Nadjia LaFontaine has over 15 years of experience in project management and environmental engineering. She has worked at Ingredion Canada for over 15 years in various roles including process engineer, environmental engineer, and network administrator. She has extensive experience with regulatory compliance, environmental reporting, budgeting, and leading projects from concept to completion valued at up to $2.5 million. Currently she works independently on various construction and agricultural projects while seeking new employment opportunities to utilize her engineering and management experience.

1. NADJIA LAFONTAINE
11023 Lawrence Rd.
Iona Station, ON N0L 1P0
519-764-2803, nlafonta@hotmail.com ca.linkedin.com/in/nadjialafontaine
PROFILE
Seeking an employment opportunity to fully utilize my engineering and project experience; keep my
technical and regulatory knowledge updated; and drive a team to success and excellence.
KEY SKILLS
 Certified member of the Joint Health & Safety committee since 1998
 15 years project management experience
 13 years in environmental management
 Regulatory compliance: NPRI, GHG, TRA, waste audits, spills, compliancewith ECAconditions, HWIN
 Continuous improvement
 Budgeting and financial reporting
 Bilingual (English/French)
CURRENT EXPERIENCE
Independent Project Work 2014 to present
 Basic storm water management
 Various construction
 Animal husbandry (cattle, poultry, goats, sheep)
 Dairy
 Ecological management planning
 Organic land management (cash crop, hay, livestock, produce)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ingredion Canada Incorporated, London, ON
Process Engineer/Environmental Engineer/Network Administrator 1998 to 2014
 Reduced reliance on external IT consultants through course completion and hands on learning of
systems and software resulting in efficiency, cost savings and knowledge transfer
 Created and executed the new organizational role of Environmental Coordinator through colleague
collaboration including consolidating components formerly distributed amongstmultiple departments to
provide focus and dedication to regulatory reporting/compliance and management of waste water
treatment plant and waste management
 Streamlined and standardized regulatory reporting as well as created repeatable processes to reduce
complexity and ensure efficiencies of time by making processes more manageable for all Canadian
plants

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Ingredion Canada Incorporated, London, ON (continued)
Process Engineer/Environmental Engineer/Network Administrator (continued) 1998 to 2014
 Assumed functions of the Canadian environmental manager role responsible for collection, recording
and data entry of regulatory reports for all sites, coordination of annual regulatory training for all sites,
tracking regulatory updates and ensuring environmental personnel at all plants were kept abreast of
changes and compliance requirements
 Was utilized at other plants to mitigate operational problems identified at waste water treatment plants
including writing a detailed report outlining operating practices, lab testing, procedural changes and
equipment optimization to create efficiency, reduce operating costs and reduce the number of non-
compliance events
 Provided expertise to resolve major waste water treatment plant problem, which had confounded
external consultants and contractors,through onsite situation assessment and action resulting in plant
operating on track within 12 hours and back to compliance by following day
 Designed, defined/tracked/reported on budget, coordinated construction, wrote technical
documentation for, oversaw the operation and maintenance of an industrial storm water facility that
impressed both City and MOE staff with its thoroughness, integrationof innovative concepts, ecological
consideration and performance far exceeding compliance requirements as set out in the permit
 Defined expectations and developed policies and procedures to ensure the plant complied with
environmental programs and regulatory requirements
 Increased awareness and improved acceptance/compliance and waste diversion rates by developing
and delivering training sessions informing all stakeholders of regulatory requirements and supporting
policies and procedures
 Developed instructions and documentation defining project waste types and treatment process
including wastedisposal requirements for each waste stream achieving clarity and thereby enabling
improved control of project wastes, reducedwaste generation (higher diversion rates) and compliance
with waste regulations
 Restored and developed relationship of trust and respect between the City Engineer and Ingredion
through timely notificationof upsets and operating status,open communication and timely response to
information requests
 Managed a $2 MM budget while achieving costreductions and delivering projects that worked, within
budget and on time through prioritizing tasks and establishing correlation between waste operations
and expenses and streamlining the budgeting process
 Reduced chemical use by 90% making non-compliance a rarity through examination of chemical
processes and how effects were mitigated resulting in changing how treatment was applied
 Responsible for executing multiple, concurrent projects from concept to completion, valued at up to
$2.5 million per project
 Established operating budgets ($2 million per year), tracked expenses and reported on variances to
plan
 Coordinated contract labour and worked within a unionized environment to achieve production and
financial goals and complete projects in a timely effective manner
 Completed environmental regulatory reporting for the London plant and provided regulatory support
and completed reporting for two additional Ontario facilities.
 Created policies, procedures and forms, conforming to ISO standards

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Ingredion Canada Incorporated, London, ON (continued)
Process Engineer/Environmental Engineer/Network Administrator (continued) 1998 to 2014
 Developed and delivered training for operators, staff and management on environmental and process
related matters
 Actively participated in local and regional continuous improvement teams to increase yield, reduce
waste, conserve energy and minimize costs
 Oversight and management of a production line for a prebiotic, food grade product produced nowhere
else in the Americas
 Acted as plant liaison with City and MOE personnel on environmental matters
 Primary and backup network administration
Clean Harbours
Lab Packer 1996 to 2005
 Accepted, sorted and classified hazardous waste materials for disposal
 Completed manifests for shipment of hazardous wastes
 Worked with the public, educating them on hazardous materials in their homes
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
B.A. Sc. Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, ON