Summary
Justin Skord is an experienced environmental geologist and task manager with a decade of hands-on practice delivering assessment, remediation, and regulatory reporting for contaminated and LUST sites. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he combines field expertise in drilling, monitoring-well installation, soil and groundwater sampling, and soil vapor work with project management skills—coordinating subcontractors, budgets, and technical reports. At Arcadis he also provides EHS support for pharmaceutical and government labs, spanning respirator fit testing, hazardous waste management, ISO 14001 compliance, and safety systems. Trained with an MS in Geology from the University of Nevada–Reno, he brings technical depth in geophysics and geothermal topics alongside practical Ruby/Rails and HTML skills that hint at an aptitude for automating field workflows and reporting. Notably, his career bridges rigorous research and operational execution, making him effective at translating complex subsurface data into auditable, regulatory-ready deliverables.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Geology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Geology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Master of Science (MS), Geology, Master of Science (MS), Geology at University of Nevada-Reno