Senior Environmental Engineer/Manager

James R Dodson

***** **** ****** 870-***-****

Granger, IN 46530 ***************@*****.***

Summary of Qualifications.

Dynamic Environmental engineering/management professional with 20+ years of experience, successfully implemented Environmental programs for all media – wastewater (CWA), air and RCRA, EPCRA. Expertise in partnering with engineering and management to deliver process-based recommendations, design of pollution control, and training initiatives that have consistently minimized environmental risks, regulatory, productivity, and quality targets. Developed and championed EMS systems for over 20 manufacturing plants achieving & maintaining ISO 14001 registration in all.

Possess a unique blend of regulatory and engineering skill, implementing analytical, trouble-shooting and diagnostics to improve pollution control especially in wastewater treatment processes. Negotiated favorable NESHAPs, NSPS and state wastewater rules and permits as well as lead negotiator as member of several national and state industrial groups for new rules.

Core Skill Areas:

Design/build wastewater treatment facilities

Diagnostic trouble-shooting

Persuasive Public speaking

Data driven decision making

Legal/Regulatory knowledge

Regulatory Compliance

Creative Problem Solving

Environmental Leadership / Management

Professional Experience

EXPERIENCE:

Senior Environmental Engineer

Cleveland Cliffs Tek & Kote - New Carlisle, IN 06/22 to 07/24

Responsible for leading all environmental programs including: Title V, SPCC, RCRA, Industrial

Pretreatment, EPCRA (Tier II, SARA 313), Stormwater, ISO 14001. Developed and performed training in all

Environmental media. Trouble-shooting & management for 2 Chemical-Physical Wastewater Treatment

facilities including new treatment treatment of subject waste streams. Perform all media record-keeping,

successfully handled multiple regulatory inspections with no findings.

Metalworking Lubricants (Environmental Manager) 07/21 – 6/22

Senior Environmental Manager

Modified, updated and provided EHS training for all site employees. Regular inspections and maintenance for SPCC, RCRA, SWPPP and Industrial Waste Pretreatment system. Also performed new hire and periodic safety training including: HAZCOM, LOTO, Confined Space, etc.

Aleris Rolled Products (Environmental Engineer) 04/18 – 06/21

Senior Environmental Manager

Environmental permitting, reporting and operation for Aleris’ 10 MGD NPDES discharge system that included 4 onsite wastewater treatment plants. Wrote and performed all environmental training for 1200 site employees and contractors including all media. SPCC, SWPPP, renewal of Title V air permit. Also, improved performance of hazardous waste generated from all 6 facilities, approximately 800 drums per year. Interfaced with all KDEP, EPA regulators and inspectors.

Indiana Dept of Env Mgmt (Compliance & Tech Asst) 05/17 – 04/18

Senior Environmental Manager

Provide compliance and engineering assistance to regulated industrial clients including: air and water permit applications, audits, regulatory interpretation, assistance with non-compliance reporting, etc. Writing agency white papers, training and procedures for SPCC, RCRA, etc.

Martin Resource Management 07/14 – 2/17

Senior Environmental Coordinator

Responsible for oversight of daily and ongoing environmental and pollution-control requirements for 11 refinery, oil and gas facilities. This includes FRPs, SPCCs, SWPPP plans, air permits, IWP permits and associated reporting. Also, developing ISO 14001 programs and environmental procedures corporate-wide. Currently designing/specifying and soon to permit and have built Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor to replace existing pond system installed in the 1920s.

Cornerstone Environmental 09/11 – 7/14

Environmental Engineer/Specialist

Air permit renewals, negotiations w/ various state and EPA regions for several NESHAPS/NSPSs including major and minor modifications for new equipment and processes. Perform environmental assessments, legal / regulatory assessments, reports to clients.. Assist/advise clients on EPA and state enforcement issues.

Key contributions:

· Successfully guided client with troubled biological wastewater treatment system obviating the need for costly treatment works expansion,

· Eliminated need for burdensome COMs requirement as part of Region 5 NOV for multiple foundry clients,

C&D Technologies, Inc., Attica, IN 03/08 – 09/11

Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Renewed all environmental permits including FESOP, NPDES Storm water and Industrial Waste Pretreatment. Energized all health & safety programs including Lockout/Tagout, HazCom, Chemical Hygiene, Fall Protection, Lead Exposure Control, Respirator, and many more. Trained and managed 3 health & safety technicians and Plant Nurse. Developed and implemented training, procedures and work instructions for all environmental regulatory media. Trained and managed 3 environmental technicians.

Key Contributions:

· Negotiated reduced stack sampling for FESOP resulting in $60K annual savings.

· Specified and installed dust collector to replace existing fire-prone cartridge collector.

· Negotiated to closure two existing EPA consent decrees.

· Implemented $40K annual cost savings through change in Industrial Waste Pretreatment chemistry. Replaced failing WWT microfilters with new more reliable and user-friendly solids removal technology.

· Led engineering projects to reduce Lead-In-Air levels by 71%. Improved employee blood lead programs achieving historic improvements.

Lafayette Environmental Consulting 11/06 – 03/08

Environmental Consultant

Responsible for all environmental compliance including NESHAPS, on-site WWTP, RCRA procedures, training, etc. One direct report.

Key contributions:

· Specified innovative replacement for ineffective wastewater treatment system.

Griffin Industries, Cold Spring, KY 11/05 - 11/06

Corporate Environmental Manager

Responsible for all Environmental compliance and Environmental controls for 26 rendering and bakery facilities nationwide. Applied for and successfully negotiated several Title V, NPDES, and Land Application System permits in different states. Oversaw reporting (Title V compliance certifications, TSCA, Form R, Compliance Certification, LAS, etc.) and other staff positions (two direct reports at corporate level).

Key Contributions:

· Developed and launched new Environmental Management System.

· Design, installation and trouble shooting for air and wastewater abatement including scrubbers, RTOs, mechanical WWTPs, lagoons, etc.

· Solved difficult odor violations (resulting in NOV that would have delayed air permit) at Texas facility through simple modification to production processes and O&M practices.

· Prepared data and made presentation to KYDEP to eliminate requirements for “Baby BACT” VOC rule at bakery facility.

· Demonstrated through collection and analysis of data that existing processes across the company were in compliance with various new & pending MACT standards.

Flex-N-Gate Corporation, Veedersburg, IN 01/99 – 10/05

Corporate Environmental Director

Responsible for all Environmental compliance and engineering including air NESHAPS, Title V permits and IWPs, RCRA, etc. Hired and trained all five plant and corporate level environmental managers/engineers.

Prepared major facilities for ISO 14001 Certification after establishing Corporate-wide Environmental Management System. Successfully registered 20 facilities.

Key Contributions:

· Used proposed paint line expansion (for new business) as an opportunity to eliminate old technology coating operations that were in danger of not being customer compliant.

· New RTO expansion resulted in re-classification from major PSD source for VOCs to synthetic minor for Title V and MACT (VOC Coating of Plastic Parts). As per normal, prepared and negotiated air permitting and did RFQ for changes & additions myself.

· Wrote comments for SubPart MMMM MACT (Misc Metal Parts) on behalf of FNG.

· Improved performance of existing environmental controls (WWTPs, scrubbers, etc.) for two largest facilities.

· Specified and installed all environmental controls for (WWTP, Scrubbers, Catalytic Oxidizer, etc.) for greenfield automotive supply manufacturing facility in central Mexico.

· Awarded “Fabricación limpia” award for the wastewater treatment plant I designed and installed.

Roll Coater, Inc., Greenfield, IN 09/96 - 10/99

Division Environmental Engineering Manager

Responsible for all aspects of environmental compliance and engineering (major air, water and solid & hazardous waste issues) at this Arvin subsidiary, which has a production output of nearly one billion pounds of substrate processed annually. Hired, trained and managed individual site environmental coordinators, engineers, etc.

Key Contributions:

· Wrote comments for and negotiated requirements of Coal Coating MACT as part of National Coil Coater MACT Task Force.

· Compiled data and successfully negotiated (to the benefit of the facilities) two new and several renewal Title V permits.

· Specified and installed several thermal oxidizers, negotiated and performed compliance testing for two new installations.

· Performed diagnostics to demonstrate shortcomings of existing and new phys-chm wastewater plants to justify capital upgrades which resulted in elimination of significant non compliance status to compliance.

INTAT Precision, Inc., Rushville, IN 12/93 - 09/96

Senior Environmental Engineer

Responsible for all environmental programs at this gray iron and ductile iron foundry and machining operation including: Air Permitting, oversight of closure for local RCRA Clean-up site (lagoon), development of solid waste management program from special waste to hazardous waste, and storm water NPDES permit. Also, performed all associated training.

Key Contributions:

Key player in Indiana Clean Air Act Advisory Committee during adoption of Part 70 rule into SIP. This included writing or helped in writing several model air permits & model CAMs that are still used by IDEM today.

Education

M.S. Environmental Engineering, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN – 08/1994

B.S. Environmental Health, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN – 05/1979

Professional affiliations / associations

Class "D" Waste Water Treatment Operator Certification

Registered Industrial Wastewater Professional (Indiana Industrial Operators Association)

Certified Hazardous Material Manager, Master Level (Institute for Hazardous Materials Management)

Registered Environmental Professional (National Registry of Environmental Professionals)

Member of AESF Air and Water Committees (currently working on national task force both MMP MACT and MP&M Categorical regulations)

Ontario SMOG Advisory Group (developing rules for VOC generation resulting in ground-level ozone)

HAZWOPER 24 hour training

On Board of Directors of Indiana Cast Metals Association (INCMA). Environmental Board Chairman

Member, American Foundryman’s Society 10-E & 10-F Environmental Committees

National Coil Coaters Association MACT Task Force

Marion Co. Greater Area MACT Work Group member

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