Environmental Engineering Environmental Engineering Career Typical Career Entry level and beyond the good the bad and the ugly Getting paid Ramen noodles or Chinese buffet How do I get hired ID: 767928
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Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering Career Typical CareerEntry level and beyond: the good, the bad, and the uglyGetting paid…. Ramen noodles or Chinese buffetHow do I get hired Experience anyone ? Career Advancement OpportunitiesYou get out what you put inMagnificence vs. MediocrityWhat Consultants really doCase Studies – Saving the work one site at a time
Typical Career Entry Level - $20s to $50sGeologists, Engineers, Environmental ScientistsField work…Field work…Field workTravel….Travel….Travel Most important part of your career… getting your feet wet Long days and long weeks Work rolls down hill…you are the gopherBasics carry on to the next levelProject Management - $50s to $70sField work + ManagementLonger days Client contact/proposals/reports Seller/Doer
Typical Career Senior Project Manager - $70s to $100sOffice work…..Office work…..Office work (can someone please get me outta here)Monday thru Friday, 8 – 5 …. mostly Managing projects and directing traffic Work rolls back up hill… you are responsibleDivision Manager/Vice President - $100s +Same as above, more responsibility, better payOwner - $the sky’s the limitOnly a few
How do I get hired? Out of CollegeGood grades, good looks, good luckAny experience???Past work at Wendy’s etc. very importantReferences are important Switching Jobs Who do you know… referrals? How can you help the new company?Be the guy/gal a recruiter wants to put in front of his/her client.Never move laterally. Move up the ladder or don’t move at all.
Career Advancement Opportunities Steps to the Top – (Zig Ziglar)Never….. ever…. burn a bridge. Everybody knows somebody at another company somewhere Be THE go to employee“Magnificence vs. Mediocrity” – Rich DeVos“If better is possible than good is not enough” – John Maxwell Arrive early, stay late, skip lunchAsk for more work, even if you have enough. Consulting can be feast or famine Never turn down work….. unless you are going on vacation Keep those antenna’s up…. Networking
What Consultants Do Assess properties for environmental liability risk to our clients – Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA)Identification of Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs)Should your client buy the property or not?Can your client get a discount on the property due to presence of REC? Buyer liability and property valuation. In most cases, the mess is irrelevant, it is the $$$.
What Consultants Do How do we complete a Phase I ESA? - $2KSite Visit – a picture speaks 10,000 wordsIndustrial Hygiene – Asbestos, mole, lead based paint Maps of Site – critical to locating RECs laterInterviews – Tenant managers, store employees, etc.Surrounding properties – who are your neighbors? Historical InformationDatabase Records – RCRA, USTs etc. A erial Photographs Topographic Maps Sanborn Maps City Directories
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Phase I ESAs research – Historical UsesAerial PhotographsLand UseAdjoining Properties Site Water Bodies
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Phase I ESAs research – Historical UsesTopographic MapTopographic Contours Water Bodies Land Use
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Phase I ESAs research – Historical UsesSanborn MapsProperty UseTenant Use Landmarks History of area
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Phase I ESAs research – Historical UsesCity DirectoriesPrevious Land Use Adjoining properties and location
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment What does a REC look like? Drycleaners usually end up being a REC.
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment What does a REC look like? Adjoining gas stations depend on release history and location of facility.
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment What does a REC look like? Oil/Water Separators – Maintained?
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment What does a REC look like? What is in those buckets?
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment What does a REC look like? Why is this caution taped off? Hmmmm
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment What does a REC look like? Always a bad sign.
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment What does a REC look like? Good Maybe not so good.
What Consultants Do Investigate the risk – Phase II ESA - $8K to $20KIs the REC really a concern?Exposure Pathways Direct contactGroundwater ingestion Soil/groundwater to indoor air Environmental Media – Soil, Groundwater, Vapor Summarize the results, and simply. Make it easy to understand, and make it meaningful.
Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Finding the problem, if it existsSoil, Groundwater and Soil Vapor Sampling Former Drycleaners SB-2 SB-3 SB-1 VP-2 VP-1
Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Soil Boring Sampling
Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Monitoring Well Installation
Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Soil Sampling and Monitoring Well Installation
Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Groundwater Sampling
Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Vapor Sampling
What Consultants Do What do consultants do?Clean Up Properties – Phase III/Remediation - $50K to $1M +If liability exists, fix it. Source Area DelineationDig and HaulIn-situ treatment Vapor intrusion mitigation Get that NFA.
Case Studies Jacksonville, FL - $25 Million
Case Studies Jacksonville, FL - $25 Million
Case Studies Jacksonville, FL - $25 Million
Case Studies Jacksonville, FL - $25 Million
Case Studies Jacksonville, FL - $25 Million
Case Studies Jacksonville, FL - $25 Million
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Case Studies Man-War – Lexington, KY - $100,000
Case Studies Columbus Drycleaner Vapor Intrusion Mitigation - $20KSub-Slab Depressurization System Installation
Case Studies Columbus Drycleaner Vapor Intrusion Mitigation - $20KSub-Slab Depressurization System Installation
Case Studies Vernon Manor – UST and asbestos
Case Studies Vernon Manor
Case Studies Vernon Manor
Case Studies Vernon Manor – former parking garage and UST