Washington
Department of Public Works, Redmond, Washington, USA
At City of Redmond, as an Engineer for Department of Public Works. Worked on contract management and Right of Way permitting for commercial and residential properties. Projects included helping draft and review the following; Telecommunications 5G permitting, Master Licence Agreements, Redmond Zoning Code for Wireless Communication Facilities, Redmond Municipal Code for Wireless Communication Facilities.
SCS Engineers, Bellevue, Washington, USA
Landfill Environmental Projects:
Performed multi-media environmental monitoring consistent with regional and national environmental regulations in accordance with the sites' solid waste disposal permits and Environmental Monitoring Plans (EMPs). With sites across the United States and Canada.
Data management, performing quality assurance/control review of laboratory results, resolving data quality issues with the laboratory, and building and maintaining databases.
Computer modeling with Surfer, for contouring and surface modeling of groundwater for evaluation of watershed and aquifers. Design and drafting details in AutoCAD. Water quality analysis for chemical data evaluation with AquaChem, for statistical calculations, data analysis, water quality modeling, plotting, mapping and reporting.
Monitoring Well Development:
Oversight and management of well drilling, followed by well development and Control and Quality Assurance (CQA) of multiple, newly installed wells using a variety of methods including pumping, surging and bailing.
Stormwater and Wastewater:
Environmental Engineer responsible for performing quarterly wastewater monitoring and storm water monitoring activities, to insure design meets regulations, consistent with the site's wastewater discharge permits, NPDES permits and storm water pollution control plans (SWPCP). Performs sites' data management including performing quality assurance/control review of laboratory results and resolving data quality issues with the laboratory.
Industrial/Commercial Facility:
Environmental monitoring, permitting, and reporting consistent with the site's wastewater discharge permits, NPDES permits, storm water pollution control plans (SWPCP), and air discharge permits. Perform data management for various industrial and commercial facilities; performing quality assurance/control review of laboratory results, resolving data quality issues with the laboratory, and reporting for environmental compliance.
Construction CQA Projects:
Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) for the drilling and installation of Landfill Gas (LFG) collection wells, water quality monitoring wells, municipal landfill wastewater treatment system, leachate drainage and discharge systems, and for the installation of geo-synthetic liner and compacted clay cover for landfill closure.
Engineering Design Projects:
Assist in design, AutoCAD and hand drafting, for landfill gas extraction wells, leachate and gas conveyance pipe work, cut-fill and grading, road and ditch crossings, drainage networks, mapping gas well coverage and shut off points, as well as design details.
Data management; Track, check and update construction material bid quantities and landfill gas well schedule databases.
Computer Modeling, using U.S. E.P.A. Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance (HELP) computer model, written by the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Using the HELP computer model to calculate and evaluate landfill design and performance.
Laboratory Technician, Washington State University, Biological System Laboratory
Experience in a biological systems wet chemistry laboratory; including assisting with a variety of experiments in the field and in the laboratory, performing tasks ranging from environmental sampling in the field, running biological and chemical tests, to clean up and sterilization of laboratory equipment.
- Water quality sampling and testing for lakes, rivers and streams. E. Coli and Fecal Coliform testing with membrane filtration method.
- Total Coliform testing with field kits, both rapid gel and membrane filtration.
- Soil sorption tests for bacteria retention.
- Trace chemical and contaminates testing for water quality.
- Liquid-Liquid extractions (solvent extraction and partitioning), Solid phase extractions, and solid vapor extractions. As well as a number of other standard wet chemistry procedures.
Experience with the Following Equipment Operation
HPLC (High-performance liquid chromatography)
GC (Pyrolysis gas chromatography)
Autoclave Sterilize laboratory equipment
Centrifuge Separation of sample medium
Sonic bath Cleaning of laboratory equipment