BARBARA Andrea GAJARDO KONG
Salem,MA
Summary
Experienced environmental professional with more than 15 years of experience in environmental impact assessment and international development, policy and regulation, environmental management plans, climate change. Strong conviction and dedication to meet challenges.
Strategic Senior Manager known for productivity and efficiency in task completion. Skilled in leadership, operational strategy, and financial management. Excel at communication, problem-solving, and adaptability to drive team success and achieve organizational goals with deep understanding of strategic business planning and development.
Strengths include strong leadership, effective communication skills, decision making abilities, and problem-solving capabilities. Have consistently delivered results in previous roles by driving operational efficiency, enhancing team productivity, and implementing innovative management strategies.
Spanish and English.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager Environmental, Archeology and Biodiversity Center of Competence for North and Central America
Enel Green Power North America
- Current
- Provide and manage the Environmental Archeology and Biodiversity (EAB) Center of Competence Team for North and Central America
- Provide and manage technical expertise on environmental matters for technical and strategic guidance decisions for projects under development and execution
- Lead and mentor the team of Environmental Specialists in North and Central America, making sure their effective participation on the assign projects, compliance with local regulation, manage environmental, archeology and biodiversity topics, provide technical documentation, define the environmental site surveillance plan, preparation of technical specification for contracting services and manage awarded suppliers, as well as participation on design requirements, cost estimation and project schedule
- Identify opportunities for growth and development of the EAB team members
- Ensure the coordination with EAB Leader and Engineer Center of Competences and other members of the organization
- To serve as a liaison with other units of the organization, ensuring cooperation and close working relationship
- Coordination and development of archaeological, environmental, bio-diversity topics and technical documents needed for obtaining any construction and operation permit and authorization for North and Central America
- Preparation of technical specification for contracting services and manage awarded suppliers
- Provide throughout the project lifecycle, any environmental, archaeological and biodiversity related design implementation
- Design of best practices for design and performance on renewable projects
- Definition of environmental site surveillance plan, during the execution phase
- Coordinate Climate Change Risk Assessments for different projects
- Lead and develop Envision Certification Process
Manager of the Environmental Center of Excellence
Enel Green Power North America
- Current
- The Group Manager is responsible for making sure team members have a balanced workload, with the right mix of project work to match the team members skillsets and interests and to ensure its balanced across staff
- Manage a 6+ person team of the Environmental Modeling Area at global level
- Provide goal assignation to the teams’ members and conduct their evaluation
- Provide support and mentoring to staff to align project work with interests and skillsets
- Provide technical support and mentorship during project implementation
- Implement / develop KPIs to assess the group’s performance
- Provide technical expertise for environmental modeling for the different project’s teams
- Bring together the best modeling tools applicable for the organization into an inter-connected modeling framework and environmental outcomes with minimal user input, leveraging remote sensing and public datasets
- Support Engineering in analysis of data and user needs to determine functional and cross-functional requirements of ecosystem-related software products
- Work closely with engineering to develop and implement data pipelines that enable ecosystem tools and models to scale internationally
- Provide advice and recommendations on the following: the effective use of available resources, enhanced control of the scope of work, recommendations regarding various solutions across modeling tools, and product delivery methods suitable for each project or program, optimal project scheduling options, enhanced modeling outcomes (accuracy, uncertainty)
- Disseminate modeling tools among the organization
Senior Environmental Specialist, Environmental Discipline
Enel Generation
10.2016 - 08.2018
- Coordination of development and assessments of Environmental Studies for projects in Latin-America (Chile, Peru, Colombia, México)
- Expanding the environmental strategies for various existing and developing projects
- Environmental Support Mexico Energy Tender (CENACE 2017), EGP México
- Environmental strategies for supporting Greenfield and Brownfield projects
- Environmental strategies for supporting projects under construction
- Environmental Audit at projects under construction
Senior Permitting and Environmental Specialist Global HSEQ – Permitting
Enel Generation
04.2015 - 09.2016
- Coordination of development and assessments of permits for projects for Latin-America (Chile, Peru, Colombia and Brazil)
- Environmental strategies support
- Elaboration of procedures and work standards for HSEQ
- Elaboration of matrix of permits applicable to installations of Enel Group
Head of Environmental Assessment Group, Environmental Discipline, E&C
Endesa Chile
06.2011 - 03.2015
- The Head of Environmental Assessment Group is responsible for managing the workload within the Environmental Assessment Group, with the right mix of project work to match the team members skillsets and interests and to ensure its balanced across staff
- Manage a 10+ person team of the Environmental Assessment Group
- Provide goal assignation to the teams’ members and conduct their evaluation
- Provide technical support and mentorship during project implementation
- Implement / develop KPIs to assess the group’s performance
- Elaboration, coordination and assessment of Environmental Impact Study (EIA), Environmental Impact Statements (DIA), Due Diligence and Environmental Analysis for power generation (hydro, thermo, wind, solar) and power transmission projects in Chile, Peru, Colombia and Brazil
- Support the environmental management of plants in extraordinary events
- Ensure proper coordination within the Engineering departments and other units within Endesa Chile
- Manage contracts with third party companies of services to the area of Environment
Environmental Manager Bocamina Power Plant
Endesa Chile
04.2014 - 09.2014
- Responsible for the coordination and environmental compliance of Bocamina Coal Power Plant
- Prepare response actions in the event of possible non-compliance in coordination with the technical staff of the power plant
- Manage and supervise compliance with the permits and regulations
- Prepare response to the sanctioning processes
- Prepare environmental reports and authority requests
Environmental Specialist
Empresa de Ingeniería Ingendesa
Santiago, Chile
05.2008 - 06.2011
- Development of Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements for power generation and power transmission projects
- Air Quality Modeling Specialist
- Coordination of Environmental Impact Assessment of Ash Disposal for Bocamina Power Plant Project
- Coordination of Environmental Impact Assessment of Ash Disposal for Tarapacá Power Plant Project (Second Unit)
- Technical Counterpart of Air Quality Modeling Study for CH Neltume
Air quality modeling specialist
EMG Ambiental S.A.
, Chile
01.2007 - 04.2008
- Air Quality Modelling Specialist
- Elaboration of Environmental Impact Assessments for industrial facilities
Education
Environmental Engineer -
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Valparaíso, ChileGeomatic Master Program -
Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, ChileEnvision Sustainability Professional -
Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure
Connected Leadership -
Yale University
Skills
- Reporting oversight
- Business performance management
- Strategic planning
- Reporting management
- Budget oversight
- Cross-functional team coordination
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Documentation and reporting
- Corporate communications
- Organizational development
- Resource allocation
- Partnership development
- Troubleshooting and problem resolution
Accomplishments
- 2012 Young Talents Program, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
- 2013 Outstanding professional within the Engineering department
- 2024 Top Talented personnel at Enel Green Power North America
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
English
Native/ Bilingual
Italian
Elementary
Affiliations
- Passionate for traveling and exploring
- Cooking
- Reading
- Passionate about sustainability
- Volunteer at Community Harvest Project in Massachussets
Certification
- Curso de Gestion de Riesgos, Universidad de Chile
- Connected Leadership Yale University
- Envision Sustainability Professional, Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure, Harvard University
- Soundplan noise modeling
- Wind Pro shadow flicker and visual modeling
- Calpuff - Calgrid air quality modeling
Timeline
Senior Environmental Specialist, Environmental Discipline
Enel Generation
10.2016 - 08.2018
Senior Permitting and Environmental Specialist Global HSEQ – Permitting
Enel Generation
04.2015 - 09.2016
Environmental Manager Bocamina Power Plant
Endesa Chile
04.2014 - 09.2014
Head of Environmental Assessment Group, Environmental Discipline, E&C
Endesa Chile
06.2011 - 03.2015
Environmental Specialist
Empresa de Ingeniería Ingendesa
05.2008 - 06.2011
Air quality modeling specialist
EMG Ambiental S.A.
01.2007 - 04.2008
Senior Manager Environmental, Archeology and Biodiversity Center of Competence for North and Central America
Enel Green Power North America
- Current
Manager of the Environmental Center of Excellence
Enel Green Power North America
- Current
- Curso de Gestion de Riesgos, Universidad de Chile
- Connected Leadership Yale University
- Envision Sustainability Professional, Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure, Harvard University
- Soundplan noise modeling
- Wind Pro shadow flicker and visual modeling
- Calpuff - Calgrid air quality modeling
Environmental Engineer -
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Geomatic Master Program -
Universidad Católica de Chile
Envision Sustainability Professional -
Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure
Connected Leadership -
Yale University
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