Christopher Lamb
Junior Industrial Hygiene Technician
Key Qualifications
  • 15 years of experience supporting the DOE
  • 40 Hour HAZWOPER
  • DOE Core Certificate
  • DOE Radiological Worker II
  • OSHA 10-hour Construction
  • DOE L Clearance

Education

AAS, Industrial Hygiene; AAS Waste Management; with a minor in Air Quality Control, Roane State Community College, Harriman, TN

Experience Summary

Mr. Lamb has over 15 years of experience supporting the Department of Energy (DOE) on the Oak Ridge Reservation as a Junior Industrial Hygiene (IH) Technician, Health Physics Technician, and Laborer. He holds an active DOE L Clearance.

Present Position

Junior IH Technician, Strata-G Staffing Services, LLC, Knoxville, TN, 07/2013 - Present

Under subcontract to URSCH2M Company LLC (UCOR), Mr. Lamb serves as a Junior IH Technician in support of operations on the Oak Ridge Reservation.

  • Maintains daily contact, in accordance with specific assignment, with superintendent, field engineers, craft personnel, and other discipline personnel to assist in the successful implementation of the IH Program.
  • Performs air and bulk sampling, noise surveys, temperature assessments, etc.
  • Sampling may include response to incident sampling events and may include chemical decontamination, where applicable.
  • Assists Facility Management as directed with access control, posting and labeling in accordance with IH and safety-related posting needs (e.g., respirator area, asbestos-regulated area, etc.).
  • Performs operational equipment set-ups and/operability tests for industrial hygiene meters, sampling equipment, and general maintenance of IH equipment/instrumentation.
  • Inputs and generates employee sampling notification letters, reports, and other IH-related sampling data records in the Industrial Hygiene Analytical System (IHAS)database.

Laborer, UCOR/DEMCO (transitioned to UCOR), 10/2010 – 07/2013

K-27 Building Demolition, East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), Oak Ridge, TN

Tank W-1A Project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN

  • Performed remedial actions support for the packaging and transport of transuranic (TRU) Remote Handled and Contact Handled waste.
  • Prepared trucks for shipping of materials, properly blocking and bracing containers.
  • Performed sorting and segregation of lead and anomalous waste.
  • Prepared waste to meet shipping specifications.
  • Performed inventory, inspection, and labeling of containers.
  • Performed pre- and post- trip inspections of trucks per Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.

Professional History

Rural Carrier Associate, US Postal Service, Powell, TN, 03/2003 - 04/2011

  • Sorted mail and delivered mail on established route.
  • Complete delivery forms, account collection.

Line Inspector, Van Norstran Contracting, Wartburg, TN, 03/2001 -04/2003

  • Performed underground utility installation such as water and sewer.
  • Initiated site safety procedures and maintained all permits and credentials for projects.
  • Responsible for hazardous materials transport.
  • Responsible for quality assurance and information technology.

Junior Health Physics Technician, GTS Duratek, Oak Ridge, TN, 05/1999 - 03/2001

  • Responsible for waste treatment solutions for radioactive, hazardous, and mixed waste.
  • Provided waste treatment for federal and commercial agencies.
  • Interface with various organizations to provide treatment solutions to ensure the compliant
    disposal of waste.
  • Provided support for CRV sort/segregation activities including waste packaging and marking and
    labeling of waste packages.
  • Responsible for free release and contamination surveys of various equipment and materials.

Material Handler, Priority Mail Division, DDD (Donald D. Dilks) Clinton, TN, 05/1999 - 05/1999

  • Responsible for unloading mail trucks.
  • Responsible for sorting mail.
  • Performed Quality Control/ Quality Assurance inspections.

Junior Health Physics, Decontamination Technician, Bartlett Nuclear, Sharon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Plymouth, MA, 02/1997 - 05/1997

  • Perform radiological surveys inside and outside the reactor containment area.
  • Responsible for characterizing contaminated equipment and radiological areas per As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) limits.
  • Responsible for transportation conveyance survey for commerce shipments to commercial facilities.
  • Responsible for survey and decontamination activities in various areas of the plant.
  • Responsible for survey and decontamination of equipment.

Project Assistant, HAZWRAP - Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program, Oliver Springs, TN, Internship, 01/1996 - 02/1997

  • Perform hazardous waste remedial action support for Department of Defense (DOD) facilities.
  • Responsible for cost tracking, scheduling, billing, and records maintenance for the
    Massachusetts Military Reservation, Norton and Dover Air Force Base projects.
  • Maintained the HAZWRAP Data Tracking System for Work for Others and DOE subcontracts.
  • Responsible for cost analyses of project costs and responsible for implementing cost
    reductions and budget balance.
  • Maintained the FY Budget data base for register sheets.
  • Responsible for budget analyses and reporting quality assurance.
  • Responsible for IAG reports, work orders, accounting changes, and budget revisions.
  • Reviewed invoices for processing and payment and interface with subcontractors to correct
    project discrepancies.

Professional Development/Training

  • 40 Hour HAZWOPER
  • Additional Training and Experience:
  • Aerial Lift
  • Behavioral Safety/ISMS
  • Department of Transportation General Awareness Training
  • Document Control and Records Management
  • Documented Safety Analysis and Technical Safety Requirements Training
  • DOE Core Certificate
  • DOE Radworker ll
  • Electrical Safety
  • Electrical Safety
  • Emergency Planning and Response
  • Fall Protection
  • Fire Extinguisher Training
  • Hazard Communication
  • Hearing Conservation
  • Lockout/Tag-out for Affected Employees
  • Nevada National Security Site Waste Acceptance Criteria Training
  • OSHA 10 Hour Construction
  • Performing and Documenting Removable and Fixed Contamination Final Status Surveys
  • Price Anderson Amendment Act
  • Quality Assurance
  • Site Safety Awareness for Radiation Workers
  • Spill Response Training
  • Spotter/ Flagger Training

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