Paul V.

Zaimes
pzaimes@comcast.net Tel: 610.937.3595 Fax: 732.475.7059

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR / SENIOR CONSULTANT

Senior consultant, environmental engineer, project manager and seller-doer with unique technical and managerial skills and experience and a compelling reputation for delivering innovative designs and cost effective solutions. Excellent communication and presentation skills that command effective collaborative relationships with clients, staff, contractors and field services personnel. Seeking an opportunity to make positive contributions to the organization. Exceptional hands-on technical, management and sales talent Demonstrated history of outstanding technical accomplishment Positive, energetic, innovative and resourceful professional Team builder and mentor; manage and motivate effective teams

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT / SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER Groundwater & Environmental Services, Neptune, NJ 2010 - 2013 Managed and performed environmental design and project management services for the Industrial Projects Group on active liquids terminals, pipelines, manufacturing sites and landfills. Performed site and system audits; prepared conceptual designs, engineering reports, project plans and specs; prepared proposals for remedial investigations and systems; prepared RFPs and vetted bids for systems and installation contracts; negotiated master services agreements with new clients; prepared proposals, SOQs, presentations and HAZOP reviews Designed two LNAPL recovery and groundwater pump and treat systems at an active liquid terminal Designed alternative pretreatment solution that saved client more than $1.8M capital cost and $350K annual operating cost Designed innovative well vault, piping, heat trace and trenching designs to cut installed costs by 50% Performed HAZOP evaluation of proposed facilities and rectified explosion hazard issues Specified and designed restoration (Sandy) upgrades for a1000-GPD stormwater treatment system at an active terminal Managed multiple groundwater treatment system operation and maintenance contracts o Maintained greater than 90% uptime, resolved NJDEP compliance issues and optimized system performance Designed innovative cost-effective solutions to control petroleum product seeps at petroleum terminals Prepared permit applications: NJPDES; NJPDES, TWAs, Air, NJDEP wetlands and floodplain construction Established master services agreements with several new clients SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT AMEC EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL, Plymouth Meeting, PA 2008 - 2010 Designed and implemented Water, Wastewater and Sewer Design and Project Management Services for various clients. Designed and constructed a unique and innovative Green wastewater treatment and reclamation facility for CSX Transportation, which reduced the water and carbon footprint, sewer, power, and chemical costs by more than 90% Prepared plans & specifications; managed multi-disciplinary professional engineering services from multiple offices Designed eight industrial sewer, wastewater and fuel storage projects at active AMTRAK railroad facilities Designed new potable well water treatment system and wastewater treatment systems for Fort Dix Developed conceptual multi-variable frac and produced water treatment/reuse models for the Marcellus Shale Play Designed piping and potable water treatment systems for a Veterans Hospital campus with Blue Water issues DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTED SERVICES Pall Advanced Separation Systems [PASS], Cortland, NY / Exton, PA 1998 - 2007 Technical Services Program development, marketing, sales and management, and special project manager. Developed, managed and sold a portfolio of contracted technical services for a $2-billion global company Achieved successful turn-around, generating more than $7-million annual service revenues from corporate loss-leader Built and managed team of more than 20-field service engineers Negotiated profitable technology service contracts with several major brewing companies US technical lead for leachate treatment systems (LTS); Sold large Microfiltration and Reverse Osmosis systems Managed installation, start-up, permitting, HASP and O&M contracts for several LTS systems in PA, OR, and GA

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OPERATIONS MANAGER and SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER Groundwater & Environmental Services, Exton, PA 1996 - 1997 Managed an environmental consulting and contracting service office with profit and loss [P&L] responsibility Built professional staff from 25 to 45 and revenues to $4.2-million over 2-years in a mature and competitive market Business development and office management; Technical and commercial guidance, review and oversight of projects More than 150- environmental projects; major oil companies, refineries, major industrial clients Developed a state-of-the art mobile Data Acquisition and Processing Laboratory [DAPL] DIRECTOR of ENGINEERING and OPERATIONS Groundwater & Environmental Services, Wall, NJ 1994 1996 Established the environmental engineering capability of GES Built an 8-person environmental engineering department, developed and implemented engineering standards Provided technical and engineering oversight on more than 250-active environmental sites Managed 17 environmental technicians performing sampling/monitoring, remedial system installations and O&M Developed proprietary technology and services that differentiated GES capability, enhanced revenues and reputation Expanded revenues by more than 25% annually ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT / PROJECT ENGINEER / PROJECT MANAGER Woodward Clyde Consultants, Blue Bell, PA 1992 1994 Environmental Consultant and PM for a wide variety of major industrial and government remediation projects Designed and built an innovative in-line dual phase monitoring and evaluation system for Xerox Corporation; A remedial process evaluation tool that optimized contaminant removal and reduced cost to closure Developed and implemented several state-of-the art advancements in Dual-phase remediation systems Designed and installed an innovative and effective DNAPL recovery system Designed and installed an effective groundwater management at an active chemical manufacturing facility US ACOE: Fast-track remedial Designs; SVE System, Soil Removal, JP-7 Test Facilities for Ft. Meyers Prepared plans and specifications for aviation fuel line decommissioning and abandonment at Olmstead Air Force Base Designed and installed TCE storage tanks and truck offloading facilities for a manufacturing plant Designed and installed innovative combined SVE and air sparge systems using trenching and horizontal drilling TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, CHIEF ENGINEER, MANAGER Sigma Treatment Systems / Parmatic Filter Corp., Chester Springs, PA 1978 - 1992 Developed from concept through production a comprehensive line of USCG and IMO certified marine pollution control systems and services, sold worldwide. Designed 15-ppm Oil Water Separators [OWS], Oil Content Meter [OCM] and Oil Monitor and Control Systems Dominated the market by selling unparalleled reliability and performance backed with unconditional warranty Sold, installed and serviced more than two thousand systems worldwide Developed an OCM for the US Navy and won a competitive USN contract to supply the 600 vessel fleet Designed Marine Sanitation Devices [MSD], USCG Certified Type I and Type II Physical/Chemical and Biological Set-up licensed manufacturing in England, Greece and Japan to support international demand Established and maintained US and international service support Designed for the British Ministry of Defense a MSD to treat vacuum transported marine sewage Developed and sold ELINCA Anti-bio-fouling system designs to protect seawater intakes from macro-fouling organisms JUNIOR ENGINEER Vollmer Associates, New York, NY Worked on Draft EIS for proposed Nassau Expressway Project; reviewed and edited various technical reports

1977 - 1978

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EDUCATION
B.S. Environmental Sciences, Resource Management / Geology, Lehigh University, 1977 OSHA Hazwoper - 40 hour

ADDITIONAL TRAINING
OSHA Hazwoper - Supervisor and incident commander E-RAILSAFE Certified CSX Transportation Roadway Worker Trained AMTRAK Roadway Worker Trained Kinder Morgan Contractor Safety Training Fire Watch Trained Asbestos Hazard Trained Hydrogen Sulfide Hazard Trained Designing Services That Perform Antfarm Inc. , 2007 Services Industry Summit Strategies For eService and Knowledge Management - 2007 Karrass Negotiation Seminar, 2006 Institute in Drinking Water Treatment, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2005 USCG licensed captain TWIC Card

PRESENTATIONS
Zaimes, P. and Calhoun, J., Green / Innovative Wastewater Treatment, Reclamation and Reuse Facility at CSX Transportation Corbin Kentucky - 2010 Rail Road Environmental Conference [RREC 2010] in Champaign, Illinois, October 2010 Pall Advanced Separations Services Filed Services, Presented numerous PALL Membrane Filtration Technology and Service seminars, 1998-2007 PASS PallSep Microfiltration Systems Global Service Training Seminar, Service Training Seminar for about 40 service engineers from around the globe, PASS Cortland, NY, 2006 Landfill Leachate Treatment with Disc Tube Reverse Osmosis Technology Solid Waste Landfill Summit, Canada 2005 Sigma Treatment Systems 5-ppm Oil Water Separators and Oil Content Meters for the Great Lakes Fleets Canadian Great Lakes Oil Pollution Control Summits, Quebec and Ontario Canada 1983 through 1986 Sigma Treatment Systems USCG / IMO Certified 15-ppm Oil Water Separators and Oil Content Meters, Various International Oil Pollution Control Seminars in England and Greece 1982 through 1985

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SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Skills Inventory:
Process and Facility Audits, Upgrades, Permitting, In-Plant Services, Process Troubleshooting Environmental Consulting Conceptual Designs Engineering Plans & Specifications Pilot Tests and Reports Remedial Design and Implementation Regulatory Interface and Liaison Air, Water and Waste Permitting NPDES Permits & Compliance EH&S Plans and Reports Management - Manufacturing, Engineering, Technical Services, Projects & Programs HAZOP Review Detailed Design: Facilities, Foundations, Process, Piping, Equipment & Controls Operations and Maintenance Programs Emergency Response Prepare SOQs and Marketing Materials Proposal Preparation Costing, Estimating & Purchasing Business Plans and Forecasts Prepare RFPs and RFQs Budgeting and Budget Management Technical Presentations Business Development and Sales Contract Negotiation Recruiting / Staff Development Wetlands Access Remedial Investigation Construction Management

Service Market Areas:

Refineries, Pipelines & Terminals Major Oil Companies Marine - Power Generation and Transmission Industrial Manufacturing Commercial and Cruise Ships US Navy, MSC, US Coast Guard Army Corp of Engineers, MARAD International Navies Chemical Manufacturing Plants Oil and Gas Production Brine Production Polymer Manufacturing Plants Mines / AMD Landfills: Leachate Treatment Plants Correctional Facilities Ethanol Plants Municipal and Industrial Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Railroads / Rail Yards Residential Complexes Public Schools National Parks Biopharmaceutical Breweries & Wineries Spirits / Distilleries Non-alcoholic Beverage Manufacturers Nutritional Supplement Companies

Technology / System Types:

Oil water separators Oil Content Monitors Marine Sanitation Devices Anti-Biofouling Systems Membrane Separation Systems Micro-Filtration Hollow Fiber Modules, High-Sheer Filters, Cassettes Ultra-Filtration Hollow Fiber Modules, Ceramic Membranes Nano-Filtration Spiral Modules Nano-Filtration Disc Tube Modules Reverse Osmosis Spiral Modules Reverse Osmosis Disc Tube Modules MF/RO Wastewater Treatment Polymer Chemistry Plate and Frame Filters DE Filters High-Flow Filters High-Temperature Filters Flue Gas Filter Systems Blow-Back Filter Systems Hot-Polymer Continuous-Flow Filters Coalescers Centrifuges - Integrated Systems Electro-coagulation / Side-stream Dissolved Air Flotation Process Instrumentation and Control Sterile Filtration Tangential Flow Filtration Oil Purifiers Sand Filters Fluidized Bed Reactors On-Line Particle Analyzers Integrity Test Systems Evaporators & Crystallizers Belt Filter Presses Ozonators UV/Ozone Oxidizers UV/Photo-catalytic Oxidizers Self-cleaning Strainers Sludge Dewatering Water Decant Systems

Environmental / Remediation Technology Experience Inventory:

Dual-Phase / Total-Phase Extraction SVE, VEGE, Pump & Treat In Situ and Ex Situ Soil Remediation LNAPL and DNAPL Recovery Electric and Pneumatic Pumping Vacuum Conveyance Systems Air Sparging, Bio-venting Enhanced and Combined Technologies Angular and Horizontal Drilling Trenching Systems Oxygen & Ozone Generators ISCO / ORC / REDUC Liquid and Vapor Phase GAC Thermal / Catalytic Oxidation UV / Peroxide & Ozone Systems UV / TiO2 Systems Oil Water Separators Flocculation Systems Marine Sanitation Devices, Type I & II; Biological & Physical Chemical Vacuum transport systems Mineral Sequestering Systems pH Adjustment Systems Instrumentation and Monitoring Systems Anti-Biofouling Systems Mobile Pilot Test Equipment Data Logging Systems Telemetry / Remote Monitoring NAPL Seep Control Sludge Dewatering via GeoTubes