Virginia Jones

I am a self starter, highly responsive, ambitious and enjoy working in coordination with others to perform under deadlines and regulatory requirements. All positions I’ve held required a high level of organization and working in conjunction with a multitude of personalities and occupations to succeed. I believe my experience, leadership skills, ability to thrive in a team setting and strong work ethic, fit ideally with this position’s criteria.

Summary:

Energetic, positive, decisive EHS professional. Background in environmental regulations and permitting and safety/OSHA regulations and compliance. With experience in program develop/implementation, people and program management, data analysis, regulatory agency communication and budget prioritization. Strengths include leadership, quick problem solving, professional and effective communication and conflict resolution.

Experience:

USA Waste of California, Inc. 

Area Environmental Manager Northern California/Nevada 2020- Present

• Manage a team of 10+ individuals to successfully implement EHS programs to 100+ sites in Northern California and NV.
• Identify required OSHA programs and environmental programs and drive compliance in CA and NV.
• Ensure strong network of communication from management team to identify improvement areas and key initiatives.
• Identify and prioritize EHS risks/hazards and implementing mitigating measures to ensure financial and environmental successes.
• Develop metrics to track successes and highlight opportunities for future EHS initiatives.
• A liaison between corporate and management team to ensure smooth rollouts of improved technology and shifting company principles.

Environmental Protection Specialist II May 2015 - 2020

• Managed and implemented Environmental & Safety programs and initiatives through laterally managing the management staff at 30+ solid waste and landfill facilities
• Safety/OSHA/Cal OSHA
  • Identify, develop and implement all required OSHA programs, reporting, and training.
  • Site Inspections with management team to develop action plan to achieve compliance.
  • Risk analysis and process investigation
• Air Permitting and Compliance 
• Manage California air permitting and compliance for Landfills and waste transfer stations and composting facilities. 
• Perform regular inspections to ensure permit compliance. 
• Assist implementing ideas and processes to best comply with permit requirements. 
• Hazardous Materials Management 
• Manage over 20+ facilities Hazardous Material Business Plans submittals and updates to ensure compliance with State, Federal and Local regulations. 
• Audit and assist 20+ facilities with proper hazardous materials management and documentation.
• Perform regular inspections with Local and State officials and CUPAs to ensure facilities were properly following regulations. 
• Highly proficient in CERS.
• Assist in managing three HHW’s in Northern California.
• Spill Prevention 
• Manage facilities SPCC plans and updates to ensure compliance with State, Federal and Local regulations. 
• Audit and assist facilities with compliance to their SPCCP.
• Perform regular inspections with Local and State officials to ensure facilities were properly follow regulations. 
• Stormwater Compliance/ Waste Discharge Requirement (WDR) 
• Manage facilities 10+ Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans. 
• Certified QISP since 2016 and perform QISP duties such as Level 1, Level 2 Exceedance Response Action.
• Report, site evaluation and assisted in developing and administering Advanced Stormwater training.
• Updated and manage WDRs for Landfills and composting operations and assist with proper reporting, inspection, and sampling requirements.
• Highly proficient in SMARTS databases.
• Work with facilities and engineering to implement construction projects to improve quality of stormwater discharges.
• Assisted in management of budget and project management of stormwater projects 
• Seek out and hire outside third party contractor to assist with stormwater requirements as needed per individual site need. 
• Composting Compliance 
• Manage permitting, plan and reporting compliance for a composting operation.
• Regular communication and inspections with Local and State officials.
• Management Support
• Work directly with site managers across Northern California to assist with DOT, Environmental and OSHA regulations. 
• Perform regular inspection of facilities for safety, environmental and DOT regulation compliance.
• Consistently assist individuals with developing ideas and processing to ensure compliance.
• Permit Compliance 
• Manage a plethora of permits for facilities to ensure individual compliance for a multitude of onsite operations and activities. 
• Ensure all activities occurring onsite have the correct applicable permits from the county/city level to federal levels. 
• TPR/Operations Plans/ Composting Operations Plans/JTDs
• Manage and update site operating plans ensure LEA and CalRecycle received the correct reporting and requests per each facility’s requirements. 
• Inspect and ensure facilities are operating to the standards of their plans/programs and performing the required inspections, reports, and documentation. 
• Regulatory Communication Compliance 
• Regularly and effectively communicate with the Water Board, Air District, CalRecycle, CUPA, LEA, DTSC and other government entities to ensure regulation compliance for facilities throughout northern California. 
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Infineon Technologies 

Inside Sales Support August 2014 - May 2015

• Customer Support
• Decrease response time to customer inquiries by creating and maintaining PO, RFQ, PCN and PD trackers.
• Developed process to decrease times on part qualification by fusing departmental knowledge and system gaps.
• Maintained, tracked, and prioritized CRM/SAP database entries to improve customer relations and communication.
• Account Support
• Compiled and compared account forecasts against POS and POP data to locate discrepancies and corrected.
• Analyze and track revenue vs. target to locate focus areas for account managers. 

Suburban Propane

Regional Account Specialist January 2014 - May 2014

• Account Analyst
• Improved account management by compiling reports, analyzing data, and synthesizing process targets.
• Pricing Analyst
• Analyzed databases to determine price optimization in conjunction with market and advertising constraints.
• Generated strategies to improve margins and impart managers with proper pricing formulas for sustainable growth.

Branch Manager June 2013 - January 2014

• Regulation and Safety management
• Marketing and Sales 
• Optimized market strategies by analyzing customer base and understanding consumer goals.
• Improved customer relationships and sales through increased involvement and congruence with community events.
• Budget Management & Analysis
• Met Controllable Profit goals through rigorous costs reduction strategies and efficient budget allocation. 

Fuel Clerk January 2012 - June 2013

• Fuel Inventory Analyst
• Improved regional fuel gains through account, price and inventory analysis and development of processes. 
• Regional Fuel and Customer Service Trainer
• Reduced new employee training time by creating structured and organized methods of teaching.
• Reduced region wide system errors by visiting centers, auditing, and providing training sessions throughout the region.

Customer Relations Specialist November 2007 - January 2012

• Customer Service and Sales
• Used phone, email, and written communication to become the number one sales and customer service representative.
• Increased branch sales through effective listening and considerate application of benefits per customer scenario.
• Forecasting
• Maximized delivery efficiency by organizing resources based on consumption, location, and time constraints.

Education:

• Qualified Industrial Stormwater Practioner
  • Certified Since 2016
• University of California, Sacramento
  • Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science
  • Minor, Economics
• Folsom Lake College
  • Associates of Science, Biology 
  • Associate of Science, Chemistry