Shannon L. Yost
Environmental Consultant Intern
Portland, OR · (503) 555 0112 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/shannonlyost
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Ten months of paid internship plus one field season.
SECTORS
Commercial real estate and light industrial property transactions.
SPECIALTIES
Phase one assessments, records research, field logging.
SYSTEMS
ArcGIS Pro, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat.
CREDENTIALS
Hazardous waste operations forty hour certification.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in environmental science, Portland State University.
Executive Summary
Environmental consulting intern in the site assessment group of a regional firm, ten months in while finishing a bachelor of science in environmental science. Runs records research and field logging for phase one environmental site assessments and drafts the sections a project manager reviews.
Signature Achievements
- Completed records research for 31 phase one assessments with nothing missed at senior review.
- Cut historical aerial photograph research turnaround from three days to one.
- Logged soil borings across nine field days with no chain of custody errors.
- Wrote a site reconnaissance checklist four project managers now issue to every intern.
Professional Experience
Environmental Consultant Intern
Cascade Ridge Environmental, Portland, OR 2025 to present
Site assessment group of eleven serving commercial property transactions in Oregon.
- Read database reports and flag recognized environmental conditions for the project manager.
- Draft site history and interview sections of phase one reports for review.
- Support phase two field work by logging borings and labeling samples.
Water Quality Laboratory Assistant
Willamette Basin Water Council, Portland, OR 2024 to 2025
Volunteer monitoring program covering twenty two stream sites in one watershed.
- Ran turbidity, dissolved oxygen and bacteria samples and entered the results.
- Trained sixteen volunteers on sampling technique before each monthly run.
- Wrote the quarterly summary the council sends to member cities.
Licensure and Certification
Hazardous waste operations and emergency response forty hour certification, 2025
Education
Bachelor of Science in environmental science, Portland State University, expected 2026
Core Skills
Phase one assessments · Records research · Site reconnaissance · Boring logs · Chain of custody · Water sampling · ArcGIS Pro · Technical writing · Field photography · Microsoft Excel