Laboratory Technician Treatment Plant

PROFFESIONAL SUMMARY

Skilled chemical laboratory technician with over ten years’ experience in Wastewater Control having held diverse positions within the field. Proficient in Microsoft Office, QA/QC analysis, NPDES monthly operating report to complete report writing and permit approvals. Skilled communicator and great with time management and proactive in maintenance and replacement of laboratory instrumentation.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Driver/Crew Hauler

Triple N Farms: 2015-2019

Provided transportation for construction crews covering Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri

Completed maintenance on vehicle and kept records for billing

Assisted in obtaining information on accommodations for longer trips

Owner

HHBL Consulting: 2011-2014

Assisted with wastewater and drinking water management projects within Ohio and Northern Michigan

Documented findings and wrote up recommendations

Consulted with clients to specify desired process engineering to be updated

Temporary Environmental Laboratory Technician

Husky Energy-Lima Refinery: 2012

Calibrated, operated, and maintained instrumentation for the chemical analysis of oily wastewater, industrial discharges, and cooling towers

Entered data into Winbliss database

Wastewater Reclamation Operator III

Montgomery County Sanitary Engineering Department: 2006-2011

Obtained Water Supply Treatment Operator Certification: Ohio EPA

Operated and maintained 40 million gallon per day wastewater plant

Utilized forklift and crane licensure to remove debris and screening hoppers

Adjusted flow rate and chlorine dosages for proper chemical balances

Recorded and tabulated hourly and daily readings for pH, digester readings, temperatures, and sampling devices

Completed painting and maintenance of treatment plant and equipment

Laborer

City of Lima Wastewater Treatment Plant: 2005

Maintained lawn care utilizing mowers, and small hand tools

Performed pH and TSS levels, and Settelometer for plant processes

Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Level IV

Kwajalein Range Services: 2001-2005

Earned certifications: Voluntary Wastewater Laboratory Analyst II-OWEA/ABC, Class III Wastewater Operator-Ohio EPA, and Class II Wastewater Operator-ABC Certification

Presented data and process charts to contractors and Army CHPPM department at Aberdeen Proving Grounds; created the Excel database for these reports

Performed routine maintenance of blowers, filtrations, clarifiers in chain flight systems, flow meters and other measuring devices

Traveled for offsite factory training

Replaced 316L stainless steel joints, valves, and piping for waste control to PVC materials for conveyance of salt brine waste material

Wastewater Control Chemist III

City of Sidney Water Pollution Control Facility: 2000-2001

Calibrated instrument and performed analysis: CBOD, Nitrates/nitrates, ammonia-nitrate, suspended solids, COD, ORP, and microbiological examinations

Prepared calibration standards, reference standards, reagents, and stock inventory for necessary analysis

Recorded and processed QA/QC data

Chemist II

TestAmerica Commercial /Contract Laboratory: 1998-2001

Prepared samples for following parameters: pesticides, herbicides, PCBs, BNAs, PAH

Maintained Dionex 300 ASE equipment for accelerated solvent extraction methods

Utilized GC/MS analysis to obtain results for solid waste, soils, wastewater and drinking water.

EDUCATION

St. Olaf College Northfield, MN

Quantitative Chemical Analysis (5 semester hours of Chemistry course work)

Wright State University Dayton, OH

Environmental Health Sciences (57 credit hours completed)

University of Dayton Dayton, OH

Pre-medicine program (15 Semester hours)

AFFILIATIONS

Member of Lake Improvement Association January 2019 - Present

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