Lee Richard Peterson, P.E.

 

1506 West DeepCreek Rd

Morgan, UT 84050

(801) 829-6348

[email protected]

 

 

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

 

Professional Engineering (PE) Exam - April 2001

Utah  - Passed

 

Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam  - April 1995

Utah - Passed

 

Certified Public Manager (CPM) Graduate - December 2006
State of Utah, Department of Human Resource Management

 

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

 

M.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering/Groundwater            December 1999

Utah State University                                                             Overall GPA: 3.45

 

B.S. Environmental Engineering/Water and Wastewater          June 1996

Utah State University                                                             Overall GPA: 3.6 Cum Laude

 

Scholarships                                                                          1989-1996

Utah State University

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Environmental Engineer

Utah Division of Drinking Water                          

Feb 2001 – present

 

·        Program Manager for the Division's loan program (coordinate all funding within the Division)

·        Process State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan applications, pay requests, change orders and make presentations to the Drinking Water Board

·        Staff Engineer responsible for the review of plans & specs of drinking water facility construction projects

·        Oversee construction of drinking water projects

·        Perform sanitary surveys on public drinking water systems and inspect water treatment plants throughout the state of Utah

·        Witness grout sealings of drinking water wells throughout the state

·        Develop & Maintain Division's website and internal database

 

Design Engineer

Pinncale Engineering                          

Jan 2007 to July 2007 (part time)

 

·        Design & draft subdivisions for various clients (land developers) using AutoCAD Civil 3D

·       Prepare Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans for various clients (land developers)

 

Environmental Engineer

ThermoRetec Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah

Feb 2000 – Feb 2001

 

·        Field Engineer responsible for construction oversight of Hanging Wall Barrier installation at a former refinery in Wyoming

·        Responsible for installation and O&M of hydrocarbon recovery system (Selective Oil Skimmer) at a railroad yard in Idaho

·        Responsible for managing lead contaminated soil sampling, removal, and disposal at a former petroleum refinery in North Dakota

·        Staff Engineer responsible for preparing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments at several locations across Utah and Idaho

·        Prepared Annual Reports for several Flying J and BP Amoco refineries involving site assessment and data analysis

·        Responsible for the Health and Safety issues at construction sites

·        Performed network troubleshooting tasks

 

Research Assistant

Utah Water Research Lab/Utah State University                                

Jun 1995 – Dec 1999

 

·        Developed a vapor transport model for simulating fate of degradable compounds in the vadose zone   

       (published)

·        Performed data analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of monitored natural attenuation using multiple lines of evidence at former petroleum refinery in Wyoming

·        Submitted post-closure groundwater monitoring program reports for former petroleum refineries located in Wyoming and North Dakota

·        Significantly modified aerobic and anaerobic fate and transport models for petroleum hydrocarbon plumes

·        Developed an interface for two groundwater models accessible through the Internet

·        Analyzed integrated watershed models and presented results to committee

·        Developed animated injection/recovery and capture zone simulation in Excel and Mathematica

 

Environmental Engineering Internship        

Geneva Steel, Orem, Utah                                 

Jun 1994 – Sept 1994

 

·        Prepared portions of Geneva's renewal of the SPCC (Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure) Plan

·        Inspected and monitored PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) spills

·        Performed a solvent audit throughout the plant

·        Reviewed MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) and updated Geneva's database

 

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

 

·        Highly Skilled in Windows, DOS, Unix, and Macintosh environments

·        Expert in advanced programming using MS Excel & Access

·        Competent using AutoCAD, WaterCAD & ArcVIEW

·        Maintained web server on a Mac and currently webmaster for the Division of Drinking Water

·        Proficient in programming using Visual Basic, Fortran, and UserLand Frontier (web scripting for Macintosh)

 

 

HEALTH & SAFETY TRAINING

 

40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER Training

8-hour OSHA Supervisor Training

American Red Cross CPR and First Aid

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Peterson, L.R., 1999, "Numerical Simulation of Oxygen and Hydrocarbon Coupled Biodegradation and Diffusion in the Vadose Zone": Thesis (M.Sc.) Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 42 p.