Eric Lindeman

Experience

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  Ecology and Environment, Inc

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2000

  EPA / TAT and START Project Manager

  Prior Roles Held:• Training Group Leader of EPA Region 7/START 1 five-member training team, curriculum developer and lead instructor under Region 7 delivering over 100 programs, EPA Technical Assistance Team (TAT) contract for hazardous material, health and safety training of Federal, state, and local first responders and environmental staff.• Supported EPA and FEMA response to floods in Iowa and Missouri to manage hazardous materials and waste. Conducted field screening for hazardous materials to determine proper bulking and disposal methods and evaluated/helped set cleanup priorities for numerous affected industrial chemical storage areas.• Regional Health and Safety Coordinator: Administered Kansas City Office OSHA health and safety programs; reviewed field health and safety plans. Provided 40-hr and 8-hr annual HAZWOPER and other OSHA related training. Conducted field safety audits. Show less

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  Ecology and Environment, Inc.

  May 2000 - now

  Review of over 100 client and Corporate Health and Safety Plans with Job Hazards Analyses (JHAs) for site preparation and contingences; provide Occupational Health and Safety consulting. Administer corporate health and safety program in Seattle Office and emergency training/preparation/responder. Responsible for the development and implementation of 40-hr and 8-hr Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training programs. Support Hazardous Communications (HAZCOM)/Global Harmonization System (GHS), in-house medical surveillance and training programs, and warehouse activities. Review operations and preparation for OSHA and state regularly compliance.• Support Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) health and safety activities by evaluating existing procedures and making recommendations for improvement, conduct safety audits at EPA field sites to confirm that EPA and its contractors are in compliance with EPA, state, and OSHA guidance and preparation for emergencies.• Health and Safety Instructor: Develop curriculum and implement multiple training programs for OSHA, federal and state occupational health and safety, emergency response and preparation, and other technical training topics.• Play a key role on the Superfund Technical Assistance Response Team (START 4) field operations, providing emergency response, site investigation services, and cleanup monitoring and documentation for EPA Region 10 at sites located throughout WA, OR, AK, and ID. Support emergency response to hazardous materials and oil releases. Project manager for all field activities on hazardous waste removal cleanup actions, field air monitoring, chemical field characterization and identification, air and soil sampling, documentation, report writing, and preparation of training for public sector first responders, EPA, and internal staff. Show less Department of Transportation (DOT) and International Air Transport Association (IATA) Coordinator for Kansas City Office. Provide annual DOT/IATA training and review shipping activity for internal staff and clients.• Authored multiple state proposals to develop and deliver over 50, 40-hour HAZWOPER programs and reduced instructor support by 50%. Developed new Site Safety Officer Program that brought in over $60K/year, and a Hazardous Characterization (HAZCAT) Clandestine Laboratory Training for multiple state law enforcement clients bringing in over $35K/year. • Project manager for Homeland Protection Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP). Tabletop exercise for emergency management addressing public health bioterrorism/disaster response for pneumonic plague and provision of other emergency planning support for St. Louis Area Regional Response System (STARRS). Shreveport regional facilitator for Louisiana State wide Public Health and Hospitals two-day emergency management functional exercise. • Lead instructor of Incident Command System (ICS) 100-400 for tribal villages in western Alaska. • Supported EPA response to Katrina to manage hazardous material and waste. Show less

  • Regional Health and Safety Coordinator - Project Manager

    Jan 2010 - now

  • Corporate Project Manager

    May 2000 - Jan 2010