Michael Stepic, PE, RS, BCEE, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER/ENGINEER
Mr. Stepic has over 29 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering specifically in the practice of solid waste management. He has managed and been the technical lead on the design, permitting and compliant operations of a variety of projects including small family-owned operations, municipal government agencies, and multi-million-dollar programs for large fortune 500 clients. Mr. Stepic also has significant experience in the fields of coal combustion residuals, solid waste, construction and demolition debris, residual, industrial and hazardous waste management. He also has experience with surface impoundment closures, long linear projects such as conveyor systems, pipelines and force mains, landfill redevelopment, stormwater management, and closed landfill issues.
mstepic@rubbercityengineering.com
Thomas Selle, PE, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER
Mr. Selle has 10 years of experience in the fields of environmental and civil engineering. He has been involved in several large-scale projects primarily focusing on landfill related design and construction oversight in Ohio and Tennessee. Mr. Selle’s daily project involvement includes site layout and grading, stormwater management and related design, construction plan generation in AutoCAD Civil 3D, material takeoffs and bid tab generation, technical report writing, contractor submittal and RFI review/response, and various field related tasks.
tselle@rubbercityengineering.com
Clinton Bowen, ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICIAN
Mr. Bowen has over two years of experience in design of various site civil, solid waste, environmental, and storm water engineering projects. Clinton brings a broad range of skills to every project, with technical experience in design, AutoCAD drafting, and report generation. Although relatively new to the field, Clinton has also proven to be a valuable team member. His skills and knowledge are growing rapidly due to his attention to detail and willingness to learn new things.
cbowen@rubbercityengineering.com
Scott Lefton, PROJECT ENGINEER
Mr. Lefton is a recent graduate from the University of Akron who joined our team as a full time member. Scott was a part of the cooperative work program while a student, working three semesters full time to gain valuable experience in both the solid waste and geotechnical engineering fields. Daily project involvement includes assistance with site layout and grading, stormwater management design, and construction plan generation in AutoCAD Civil 3D. Previous work experience in the geotechnical engineering field included soils exploration, lab testing & analysis, and construction quality control activities.
slefton@rubbercityengineering.com
Sonja Crooks, PE, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER
Ms. Crooks has 21 years of experience in the fields of civil and environmental engineering. She has performed management, design, and client management tasks for a variety of solid waste and municipal water and wastewater related projects during her career. Ms. Crooks has also been instrumental with a variety of closed landfill redevelopment and improvement projects across the State of Ohio.
scrooks@rubbercityengineering.com
Virginia Wilson, PE, SR. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER
Virginia has 32 years of professional regulatory experience with the Ohio EPA – 16 years in the Division of Material and Waste Management (DMWM) and 16 years in the Division of Surface Water (DSW). Within both divisions, she was involved in developing guidance documents and rules; doing presentations; writing Director’s Findings and Orders; testifying in court; and working with facilities, the public, and other government agencies concerning all aspects of solid waste and surface water regulations. During her time with DMWM, she reviewed solid waste and construction and demolition debris landfill, compost facility, and transfer station permits-to-install (PTIs); as well as performed the associated inspections during construction and operation of those facilities. She was also a member of the Geotechnical Resource Group which specialized in the review and development of slope stability and settlement analyses in the state of Ohio. Upon transferring to DSW, Virginia performed PTI reviews and wrote NPDES permits. During her final eleven years, Virginia was the permits supervisor for the Ohio EPA Northeast District Office, as well as managed several staff that performed PTI reviews and wrote NPDES permits; administered the sludge and pretreatment programs; and trained all DSW PTI interns in the district.
vwilson@rubbercityengineering.com
Donna Kniss, CHEMICAL ENGINEER
After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, Donna worked as an environmental engineer in numerous positions. Her experience includes evaluating NPDES permit data, evaluating proposed projects for operational need and safety, preparing SARA required reports, developing and conducting in-house training, calculating and preparing NESHAP reports, inspecting hazardous waste storage areas, developing sampling campaigns for evaluating low-level radioactive waste, and evaluating the data from those campaigns. Donna worked in Ohio EPA Surface Water Division for 24 years, concentrating on evaluating industrial pretreatment programs, evaluating proposed industrial wastewater treatment systems, and providing training and technical assistance to the regulating community.
dkniss@rubbercityengineering.com
Megan Talcott, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST
Ms. Talcott has been practicing in the field of environmental science for nearly 15 years. She has experience working from all sides of environmental compliance. This includes several years of experience as a regulator for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency giving her considerable knowledge in the field of air pollution control. She also has several years of experience on the opposite side of environmental regulation working as a municipal stormwater coordinator which included bringing the municipality into compliance with MS4 stormwater regulations. Her most recent experience includes assisting clients with stormwater and air pollution compliance.
mtalcott@rubbercityengineering.com