Damien Galford

Northern California Operations Manager

Damien Galford works out of the Sacramento office as the Northern California Operations Manager. His pre-employment experiences in forest management and as an aggregate truck driver allows, Mr. Galford to understand the basic nature of the construction aggregates industry. In addition, his education in forest management allows a cross-over between engineering and environmental concerns and provides the basic skills necessary to complete a variety of assignments related to mine planning and compliance.

Mr. Galford is involved in project planning and permitting efforts and has been heavily involved in compliance reporting, estimating reclamation costs for financial assurances and lead agency annual inspections. His hands-on experience with the industry has helped him to be effective in a broad range of assignments with emphasis on estimating and annual compliance inspections.

As with all EnviroMINE staff, Mr. Galford is also skilled with ArcGIS applications. Mr. Galford uses these skills to develop accurate reclamation cost estimates, documenting reclamation progress, identification of potential sites for aggregate permitting, and with basic mine planning.


Work history includes:

EnviroMine, Inc., Northern California Operations Manager
San Diego, CA
2007-2009

Native Soils, Aggregate Truck Driver
San Diego, CA
2006

ERS, Inc., Forestry Technician/Monitor
Julian, CA
2006

Morning Star Trucking, Agricultural Truck Driver
Los Banos, CA
2001-2005 (seasonal)


Education:

B.S. Forest Production Management, Humboldt State University, 2004.
A.S. Santa Rosa Junior College, 2001

Qualifications:

Completion of annual mining inspections for 11 different sites in the County of San Bernardino.
Preparation of financial assurance estimates.
Coordination with agencies, stakeholders and sub-contractors for project management and site development.
Part 46 MSHA 24 hour safety certified.
Field coordination of biologists, geologists, drillers, surveyors, mine employees and tree crews on drilling operation at 900 acre limestone mine.
Preparation of Reclamation Plans and Conditional Use permit applications
Coordinated and monitored extraction operations on private lake as owners representative

Professional Affiliations

California Construction and Industrial Minerals Association (CalCIMA)
Rotary International, West Sacramento
Real Estate Construction Networking (RECON)