Eric Mankins
Elk Grove,CA
Summary
Motivated and reliable professional seeking a challenging position with growth and advancement opportunities. Extensive experience in employee and facility management, environmental protection, project management, and various types of operations. Consistently delivers results across multiple industries. Known for a positive attitude, strong people skills, and a proven track record of getting the job done. Eager to learn and adapt to new challenges.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Transfer Station Manager
Waste Management Inc.
06.2023 - Current
- Manage the facilities day-to-day operations and provide daily support to operations supervisor and employees in ensuring safety, service, and savings
- Conduct root cause investigations for all injuries and incidents, following up with consistent coaching
- Oversee department personnel needs, including selecting, coaching, disciplining, and training employees and evaluating employee performance
- Manages termination, compensation, and promotion decisions
- Formulates short-term and long-term goals and action plans in conjunction with the Senior Management including Directors and District Manager
- Participate in regular P&L reviews to ensure that budgets are met; develop and implement programs for optimal equipment utilization, equipment maintenance, labor and material costs
- Interact with local city, municipal, and county agencies to ensure customer satisfaction, improve efficiency, renew contracts, and negotiate new contracts
- Facility consists of the following: Transfer Station, Household Hazardous Waste Facility- Only site in County, Buy Back CRV Facility- Only site in County
- Monthly Facility Inspections CalRecycle Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) with No Violations
- 2 DTSC (EPA) Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPA) Inspections with No Violations
- Participate in monthly local radio show and other sponsored events
- Facility has been under construction for new transfer station and scales since April 2023 being built by County
- Many challenges and obstacles of running day to day operations during construction
- Project Management over new office installation and permitting as well as upgrading communications to fiber optic and new ethernet switches
- Conduct and complete monthly tonnage, customer count, special occurrence logs, storm water inspection, SPCC inspections, weekly hazardous waste inspections, monthly weather and litter reports, monthly facility inspections, monthly fuel logs, monthly recycle carryover report, monthly camera report, Cycle tasks, monthly OBA's, incident reports as needed, CRV DORIIS reports for shipped material to CalRecycle
- Review Hazardous waste inspections and shipments, create Bill of Ladings for business customers with hazardous waste
- Oversee SB1383 sampling for Recycling and Disposal Reporting System (RDRS) quarterly report
- Keep facility Safety and Environmental Plans and training updated
- Conduct weekly safety & environmental training to employees
- Continue assisting with Environmental Protection (EP) with market area and EP Managers
Environmental Protection Specialist II
Waste Management Inc.
02.2013 - 06.2023
- Using established procedures under close supervision, administers and assists in implementing Environmental Protection (EP) programs in assigned districts within a Market Area
- Serves as district EP contact to assist field operations personnel and management with technical guidance on EP topics and regulatory environments
- Monitors and investigates compliance status, providing training to new EP Specialists, Site and District Management and Operations Personnel
- Types of sites include Truck Hauling, Maintenance Shops, Landfills, Transfer Stations and Closed Mining
- Prepares, reviews, and submits required environmental reports for internal and external audiences as required including but not limited to: E-waste, Net Cost, Mattress, Treated Wood Waste (TWW) Recycling and Disposal Reporting System (RDRS), Several types of BOE Fee, County required tonnage and diversion reports
- Prepare Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plans (SPCC) Transfer Processing Reports (TPR'S), Joint Technical Document (JTD), Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR) and Federal, State and City applications, permits and certificates
- Stormwater testing, sample analytical, Best Management Practices (BMP's) and oversight including management of the States Stormwater Multiple Application and Reporting Tracking System (SMARTS) for several facilities
- Oversee Household Hazardous Waste Facilities and manage several facilities compliance with hazardous waste regulations, proper management of both materials and waste, and compliance with Aboveground Storage Tank Regulations
- Submitted Hazardous Waste Management Plans (HMBP's) for many sites and assisted other EP specialist in the completion of these reports as well as writing Emergency Action & Contingency Plans and submittal to the California Electronic Reporting System (CERS)
- Write Tier 1 and review Tier 2 Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasures Plan (SPCC) for our Market Area
- Assist facilities with Project Management on several types of construction, repairs, upgrades, BMP's and inspections
- Groundwater reporting, sampling and working with State Water Board and third-party contractors
- Maintain EP data tracking system databases and provides company related reporting
- Communicates and implements the Corporate EP program policies and strategies within assigned districts
- Serves as districts EP contact regarding incident notifications, environmental issues and permit applications
- Monitors and records site operations and engineering efforts to maintain compliance
- Investigates and assesses the regulatory findings and analysis and prepares related documents
- Identifies local, state, and federal regulatory impacts to operations
- Plans, organizes, and secures related environmental permits and other regulatory approvals
- Responsible for developing, coordinating, and overseeing district EP testing, investigations, assessments, guidance, and reporting
- Administer customer waste and special waste disposal approvals
- Train and guide new Environmental Protection Specialists in Market Area
- Oversee and train Managers and site personnel on SB1383 regulations
Gas Tech Field Technician
Waste Management Inc.
09.2009 - 02.2013
- Responsible for Field tuning, diagnostics repair and monitoring of landfill gas collection control systems, flares, gas skids and control systems
- Tuning methane gas field wells
- Monitoring probes
- Maintenance and repair on methane gas flares
- Maintenance, diagnostics, and repair on gas skids and blowers
- Maintenance, diagnostics, and repair of control systems
- Gas samples
- Maintenance and operation of LCRS, Sub-Drain and Vados, Leachate and Condensate water pumps, sumps collection, disposal, and reporting
- Performing S.E.M surface scans of landfill
- Raising wells including H.D.P.E pipe welding
- Compliance Overview
- Back up Operator for Turbine Power Plant, assist in routine maintenance on turbines gas skids and turbine replacement
- Oversee operation of LNG plant, IC engines and Turbines on GCCS system
- Project Management on construction of new gas extraction wells, gas skid upgrades, and pump system upgrades
Field Technician
Distributed Energy Systems/Endurant Energy
01.2007 - 09.2009
- Responsible for routine and non-routine maintenance of co-generation C.H.P units, Including Waukesha and Jenbacher engines, throughout Northern California
- Routine maintenance (oil change valve adjustment etc.)
- Maintenance of heating and steam systems for buildings and boilers, including diagnostics and repair of systems
- Generator diagnostics and repair
- Control system diagnostics and repair
- Pump and electric motor maintenance and repair
- Emission control diagnostics and repair
- Engine overhauls
- Heating system maintenance, diagnostic, repair, and upgrades including re-piping
- Project Management on engine and generator replacements, gas and cooling upgrades
Senior Field Technician
SCS Engineers
04.2006 - 01.2007
- Responsible for Field tuning, diagnostics repair and monitoring of 9-different landfill gas collection control systems, flares, gas skids and control systems throughout Northern California
- Tuning methane gas field wells
- Monitoring probes
- Maintenance and repair on methane gas flares
- Maintenance, diagnostics, and repair on gas skids and blowers
- Maintenance, diagnostics, and repair of control systems including PLC, Scada & Thermocouples
- Gas samples
- Maintenance on Leachate and Condensate water pumps and sumps
- Performing S.E.M surface scans of landfills
Senior Operator III, Electrician, Generator & Engine Technician
RunEnergy
01.2006 - 04.2006
- Wholly responsible for day-to-day operations, including staff management and supervision, purchasing, and inventory; daily reporting using MS Excel, MS Word, and Active Factory; maintaining web-based maintenance tracking; and maintenance on engines including full rebuilds and diagnostics, generators and gas skids, responsible for diagnosing any problems that arise including mechanical, electrical, and administrative
- Operating a 2.7megawatt L.F.G power plant consisting of two Deutz 620/1822hp engines at a northern California landfill
- Working daily with Scada monitoring system, creating reports and spreadsheets
- Routine maintenance, diagnostics repairs, and engine rebuilds on two Deutz 620 engines, generators, and gas supply equipment including three gas skids
- On call 24-7-365 days a year
Northern California Supervisor, Senior Operator III
Stewart & Stevenson
07.2000 - 01.2006
- Administrator and Supervisor of Maintenance Website, Electrician, Generator & Engine Technician
- Wholly responsible for day-to-day operations, including staff management and supervision, purchasing, and inventory; daily reporting using MS Excel, MS Word, and Active Factory; maintaining web-based maintenance tracking; and maintenance on engines including full rebuilds and diagnostics, generators and gas skids, responsible for diagnosing any problems that arise including mechanical, electrical, and administrative
- Operating a 2.7megawatt L.F.G power plant consisting of two Deutz 620/1822hp engines at a northern California landfill
- Overseeing a Waukesha ATGL/4830hp 3-megawatt Digester Co-Gen plant for the city of San Francisco including the operations, diagnostic and repairs of engine and generator
- Routine maintenance, diagnostics repairs, and engine rebuilds on two Deutz 620 engines, generators, and gas supply equipment including three gas skids
- Proficiency with welding and fabrication producing custom-built back-up generator systems
- Working daily with Scada monitoring system, creating reports and spreadsheets
- Administrator and Supervisor of maintenance web site for five different plants consisting of 13 engines and 11 employees
- Developing an Operations Manual: In 2005, I collaborated with a team to develop an Operations Manual for new hires in the Operations and Maintenance field
- I wrote the instrumentation and controls section of the manual including Scada systems, Deutz TEM's, Thermocouples, Transmitters, etc
- Industrial electrician, wiring controls, engines, lighting, generators, and switchgear; have designed and built custom electrical panels
- Journeyman Mechanic and have worked on Automotive, Diesel, L.F.G
- Digester and Natural Gas engines
- Field experience includes Project Management of new facility construction, gas, cooling and facility upgrades, and troubleshooting various types of power plants, electrical, controls and engines including Deutz 620 and 632, Various Waukesha's including VGF, VSG, VHP, ATGL, etc
- 6-16 cylinder and Wartsila
- On call 24-7-365 days a year
Education
DOT Haz Mat Transporter - Function Specific Training for Shippers
Calinc.
01.2019
Safety, Environmental and Operational training -
Waste Management
01.2025
DOT HazMat Employee - Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest, Operating an Underground Storage Tank Owner/Operator
NES
01.2019
SPCC Plans for ASPA Sites - Basic Hazardous Waste Management, Universal Waste Management, Hazardous Material Management, OSHA Globally Harmonized Systems, California Electronic Reporting System
NES
01.2019
High and Low Voltage and Arc Flash Electrical Training -
NTT
01.2018
Load-Check Training -
CalRecycle
01.2015
Fundamentals of Enforcement (FOE/VEE Certification) - Above Ground Storage Tanks
CARB
01.2014
Saddle Fusion, Extrugen & Welding of H.D.P.E. plastic pipes -
01.2012
Hazwoper 40-hour course -
01.2006
Deutz trained on TEM -
01.2004
Skills
- Project Management
- Senior Power Plant Operator
- Journeyman Mechanic
- Generator Technician
- Industrial Electrician
- Landfill Gas Extraction Technician
- Landfill Flare operation
- Gas Blowers and Chiller diagnostic
- HDPE Welding & Fusion
- Heat Exchanger Diagnostic
- Welder
- Fabricator
- Controls experience
- Diagnostics and repair on mechanical & electrical controls
- Co-Gen heating and cooling experience
Timeline
Transfer Station Manager
Waste Management Inc.
06.2023 - Current
Environmental Protection Specialist II
Waste Management Inc.
02.2013 - 06.2023
Gas Tech Field Technician
Waste Management Inc.
09.2009 - 02.2013
Field Technician
Distributed Energy Systems/Endurant Energy
01.2007 - 09.2009
Senior Field Technician
SCS Engineers
04.2006 - 01.2007
Senior Operator III, Electrician, Generator & Engine Technician
RunEnergy
01.2006 - 04.2006
Northern California Supervisor, Senior Operator III
Stewart & Stevenson
07.2000 - 01.2006
Safety, Environmental and Operational training -
Waste Management
DOT HazMat Employee - Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest, Operating an Underground Storage Tank Owner/Operator
NES
SPCC Plans for ASPA Sites - Basic Hazardous Waste Management, Universal Waste Management, Hazardous Material Management, OSHA Globally Harmonized Systems, California Electronic Reporting System
NES
High and Low Voltage and Arc Flash Electrical Training -
NTT
Load-Check Training -
CalRecycle
Fundamentals of Enforcement (FOE/VEE Certification) - Above Ground Storage Tanks
CARB
Saddle Fusion, Extrugen & Welding of H.D.P.E. plastic pipes -
Hazwoper 40-hour course -
Deutz trained on TEM -
DOT Haz Mat Transporter - Function Specific Training for Shippers
Calinc.
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