Environmental Scientist

LaShanda M. Dockery

**** ********* **.,

North Richland Hills, TX 76180

817-***-****

*********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: To obtain an environmental specialist position in the environmental field and apply practical and theoretical environmental knowledge to meet and exceed company and client expectations.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Resource Management, December 2007

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu HI

Course taken included:

GIS Plant Ecology and Environmental Measures

Natural Resource Management Map and Aerial Interpretation

Soil Science Biogeography

Environmental Problem Solving Organic/ Bio Chemistry

Biology Environmental Policy

Associates of Science, May 2005

University of South Carolina, Beaufort SC

PROFESSIONAL

REGISTRATIONS: OSHA HAZWOPWER 40-Hour Certification with 8hr refresher

Basic First Aid, CPR and AED

OSHA Lead-Based Paint Awareness Course 8hr, PTH

ERSI Learning ArcGIS Desktop 24 hr course

Fire Extinguisher Education & Awareness Program

EXPERIENCE: Hawaii International Environmental Services, Inc. [HIES, Inc.]

October 2007 to October 2008, Kailua, HI

Environmental Scientist/GIS Tech 1

• USMC, Puuloa Training Facility, De-lead and Reconstruct Berm, Iroquois Point, HI.

Site Safety Officer / Temporary QC Manager responsible for ensuring project was implemented in compliance with all environmental safety and health laws and regulations. Conducted daily tailgate safety meetings, site safety inspections, and enforced all safety rules. Prepared and submitted daily contractor production reports and quality control reports. Conducted quality (QC) control meetings for navy client when (QC) manager was unavailable.

• Environmental Phase I Site Assessments, Various Locations, HI.

Performed Phase I ESAs on various properties; which included state land use designations of agricultural, undeveloped, commercial, and industrial.

• DOE, Diesel UST Removal from High School, Wahiawa, HI.

Site Manager / Site Health and Safety Officer responsible for ensuring project was implemented in compliance with all environmental safety and health laws and regulations. Prepared Site Health and Safety Plan and Work Plan. Other responsibilities including procuring surveyor, field monitoring, collecting soil samples for laboratory analysis and preparing compliance report.

• Health and Safety Plans, Environmental Projects, Hawaii.

Prepared numerous health and safety plans for environmental projects throughout Hawaii. The plans included the responsibilities of field personnel, potential site hazards, hazardous materials or chemicals at the site, specifications for personal protective equipment, general first aid requirements, medical surveillance requirements, training requirements, air surveillance, decontamination procedures, and emergency response procedures.

• Kaiser Permanente, Hawaii Region Hazmat Survey, Various Sites, Oahu, Maui, Hawaii. Responsible for editing HAZMAT Survey reports and creating sample location maps using AutoCAD.

• USAF Improved Family Housing Project, Japan. Responsible for updating the attribute table for the GPS Sample Location and Analytical Results Map, by analyzing lab results for lead concentrations per house. Attribute tables were updated periodically throughout the renovation phase of the project.

• UH Manoa, UH Law and Library. Responsible for converting pdf floor plans to GIS and AutoCAD formats. Created sample location maps using the converted AutoCAD floor plans.

• USCG, Demolish Former Gas Station and Remove/Close UST, Honolulu HI.

Responsible for writing closure report for DOH.

• Request for Profesion Services, Various Sites, HI. Responsible for creating a proposal using SF form 330, DPW 120 forms, and any other requested information such as SOQs or brochures.

• Sand Island Waste Treatment Plant, Dewatering, Honolulu, HI.

Responsible for gauging monitoring wells, testing sand concentration in ground water, and data entry.

EXPERIENCE

(Continued): Dawson Group, Inc.

August 2006 to December 2007, Honolulu, HI

Intern / Junior Scientist / Admin Support

• O&M and RAC Projects, Various task, Hawaii:

 Field Services (i.e. soil testing, monitoring well gauging, O&M for oil/water separator and soil vapor extraction)

 Technical Report Writing; which included recommendations for environmental projects

 Cost Estimates and Material Purchasing

 Created Project Files

 Trained new employees on field task (i.e. gauging, monitoring, and sampling)

 Data entry

• Administrative Support:

 Responsible for the collection of exempt employee timesheets and data entry of craft labor timesheets

 Performed all administrative duties from May to August 2007

 Trained new employees on admin related task

VOLUNTEER

ACTIVITIES: -Assisted with the collection and identification of juvenile fish and shrimp in the coastal wetlands of SC.

-Assisted with rebuilding nest for the endangered Booby birds at Kaneohe Marine Base, Hawaii.

SKILLS: -GPS

-IP Probe

-YSI Environmental Monitoring (lowflow monitoring)

-Soil Testing

-Groundwater Testing

-Computer: Microsoft Office 2000 (Word, Excel, Power Point), AutoCAD, ArcGIS, Canvas, Deltek Advantage

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