Hazardous Waste Management and Remediation Consultant (1314)
Expertise
- Hazardous waste management and remediation.
- Air pollution control technologies and economic assessment.
- Health and safety planning and training.
- Regulatory compliance and environmental compliance issues.
- Environmental consulting and business development.
- Industrial process evaluation, economic feasibility studies, project management.
Experience
Independent Consultant and Educator 1998 - Present
- Provide environmental consulting services to commercial and legal organizations on hazardous waste projects.
- Prepare engineering property condition surveys and environmental assessments for commercial lenders and real estate companies.
- Designed remediation systems for gasoline leaks at oil storage terminals and gas stations.
- Teach college level environmental and chemistry courses.
- Prepared manpower, scheduling, and budgetary estimates for environmental projects. Provided project quality control for commercial contracts.
- Directed team of engineers, geologists, and scientists conducting environmental remediation, environmental phase I/II assessments and indoor air quality, asbestos surveys, and abatement/air monitoring projects.
- Managed numerous CERCLA and hazardous waste projects involving remediation, design, and cleanup for Fortune 100 companies
- Managed numerous CERCLA and hazardous waste projects involving remediation, design, and cleanup for Fortune 100 companies, legal representatives and governmental agencies.
- Provided technical and management skills for preparation of RCRA permits for major corporations and U.S. Army sites.
- Supervised remedial actions for major corporations.
- Diversified, multi-disciplinary liaison, working together closely with various internal company departments.
- Developed client relationships and marketing approaches to build office work backlog.
- Managed engineers and scientists on environmental assessments and remediation projects.
- Analyzed and calculated remedial construction project takeoffs for vendor payments.
- Prepared proposals and initiated client contacts for marketing purposes.
- Managed CERCLA projects involving organic, inorganic, pesticide, asbestos, and PCB contamination.
- Prepared and reviewed project reports and documents prior to client receipt.
- Started new regional office, providing all chemical engineering expertise related to contamination issues.
- Recommended appropriate technologies for remediation and analytical protocols to meet data quality objectives.
- Developed quality control and assurance programs.
- Managed hazardous waste minimization and recycling studies.
- Responsible for environmental studies eliminating non-compliant disposal practices and improving waste management.
Honors & Publications
- Registered Professional Engineer
- Environmental Professionals Association of the Philadelphia Region (EPAPR), Ex-President and ~ Founder
- Former Industrial/Academic Chairperson, American Chemical Society
- Chemical Consultants Network, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Education
- New York University, M.S., Fluid Dynamics and Atmospheric Science
- Adelphi University, M.S., Organic Chemistry
- New York University, B.E., Chemical Engineering
- OSHA Health and Safety for Hazardous Waste Sites and Site Supervisor Training