BRIE HETHERINGTON
Mission
Summary
Experienced operational leader in the management of emergency response & environmental remediation industries, goal driven with a performance management driven leadership style.
Project management professional with track record of delivering high-impact projects in diverse environments. Adept at driving project timelines and ensuring quality outcomes through strategic planning and execution. Highly collaborative, adaptable, and committed to team success and client satisfaction.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
GFL Environmental Services
03.2023 - Current
- Manage multiple Oil and Gas and Industrial Sites throughout BC & AB
- Key Accounts and Projects specifically related to Industrial Services and Environmental Remediation – NDA for client’s names and project information
- Manage all project costs and ensure the project remains on budget
- Communicating and liaising with all stakeholders on projects
- Build, develop and maintain client and potential client relationships
- Build and maintain relationships with subcontractors
- Ensure all workers assisting with the project have the correct training and certifications to be on site
- Maintain training matrix for all workers on projects
- Assist with developing project specific safety paperwork – SOP’s JHA, Risk Assessments and client specific safety documentation
- Manage waste disposal for contaminated soil and hazardous waste – ensure Regulatory Compliance
- Advising clients on waste management and regulatory compliance
Operations Supervisor, Emergency Response
QM Environmental
11.2017 - 03.2023
- Manage projects and responses throughout BC, including staff, subcontractors, budgets, cost tracking and invoicing. (Responding when needed)
- Manage all Emergency Response staff in BC (day to day, responses & training)
- Manage, train, and provide equipment to subcontractors throughout British Columbia
- Build, develop and maintain client and potential client relationships to help grow QM Environmental business in Western Canada, and with Provincial and Federal Regulators
- Manage all correspondence from QM to regulatory bodies and clients, for incidents and training
- Build and maintain relationships with subcontractors to ensure QM’s clients had proper ER support
- Ensure the maintenance of emergency equipment is in a state of operational readiness
- Build and maintain a training matrix for staff
- Build and deliver training to external and internal persons
Team Lead, Emergency Response
QM Environmental
05.2019 - 11.2021
- Supervise staff and subcontractors during emergency events
- Responsible for ensuring all required safety paperwork including, but not limited to; toolbox talks, daily safe work permits, and health and safety plans are completed prior to commencing any work
- Responsible for leading field level hazard assessments and project safety pre-planning prior to starting any work
- Ensuring all maintenance and preventative maintenance are completed and documented for all equipment and vehicles, to ensure operational readiness
- Respond to environmental and hazardous material emergency calls
Fire Fighter, Paid on call
Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service
03.2015 - 01.2021
- Respond to emergency calls within Abbotsford – minimum one duty crew weekend per month
- Weekly training and education
- Driver and pump operator
- Maintenance of fire hall and fire apparatus including inspection of SCBAs and all fire gear
- Public education and community participation, including charitable initiatives
Hazmat Technician, Emergency Response
QM Environmental
11.2017 - 05.2019
- Respond to Hazmat Emergency Response incidents
- Equipment maintenance
- Support training exercises, deliver spill response training (internally and externally)
Education
Diploma Program - Criminal Justice
University of the Fraser Valley
01.2006
Skills
- Project management
- Project planning
- Project planning and development
- Project scheduling
- Team collaboration
- Relationship building
- Schedule management
- Advanced problem solving
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Project estimation and bidding
- Contract management
Certification
- Class 3 Driver’s License with Air Brake endorsement and safe driving record
- OFA Level 1 certification
- IFSAC seals certification
- NFPA 1001 Firefighter Level 1 & 2
- NFPA 1081 Industrial Firefighter Advanced Exterior
- NFPA 472 Hazmat Technician
- ICS 100 & 200
- Confined Space Rescue Technician
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods certification
- ERail Safe Program
- Emergency Response Assistance Canada certified – annual live flammable liquid transfer
- Railway Association of Canada – Railway Emergency Response Course
- H2S Alive Certification
- Emergency Vehicle Operations (Pump operator) Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service
- Member of the Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service Critical Incident Stress Management Team
- Course Instructor: Railway Association of Canada - ER training week (2022 – Current)
Timeline
Project Manager
GFL Environmental Services
03.2023 - Current
Team Lead, Emergency Response
QM Environmental
05.2019 - 11.2021
Operations Supervisor, Emergency Response
QM Environmental
11.2017 - 03.2023
Hazmat Technician, Emergency Response
QM Environmental
11.2017 - 05.2019
Fire Fighter, Paid on call
Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service
03.2015 - 01.2021
Diploma Program - Criminal Justice
University of the Fraser Valley