Jeremy Walker-Lee
Fort Worth,Texas
Summary
Environmental professional supporting stormwater, waste, air, and water rights compliance through inspections, permitting records, and corrective-action follow-up. Bringing experience training field teams, managing hazardous and non-hazardous waste documentation, and translating environmental data into clear reports and maps that support decision-making and reduce compliance risk.
Overview
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1
Certification
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Environmental Specialist II
Kiewit Water Facilities South
Fort Worth, Texas
05.2025 - Current
- Supported clean water initiatives through inspection documentation, corrective-action tracking, and maintenance of NPDES records.
- Coordinated waste disposal with GHS labeling, packaging, and transportation in line with RCRA and DOT compliance requirements.
- Trained field teams on pollution prevention and environmental compliance procedures.
- Monitored chemical inventory control and safety through environmental recordkeeping, including SDS files, hazardous materials, and EPCRA Tier 1 and Tier II reporting programs.
- Assisted with air-emissions data collection, equipment inventories, calculations, and compliance records for TCEQ air permitting.
- Maintained hazardous, universal, and non-hazardous waste documentation, including waste determinations, accumulation records, manifests, and vendor records.
Environmental Project Manager, Water Rights Permitting
Texas Commission of Environmental Quality
Austin, Texas
02.2023 - 05.2025
- Managed the preparation of environmental documentation, including water rights agreements and new surface water right appropriations, ensuring compliance with administrative requirements, statutes, rules, policies, and guidelines.
- Conducted project and pre-application meetings with municipalities, private entities, and government agencies to educate stakeholders and coordinate water rights matters for industrial projects, planned developments, and environmental modifications.
- Communicate with agency staff, applicants and applicant representatives regarding moderately complex inquiries related to the water rights application process, administrative requirements of applications, water rights permitting issues and related rules.
- Review historical land acquisition, transfer documentation, drought contingency plans, and water conservation plans to inform statewide surface water appropriation.
- Utilize ArcGIS Pro to produce natural resources and adjudication exhibits for technical reports.
- Attend and present at public engagement events and state conferences regarding TCEQ's role in maintaining environmental protections and regulatory guidelines in Texas.
Associate Environmental Scientist
City of Austin: Watershed Protection Department
11.2021 - 12.2022
- Conducted water quality sampling using Hydrolab Multiprobe Sonde and March McBirney Flowmate for TCEQ SWQM sample protocol, ensuring compliance with state environmental standards.
- Conducted environmental site assessments on hydrocarbons and blue-green algae to identify potential ecological impacts and inform remediation strategies.
- Assisted in collecting and sampling macroinvertebrates and cyanobacteria for Environmental Integrity Index (EII) and Austin Lakes Index (ALI), contributing to data for environmental health evaluations.
- Researched and communicated with local and foreign entities to discover technologies and techniques to assist current environmental projects within the City of Austin.
- Implemented a project with established procedures for quantitative creek trash analysis, resulting in a published Trash in Creeks scientific research paper, 70 miles of GPS creek mapping, and an abundance of new public awareness programs for the City of Austin.
Education
B.S. - Geography, Resources and Environmental Studies, Geology
Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas12-2021
A.S. - Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Studies
Austin Community College
Austin, Texas12-2020
A.S - Applied Science, Electrical Engineering
ITT Technical Institute
Austin, Texas06-2016
Skills
- NPDES regulations
- RCRA regulations
- DOT Hazardous Waste Shipping
- Air permitting
- Environmental recordkeeping
- Water Rights permitting
- Environmental site assessments
- Geospatial analysis
Certification
HAZWOPER 40 HR Training July 2025, EPA CGP Site Inspector Training July 2025, DOT HazMat Ground Shipping Training January 2026
Timeline
Environmental Specialist II
Kiewit Water Facilities South
05.2025 - Current
Environmental Project Manager, Water Rights Permitting
Texas Commission of Environmental Quality
02.2023 - 05.2025
Associate Environmental Scientist
City of Austin: Watershed Protection Department
11.2021 - 12.2022
B.S. - Geography, Resources and Environmental Studies, Geology
Texas State University
A.S. - Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Studies
Austin Community College
A.S - Applied Science, Electrical Engineering
ITT Technical Institute