Maintain moderately complex documents (pertaining to safety, fleet, accounting, training, employee agreements, any other documentation relating to business compliance). Gather and summarize data for reports. Supports others by carrying safety, health and environment training and oversight using established procedures. Responsible for all accident paperwork and claim management.

Trains 150 employees on proper safety compliance protocols monthly and quarterly. Tracks, maintains, and reviews all compliance agreements/documentation. Performs regulatory inspections to ensure all parties are following regulations. Focuses on safety, strives for high standards in safety, health, environmental performance and sets a new standard. Specifically, complies with requirements; for example, consistently meeting the requirements of code of conduct and of relevant regulations. Member of the location safety improvement committee and leadership team.

Synectics October 2016-September 2018

Environmental Consulting Firm

Sacramento, CA (Telecommuting)

Position: Data Review Chemist

Performing laboratory data review, data validation, and project coordination supporting Department of Defense and the Formerly Used Defense Sites Chemical (FUDSChem) environmental projects, as well as other non-military clients. Synectics uses enterprise level EDMS for acquiring, analyzing, and reporting environmental data with demonstrated reductions in cost, schedule, and risk. Synectics’ systems are also in use by government agencies and private consulting firms across the country.

Synectics’ web based EDMS offers more collaboration, real time data access, and higher levels of data acquisition screening than other commercially available systems, while still including all standard functionality. Synectics’ EDMS also includes interactive tools for managing, searching, and accessing environmental documents, as well as integration with geospatial components.

Dade Moeller - an NV5 company August 2016

Data Validation for Remedial Design

East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Position: Environmental Chemist

Data Validation for Remedial Design Report/Remedial Action Work Plan for Zone 2 Soils, Slabs, and Subsurface Structures. Analytical data Validation for GC Semivolatile PCB, GC/MS Semivolatile, GC/MS Volatile, Metals and Radiochemistry.

Cardno Inc. April 2014- June 2016

Houston, Texas

Position: Assistant Staff Scientist

• Coordination of large Houston corporate office move to new location. Coordination with vendors and moving company as the move progressed. Administrative and technical project support. Writing and preparing final documents for deliverables to clients. Marketing and business development assistance.

• Worked in a group performing quality assurance on all analytical sample metadata collected during the NRDA effort for the Deepwater Horizon project. All analytical sample metadata in the Natural Resources Data Base was cross checked against chain of custody forms to ensure information was correct and had a chain of custody to document sample movement from the sampling event to the laboratory. Worked with database managers and project specialists. Worked with quality assurance representatives from other consulting companies, such as Integral, Battelle, and Exponent.

• Conducted annual groundwater monitoring at an industrial site that included purging and sampling from previously installed wells. Reviewed the Health, Safety, and Environmental Plan, as the Branch Safety Officer, for the field event.

• Invoice processing of invoices for Austin and Houston offices, UPS shipping charges for division USA offices, and correspondence with corporate accounting department. Correspondence with archived document storage.

• Branch Safety Officer: Reviewing HSE Plans, Coordinating employee drug testing for vector programs and random checks. Safety meetings with corporate HSE. Communication with employees for Safety updates. Scheduling new hire and exit employee physicals with Workcare

•Review of contracts (commercial vendor and subcontract agreements), review of representations and certifications, issuance of certificates of insurances (COIs). Proposal preparation, proposal budget spreadsheets, Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and Request for Proposals (RFP) preparation and issuance, W9 review for vendors and clients. Resume formatting for staff.

Cardno ENTRIX July 2010- February 2013

Houston, Texas

Position: Senior Staff Scientist

• Representing Cardno ENTRIX in the efforts of Level III and IV data validation of a large Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) project with BP for major Gulf of Mexico oil spill involving analytical methods including PIANO VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds), PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons), TPH (Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons), Biomarkers, and TOC (Total Organic Carbon) results of soil, water, tissue, oil, and filter liquid matrices. Analyzed data by database, laboratory data, and spreadsheet.

• Providing data validation coordination, data quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) review, and support for the Shushufindi Field, Sucumbíos, Ecuador. Coordinating data, reports, and communication between the laboratory in Quito, Ecuador and the data validation professionals in Seattle, Washington. Analytical methods including PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons), TPH (Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons), Volatiles, Metals, and Inorganic parameter results for soils and water matrices. Responsibilities also included preparing a Data Usability Summary Reports (DUSR) for the client.

• Monitoring of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) during pipeline construction and looking for inadvertent releases or “frac-outs” as part of the project contingency plan. The directional drill bores deep underneath the nearshore and intertidal zones, drilling through soil and/or bedrock using a precision-guided directional system. Preparation of Permit Application to Discharge Hydrostatic Test Water following Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) guidelines.

City of Casa Grande January 2002-July 2010

Casa Grande, Arizona

Position: Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator

• Worked in Public Works and the Development One-Stop Shop Permitting Divisions. Coordinated industrial pretreatment discharge programs.

• Record keeping and permit writing.

• Analyzed data by database, laboratory data, and spreadsheets.

• Performed on-site inspections and review self-monitoring data of Significant and Categorical Industrial Users with various waste streams. Interpreted test results and make recommendations on pretreatment requirements and facilities.

•Reviewed commercial and industrial building plans for appropriate wastewater pretreatment requirements and proper grease/sand/hair/lint traps, whichever is applicable. Inspected business facilities for final building inspections and pretreatment concerns.

• Determined the need for pretreatment facilities. Investigated complaints and suspicious discharges at the wastewater treatment plant or within the sewer collection system.

• Coordinated and issued Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) forms and paperwork for developers and subdivisions to approve and record sewer Capacity Assurance.

• Prepared and maintained purchase orders and processed invoices through payment for the Wastewater Division.

Tetra Tech, EMI April 1997-August 1998

Sacramento, California

Position: Project Chemist

Project scheduling, performing laboratory audits, coordinating multiple laboratories,

coordinating multiple Navy CLEAN base sites, private clients, and internal company Project

Managers for chemistry and field sampling needs. Coordinated field test kits for sampling and

analysis on the project site. Tasks ongoing were project planning, financial budgets, sampling events, quality assurance, laboratory services completion, data collection, data validation, data technical review,

and project competition reports and Quality Assurance Project Plans.

Training performed and completed were 40-Hour OSHA training, field sampling,

chemistry field testing kits, and on-site safety training.

Position also required attendance and representation for Tetra Tech, EMI at several

professional trade shows.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:

Caltest Analytical Laboratory January 1996-January 1997

Napa, California

Position: GC/MS Analyst

Quanterra (formally Enseco, Inc.)- CA Analytical Labs September 1991- November 1994

West Sacramento, California

Position: Chemist

Enseco, Inc. - ERCO Labs August 1990-September 1991

Boston, Massachusetts

Position: Chemist

DATABASE/SOFTWARE:

Microsoft Teams, SAP, Risk Console, Concur, Hewlett Packard EnviroQuant, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Opus, Mass-11, WordPerfect, Lotus, LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System), Electronic Report/Disk Deliverable, ComDev (Oracle), Query, FTP databases, SharePoint, BST, Vision.

PASSPORT: Active and updated

REFERENCES: Available on request

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