James Valley, REM

Experience

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  City of Dallas

  Oct 2017 - Aug 2019

  While working for my local recreation center. My primary responsibilities in this position include:-Overseeing after school program.-Coordinating transportation/pick up for children in after school program.-Organizing recreational events.-Communicate with community on facility updates and events.-Tutor/Mentor-Develop after school, winter, and summer programs that encourage teamwork and physical activity.-Opening and End of shift responsibilities.-Maintain facility inventory.-CPR certified-Van Certified Show less While working as a Parks and Recreation Assistant for Campbell Green Recreation Center, I took an interest in environmental compliance. After speaking with some of the Environmental Coordinators who conducted lectures for the PKR department, I spoke with the department head about creating an internship/shadowing position. After obtaining the PKR Environmental Position, my duties were to attend city ran environmental training courses and shadow PKR Envrionmental Coordinators during environmental audits. Show less

  • Recreation Assistant

    Jun 2015 - Aug 2019

  • Dallas Parks and Recreation Environmental Department Intern

    Oct 2017 - Dec 2017
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  City of Lewisville

  Aug 2019 - May 2020

  Helped coordinate a recycling program to reduce residential recycling contamination levels. My duties were to survey cities in North Texas as well as across the country on their methods to reduce residential recycling contamination levels, create a communication outreach plan to inform residents, develop a recycling audit plan to tag recycling carts, collect data on contamination levels using GIS software, and lastly encourage proper waste disposal methods to mitigate high levels of known residential recycling contamination. Show less Developed and enhanced the City of Lewisville Infrastructure utilizing GIS technology. Projects:-Developing interactive 3-D city model for public use.-Enhanced and updated city wide street network features.-Coordinated with multiple municipal departments on updating residential data sets for first responders.-Created transportation maps for citywide events.-Conducted research on methods to further improve City of Lewisville street network and residential data sets. Show less

  • Recycling and Solid Waste Intern

    Feb 2020 - May 2020

  • Geographic Information Systems Analyst

    Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
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  Empire Petroleum Partners, LLC

  Apr 2020 - Apr 2021

  Regional Environmental Manager

  Manage company operated and applicable wholesale locations environmental compliance to meet or exceed federal, state and local regulations. Other responsibilities include:-Maintain positive professional relationship with all federal, state, and local environmental officials. -Respond to any discrepancies or violations immediately and ensure the appropriate resolution is reached without exceeding deadlines. -Track, maintain, and distribute up to date environmental compliance documentation for company operated and applicable wholesale locations.-Maintain accurate up to date environmental compliance databases and tracking documents.-Develop, implement, and coordinate emergency response to release and vapor intrusion events.-Meet or exceed federal, state, local, and established company thresholds for fuel inventory control. -Address fuel over/short variance issues expeditiously and take the appropriate action to resolve.-Prepare annual environmental budget, business plan, and annual performance reviews to meet established deadline. Monitor and control spending activity to ensure cost is within or below budget. Show less

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  KJE, Environmental & Civil Engineering

  Mar 2021 - now

  Environmental Project Manager

  Environmental Compliance Responsibilities:Complete environmental compliance projects for industrial, manufacturing, and oil & gas clients. Other duties include Toxics Release Inventories (TRIs), Tier II Reporting, SWPPPs, SPCCs, Air Permitting, Air Emission Inventories, PST compliance, Pollution Prevention (P2) Plans, Toxic Organics Management Plans (TOMPs), Subchapter T Development Applications, Waste Reporting, Stormwater Compliance, and Environmental Auditing.Environmental Due Diligence Responsibilities:Perform Phase I & II Environmental Site Assessments, wetland delineation, installation of temporary & permanent wells, water availability studies, soil classification, water sampling, and oil & gas remediation projects. Show less