Willard J. Smith, P.E., BCEE, QEP
Environmental
Engineering Consultant
Brief Profile
Will J Smith is an environmental
professional with over 40 years of experience primarily in the fields of air
quality monitoring and air pollution control. Mr. Smith is currently owner and
principal engineer of a consulting firm, W.J.S. Contracting Services, LLC (www.wjscontracting.com;
www.willjsmith.com; www.wjsengineering.com) that
provides environmental engineering expertise to international & domestic industrial clients and governmental agencies.
Education & Qualifications
Over
40 years of professional experience in environmental engineering (air quality
monitoring networks /air pollution control analyses / air dispersion modeling).
Registered
Professional Engineer in New York State, License #053453, since 1976
Board
Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE), Air Pollution Control Specialty, American Academy of Environmental
Engineers (AAEE), Certification #96-20001.
AAEE
Middle East Certification Coordinator
Qualified
Environmental Professional (QEP), Institute of Practicing Environmental
Professionals (IPEP), Certification #01960011.
IPEP
Middle East Certification Coordinator
Member,
Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA), #026147, since 1978
B.Sc.,
Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering, 1970, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New
York, USA
U.S. EPA training courses
on air quality systems, air pollution control technologies, environmental
statistics, dispersion modeling, ambient toxics monitoring techniques, network
design requirements, etc.
Professional Positions
Held
Owner / Principal Engineer, WJS Contracting Services, LLC, Schenectady, New
York, since mid- 2009 to present
Environmental Consultant, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco),
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 5 years
Supervisor, Air Pollution Control Program, Saudi
Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1 year.
Air Quality/ Air Pollution Control Engineering Specialist, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, over
10 years.
Engineering Manager and Principal Engineer, Northeast
U.S. Region, McLaren/Hart Environmental Engineering Corporation, 2 years.
Air Quality Engineering Consultant & Engineering Manager, Dakkak Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2
years.
Principal Environmental Engineer, NUS Corporation, 3 years.
Senior Environmental Engineer, New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
(NYSDEC), Division of Air Resources, 15 years.
Owner/Principal Engineer, W.J.S. Contracting Services, LLC, Environmental Engineering Consultancy for International & US-based clients, Schenectaday, NY, USA
Current projects include:
Engineering Specialist
(General Environmental), Saudi Aramco Oil Company, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2003 –
December 2008
Responsibilities included:
·
Guidance, development, and
implementation of the Company’s environmental awareness & management
training programs
·
Technical coordinator for the
Company’s Corporate Environmental Balanced Scorecard program and related Environmental
Management System issues.
·
Budgeting and
resource-planning support for the environmental awareness & training program
directives.
·
Technical training of
staff & mentoring plan development for technical staff
·
General environmental
engineering consulting services to the Company
·
Regional Coordinator for IPEP
(QEP) and AAEE (BCEE) professional certification programs.
Supervisor, Air Pollution Control Program, Saudi Aramco Oil
Company, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2001 - 2002
Responsibilities included:
·
Supervision of 25
professional staff working in the air quality / air pollution control program
of Saudi Aramco
·
Technical and managerial
direction of all air quality / air pollution control activities for the Company
that include ambient air quality monitoring, special studies, environmental
impact assessment review of projects, air pollution control analyses, and
integration of new technologies for environmental control of air emissions for
Company facilities.
·
Development and
administration of multi-million dollar budgets for capital expenditures and
contractual services to support the air pollution control program, and
responsible for the long-term planning of air quality / air pollution control
program resources and capabilities.
·
Most senior engineering
specialist within the Company for air quality / air pollution control issues,
and frequently consulted or selected to represent the Company on air emission
related technical and/or regulatory issues.
Engineering Specialist
(Air Quality), Saudi Aramco Oil Company, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1992 - 2001
Responsibilities included:
·
Technical guidance and
direction to other company organizations regarding air pollution/air quality
matters that may affect facility operations. Example: Responsible for the replacement of Saudi
Aramco’s medical waste incinerators with state-of-the art rotary
autoclaves that converted medical wastes into sterile, unrecognizable material
that could be disposed in landfills.
Air pollution impacts and higher costs of operating & maintaining
the incinerators were thus eliminated.
·
Company representative for
all matters dealing with air pollution/air quality issues with the government
and other organizations.
·
Budgeting and
resource-planning support for new program directives.
·
Development and
implementation of new air monitoring technologies such as Optical Remote
Sensing (ORS) techniques that show promise in providing more useful information
at more cost-effective levels for the company.
·
Air dispersion modeling
capability for use in assessing air quality impacts from new projects and
determining the most cost-effective emission control alternative(s) to
incorporate into the project design.
·
Analysis and reporting of
ambient air quality monitoring data from the company's real-time monitoring
network for use in generating facility compliance status reports. Preparation of the annual environmental
monitoring data report is also included.
·
Development and
implementation of new monitoring programs (i.e., stack testing and leak
detection and repair program (LDAR) for the control of fugitive emissions at
the refineries and gas processing plants).
·
Technical support and
direction for the proper utilization and expansion of the company's real-time
ambient air monitoring network.
·
Development of Saudi
Aramco's engineering design standards that must incorporate ambient air quality
and source emission environmental regulations and be followed by all company
Operations and Project Management teams.
·
Technical expertise to
company management for other air-related issues on a case-by-case basis.
Engineering Manager and Principal Engineer, Northeast U.S. Regional
Office, McLaren/Hart Environmental Engineering Corporation, Albany, NY, 1991-1992
Responsibilities included:
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Technical and managerial
direction of all environmental engineering projects for this office. Projects included hazardous waste site
characterizations and remedial design; hazardous and non-hazardous landfill design
and construction management; Best Management Practices (BMP) plans; air
permitting and emissions inventories; ambient air toxics monitoring studies;
environmental assessments; and industrial compliance audits.
·
Marketing of environmental
engineering services and managing of clients' projects.
·
Long-term planning of the
company's environmental engineering resources and capabilities.
·
Most senior Project
Engineer for a comprehensive ambient air toxics monitoring study at a
Air Quality Engineering
Consultant Engineering Manager, Dakkak Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 1988-1990
Responsibilities as the Air
Quality Engineering Consultant included:
·
Engineering and managerial
support to the Saudi Arabian Environmental Protection Administration (MEPA) for
air quality and air pollution control studies.
·
Technical guidance in the
development and operation of MEPA's real-time ambient air quality monitoring
network.
·
Technical guidance in the
development and implementation of MEPA's environmental protection standards and
regulatory compliance efforts.
·
Air dispersion modeling
and special monitoring capability for evaluating major emission source air
quality impacts.
·
Technical support of
MEPA's regulatory permitting program.
Responsibilities
as Engineering Manager included:
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Managing the company's
environmental projects and consulting services. Example: Design and implementation of a real-time
ambient air monitoring network for a large industrial facility in the Eastern
Province of Saudi Arabia.
·
Assisting in the company's
efforts to develop a hazardous waste management services program by providing
engineering expertise for a planned hazardous waste treatment, storage, and
disposal (TSD) facility.
·
Marketing and developing
bid proposals for air quality and air pollution control services within the
Senior Air Quality
Engineer, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Division of Air
Resources, 1987-1988
Responsibilities included:
·
Development and
implementation of a real-time ambient air toxics monitoring program.
·
Technical supervision of
engineering staff operating
·
Project Engineer for a
joint USEPA/NYSDEC ambient air toxics monitoring study in the NY City area to
determine the effectiveness of new sampling methodologies and assess the
background concentration levels of various toxic pollutants.
Principal Environmental Engineer, NUS Corporation, 1984-1986
Responsibilities included:
·
Managerial and technical
expertise to the Saudi Arabian Environmental Protection Administration (MEPA)
for its air quality monitoring and air pollution control programs.
·
Engineering consulting
service support for other NUS environmental engineering projects in
Environmental Engineer,
Responsibilities included:
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Technical staff assigned
to oversee the operation & maintenance of
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Development &
implementation of a formal Quality Assurance (QA) program for the above network
in accordance with USEPA requirements.
·
Technical training of
instrumentation operation and related QA procedures.
·
Technical development of
·
Project Engineer for a
joint USEPA/NYSDEC air monitoring study conducted in the metropolitan NY City
area to determine the extent of ozone transport and photochemical formation.
·
Technical guidance for
establishing new monitoring sites required under CAA attainment provisions.
·
Performing systems and
performance audits.
·
Integrating new
instrumentation into the program and establishing performance, data continuity,
and data validity guidelines for the new equipment.
Publications & Presentations
“Advantages & Benefits of Using Open-Path Differential
Optical Adsorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) in Ambient Air & Source Emission
Monitoring Programs,” presented at the EnviroArabia 2010
Conference, Manama, Bahrain, April 2010.
"Evaluation of Optical Remote Sensing (ORS) systems for Ambient Air Monitoring," presented to Saudi Aramco Executive Management Committee, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, November 2000.
"Using Optical Remote Sensing (ORS) Air Monitoring Technology at Saudi Aramco," presented at Saudi Aramco Corporate Headquarters, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, January 2000.
"Dispersion Modeling
- A Design Tool for the Development of a Grassroots Gas Processing
Facility," with Nand, K., Parsons
Engineering Science,
"Air Dispersion
Modeling for Air Quality Impact Analysis of One of the World's Largest Oil and
Gas Producing Projects," with Nand, K., Parsons
Engineering Science, Pasadena, CA., presented at the Second Specialty
Conference on Environmental Progress in the Petroleum & Petrochemical
Industries, Manama, Bahrain, November 1997.
"Alternate Fuels Study - Air Dispersion Modeling of SWCC Desalination Plant," presented at SWCC Corporate Facility, Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 1996.
"VOC Emission
Determination & Reduction Techniques in the Petroleum Industry," with Conner, W. G., Saudi Aramco, presented at the 1996 Petrotech
Conference,
"The Role of
Real-Time Air Quality and Meteorological Monitoring at Saudi Aramco," with Williams, R. O., Saudi Aramco, presented at the First
Specialty Conference on Environmental Issues in the Petroleum & Petrochemical
Industries, Manama, Bahrain, December 1995.
"Using Air Dispersion
Modeling as a Cost-Effective Tool in Assessing Air Pollution Control
Alternatives at Saudi Aramco Facilities," with Schulze, R. H., Trinity Consultants, Dallas, Texas, presented
at the First Specialty Conference on Environmental Issues in the Petroleum
& Petrochemical Industries, Manama, Bahrain, December 1995.
"Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Fugitive Emissions," presented at the Saudi Aramco Abqaiq Gas Processing Facility, Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, 1995.
"Ambient Air Toxics Study at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Naval Base," presented to the Naval Facility Management, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1991.
"The Quality
Assurance Document for the Air Quality Monitoring Program of the Saudi Arabian Meteorology
and Environmental Protection Administration (MEPA)," MEPA,
"The Jeddah Air
Quality Report," with Zerbonia, R., and
Al-Fawaz, Abdullah, Meteorology and Environmental Protection Administration
(MEPA), Jeddah, K. S. A., 1986.
"Lead Levels in Air
and Children's Blood in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia," with Zeitoun, I. H., and Bakarman, M., presented at the First
Symposium on Environmental Protection and Management in the
"Guidelines for Siting Criteria, Methodology, Instrumentation, and Quality Assurance for the Saudi Arabian Meteorology & Environmental Protection Administration (MEPA)," Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, August 1984.
"New York State's
Views on Ambient Air Monitoring Requirements," presented at the NESCAUM Ambient Air Monitoring Seminar on
Criteria Pollutants, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1983.
"The Northeast
Corridor Regional Modeling Project (NECRMP) Air Monitoring Data Report," with Twaddell, R., New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation,
"A Performance Test
for the Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cutter Used in Pulsed Fluorescent Sulfur Dioxide
Analyzers," with Buckman, F., Journal
of the Air & Waste Management Association (formerly the Air Pollution
Control Association), Vol. 31, No.10, October 1981.
"The Use of 90-Volt
Step-Down Transformers for High Volume Air Samplers Used by New York
State," BAQS-45, New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation, Albany, N.Y., 1973.
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