Pete Quinn, Ph.D.

Experience

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  Canadian Forces

  Jun 1984 - Apr 1995

  Military Engineer

  I attended Royal Military College as a junior officer, then worked as a military engineer for several years following graduation. My duties included planning and execution of various construction projects (Bermuda, Ellesmere Island, Flin Flon Manitoba, Greenwood Nova Scotia) and engineering investigations (across Canada); management of a ~ 20-25 person engineering design office; deployment to former Yugoslavia for reconstruction of a war-damaged army camp; and instruction of new junior officers in leadership, management and airfield engineering. Show less

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  AGRA Earth and Environmental

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  Regional Manager, Northwest Ontario; Office Manager, Abbotsford

  Initially hired as an intermediate project geotechnical engineer in the Burnaby office, I took responsibility to manage a small office (5-8 staff) in Abbotsford, then moved to Ottawa where I started a new office and took responsibility for oversight of the Sudbury office. Duties typically involved preparation of proposals, planning and execution of field investigations, report writing, and planning and execution of geotechnical field supervision and testing during site development and foundation preparation. Show less

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  Department of National Defence

  Aug 1998 - Jul 2000

  Project Coordinator, Saglek PCB Clean Up and PIN-3 Emergency Fire Clean Up

  Responsible for coordinating the planning and implementation of site investigation (by ESG Kingston), design (by ESG for Saglek and WESA Ottawa for PIN-3) and implementation (by various contracts) of environmental site remediation of a major PCB-contaminated site in northern Labrador (Saglek), and of dioxan, furan and metals-impacted site at Lady Franklin Point, Nunavut. Work included planning and leadership of stakeholder consultations with multiple levels of government, including federal, provincial and aboriginal (Labrador Inuit Association for Saglek, Kitikmeot Inuit Association and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated for PIN-3). This included planning and conduct of public meetings in local community (Kugluktuk) for PIN-3. Show less

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  Defence Construction Canada

  Jul 2000 - Jul 2002

  Project Manager, DEW Line Clean Up

  My role was to manage this multi-year project for demolition and environmental remediation of 21 northern radar sites across Canada's arctic. My primary role was to lead the project management office, which was responsible for planning and execution of site investigations (completed by ESG Kingston), design (completed by UMA and EBA) implementation (contracts were initiated by tenders arranged by my staff) and post-clean up monitoring (through contracts arranged by my staff). I was also technical advisor in year-long negotiations between Department of National Defence and Nunavut Tunngavik for an economic cooperation agreement between the Inuit of Nunavut and Government of Canada, and coordinated regular Steering Committee meetings between the Government of Canada (represented by Director General Environment), the Inuit of Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit of the western Arctic. Show less

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  MGI Limited

  Oct 2002 - Jul 2005

  Senior Geotechnical Engineer

  I managed a wide variety of engineering investigations, including local development foundation investigations, investigations of subsidence over old coal mines, both official and bootleg, near Joggins, Nova Scotia and on Cape Breton near Dominion, coastal erosion work following Hurricane Juan, remediation of abandoned coal waste rock piles, and a large, multi-discipline investigation of erosion and sedimentation at a large army base in New Brunswick.

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  BGC Engineering Inc

  Feb 2009 - Oct 2022

  Principal Geotechnical Engineer

  I am a geotechnical engineer with broad experience across disciplines and business sectors, and primary interest and expertise in geohazard risk assessment. My work has been mainly focussed in the Americas, with projects in Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Saint Lucia, Dominican Republic, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Nepal, Alaska, Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, northern Ontario, southeast Ontario and British Columbia. I am primarily interested in landslides and other geological hazards, with an emphasis on GIS-based mapping of landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk. Much of my work has involved the planning and execution of large, complex, multi-year foundation investigations for potential mines, and I have been extensively involved in geologic and geotechnical investigations for major pipeline projects, with an emphasis on geohazards. Show less

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  Attempting retirement

  Oct 2022 - now

  Gainfully unemployed

  I have retired from active consulting as my wife has transitioned out of the military after more than 39 years of loyal service. I intend to try to stay retired, and time will tell...