Environmental Investigator III

Mariol Gefers

Houston, TX • 713-***-**** • adhtyb@r.postjobfree.com

Highly reliable Environmental Investigator with strong understanding of federal and state environmental rules & regulations. An organized team player with a strong attention to detail and willingness to learn. Qualified in identifying and understanding complex environmental hazards.

Bachelor of Science, B.S., St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX – August 2011 - May 2015

Major: Environmental Science & Policies with a focus in Biology

TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS

•40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER - May 2018

•8-hour OSHA HAZWOPER Refresher - March 2019 & June 2020

•FEMA NIMS: ICS-100.b, 200.b, 700.a, and 800.b – March 2018

•Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) training seminars by McCoy and Associates - August 2019

•Environmental Sampling Training by A&M TEEXS - April 2019

•64-hour Process Equipment Training from the College of the Mainland certified - May 2019

•Chain of Custody Training (for laboratory sampling)- March 2018

•Basic Waterworks Training - March 2018

•Hotzone Hazmat Training - October 2019

•Disaster Response Strike Team Natural Disaster Operational Workgroup Training - April 2018

•Excellent Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Siebel, and PowerPoint skills

•Strong report writing skills and high attention to detail

•Proficient in Spanish

•Immense ability to work under pressure, flexible and adaptable

•Strong organization, planning, time management skills and deadline oriented

Environmental Investigator III, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Houston, TX February 2018 – Present

Conducts complex environmental investigations while preparing comprehensive reports.

Perform Industrial and Hazardous Waste (IHW) compliance audits of Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (CESQG), Small Quantity Generator (SQG) and Large Quantity Generator (LQG) and assist in Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDF) audits.

Conduct Municipal Solid Waste compliance audits.

Conduct municipal solid waste and IHW complaint investigations.

Conduct Emergency Response investigations: spill incident evaluations.

Performed public water supply (PWS) compliance audits, complaint investigations, level 1 assessments for positive bacteriological water samples.

Assisted in Wastewater compliance audits and Aggregate Production Operation investigations.

strong understanding of RCRA, Clean Water Act and Texas Risk Reduction Program.

Conduct water and soil sampling for analysis.

Carry out 24-hour on-call duties and a member of the Disaster Response Strike Team (DRST).

Peer Review fellow investigators’ reports for quality assurance.

Provide technical assistance and information to the public regarding state and federal regulations.

Mentor new hires and updated investigator new hire information binders in PWS.

Experience with reading and interpreting contracts and permits.

Strong technical report writing skills and ensuring that deadlines are met.

Certificate Operations Specialist, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Austin, TX July 2017 – January 2018

Provide efficient service using outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.

Data Entry: Compiled, verified accuracy and sort information according to priorities to prepare source data for computer entry. Inserted customer

and account data by inputting text based and numerical information from source documents within time limits.

Strong understanding of Casualty and Property Insurance coverages.

Analyzed and interpreted insurance contracts to create certificates of insurance.

High attention to detail to ensure accurate coverages to corporate clients. Reviewed data for deficiencies or errors, reconciled any incompatibilities if possible and checked output.

Complied with data integrity and security policies, keeping information confidential.

Intern, Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve, Austin, TX January 2015 – May 2015

Responsible for executing several projects and tasks while performing inspections to promote conservation efforts.

Assisted with a research project for Texas Parks and Wildlife to determine numbers of hikers on the trails and any effects on wildlife; use of Microsoft Excel to enter data compiled from trail counter; submitted a master spreadsheet.

Performed fieldwork using a GPS mapping species of rare flora and fauna and insert into Inaturalist using basic skills with ArcGIS and conduct creek water quality testing.

Provided educational tours of the preserve including history, plants, animals and projects. Also, created and led volunteer groups to provide maintenance on the preserve.

Presided over a research project removing invasive plants, created a written report with suggestions to supervisor, and assisted with student research projects on the preserve.

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