David C. Smith
Lake Charles,LA
Summary
Environmental or ESH Manager Position in Lake Charles, La. area.
Summary - Career reflects 23 years of regulatory compliance, safety, and consulting experience. Consulting clients included Chevron - Texaco, ConocoPhillips, Dow Chemicals, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, USACE Tulsa District for projects at Fort Polk, USACE Louisville District, USACE Fort Worth District as well as other commercial clients. Extensive experience includes roles as Environmental, Safety, and Health (ES&H) Manager, ES&H Supervisor, ES&H Specialist, Project Manager, Field Team Manager, and Site Safety Officer. Well versed in environmental compliance, construction oversight, and environmental sampling, and preparing deliverables, such as health and safety plans, compliance reports, and contract proposals. Promoted to ES&H Manager in September of 2022. Received an employee achievement award seven times while at URS and Ecology and Environment.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Environmental, Safety, and Health Manager
Targa Resources
Lake Charles/Sulphur, USA
01.2011 - Current
- Company Overview: Currently acting as ES&H Manager for Targa Assets in Louisiana, the Grand Prix Pipeline System in Texas, and the Targa Propane Terminals.
- Promoted to ESH Manager in August 2022 after seven years acting as ESH Supervisor.
- Responsibilities include maintaining compliance with Title V and LPDES permits, waste characterization and disposal; release reporting, Tier II reporting, SPCC compliance, SWPPP compliance, holding monthly safety meetings, participating in PSM/RMP compliance audits, ensuring action items/findings from compliance audits are closed out in a timely manner, completing Environmental and Safety reviews for Management of Change (MOC) program, general safety audits, and incident investigation
- Supervise and oversee ES&H Specialists Venice, La., Abilene, Tx., and Cresson, Tx
- Responsible for the preparation and timely submittal of Title V Semi-Annual Deviation Reports, Title V Annual Compliance Certification Reports, and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Single Point of Contact Reports should a release more than a reportable quantity occur
- Assist corporate office and/or consultants with air permit renewals, permit modifications, and insignificant activity notifications
- Responsible for the preparation and submittal of quarterly discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) as well as quarterly and annual SWPPP inspections
- Coordinate with consultants for the modifications and renewals of LPDES permits and facility SPCC plans
- Also coordinate bottle orders and collect outfall samples when necessary
- Responsible for the preparation and submittal of annual solid waste reports
- Coordinate the proper characterization and disposal of all industrial and hazardous waste
- Collect samples and submit them to contract laboratories for waste characterization
- Currently acting as ES&H Manager for Targa Assets in Louisiana, the Grand Prix Pipeline System in Texas, and the Targa Propane Terminals
- Recruited, hired and trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.
Senior Environmental Scientist
URS Corporation
Baton Rouge, USA
01.2002 - 01.2011
- Company Overview: Acted as Project Manager for Fort Polk projects totaling nearly $400,000 per year
- Tasks included preparing the annual Subpart X EOD permit, proposals, report deliverables, work plans, health and safety plans and monthly progress reports
- Additional tasks included controlling project expenses, procurement, and management of subcontractors, and interacting with Client representatives to ensure project objectives were achieved
- Served as Site Safety Officer from January 2010 to March 2010 for the Bayou Verdine Preconstruction Project at ConocoPhillips in Lake Charles, La
- Responsible for overseeing that project specifications were achieved as well as the Health and Safety of over a dozen URS and subcontractor personnel during surveying and sampling operations
- Tasks included conducting daily safety meetings, safety observations, near miss reporting, and monitoring project expenses and contractor hours
- Prepared report deliverables including Laboratory Quality Assurance Project Plans, Groundwater Monitoring Reports, and Environmental Site Assessment Work Plans and Reports
- Specific tasks included: compilation, statistical analysis, and interpretation of analytical data; creation of contamination plume maps; and Quality Assurance
- Clients include Chevron-Texaco, Dow Chemicals, ConocoPhillips, USACE Tulsa District, USACE Louisville District, and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
- Field team leader for Corrective Action and RCRA soil and groundwater sampling events at various industrial facilities and military installations
- Tasks included pre-mobilization setup, collection and preparation of soil and groundwater samples, and installation of permanent and temporary groundwater monitoring wells
- Additional activities included ensuring health and safety of the field team, subcontractor procurement, and reporting of all data acquired
- Served as Field Manager for the Phase II Site Investigation at the Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant in Stennis, Mississippi
- Responsible for managing and directing a field team consisting of ten members, daily report generation, and the health and safety of field personnel
- The team successfully collected over 200 hundred soil and water samples within the allotted budget and project schedule
- Served as Task Manager for the Geotechnical Phase of the Lake Maurepas Diversion Canal Project and the Baton Rouge Tunnel Project
- Responsible for the preparation of a project Health and Safety Plan, USACE Permit application approval, and utility clearance
- Additionally, responsible for monitoring project budgets, and the scheduling and completion of the field effort, which included cone penetrometer testing and geotechnical sample collection
- Provided construction oversight during landfill closure activities at Fort Polk, La., and landfill expansion activities at Dow Chemicals in Plaquemine, La
- Responsible for ensuring that design specifications were achieved, preparation of report deliverables, and conducting nuclear-density testing
- Also provided construction oversight for the North Canal stabilization project at Chevron-Texaco
- Received Individual Achievement Award in December of 2005 and August of 2008
- Acted as Project Manager for Fort Polk projects totaling nearly $400,000 per year
Education
B.S. - Environmental Science; Minor, Chemistry
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, La01.1997
Skills
- Environmental policy development
- Waste management
- Environmental permitting
- Environmental compliance
Training
- Process Safety Management Auditor Training
- Leak Detection and Repair Training
- Air Permitting in Louisiana Training
- Title V Compliance Training
- Competent Person for Excavations Training
- Hazardous Waste Management Training
- Smith Driver Training
- Troxler Nuclear Density Training
- First Aid and CPR
Overview - Summary
Career reflects 23 years of regulatory compliance, safety, and consulting experience. Consulting clients included Chevron - Texaco, ConocoPhillips, Dow Chemicals, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, USACE Tulsa District for projects at Fort Polk, USACE Louisville District, USACE Fort Worth District as well as other commercial clients. Extensive experience includes roles as Environmental, Safety, and Health (ES&H) Manager, ES&H Supervisor, ES&H Specialist, Project Manager, Field Team Manager, and Site Safety Officer. Well versed in environmental compliance, construction oversight, and environmental sampling, and preparing deliverables, such as health and safety plans, compliance reports, and contract proposals. Promoted to ES&H Manager in 09/2022. Received an employee achievement award seven times while at URS and Ecology and Environment.
Timeline
Environmental, Safety, and Health Manager
Targa Resources
01.2011 - Current
Senior Environmental Scientist
URS Corporation
01.2002 - 01.2011
B.S. - Environmental Science; Minor, Chemistry
McNeese State University