Experience

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  Acord surveying, inc.

  Mar 1985 - Nov 1990

  Surveyor/permit technician

  Surface Mine Permit Technician/Transitman – Preparation of surface mining/reclamation and NPDES permits, including surveying and inspection of drainage structures and valley fills. Performed property surveys and plats under the supervision of a licensed land surveyor.

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  M.a.e. services, inc.

  Nov 1990 - Feb 1995

  Environmental permitting manager

  Responsible for maintaining mining/reclamation and NPDES permits, including inspection and certification of drainage structures, fills, and refuse impoundments, water monitoring and reporting, underground ventilation surveys, and other miscellaneous permit applications.

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  Pittston coal management company

  Feb 1995 - Nov 2003

  Environmental permitting manager

  Responsible for maintaining mining/reclamation and NPDES permits, including inspection and certification of drainage structures, fills, and refuse impoundments; supervision of new permit applications prepared by consultants; water monitoring and reporting; use of AutoCAD/SURVCADD; and assist with computer network maintenance.

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  Appalachian fuels, llc

  Nov 2003 - Dec 2006

  Permitting manager - wv operations

  Responsible for maintaining mining/reclamation and NPDES permits and supervision of new permit applications prepared by consultants, working closely with the regulatory agencies, inspection and certification of drainage structures, fills, and refuse impoundments; water monitoring, air emission inventories, toxic release inventories, and reporting to regulatory agencies; proficient in the use of AutoCAD/SURVCADD, Microsoft Office and other miscellaneous computer applications.

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  United coal company

  Jan 2007 - Apr 2015

  Manager of environmental permitting and compliance

  Responsible for maintaining mining/reclamation and NPDES permits, inspection and certification of drainage structures, fills, and refuse impoundments, supervision of new permit applications prepared by numerous consultants, water monitoring, air emission inventories, toxic release inventories, greenhouse gas inventories and reporting to regulatory agencies, proficient in AutoCAD/SURVCADD, Microsoft Office and other miscellaneous programs; Managed environmental compliance for WV, VA, & KY mining operations, implemented environmental compliance audit system and reduced the number of environmental violations and improved environmental compliance by 90% throughout the company during this time, conducted annual Environmental Summits to celebrate these achievements. Show less

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  Wv division of highways

  Nov 2015 - Nov 2017

  Highway engineer associate
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  Wv doh

  Nov 2017 - Aug 2023

  Highway engineer

  Permits Unit - Review Corps of Engineers, NPDES, and 401 Certification permit applications.

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  Wvdep

  Aug 2023 - now

  Engineer

  Mining and Reclamation permit review