Professional Profile
Career Objective
Obtain a position where I can maximize my management skills, quality assurance, education, and experience.
Personal Profile
Ms. Sims has over 13 years of experience in the characterization and analysis of groundwater, soils, and bedrock, as well as the assessment of local and regional geology as it may relate to environmental concerns for compliance with local, state and federal regulations. Specialization includes analytical and field data evaluation, slug testing and hydraulic conductivity analyses, physical/chemical hydrogeology, and project management. Ms. Sims’s other responsibilities include the performance of Phase I and II environmental assessments for private and public facilities, geotechnical subsurface investigations and hydrogeological investigations. Ms. Sims also has extensive field management experience with numerous drilling methodologies as they relate to geotechnical, environmental and groundwater investigations.
On several large scale environmental site investigations, Ms. Sims has effectively been able to implement a scope of work from start to finish by coordinating, communicating, scheduling, and dealing with site logistics in the most efficient manner possible.
Skills Summary
• Project Management
• Drilling Oversight
• Health and Safety
• Field Manager/Performing Authority
• Certified Dangerous Goods Shipper • Risk-based environmental assessments
• IEPA/IDEM/RCRA regulation experience
• Field skills including soil/groundwater sample collection
Professional Experience
URS Corporation – Chicago, Illinois November 2013 - Present
Principal Geologist (P5) responsible for management of various sized projects for Phase II environmental assessments and hydrogeologic investigations for private and public facilities. Current position is very similar to the previous position with more added responsibilities which include:
• Project management of various projects.
• Management of three direct reports.
• Coordination between field project personnel, subcontractors, and colleagues.
URS Corporation – Chicago, Illinois December 2010 - November 2013
Project Geologist (P4) responsible for management of various sized projects for Phase II environmental assessments and hydrogeologic investigations for private and public facilities. Other responsibilities and experience have included:
• Field management of multiple subsurface investigations at an active refinery and steel mill in Northwest Indiana. Responsible for budgeting field costs, developing and implementing scope of work plans, work planning and logistics, scheduling, health and safety risk assessments, field data quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC), permitting, shipping of dangerous goods, work plans, work execution plans, coordination with contractors, and interaction with client and Site Operational personal. Also acted as lead oversight/geologist and Performing Authority (active refinery) on field investigation activities for Soil/Groundwater/non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPL) and training of junior/entry level staff.
• Project management of an $11,000 Phase II Environmental Site Assessment project, project cost estimating/proposals, budget tracking, reporting, document quality reviews, scheduling and client liaison/business development activities.
• Management of three direct reports.
• Field management/oversight for drilling investigations using multiple drilling technologies (i.e. hollow-stem auger, direct-push, sonic, rotary wash), monitoring well installation, aquifer (slug) testing, remedial activities soil/groundwater (low flow) sampling, NAPL baildown testing, field instrument calibration and construction QA/QC.
• Field data collection and report completion for Phase II environmental assessments for private and public facilities, geotechnical subsurface investigations, and hydrogeological investigations.
• Significant role in the creation of Phase II Environmental Site Assessment reports, Comprehensive Site Investigation Reports and Remedial Objective Reports for the Illinois Site Remediation Program, and Brownfield Redevelopment Grant.
URS Corporation – Chicago, Illinois December 2007 – December 2010
Senior Geologist (P3) responsible for field management, field data collection and report preparation for geotechnical and environmental subsurface investigations and geological/hydrogeological investigations. Other responsibilities have included:
• Logging soil/environmental borings in accordance to the USCS soil classification system, and installation of monitoring/observation wells.
• Preparation/creation of geological/hydrogeological maps, cross-sections, site conceptual models, and reports. Completion of Phase II Environmental Site Assessments.
• Field manager responsible for quality control oversight, scheduling, budgeting, health and safety, and client and subcontractor interaction at a refinery in Blue Island, Illinois Tasks included oversight of quarterly and semi-annual groundwater sampling events, drilling and well installation events, and daily site activities along with client interaction. Responsible for several shipments of dangerous goods. Also acted as the lead geologist for logging over 200 borings during 3 separate soil/groundwater/NAPL investigations.
• Experience in the development of site conceptual models, including NAPL conceptual models, characterization and remediation techniques for NAPL ...
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