Manager

DARREN T. TOMPKINS

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512-***-**** Austin, Texas 78717 **************@*****.***

ENGINEERING GEOLOGIST • MANAGER • ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST

Self motivated with a broad multidisciplinary experience profile applying engineering principals, technical standards and concepts to diverse projects including geological, engineering, geotechnical, environmental, hydrogeology, and geophysical investigations; construction management, construction inspection and oversight; as well as construction materials testing and engineering management. Take the initiative and thrive in challenging work environments. Excellent oral and written communication skills including preparation of proposals and technical reports, as well as liaising with clients, engineers, architects, regulatory personnel, subcontractors, management, peers, and field personnel. Insightful at budget forecasting and analyzing financial scorecards to drive change that improves financial margins. Train personnel and motivate positive behavioral changes to attain high levels of performance. Representative core competencies include:

• Geology • Budget Forecasting • Construction Inspection

• Geophysics • Cost Estimating • Quality Assurance

• Hydrogeology • Proposal Preparation • Subcontractor Oversight

• Environmental Science • Personnel Management • Health & Safety Plans

• Construction Management • Report Preparation • Work Plans

• Geotechnical Engineering Support • Construction Materials Testing • Site Assessments

EDUCATION: B.S. Engineering Geology: Texas A & M University, 1993

PROFESSIONAL 4-05 to Present Austerra Manager

DEVELOPMENT: 10-03 to 4-05 PaveTex Construction Manger

8-01 to 10-03 HVJ Associates, Inc. Group Manager

7-98 to 8-01 Stork / Southwestern Laboratories Branch Manager

5-93 to 7-98 Raytheon Engineers & Constructors Project Manager

6-88 to 1-93 McBride Ratcliff & Associates Staff Scientist Internships

REPRESENTATIVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Branch and Group Management:

Managed group and branch offices for Engineering Consulting and Testing firms while simultaneously holding the role of Project Manager. Developed and analyzed operational budgets. Created revenue forecasting and operational budgets. Managed marketing and business development efforts. Streamlined proposal preparation efforts and administrative systems. Managed preparation of technical reports, quality programs, HSE programs, invoices, and accounts receivable. Construction Materials Testing Manager directly responsible for up to 14 personnel by providing training, mentoring, reviews, and staffing decisions. Developed methods of training new laboratory / field technicians and implemented tutoring program to get senior field technicians certified. Maintained laboratory accreditation/certification programs. Directed engineering field testing and investigations, dispatching and equipment calibrations. Managed fleet of company vehicles and field testing equipment.

Representative Projects:

RCRA Facility Investigations DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

Freeport, Texas

Prepared sections of technical report including local geology and hydrogeology, aquifer testing, and geotechnical conditions. Conducted and evaluated field investigations classifying subsurface conditions. Installed deep multi-cased groundwater monitoring wells isolating three sand units above the target zone. Developed and sampled monitoring wells. Performed and evaluated ground water pump tests, slug tests, and tidal surveys. Interpreted results from cone penetrometer borings. Performed environment soil sampling. Conducted EM-31 and earth resistivity geophysical surveys. Performed, evaluated, and created geologic cross sections from SP, natural gamma, and resistivity borehole geophysical logs.

Geological Fault Studies, Phase I & II CWA PIPE LINE

Deer Park, Texas

Prepared technical report and stratigraphic cross sections. Performed and interpreted SP, natural gamma, and resistivity geophysical logs of boreholes. Supervised trenching operations and mapped vertical contacts between soil horizons. Performed Phase I Study which included review of topographical maps, aerial photographs, published literature, and site reconnaissance.

Environmental Site Evaluations SANIFIL

Louisiana

Performed subsurface and regulatory agency background investigative programs for nonhazardous oilfield waste (NOW) sites. These investigations included environmental sampling of soils, surface water and groundwater, EM geophysical surveys, tidal surveys, and regulatory agency records reviews.

Phase I Environmental Site Assessments VARIOUS CLIENTS

Various Locations, Texas

Performed site reconnaissance, organized regulatory agency record reviews, and generated reports for several sites in Texas.

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills VARIOUS CLIENTS

Texas

Performed groundwater characterization studies, quarterly groundwater monitoring programs and soil liner/cap evaluations. Directed drilling operations; installed, developed and sampled monitoring wells; logged borings; and performed slug tests. Analyzed slug test data using Aqtesolv software, Hvorslev Method, and Bouwer and Rice Method. Managed annual site monitoring programs to evaluate potential leachate migration from several types of landfills by performing, evaluating and reporting earth resistivity surveys.

Hazardous Waste Impoundment Closures PHILLIPS 66 BORGER REFINERY

Borger, Texas

Prepared certification report submitted to the TNRCC. Provided construction quality assurance for the closure of two hazardous waste surface impoundments. Project included construction of a clay-bentonite cap, and installation of a synthetic HDPE flexible membrane liner. Responsible for the following: company representative providing client with daily field reports summarizing construction progress and testing data, borrow source selection and acceptance, accepting bentonite delivered for project, advising client on percentage of bentonite to add to borrow source soils, accepting HDPE, selecting locations for destructive test samples of liner seams, observing air pressure and vacuum testing of liner seams and repairs, locating areas of HDPE liner needing repairs, and keeping a photographic log of project construction phases.

Slurry Trench Installation SHELL COKER FACILITY

Deer Park, Texas

Developed and conducted QA/QC testing program for an atapulgite/cement slurry wall. Performed field inspection of excavation procedures and monitored slurry batching operations. The completed wall is used both as a cut off wall and for structural support. Installed inclinometers attached to steel H-Piles in the wall. Monitored inclinometers and analyzed data during critical construction phases.

Deep Soil Mixing Wall Evaluation LYONDELL CITGO REFINERY

Pasadena, Texas

Provided client with hydrogeologic parameters and recommendations for a construction dewatering plan. Performed and evaluated pump tests to investigate the integrity of a cut off wall around a planned Coker Pit. Measured groundwater levels throughout the pumping and recharge phases of the tests. Analyzed the data and calculated estimated wall permeability and water seepage quantities.

Foundation Investigations COMMUNICATION TOWER SITES

Texas, Oklahoma

Investigated foundations at existing communication tower sites. Results of investigations were used to assist in decisions to add additional antennas to towers. Investigations included performing pile integrity testing with a Pile Dynamics P.I.T. testing device, geotechnical borings, cross-hole ground penetrating radar, and Ferroscan surveys to locate concrete reinforcing steel.

DBA Retrofit AMERICAN REF-FUEL

Niagra Falls, New York

Provided client with construction quality assurance during foundation construction for the expansion of a recycling and waste to energy facility. Provided on site recommendations for problems encountered during site preparation and foundation construction. Made recommendations to client on soil parameters utilized for shoring design. Inspected drilled pier installations.

Geotechnical Exploration Programs VARIOUS CLIENTS

Texas

Managed field exploration programs to determine site subsurface stratigraphy and groundwater conditions. Field programs included drilling and sampling soil and rock borings and piezometer installations. Conducted field measurements of RQD, % Recovery, rock fracture spacing, hand penetrometer readings, soil/rock classification, cone penetrometer measurements, and groundwater levels.

Geophysical Survey SIX FLAGS-ASTROWORLD, U.S.A.

Houston, Texas

Developed proposal and work plan for locating underground utilities at a proposed foundation location for the Dungeon Drop ride. Performed geophysical survey with the EM-31, EM-61 and RD400 instruments. Interpreted data, prepared figures and report delineating areas of concern during construction.

Groundwater Monitoring Well Plugging and Abandonment EL PASO ENERGY

Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee

Developed work plan and health and safety plan for field activities involved in plugging and abandonment of monitoring wells at pipe line compressor stations that no longer served an investigative purpose. Provided driller oversight and managed project schedule.

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