Sophie Lagacé, P.E.

Environmental Engineer

mechante.anemone [at] gmail [dot] com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/sophielagace

Summary

Environmental engineer with extensive experience providing engineering analysis, design, permitting, construction, and monitoring services. Significant experience in environmental impact assessment (NEPA, ESA, SEPA, CEQA); environmental data analysis and management; CERCLA, Brownfields, and NRDA sites; water quality; environmental restoration; quality control/quality assurance (QA/QC); and waste management and containment. Skilled at working with multiple jurisdictions and stakeholders, including Native American tribes and federal, state, and local government agencies. Excellent cooperative, organizational, technical, computer, graphic, and writing skills. Fluent in English and French.

Strengths Profile:

  • Strategic: Able to sort through the clutter and find the best route, to see patterns where others simply see complexity. I discard the paths that lead straight into resistance, or lead into a fog of confusion. I cull and make selections until I arrive at the chosen path - my strategy.
  • Input: inquisitive, a collector of information. The world is exciting precisely because of its infinite variety and complexity. I am constantly reading, listening, collecting pieces of information that will turn out handy some day.
  • Maximizer: Excellence, not average, is the measure. Taking something from below average to slightly above average takes a great deal of effort and is not very rewarding. Transforming something strong into something superb takes just as much effort but is much more thrilling.
  • Learner: I love to learn. The process, more than the content or the result, is especially exciting. I am energized by the steady and deliberate journey from ignorance to competence.
  • Responsibility: I take psychological ownership for anything I commit to, and whether large or small, I am bound to follow it through to completion. When assigning new responsibilities, people look to me first because they know it will get done.

Keywords: RI/FS, NRDA, NEPA, ESA, SEPA, CEQA, CERCLA, RCRA, NALEMP, federal, facility, Superfund, Brownfield, redevelopment, cleanup, NPL, remediation, natural resources, restoration, technical support, on-call support, environmental services, planning, permitting, compliance, Environmental Assessment, EA, Biological Assessment, BA, JARPA, NPDES, design, database, data analysis, environmental data, GIS, Website development, tribal, agencies, stakeholders, multiple, coordination, partnerships, inter-agency, multidisciplinary, solid waste, integrated waste management, landfill, waste stream analysis, impoundment, geosynthetics, recycling, surface water, sediment, groundwater, soils, biota, mining, mine waste, mine drainage, waste rock, adit, tailings, geosynthetics, containment, geomembranes, barriers, construction, oversight, quality control, quality assurance, CQC, CQA, field inspection, QAPP, QMP.