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Dynamic environmental services professional with proven US/international success in strategic planning, project management, startups, environmental planning, permitting, engineering, and civil construction.
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a Senior Environmental Management position with an established environmental or engineering firm performing services in the areas of environmental planning, permitting, remediation, audits, compliance, risk-based analysis.
QUALIFICATIONS
Skilled Manager. Able to drive competitive growth ensuring corporate stability.
Controlled various projects valued up to $20 million; met budget and deadline requirements.
Managed environmental permitting for multi-million dollar, ENR top-ten ranked heavy-civil construction firm.
Directed independent groups responsible for $3 million in equipment and inventory.
Established and managed budgets totalling $500K+; recruited, hired and mentored diverse cross-functional teams.
Proactive Business Leader... generating profits through hands-on techniques and examples.
Generated substantial return on investment; grew venture capital start-up and optioned for $275K profit.
Earned recognition and awards for outstanding environmental impact analysis and excellence in construction.
Results-Oriented Communicator... with solid presentation and client relations development skills.
Delivered multiple public speeches throughout the US and Canada regarding acid mine drainage associated with mining.
Negotiated international contracts; secured profitable client contacts in Mexico. Fluent in Spanish.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER SUNDT CONSTRUCTION, INC., Phoenix, Arizona 1998 - 2001
Supervisor reporting to the President, Heavy Civil Division and Quality Technical Services Manager. Managed $300K budget.
Responsible for management of project-specific environmental planning, permitting, archaeological resources, radiation safety and quality control. General responsibilities included financial management, scheduling, personnel management, and compliance management.
Managed various environmental and radiation safety permitting procedures for Los Alamos National Laboratory during an emergency storm water control project. The project involved storm water and sediment control design, construction and retrofit in seven drainages in and around Los Alamos, New Mexico. The $18 million dam construction project was completed in a record
8-weeks. Managed coordination of permitting and quality control document submission to Army Corps of Engineers.
Designed and executed storm water pollution prevention plans (SWPPP) for 15-mile section of State Route 44 north of
Albuquerque, New Mexico. The execution of the SWPPP was audited quarterly by EPA. Directed archeological and cultural resource investigations with subsequent excavation and documentation of archaeological sites.
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST BROWN AND CALDWELL, Phoenix, Arizona 1996 - 1997
Designed and managed large-scale underground geochemical study to predict future water quality associated with closure of large mining district. Managed $210K budget. Directed environmental data acquisition in support of the client's Aquifer Protection
Permit. Performed proposal preparation, project estimation, permitting, risk assessment and risk-based closure.
Managed compilation of extensive water quality information. Mapped groundwater pollution plumes in the Phoenix area in order to evaluate the extent of damage, flow rates, and dilution. Proposed corrective actions and strategic planning in response to
CERCLA action against confidential client.
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGIST MONTANA DEQ, Helena, Montana 1991 - 1996
Responsible for enforcement of environmental statutes including NEPA, CERCLA, RCRA, CWA, ESA, CAA, and associated
State statutes. Interfaced directly with the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Army Ccorps of Engineers,
Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Interior, National Park Service, Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological
Survey, and reciprocal State Departments during all mine permitting procedures. Directed technical professionals, agencies, and the public through various NEPA processes. The work included public scoping, analysis of technical information, identification of issues and impacts due to mining, EA/EIS document preparation, public meetings, responses to comments, publication of
EA/EIS, and review of the final Record of Decision.
Developed permitting and reclamation strategies. Assisted in the review and revision of conceptual operations and reclamation plans. Authored and served as principal investigator in conducting environmental impact analyses and prediction of impacts for controversial major mine permit applications. These projects were located in highly sensitive ecological environments.
Qualitative predictive approach used materials and water quality characterization to predict impacts to water quality.
Reviewed remediation investigations/feasibility studies (RI/FS) according to CERCLA requirements. Edited and provided technical support for the Record of Decision for the Butte Mine Flooding Operable Unit in the Butte Addition to the Silver Bow
Creek/Butte Area National Priority List Site in Montana. The RI/FS addressed water-related issues associated with the flooded historical underground mine workings.
CONTRACT PROJECT GEOLOGIST GEOTEMPS, INC., Reno, Nevada 1989 - 1991
Supervised developmental drilling crews, identified value-added materials, and increased client profits. Provided support for company staff in exploring for and delineating ore. Supervised condemnation drilling and bulk sampling. Conducted geologic characterization and reconnaissance mapping. Responsibilities included evaluation of drill core for rock type, alteration, mineralization and rock quality designation. Performed ore reserves calculations. Work was instrumental in the discovery of significant reserves that are currently being mined.
Short-term contracts completed are:
Rand Mining Company, Yellow Aster Mine and Baltic Project, Randsburg, CA
Supervision of ore delineation, ore reserve estimation, condemnation drilling, bulk tonnage sampling, and geologic mapping.
LAC Bullfrog Inc., Bullfrog Mine, Beatty, NV
Geologic consultant: Supervision of ore delineation, discovery of underground reserves, ore reserve estimation, and evaluation of drill core for geochemical rock type, structure, alteration, mineralization, and rock quality designation.
Seven-Up Pete Joint Venture, MacDonald and 7-Up Pete projects, Lincoln, MT
Supervision of drilling and geologic/geochemical classification.
Corona Gold Inc, Exploration Department, Sparks, NV
Calculation of ore reserves, land status mapping, assessment work and documentation.
OWNER/JOINT VENTURE PARTNER LA VERDE MINE JOINT VENTURE, El Paso, Texas 1983 - 1989
Originated and managed profitable start-up. Secured financial stability through venture capital arrangements. Conducted geological reconnaissance mapping and geochemical sampling in Chihuahua, Mexico. Negotiated contracts and environmental permitting requirements with the Mexican government. Negotiated with the ASARCO smelter in El Paso to complete an underground bulk-sampling project located in a very remote area of southwest Chihuahua, Mexico.
LICENSURE, EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
Registered Geologist, State of Arizona
MS, Geology, University of Texas, 1989
BA, Geology, Western State College, Colorado 1983
Certified in Hazardous Waste Operations, MSHA, OSHA
Radiation Safety, First Aid, CPR
Engineering certification including NICET Level III, ATI I, ACI I
MEMBERSHIP & TRAINING
Secretary, Process Mineralogy Committee, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
Committee Member, American Society for Testing Materials
Designing winning presentations seminar, Dag Knudsen & Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mining law short course, University of Nevada, Reno
Acid rock drainage workshop, USFS. Region 8, Butte, Montana
Prediction, prevention, and control of acid mine drainage in the West four-day workshop, Breckenridge, Colorado
Mine design, operations, and closure conferences, 1992 through 1996, Whitefish, Montana
AUTOCAD-AdCadd three-day workshop, Softdesk Inc, Helena, Montana
MINTEQA2 geochemical speciation 3-day workshop, 1994, Allison Geoscience Consultants, Gainesville, Georgia
Applying the NEPA process, Shipley Associates, Missoula, Montana
Planning, rehabilitation, and treatment of disturbed lands seminar, Billings, Montana
Geochemical speciation three-day workshop, USGS, Nordstrom and Alpers, Spokane, Washington
GRANT
National Science Foundation Grant EAR-85-17275
PUBLICATIONS
Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. 1999. Analytical Technology in the Mineral Industries. Cabri, L., Bucknam, C.,
Milosavljevic, E.B., Chryssoulis, S., and Miller, R.A., eds. Proc. TMS Symposium, San Diego California, February
28-March 4, 1999, 281 pp.
Miller, R.A.1997. Underground Mine Materials Characterization and Mine Water Quality. Submitted to Arizona
Department of Environmental Quality in support of Aquifer Protection Permit Application. Volumes I, II, III.
Miller, R.A. and Gurrieri, J.T. 1997. Geochemistry and Water Quality Prediction for Au-Cu-Ag Skarn Deposits in the New
World Mining District, Montana. Abstract. Proc. 4th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry,
October 5-10, 1997, Vail, Colorado, submitted for approval for publication to the Journal of Geochemical
Exploration.
Miller, R.A. and Hertel, T.M. 1997. Mine Rock Characterization - Zortman and Landusky Mines, Little Rocky Mountains,
Phillips County, North-Central Montana. Proc. Fourth International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, May 31-June
6, Vancouver, B.C., pp. 515-532.
Miller, R.A. 1996. Geochemical Comparison of Two Very Similar Strata-bound Copper Sulfide Orebodies in Northwest
Montana. Submitted to U.S. Forest Service and USEPA in support of the Environmental Impact Statement for the
ASARCO Rock Creek Project. September 11, 1996. Available at the Montana Department of Environmental Quality,
Helena, Montana.
Miller, R.A. and Goodell, P.C. 1988. Description of Los Llanitos Mining District, Southwest Chihuahua, Mexico. In:
Stratigraphy, Tectonics and Resources of Parts of Sierra Madre Occidental Province, Mexico. Guidebook for the
1988 Field Conference. El Paso Geological Society, February 24-28, pp 287-296.
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