Chad Graham, MBA, B.Sc.
Environmental Scientist at Nova Scotia Power- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Water Treatment Level II
Government of AlbertaJul, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Water Treatment Level 1
Government of AlbertaJul, 2014- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Nova Scotia Power
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Canada
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Utilities
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300 - 400 Employee
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Environmental Scientist
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Apr 2021 - Present
Environmental Scientist specializing in air emissions monitoring and quantification in thermal power generation. Work with teams across five (5) separate power generating facilities to support sustainability reporting, emissions monitoring and reporting (e.g., air emissions and GHG reports), regulatory compliance and communications, permit renewal applications, and Environmental Management Systems (EMS). Lead and manage contractors performing air emissions source testing, including safety leadership. Act as liaison between the contractors, plant management and staff, energy dispatch and marketing teams and government regulators to ensure testing is schedule, planned and implemented to satisfaction of all groups. Project management experience including planning, budgeting, and implementation of new ambient air monitoring stations. Work includes collaborating across various organizational departments (engineering, finance, capital projects, etc.), working with various vendors, contractors and government regulators and overseeing work scope to competition.
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Mercer International Inc.
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Canada
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Paper & Forest Products
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200 - 300 Employee
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Environmental Specialist
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Jan 2015 - Apr 2021
Environmental Specialist with a focus on compliance reporting with a wide variety of experiences and responsibilities.Advised management on operational issues with potential environmental impacts to air, water, wastewater, soil, and groundwater at daily production meetings and on an ad-hoc basis. Mentored, lead, and trained environmental lab technicians and water and wastewater treatment operators. Ownership of the company’s environmental compliance reporting in the areas of air emissions, soil monitoring, waste management, hazardous waste, NPRI, etc.A key contributor to permit renewal applications, specifically in the form of data analysis of all monitored environmental parameters.Oversaw operation of environmental management system to ISO 14001 standards. Duties included conducting internal audits, representing firm during external ISO audits, compiling and presenting annual performance data, tracking objectives, and initiating corrective actions. Experience in environmental project management including planning, budgeting, coordinating, and contractor supervision and management. Specifically oversaw an annual biosolids land application program with a yearly budget of approximately $1 million.Liaised with members of the public, provincial and federal regulators, auditors, and corporate management on an ad-hoc basis as it related to issues surrounding environmental performance.A member of the Emergency Response Team, Safety Steering Committee and Emergency Response Plan Review Committee.
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Environmental Technician
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Jun 2012 - Jan 2015
This role entailed working first as an environmental laboratory technician and then as a water and wastewater treatment operator.Laboratory experience included collecting and analyzing water and wastewater samples for regulatory and operational parameters such as total suspended solids (TSS), volatile suspended solids (VSS), chemical oxygen demand (COD), orthophosphate, ammonia, oxygen uptake rate, turbidity, and colour among others. Laboratory duties also included maintaining and calibrating laboratory equipment, data entry, cleaning glassware, maintaining chemical inventories, and maintaining clear and accurate calibrations records.Water and wastewater treatment experience included the treatment of 75,000 cubic meters per day of process water required to produce Kraft pulp, 140 cubic meters per day of potable water for employee consumption, and 65,000 cubic meters per day of process wastewater. Experience also included checks, inspections and troubleshooting of equipment such as pumps and motors and conducting operational tests on water and wastewater to ensure quality parameters are met and exceeded.
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Education
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2019 - 2022
Dalhousie University
MBA, Leadership -
2007 - 2011
Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Agriculture, Major in Environmental Science
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