Project Manager Safety

Qualification Highlights:

• Environmental Health & Safety Officer, Radiation Safety Officer, Army Core of Engineer sites, 4 licenses, reciprocity in 8 states/Senior Health Physicist, expert managing materials/processes involving transuranics, enriched uranium, fission products, NORM/TENORM, byproduct material, tritium, x-ray generating devices, ALARA coordinator for Byron Unit 2 outage in 2007, EH&S/radiation safety involvement at three universities

• Abated IDLH hazards at numerous projects, directly saved 12 lives, worked with federal, state, & local agencies

• EH&S, Program/Project Manager – over 30 years experience, returned over $10 million in value to clients

• Expert in NEPA transactions as lead SME as project manager coordinating agencies/teams to deliver results, in implementing programs responsive to regulatory initiatives, e.g., pollution prevention, clean water act, safe drinking water act, occupational safety & health regulations, groundwater protection standards, & Rad NESHAPs

• Adept at assessing ailing radiation protection programs and implementing corrective actions

• Experienced in maintain a cadre of specialized semiconductor manufacturing tools for availability, reliability, qualified as new products and process were introduced to the factory, at a world class manufacturer: Intel

• Investigated legacy/proposed laboratory & pilot plant operations; unique cultural, historic & biotic resources, socioeconomic impacts, preparing licensing & permitting documents, obtaining licenses & permits, developed programs & procedures for LOTO, respiratory protection, confined space entry, selecting PPE for JSAs RWPs, WCPW documents, medical monitoring, laser safety

• Adept at statistical analysis, statistical analysis software, project management software, EVMS

• Experienced using International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) guidance for international projects

• Experienced using NCRP reports and reference materials such as ICRP, knowledgeable in use of regulatory standards: 10 CFR 20, 830, & 835 for safety and quality, and 49 CFR 171-173 for transportation

• Experienced implenting NRC/DOE/DOD regs., related standards & guidance, e.g., DOE Orders, Standards, Handbooks, & Guidelines, NQA-1, ISO 14000, ISO 17025, ISO 9000, ACOE EM-385-1-1, ANSI & ASTM stds.

Employment History:

09/11– Present Omicron Safety and Risk Technologies for Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Il

Health and Safety Manager, Program Assessment Manager, Radiation Safety SME

• Developed safety program and training materials for the IPNS Characterization Project, and executed the plan

10/10 – 09/11 The Talley Group for CHPRC, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Richland, WA

Environmental Health & Safety Management, Radiological Engineer, Program Assessment Manager

• Developed program assessment tools for CHPRC to verify compliance with ESH&Q program

• Participated in emergency response exercise drills

• Developed tools for visualizing data and for routine work-place exposure rate, airborne activity, contamination level and dose tracking, provided extract of air monitoring data for Rad NESHAPs compliance analysis

• Performed project-level ALARA reviews, assessed impact of OOT air samplers for internal dosimetry

• Spearheaded efforts to reduce dose and to better utilize the time-value of information

• Developed a macro tool for searching survey simple Excel files, saving hundreds of hours and tens of thousands of dollars in labor costs, having an internal rate of return (IRR) of over 10000%.

05/10 – 10/10 Fowler, LLC, Richland, WA

Environmental Health & Safety Manager, Senior Health Physicist for Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS)

• Lead a team of certified health physicists in screening over 150 Problem Evaluation Requests (PERs) for Washington River Protection Solutions, abating of costly non-compliance sanctions to fee

• Eliminated 90% of the backlog of PERs

06/09 – 04/10 Cabrera Services, Inc., Denver, CO

Project Environmental Health & Safety (Industrial Hygiene/Safety & Senior Radiological Engr./Certified Health Physicist

• Developed design specifications for portable waste inspection systems

• Developed training standards for transuranic waste, and mixed waste handling radiation protection operations/programs, safety programs for Gamma Spectroscopy, Non-Destructive Assay (NDA) & Testing

• Developed auditing materials to evaluate occupational safety and radiation safety programs

• Performed data analysis on NDA results for RH/CH wastes, performed shielding calculations

• Developed appropriate procedures & control points for work packages for glove-box operations at WIPP

• Assessed radiation safety and environmental compliance operations for three waste generator facilities, two at the Hanford Site (PFP & WRAP), and one waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory (WCCR)

• Performed DOT regulatory analysis for portable non-destructive waste examination devices

• Provided project support for DOD operations for marine sediments characterization and remediation

6/08 – 4/09 ECC, Lakewood, CO

Technical Environmental Health & Safety/ Radiological Safety manager for Westinghouse Fuel Fabrication Facility D&D Project in Hematite, MO and D&D Projects for Varian in Walnut Creek, CA

• Prepared FSS reports, preliminary remedial action reports, and commercial proposals

• Prepared a chapter for a Part 70 licensing action decommissioning plan, and worked with licensing personnel on coordinating language between decommissioning plan and remedial action investigation submittals

• Revised and updated procedures for health physics and health and safety programs

• Contributed to licensing transactions and program quality for NDS Gamma Spectroscopy ISOCS systems

• Supported occupational safety and emergency preparedness programs pertaining to OSHA standards as well as Radiation Protection Programs

• Saved 20% on proposal costs by developing a cost-effective improvement over RFP design

8/04 – 6/08, The Shaw Group (Shaw E&I, Shaw Stone & Webster), Denver, CO

Senior level project professional and consultant/manager in Environmental Health & Safety and Radiological Safety

• Restored an ailing Radiation Protection Program to health and abated license violations inherited from previous operation, maintaining viability of a $50 M project, RPP was valued at $2M for project

• Wrote proposals, won international work with a value in excess of 500K, and executed work

• Responsible authority on four radioactive materials licenses for Shaw, internal and external dosimetry

• Prepared monthly analytical reports, final status survey reports, and submitted to client

• Supervised health physics technicians, gamma spectroscopy analyst, & a chief chemist QA analyst

• Used a portable gamma spectroscopy survey instrument to identify isotopes in building materials

• Prepared qualitative risk assessments, managed water treatment decommissioning projects

• Used MARSSIM protocols to facilitate the free release of structures & soils returning lands to beneficial use

• Technical reviewer/author for operational procedures, radiation protection plan, site specific health & safety plan

• Created implementation materials for a radioactive materials license and corrective actions

• Built QA/QC chart tools (Shewhart Charts) to validate/document daily instrument performance checks

• Functioned as environmental health and safety lead for multiple sites/projects concurrent projects in 6 time zones

• Assisted in business development in projects coast to coast

• Reviewer/subject matter expert on WMD, RDD scenarios

• Coached, mentored, supervised RCTs, and two scientists, reviewing reports, surveys and validating data

• Worked as an ALARA coordinator for a commercial nuclear power generating station outage, Byron Unit 2, 2007

• Prepared a resource allocation algorithm for meeting Clean Water Act applicable to complex mining site pollution sources, developed a spreadsheet for managing un-ionized ammonia levels for CWA compliance

• Implemented OSHA, DOE, DOD, NRC & State agreement program regulations for occupational safety & radiation protection programs nation-wide/internationally; developed programs & procedures for radiation protection, LOTO, Haz. Com. Confined Space Entry, selection of PPE, appropriate medical monitoring, respiratory protection, managing MSDSs, keeping OSHA 300 log, corrective actions, ergonomics, controlling hazards, behavioral safety

3/04 – 7/04 Pangea Group, Inc., Chesterfield, MO

Senior level consultant and manager to Shaw in Environmental Health & Safety and Radiological Safety

• Lead Radiation Protection Program authority for project supported full range of EH&S functions

• Prepared final status survey reports and monthly analytical reports

• Developed project radiation protection program procedures

• Cost effectively closed-out project, awarded follow-on work with prime contractor

4/03 – 5/04 EarthTech, Inc., San Antonio, TX

Senior level management

• Prepared FSS reports for DOE (TA-33 Tritium abatement at LANL) and DOD (Kelly AFB) facilities

• Developed QA program plans, enhancing division’s marketing profile by 5 to 10%

• Radiation Safety Officer at a multi-million dollar Superfund clean-up site contaminated with radium, thorium, cesium, lead and PCB

• Prepared control charts/Shewhart charts for instrument response checks tools for instrument acceptance

8/02 – 4/03 Safety & Ecology, Inc., Knoxville, TN

Project Health physicist

• Saved project over $100 K

• Managed RWP activities, performed internal audit processes

• Conducted ISMS training, investigated unusual air sample result

• Reported on special dose assessments for radiological occurrence reports

• Performed statistical analyses and prepared presentations of environmental statistics

6/00 – 7/02 Intel Corporation, FAB 11, Rio Rancho, NM

Project manager, Yield Improvement, EH&S functions for tool installation and relocation projects

• Managed over 100 un-patterned wafer inspection tools, maintaining high reliability and up-time status

• Generated cost savings in excess of $2M dollars/year across the virtual factory, managing laser recycling

• Introduced new products, matching development Fab yields

• Managed over 1200 statistical process control charts

• Conducted safety sign-off reviews for manufacturing tool installation and relocation, conducted safety briefings

• Provided beryllium safety training to staff at resident Fabs/virtual factory, managed PCB version replacements

10/96 – 7/97 Versar, Inc., Northglenn, CO

Project Environmental Health & Safety Engineer/Scientist & Health physicist

• Managed a MARSSIM Survey design project and procedure development

• Performed data validation for sampling results, performed statistical analysis

• Design review for reactive wall installation for removal of TCA/TCE from groundwater

• Participated in business development and marketing

Credentials:

• B.S., Biology/Chemistry/Biochemistry, Eastern Michigan University

• M.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

• M.S., Materials Science, Colorado School of Mines

• M.E., Engineering Management, University of Colorado at Boulder

• Post-Graduate studies at Colorado Sch. of Mines met all course requirements for 2 of their Ph.D. programs

• Certified Health Physicist by: American Board of Health Physics (#3218), expert in MARSSIM protocols

• Medically qualified & current: 40 hr. HAZWOPER (29 CFR 1910.120), 30 hr. OSHA Construction Safety

• First Aid, CPR, AED, & Rad. Worker II

• Meets lead auditor credential requirements of NQA-1; previously ‘Q’ cleared

• Over 20 years of OSHA, NRC, & DOE rules implementation, previously held DOE L & Q clearances

• Additional graduate studies at University of Michigan, University of Colorado, University of Idaho,

Idaho State University, & Naropa University

Other Experience:

I have worked with the following major corporations and government contractors: SAIC, Rocky Flats (EG&G Rocky Flats, Inc., Kaiser Hill, LLC, MACTEC (emergency response planning & exercises, NEPA, procedure writing, nuclear safety, pollution prevention planning, waste water pre-treatment, regulatory initiative planning, & internal dosimetry, Rad NESHAPs)), MDM Services, Inc., Excalibur, Informatics, RMH Engineering Group, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Mines, University of Michigan and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ((CDPHE) Projects returned over $7M to State’s general fund, Safety Analysis, water treatment. licensing, NEPA Assessment, Rad NESHAPs)), Ford, GM, Chrysler Corporation, Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, and supported the missions of DOE, NASA, NRC, EPA, DOD, DHS. More information is available upon request: Edited several chapters of HPS/AMUG’s reference book published last year.

A list of publications, professional work products (as well as examples), specialized software, specialized training, & graduate coursework available on request.

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