Sierra Hoffhines
Greenville,SC
Summary
Passionate interactive Environmental Compliance and Sustainability Project Manager Professional with 18 years of broad supervisory and leadership experience in business administration, education, mechanical, aeronautical and environmental engineering supporting business development through expanding sustainable practices and IT development. Skilled in using ERP and Six Sigma combined with technical projects using scientific equipment/machinery, software, and scientific judgment. Focused on always improving health , safety, environmental business practices by finding innovative solutions and working with sustainability reporting and carbon accounting along with ISO 9001, 14001, ISO 45001 and 17020. Adept performing Environmental Compliance, Notary and Sustainability assessments, business, financial and accounting reviews, and NEPA writing. Determined to build positive relationships with customers and other stakeholders. Strong proficiency in gathering, scope development and inventory coordination abilities. Skilled at overseeing complex, high-value technical projects while building international partnerships.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
18
18
Certificate
Work History
Project Delivery Manager - FEMA Contractor, FLUOR
ABS Consulting
05.2023 - Current
- Represent FEMA in their efforts to help communities recover after natural disaster, efforts spanning state of Florida covering Ian, Nicole and Idalia
- Manage multiple applicants with multi-faceted projects and financing up to and over 1 million, at one time.
- Communicate project updates to Applicants at all levels.
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Monitor and track project progress to support timely completion.
- Create and implement contingency plans to address potential risks.
- Train personnel on use of IT tools and applications.
- Negotiate and manage project budgets to meet goals.
- Conduct quality assurance to verify accuracy of data used in IT projects.
Assistant Project Manager
Earth Balance
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Supervised teams from 2 up to 40 crews
- Success rate of 100% completion of all assignments within time and budget restraints.
- Applied Environmental engineering techniques to bioengineering projects designed to remove exotic invasive vegetation and work to improve environmental restoration.
- Generated weekly and monthly status reports for helpful progress tracking.
- Delivered high level of service to clients to both maintain and extend relationship for future business opportunities.
- Supported senior managers and department leaders by completing projects and problem resolution under tight budgets and schedule demands.
- Continuously applied health and safety practices in field to improve work conditions for crew members, and work to surpass OSHA health standards to reach ISO 9001 and 14001 certification
Environmental Planner - FEMA Contractor
CDM Smith
10.2019 - 10.2020
- Applied Federal Environmental reviews of laws and regulations to multi million dollar projects to prevent jeopardizing of federal funding for disaster recovery.
- Managed 7 up to 15 Environmental project reviews for applicants weekly.
- Advised corporations and government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and environment.
- Provided system and component design reducing negative impact on area environment.
- Performed environmental site assessments and provided remediation recommendations.
- Supervised and planned environmental remediation efforts.
- Coordinated and adhered to project deadlines, schedule coordination and operating budgets.
- Compiled reports on environmental impacts to submit and present to stakeholders and community members, translating highly technical information to general public.
- Inspected municipal and industrial facilities for adherence to environmental regulations.
Educator
EF Learning
08.2019 - 07.2021
- Taught English, Phonics, Reading , and Conversational skills to Chinese students remotely.
- Built relationships and communicated with parents to provide best learning environment for children.
- Monitored student progress and adjusted instruction to meet individual needs.
- Utilized innovative teaching strategies to effectively engage students in learning.
- Collaborated with colleagues to develop and revise curriculum, enhancing learning experience.
- Developed and implemented engaging lesson plans to keep learner attention.
- Created safe learning spaces for both students and parents to speak openly and increase educational and social communication engagement.
- Assessed student performance and provided feedback to facilitate student success.
Teacher -Care Provider Children With Special Needs
Child Care Aware Of America
01.2018 - 06.2019
- Provided in home care for children with special needs for Air Force Families. With groups ranging from 1 child up to 6 children at time ranging in age from infants to high school and varying in medical diagnoses.
- Responsible for administering medical care and attention as needed during times of care.
- Worked actively with parents to design personal learning plans for each student to help students reach learning objectives.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Supported student physical, mental, and social development using both in home and classroom games and activities.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies transforming them into engaging hands on activities to increasing understanding of materials.
- Advised and counseled students to help them develop skills and knowledge required to succeed.
- Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
- Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students engaged.
- Fostered student curiosity and interest through creative hands-on activities.
Environmental Project Manager
Zinger Enterprises
05.2007 - 01.2018
- Supervised and directed daily work of teams of 30 members across multitude of science, business, education and engineering backgrounds with focus on mechanical, environmental and aerospace engineering.
- Worked with air crews on C-130's, Twin Otters, and King Air's to fabricate, and install instrumentation and utilize aeronautical and environmental research missions.
- Social networked with multiple Universities across United States and International Stakeholders on project performance and completion.
- Audited new projects and environmental department activities to identify and resolve concerns.
- Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
- Verified information on permits and contracts for projects to assess compliance with legal requirements.
- Organized work shifts, scheduled weekly and monthly routine safety checks of facility operations.
- Conduct routine water testing of facilities to ensure treatments were maintaining safe microbe levels at state and federal requirements.
- Measuring water systems flow changes and chemical dosage levels
- Actively applied continuous health and safety training to create safe work environment and always improve on standards to surpass ISO 9001, 14001and ISO 45001 certifications
Event Supervisor
Bob Carpenter Sports Arena, University Of Delaware
01.2016 - 06.2017
- Supervised staff up to 80 employees or more at time for large-scale events such as college football games, basket ball games, volley ball games, concerts shows, and graduations with crowds up to 5,0000 visitors inside arena and 18,500 visitors outside in football stadium, providing construction and break down of stages and other platforms, and security for events while focusing on delivering superior customer service.
- Implemented contingency plans to address last-minute changes or unforeseen events.
- Coordinated schedules and timelines for events.
- Delivered smooth training execution by coordinating site selection, marketing, event management, and follow-up.
- Managed event logistics and operations.
- Coordinated with health and safety officials for all events to ensure safety of grounds, event and patrons attending.
Education
MBA - Environmental Compliance And Sustainability
Southern New Hampshire University
Hooksett, NH06.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Studies
University of Delaware
Newark, DE06.2017
Skills
- Project Management
- Staff Management
- Operational Leadership
- Strategy Implementation
- Microsoft office, Microsoft word, Excel, Power Point
- Project procurement, business and environmental law, compliance and permitting
- Network Transformation
- Effective Communication
- Team Collaboration
- Adaptable and Flexible
Certification
- FLUOR LMS Certifications 2023: Project Delivery Manager, Site Inspector
- Project Management Professional 2021 to Present
- ·Certified Public Notary 2022
- FEMA Contractor 2019 to Present
- Fema Certifications : Introduction to Incident Command Systems, Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response , National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) Introduction, Environmental Historical Preservation, Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands, Water and Wastewater Treatment Considerations, Hazard Mitigation and Floodplain Management Operations, Hazard Mitigation and Floodplain Management Insurance, Managerial Environment, Health, and Safety
- International TEFL and TESOL certificate in teaching English as a Foreign Language 2019 to Present
- Medical Coding and Billing 2023
- CPR, First Aid, Heimlich, and use of AED 2022 to Present
Timeline
Project Delivery Manager - FEMA Contractor, FLUOR
ABS Consulting
05.2023 - Current
Assistant Project Manager
Earth Balance
01.2022 - 06.2022
Environmental Planner - FEMA Contractor
CDM Smith
10.2019 - 10.2020
Educator
EF Learning
08.2019 - 07.2021
Teacher -Care Provider Children With Special Needs
Child Care Aware Of America
01.2018 - 06.2019
Event Supervisor
Bob Carpenter Sports Arena, University Of Delaware
01.2016 - 06.2017
Environmental Project Manager
Zinger Enterprises
05.2007 - 01.2018
MBA - Environmental Compliance And Sustainability
Southern New Hampshire University
Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Studies
University of Delaware
Hobbies
Scuba Diving
Ball room dancing
Zumba Instructor
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