Key Staff for Mining & Environmental Services
Mark Levin - General Manager
Mr. Levin is the founder and principal owner of the firm.
Mr. Levin has over 25 years of education and experience in engineering, consulting, design and construction management. Projects include mining and tunneling, mine closure, mine subsidence, underground water control, mining-related environmental effects assessment; economic and regulatory feasibility evaluations; historical mining records research; public relations and mine and prospect permitting support.
Mr. Levin has served as a technical consulting resource on projects involving mines and tunnels; regulatory issues; safety or subsidence hazards; and environmental, economic or mineral resources evaluations at over 400 mine sites, in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Peru.
Mr. Levin's firm, MES, has been the construction contractor or construction project manager for tunnel/mine/mill rehabilitation, closure, development, special project or cleanup work at over 150 sites in the western United States.
Prior to founding MES in 1995, Mr. Levin served as the Geosciences Division Manager for EG&G, where he was the director of a technical organization for Geology, Soils, and Groundwater studies at Rocky Flats nuclear weapons component facility, near Golden, Colorado, underground characterization and cleanup under CERCLA.
Concurrently, he also project-managed the "Sitewide" environmental program, which also included treatability studies, risk assessment; analytical sample management/ database; statistical and geostatistical analysis. Mr. Levin's overall budgetary authority was approximately $35 Million per year.
Previous positions held by Mr. Levin at that facility include:
Clean Water Act Regulatory Programs Manager, supervising engineering and legal staff for water permitting, compliance support and oversight, and as the corporate lead negotiator for a Federal Facilities Compliance Agreement.
Senior Engineer, Rockwell International, leading wastewater treatment plant and environmental containment design teams.
Advanced Safety Analysis Engineer, Rockwell International, responsible for nuclear facility risk analysis and NEPA coordination
Mr. Levin has previously had staff, consulting, and management positions in underground coal and hardrock mining and exploration companies.
Mr. Levin began his work career as an underground miner, mine mechanic/electrician, and mine foreman, before starting his university studies to become an engineer.
Education:
Bachelor of Science, Mineral Engineering Mathematics (High Honors), Colorado School of Mines
Master of Science, Ecological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Master of Engineering (Engineer of Mines), Colorado School of Mines
Community and Public Involvement:
- Colorado Mining Association (Chairman, Small Mine Operator's Committee)
- Society of Mining Engineers (former Chairman of Baseline Environmental Evaluation and Impact Analysis Committee)
- Colorado Chapter of the International Society of Explosives Engineers (past President)
- Denver Regional Exploration Geologist's Society
- American Society of Civil Engineers (Geo-Institute affiliate)
- Former Member and Chair, Clear Creek County Planning Commission
In the public policy arena, Levin has been involved in support of the mining industry in numerous rulemaking and policy advisory proceedings at the federal, state, and local level. This includes participating in the working groups and hearings for drafting Colorado mine site groundwater regulations (SB-181 implementation) and new mine reclamation regulations (SB-247 implementation) following the Summitville incident.
David N. Sornborger - Equipment Manager
Prior to joining the MES team as Equipment Manager in 2009, Dave Sornborger has had extensive experience in the servicing and debugging of complex industrial machinery. Working in both the mining and heavy equipment industries for over 30 years, Dave has worked on nearly all kinds and every aspect of underground mining equipment, surface equipment and heavy machinery.
Some past positions of note held by Mr. Sornborger:
- Master Mechanic/Electrical Superintendent, American Mine Services, Multiple locations: CO, WA, MT, AK, MO, NY, ID, NV, OR, ID, NM
Began as mine mechanic and quickly promoted to Master Mechanic. Contract mining was the company profile, moving from jobsite to jobsite to meet the customers' needs. Extensive variety of responsibilities including: Prototype equipment fabrication and design; Hiring and firing of personnel; Job setup and demobilization; Equipment modification; Warehousing; Jobsite construction; Electrical design, setup, implementation, and service; Maintenance of heavy equipment; Parts ordering and fabrication; Finding new technologies for different applications, etc.
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Longwall Electrician/Mechanic, Arch Minerals, Gunnison County, CO
Longwall mine electrician and mechanic. Responsible for downshift maintenance on LS 6 Joy longwall. Additional responsibilities included: Electrical control circuit diagnosis and repair; High voltage electrical installation and repair; Hydraulic system maintenance and repair; Welding, fabrication and repair of associated parts; MSHA permissibility inspections; Maintenance and installation of mine monitoring and communication systems.
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Capstone John Deere Technician, Honnen Equipment Co., Durango, CO
John Deere University certified Capstone Technician. Responsible for diagnosis, parts ordering and repair of all John Deere construction equipment. Worked in the field in remote locations.
Education and Certifications:
Certification, John Deere Equipment
Certification, Electrician
- University of Southern Utah
Certification, Hoistman
- On the job training 1/90 - 1/97
- Certified Surface and Underground MSHA Certified Hoistman, Oxygen and Methane Deficiency Card, Shotfirer
Certification, Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic
Certification, Pilot Training
- Lynch Aviation Flight School Billings, MT 1/83-1/84
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