Albert Cairns

• Improved recruitment and retention through flexible schedule options and staff development.
• Effected a shift in workplace culture to create safer working conditions for workers and customers.
• Gained operational resiliency through cross-training and advancement of traditionally underrepresented employees.
• Improved vendor, advisory committee and other County and State agency relations.
• Created and managed a public-facing facility replacement planning process.
• Developed fund balance benchmarks and long-term strategy for Enterprise Fund's financial health.

Developed and implemented policy for hiring and advancement, procurement and contracting, and project selection and queueing.

Established annual and five-year workplans on balance with funding.

Retained core services during funding contraction and Covid-lockdown.

Gained financial stability by exercising junior taxing district authority and expanding district area to include the City of Port Townsend.

Developed and implemented a multi-agency/non-profit project engaging historically conflicted parties that led to a successful stream-flow restoration project in the Chimacum Creek watershed.

• Established a non-adversarial relationship with regulatory agency that led to effective collaboration and the retention of the boatyard permit.
• Identified source and scope of contaminants and functional deficiencies in an underground stormwater system covering 32 acres.
• Developed trust and cooperation with Marine Trade Association leading to effective best management practices and self-policing of job sites for environmental controls.
• Gained grant funding and provided project management for a pioneering stormwater quality improvement initiative using a biochar filter media and co-authored a technical report documenting high efficacy and low cost.

Developed whole-program analysis including service delivery model alternatives, long-range budget forecasts, rate studies and funding options, and recommendations for program revisions.

Created, secured grant funding for, and implemented a decentralized model of landfill diversion of food waste in collaboration with school districts, food banks and service organizations which continues today.

Expanded partnerships with local and State agencies and NGO's to gain reach and influence with waste reduction messaging.

Responsible for maintenance and operation all shipboard machinery and equipment.

Managed the periodic drydocking periods for vessel inspection and overhaul under insurance underwriter and American Bureau of Shipping standards.

Developed a pilot apprenticeship/training program for Marine Academy graduates entering the industry which became standardized across company fleet.