Project Manager Quality Assurance

Kenneth C. DeKenipp

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SMITHTOWN, N.Y. 11787

Home Phone 631-***-****

E-mail *******@***.***

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE: Project Manager/Environmental Consultant/Job# 1354444

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

N.Y.S. Department of Transportation, Hauppauge,N.Y./Design-Environment/Highway Mtce.

- Region 10 Transportation Maintenance Group’s lead person regarding Petroleum Bulk Storage (PBS) related work. Responsible for assuring that NYSDOT facilities comply with “NYSDEC PBS Order on Consent”, case #CO3-2006-0110-1, “In the Matter of Alleged Violations of Articles 17 and 71 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law and Title 6, Parts 612-614 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations” which was issued upon the NYSDOT by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

- Regional lead resource for the Transportation Maintenance Group regarding environmental issues including 30 facilities.

- Reviews NYSOGS contract plans and work permit applications with regards to environmental components in Transportation Maintenance related work.

- Coordinate and administer annual environmental audits, programs and reports in Transportation Maintenance related work.

- Regional Lead Environmental contact regarding Transportation Maintenance issues with the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Nassau County Department of Health Services, Nassau County Fire Marshal, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

- Regional Lead Environmental contact regarding the following departments, organizations, and consultants and respective environmental issues in Transportation Maintenance:

Region 10 Transportation Mtce. Residencies 1-6, Bridge Mtce., Equipment Management, Tree Crews, Republic Airport Environmental PBS Compliance Field Inspections

• Shaw Engineering/PBS issues and Spill Field Inspections

• HDR Engineering/Phase I Site Assessment

• McLean Associates/Asbestos Removal

• Shumaker Engineering/PBS Audit Inspection and Reports mandated by DEC

• Fenley and Nicol (contractor)/PBS Regulatory Non-Compliance Field Inspections

• Henrich (contractor)/PBS Regulatory Non-Compliance Field Inspections

• OGS/PBS Regulatory Non-Compliances and NYSDOT Facility Upgrade Projects/Field Inspections (UST/AST Removals/Replacements)

• LIPA/NationGrid/Gas Conversion Projects

• Main Office NYSDOT/PBS Audit and Compliance Issues, Geoprobe, Ground Penetrating Radar, Green and Blue Highways, Environmental Stewardship projects, Environmental Audits

• LKMA Engineering/Asbestos Assessment Reports

• DEC/Tank Closures, spills, environmental compliance issues

• Cameron Engineering/Tank Removal, Replacement

• Occidental Construction Company/Tank Removal, Replacement

-Responsible for collecting, compiling, and collating information from various government agencies, into a clear, concise Hazardous Waste Assessment Report (Phase I Environmental Site Assessment)

-Coordinate and manage private consultant term agreements/work scope as they apply to NYSDOT projects, such as Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, and review various NYSDOT projects for Quality Assurance using engineering judgment in determining if any environmental concerns are applicable

-Responsible for coordinating the Environmental Audit for NYSDOT in Region 10, which is required by the Department of Environmental Conservation

Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

-UST Removal and contaminated soils

-SEQRA/NEPA Evaluation -Tidal and Freshwater Wetland

-Environmental Process Regulations

-Noise Studies

-Field Characterization and Lab Analysis

-Stormwater Management

-Environmental Impact Analysis

-SPDES and General Permits -Asbestos Term Agreements

-Hazardous Materials -Dust Avoidance Control

-Landfill Closure Part 360 -Application of DEC 6NYCRRP

-EPA Tank Inspection -Subsurface Utilities

N.Y.S. Department of Transportation, Hauppauge, N.Y./ GEO-TECHNICAL SERVICES/SOILS

-Maintained daily work log

-Evaluated field classification and description of soil samples obtained through the use of power auger and portable tow rig

-Responsible for supervising and directing work activities for 2 drilling crews consisting of 6 personnel

-Transposed the detailed site-plan layout work from blueprint plans to the field

-Supervised the crews while they performed subsurface exploration methods and material analysis at the early stages of design, and evaluated data collected from the following tests: “Split-Spoon Sampling”, “which involved the “Standard Penetration Test”; “Thin-Wall Tube Sampling” otherwise known as “Undisturbed Sampling”;“Consolidation”; “Rock-Core Sampling”; and “Vane-Shear Strength”

-Visually evaluated soil characteristics with respect to their qualitative components, and performed dry strength, dilatancy, plasticity, and dispersion tests on respective samples

-Supervised operations and maintained the daily logs on work performance and representative asphalt core field samples during highway core drilling operations

-Evaluated cores of the highway’s representative asphalt profile to assure quality control, and to corroborate the contractor’s work to be in accordance with contract specifications for the desired highway pavement thickness.

-Monitoring well installation.

EDUCATION:

S.U.N.Y. @ COBLESKILL, Cobleskill, N.Y.

A.A.S Degree: Science Laboratory Technology

S.U.N.Y. @ EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE, Hauppauge, N.Y.

B.S. Degree: Interdisciplinary Studies (Emergency Medical

Science/Emergency Medical Systems Management

NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Old Westbury, N.Y.

M.S. Degree: Environmental Technology

-Environmental Science -Environmental Audit/Design Project

-Principles of Waste Management -Environmental Risk Assessment

-Fundamentals of Air Pollution

-Hydrology and Groundwater Contamination

-Environmental Audits and Monitoring

-Environmental Toxicology

-Geophysics

-Environmental Modeling

-Environmental Instrumentation

SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Brentwood, N.Y.

Paralegal Certification Approved by the American Bar Association

TRAINING:

-Culvert Inspection

-Geographical Information System/Arc View

-Urban Erosion and Sedimentation Control

-OSHA Standards

-Hazardous Material Awareness

-Granular -Regulatory Review

-Soil Description -Site Hazard Recognition

-Soil Testing -Pre-Site Entry

-Ecological Recharge Basins -Personal Protective Equipment

-Erosion Control -Air Monitoring

-Storm-water Management -Invasive Species

-ASTM Phase I Site Assessments -DEC Pollution Prevention

-Computer Training (multiple programs) -Urban Drainage

-Access I -Wetlands Management

-WordPerfect I -Advanced Writing

-Micro-Station -Evidence Law

-How to Testify in Court -Employment Law Fundamentals

-Annual Landscape/Environment Training

-DEC Petroleum Bulk Storage Training

-FEMA IS-00700

-Water Quality Management of Highway Runoff/FHWA-NHI-142047

Community Service:

Bay Shore - Brightwaters Volunteer Rescue Ambulance: (1975 - 1990)

-15 years of Service/Life Member

- N.Y.S. E.M.T/A.E.M.T. and Rescue Diving certifications

- President of the Board of Directors (6 years), Secretary (1year), Advisor (1 year), Captain

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