Director

• Jan 2023 - Present

Environmental Health and Safety Sr. Project Manager

• Jul 2017 - Jan 2023

Environmental Manager

• Nov 2011 - Jul 2017

Duties and responsibilities included the following: Supervise environmental mitigation implementation to ensure a working partnership between environmental compliance and efficient construction performance; Facilitate coordination between construction crews, biological, cultural and paleontological monitors, the client, the client's agents, and local, state, and federal agencies; Ensures compliance with project environmental regulations per the Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement, and the standards set forth by agencies such as the USDA Forest Service and the California Public Utilities Commission; Perform staking and surveys to ensure construction impact is kept to the minimum approved footprint and also supervise best management practices crews; Work in partnership with agencies such as the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Bureau of Land Management, the County of Riverside, the South Coast and Coachella Valley Air Quality Management Districts, the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health, California Emergency Management Agency, and others to ensure proper environmental compliance; Design, prepare, and implement comprehensive, professional environmental plans, reports and other project data resources. Show less

Environmental Biologist

• Jan 2011 - Jun 2011

Biological Monitor

• Sep 2010 - Jan 2011

Environmental Specialist I

• Jun 2009 - Sep 2010

Collect (lead field crews), maintain (data base development and data entry), and managed environmental and biological (flora and fauna) data for Cal/EPA State Water Resource Control Board's Region 8 watershed monitoring program. Write annual monitoring reports including data analysis and interpretation using a variety of statistical software packages.  Develop and implement project plans for the monitoring of new restoration projects to comply with EPA 305(b) requirements. Act as a liaison for CSULB SEAL during agency meetings and with communications among project stakeholders.  Conduct Riverine wetland delineation surveys and habitat quality assessments using the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM). Show less

Biologist/ Taxonomist

• Sep 2007 - Jun 2009

 Collect (lead field crews), maintain (data base development and data entry), and managed environmental and biological (flora and fauna) data for a variety of watershed, POTW NPDES compliance permits, and ocean monitoring (contaminated soil dredging project monitoring, construction projects, and routine discharge monitoring) programs throughout southern California. Act as a liaison for ABC during agency meetings and with communications among project stakeholders.  Conducted multitude of surveys for endangered species (Arroyo Chubs and Tidewater Gobys), marine invertebrate communities, habitat assessments, and water chemistry collection and analysis. Conducted Riverine wetland, Depressional wetland, Playa wetland, Estuarine wetland, Lacuastrine wetland, and Slope wetland delineation surveys and habitat condition assessments using CRAM.  Other duties included freshwater aquatic invertebrate SAFIT level-2 identification, technical report writing, map making and spatial data analysis utilizing ArcGIS software, and the analysis and interpretation of collected environmental data. Show less

Laboratory Technician

• Jan 2005 - Sep 2007

 Preformed routine freshwater and marine toxicology tests (following standardized EPA protocols) for NPDES compliance permits. Conducted chlorophyll A and AFDM analysis.  Field sampling (chemical and biological data), data entry and analysis using both ToxCalc and CETIS, and routine lab work (initiation, refreshing, and brake-down of toxicology tests).  Updated SOP’s for toxicity tests to comply with current EPA methodology.  Preformed routine freshwater and marine toxicology tests (following standardized EPA protocols) for NPDES compliance permits. Conducted chlorophyll A and AFDM analysis.  Field sampling (chemical and biological data), data entry and analysis using both ToxCalc and CETIS, and routine lab work (initiation, refreshing, and brake-down of toxicology tests).  Updated SOP’s for toxicity tests to comply with current EPA methodology.