environmental engineer, safety and weapons expert Resumes in US: Clifford

environmental engineer, safety and weapons expert Resume

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Clifford

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Experience:

10+ yrs

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Willing to Travel:

Yes

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environmental engineer, safety and weapons expert

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Objective:

My objective is to review options in both environmental engineering and security areas to reassess my current career path. I actively teach/train individuals/groups in security issues such as self-protection and survival ("street smarts"), and I hope to combine this with my extensive environmental engineering/safety knowledge and experience, to address many possible concerns, including those of local and national security.

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--HAZMAT
--HAZMAT 40-Hour Hazardous Waste and Waste Safety Course
--Safety and Health Training for Hazardous Waste Operations
--Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
--Hazard Communications
--Confined Space Awareness Program
--Confined Space Operation Awareness
--On-Scene Incident Commander
--OSHA Hazardous Material Site Worker Annual Recertification
--OSHA On-Site Management and Supervision Course
--Asbestos Removal Training
--Lead Abatement and Management Course
--Radon Testing
--Underground and Above Ground Tank Removal and Testing
--Mercury Spill Clean-Up and Management
--Lab Packing of Hazardous Materials and Management

SKILLS
--Multiple certifications in the environmental field.
--Administers large dollar volume budgets and assures conformance with policies outlined by stockholders.
--Assesses the organizational needs in terms of cost-efficiency and effective operations.
--Designs, develops, and implements procedures for all facets of multimillion dollar environmental waste plants, including prototype programs, instruction manuals, regulations, and training.
--Supervises and renovates all aspects of production, meeting operational and regulatory requirements, OSHA, EPA, DER, DOT, and RECRA standards, and safety direction, involving development and monitoring of equipment, tanks, facility, and personnel.
--Inspects and ensures that government manifests are in accordance with federal regulations.
--Develops more viable and effective systems of procurement of supplies and equipment.
--Updates, documents, maintains, and negotiates bided and existing contracts.
--Project Manager for Emergency Response/Spill Correction Team.
--Researches, develops, and modifies chemical treatment units, oil systems, filter units, column systems, and thin film operations.
--Responsible for the handling of hazardous waste drums and contents. Specializes in tank cleaning.

WORK HISTORY

Thomas Environmental and Consulting: Improving the Environment, Suitland, MD
Owner and CEO, 1996-Present
Handles hazardous and non-hazardous waste, including:
--Nuclear and biological contaminants
--Biological waste removal
--Hazardous waste management
--Emergency spill clean-up
--PCBs clean-up and removal from transformers
--Nerve gas removal
--Anthrax clean-up
--Mercury spill clean-up
--Lead removal
--Mold and mildew removal
--Radon testing
--Waste oil removal
--Underground tank cleaning and removal
--Above-ground tank cleaning and removal
--Arsenic clean-up and removal
--Fire restoration
--Contaminated soil removal
--Lab packing and soil sampling

A&A Environmental Services, Baltimore, MD
Superintendent and Environmental Manager, 1989-1995
Responsible for field operations of hazardous and non-hazardous waste clean-up and disposal.
Superintendent and Project Manager for Emergency Response Team in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
--Evaluated and performed complete audit of waste management requirements after on-site sampling and analysis.
--Developed cost-effective disposal plan that addressed specific immediate and long-term needs.
--Responsible for safety and environmental inspections, tank testing, soil recycling/site remediation, and tank and bilge cleaning.
--Evaluated and recommended alternative treatment methods and recycling opportunities that are safe and economical.
--Supervised on-site collection, transportation, disposal, and recycling/recovery services as needed: incineration, fuel blending aqueous treatment, recycling/recovering, and secure chemical landfill.
--Supervised the transportation and disposal of drums, lab packing, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
--Supervised cleaning and disposal of PCBs, lead, chrome, arsenic, nerve gas, solvent waste, and biological waste.
--Supervised cleaning of hazardous and non-hazardous above- and below-ground petroleum and chemical tanks, oil-water separators, lines and drains of contaminants.

Industrial Solvents & Chemicals, Emigsville, PA
Plant Manager/Lead Engineer/Safety Director, 1985-1989
Solvent Recovery Plant
--Developed modifications and expansion of existing plant, including tanks, distillery equipment, solvent removal system, and drum farm of the multimillion dollar project.
--Prototype Engineer: Worked in collaboration with Pennsylvania State University, removing solvents from solids to allow sludge acceptance in non-hazardous landfills. Involved extensive research and interface with the university¡¦s research laboratory.
--Received various flammable waste, recycled and retained reusable materials, and incinerated liquids/solids and tank bottoms.
--Processed heavy solids through thin film encompassing the filtering of all thinners from plaint sludge; sent thinner to drying tank, adding salt to extract all water out of material; had results tested by laboratory and operational managers. Upon standard acceptance and regulatory adherence, product returned to customer; solids sent to holding tank.
--Column system runs of boiler steam, concentrating on methanol, methaline chloride, acetone, and Tri-111; materials were recycled, removing unwanted additives, and clean materials sent back to the customer.
--Drum crushing involving steaming and cleaning of hazardous drums unsafe for landfills.
--Training Processes:
o Daily reading and documentation: log-in operations
o Engineering Development (existing and new plant)
o Developed laboratory and engineering solvent removal plan with Pennsylvania State University.
o Worked with DER, EPA, DOT, and OSHA to set up new regulations for plant operations.

WSSC Water Treatment Plant, Piscataway, MD
Plant Superintendent, 1985
--Wastewater treatment and removal of solids and raw materials.

Chem-Clear, Corporate Headquarters, Baltimore, MD
Plant Superintendent/Engineer, 1979-1985
First hazardous waste treatment facility in the United States.
--Performed chemical treatment functions in accordance with instructions received from the chief chemist.
--Maintained and operated all equipment, including pumps, clarifiers, dewatering filters, agitators, etc., enduring an acceptable level of cleanliness in the plant.
--Coordinated training of all plant operating personnel, transmitting operating instruction regarding all elements of the plant and the plant¡¦s function. Also developed shift leaders.
--Developed maintenance schedules to be adhered to by plant personnel. Responsible for quality assurance of all spare pumps, motors, and other operating equipment. Maintained the level of sludge accumulating in the holding tanks or vessels of all types, preventing quantity to accumulate and interfere with plant operations.
--Responsible for continuing training programs for all personnel to broaden each individual¡¦s experience and to create interchange ability of function and operation of newer, more expanding equipment as plant developed. Included annual reviews and modifications of personnel assignments or change in individual salaries.

Chem-Clear Hazardous Waste Treatment Facilities¡XChester, PA; Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; Baltimore, MD
Plant Superintendent/Engineer, 1979-1985
--Helped design and build the facility.
--Did all the research related to operating the facility and trained personnel.
--Treated both liquid and solid hazardous waste.

Organic Recycling, Inc., Washington, DC
Plant Manager, 1973-1978
First plant t use raw and digester sludge and turn it into fertilizer.
--Performed all research and development, organization, and promulgation of plans and procedures for the operation of the wastewater plant.
--Operated activated sludge sewage treatment plants with tertiary equipment, incinerator to burn sludge, pumping stations, machines, equipment, and usage of materials.
--Gained knowledge of the chemical and physical processes involved with operating practices of a wastewater treatment plant; performed wastewater treatment in the laboratory.
--Worked with sanitary construction, inspection, design, and solids plant start-up. Responsible for overall supervision and direction of plant operations, utilization of staff, equipment, and treatment of raw/digestive sludge, creating fertilizer and fuel for operations.
--Implemented necessary manuals, pamphlets, and documentation for the various departments throughout the plant, such as housekeeping and safety, start-up procedures, operating procedures, shutdown procedures, inspection, and emergency procedures.

MARTIAL ARTS HISTORY

EXPERTISE
--Child Safety/Protection from Child Molesting and Child Snatching
--Street Smarts/Self-Defense for Children, Adults, and Senior Citizens
--Anger Management/Peer Pressure
--Terrorist Tactics
--Close-Quarter Tactical
--Weapons

Tae Kwon Do Ramblers Self-Defense Systems: We Lead by Example
President and CEO, 1970-Present
Began studying and training in martial arts in 1964 and has black belts in five different martial arts styles.
Has trained over 5,000 students in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.
Serves as a member of several boards of directors of Halls of Fame worldwide.
--1989: Named Head Coach of Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Potomac Valley Team, which was the first to win the Olympic competition in martial arts for the Potomac Valley region.
--1992: Founder of the Brotherhood of Martial Artist Association.
--1994/95: Promoter Plus Referee of the Year
--1996/97: Board of Directors, Martial Arts Federation for World Peace and the World Youth Federation of World Peace
--1997: Nominated for Presidential Award Volunteer of the Year by President William Jefferson Clinton; International Black Belt Hall of Fame Instructor of the Year; Promoters Plus Living Legends Award
--1998: The World Martial Arts Hall of Fame Diamond Life Achievement Award; Sokeship, Head Founders, Lead Families, Grand Masters Council¡XThe Degree of Professor of Martial Arts; International Black Belt Hall of Fame Pinicel Award
--1999: World Christian Martial Arts and Pastoral Hall of Fame Diamond Life Achievement Awards; International Blackbelt Hall of Fame Diamond Crystal Award of Spirit; Founding Member of the United States Head of Family Martial Arts Association
--2000: Distinguished Soke Award from the World Martial Arts League, Frankfurt, Germany; Member of Board of Directors, International Council of Higher Martial Arts Education; Founding Member and Executive Vice President of U.S. Head of Family Martial Arts Association; Founder and CEO of Saving the Children and Who¡¦s Saving Them International
--2001: Unsung Hero Award from the City of Washington, D.C.; Presidential Award from President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush¡Xon this occasion, it was noted that ¡§Dr. Thomas is known as the Pied Piper of martial arts for children.¡¨
--2002: Honored as one of the very few non-Asian Americans to receive rank under General Chai of Korea and also one of the few non-Asian Americans to receive rank from the World Korean Martial Arts Union.
--2005: Doctorate in Philosophy and Martial Arts Sciences, Saudi Arabia
--2005: International School of the Year, Hall of Honor, Hall of Champions, United States Head of Family Martial Arts Association
--2005: Elite Man of the Year, Tae Kwon Do, Hall of Honor, Hall of Champions, United States Head of Family Martial Arts Association

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