Kevin Flanagan

Kevin Flanagan 2nd 202 S. Court, Stillwater, OK- –-Experience Summary Over thirty years of professional experience in the environmental field, including: • • • • • Technical report writing Proofreading and editing Report and procedure manual design, writing, and tracking Reporting parameter tracking and database design/maintenance in Excel Client, regulatory agency, and staff relationships Experience Description Self Employed – May 2020 to Present Since leaving Enercon, I have focused on freelance writing, editing, and proofreading projects. I have also been writing about my travel and photographic experiences in a blog format and have completed a short non-fiction book about birds in Oklahoma (available on Amazon). Currently, I am working part-time as an editor for a company that supplies editing services for professionals (mainly non-native academics) interested in publishing an article in a professional journal. My area of specialty includes such broad topics as earth science, energy, and the environment. Editing services include copy editing for English readability, grammar, spelling, logic, style, and formatting for specific professional journal requirements. Enercon Services, Inc., Tulsa, OK – Environmental Consulting – December 2007 to May 2020 While I was with Enercon, I worked on a wide variety of environmental projects. I provided environmental services for everyone from small mom-and-pop convenience stores, to localized commercial or industrial facilities, to multi-state petroleum pipelines, and even to nuclear power plants. I dealt with environmental impacts to surface and subsurface soils or other solids, groundwater, surface water, stormwater, air, and wildlife. I often worked simultaneously with multiple projects; each with their own interested parties, requirements, goals, and deadlines. Each project required its own persuasive report, delivered on time, on budget, and written in a concise, easily understood style. In addition to preparing reports based upon my own field work, data collection, and research, I also prepared reports based upon the field work or data collected by others. Part of my responsibilities included editing other staff or consultant reports for scope, accuracy, grammar, logic, style, and format. This process involved basic editing for consistency of style, format, voice, grammar, spelling, etc. I designed reporting formats and parameters to meet specific client and project needs. I designed and assisted in designing reports to meet those individual requirements. I wrote field procedure manuals for in-house staff. These procedures included safety, data collection, client and public relations, job performance, and other considerations. I then trained staff or contract workers on these procedures. I designed and maintained Excel reporting parameter tracking spreadsheets for clients. Depending upon client needs and desires these included various parameters such as safety records, number and types of reports prepared, projects worked, and others. Environmental Consulting – other firms – December 1989 to December 2007 I performed services similar to the above, though to a lesser degree. These were primarily focused on subsurface soil and groundwater contaminant investigation and cleanup across the U.S. Education and Professional Background American Writers & Artists Institute (AWAI) copywriting training M.S. Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1989 B.S. Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1985 Current member of The Professional Writers’ Alliance (PWA)