Don Fernald

About Don Fernald

I am an accomplished EHS professional with focus on teamwork and creating value for my clients. My expertise includes working with teams to manage, air, water and waste permitting, compliance and safety management. I create value by collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure all phases of projects and operations are in compliance while optimizing performance and reliability.Title V & Minor Source Air Program Management - Air Permitting for new and existing facilities - Compliance program implementation with operations to assure understandable compliance - Monitoring, Record keeping, QA/QC data management using mobile data collection and PLCs - Auditing and quality assurance monitoring - Annual, semi-annual reports and emission inventories - LDAR, FLIR and Emission Testing program development and management - State and Federal Regulatory interfacing program management - O&M optimization programs Safety Program Management- Collaborating with teams to improve safety culture and improvement- Process Safety Management- Hands on training and procedural developmentWater Program Management - SPCC program design, risk management and compliance - strategies, implementation & compliance. Construction design and management- Produced water/condensate program management and optimizationWaste Management and Sustainability - Exempt and Non-Exempt waste management programs - Hazardous waste management and minimization - Universal waste program management Emergency Response and Contingency Planning - Emergency Response planning - Spill contingency planning and response - Environmental remediationAsset Management Planning - Due diligence audits - Asset planning and development for pipelines and facilities - Environmental investigationsCreating value through collaborative optimization and risk management.

Experience

1. Sr Environmental Engineer

   POET

   Jun 2021 — Present · Fairmont, NE, US

   Support multi-media environmental compliance for multiple facilities in NE, IA, SD, OH and GA.

Education

• Northwest Missouri State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Geology/Earth Science, General

  1980 — 1984

• The University of New Mexico

  none - MBA classes

Skills

• Environment, Health, and Safety (Ehs)
• Petroleum
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Budget Management
• Environmental Permitting
• Water
• Waste Management
• Program Management
• Remediation
• Training
• Sharepoint
• Gas
• Upstream
• Collaborative Problem Solving
• Team Leadership
• Environmental Compliance
• Process Safety Management
• Geology
• Oil & Gas Industry
• Environmental Science
• Environmental Awareness
• Supervisory Skills
• Oil & Gas
• Ehs
• Environmental Management Systems
• Project Management
• Environmental Consulting
• Drilling
• Onshore Operations
• Emergency Management
• Pipelines
• Energy Industry
• Energy
• Air Permitting
• Natural Gas