Tim Garvey
Committee Member
CAREER SUMMARY
Mr. Garvey’s professional career in science and engineering spanned more than 40 years. He retired from the Oneida ESC Group (formerly TN & Associates) in December 2023 after serving in various Operations Management roles after joining the company in 2000. For the past 15 years, Mr. Garvey was a Senior Vice President and the Chief Operating Officer. Under his tenure as COO, the OESC Group expanded from a single company of 150 employees to include 9 separate companies with a combined staff of over 600 that completed science, engineering and construction projects for federal and commercial customers.
As COO of OESC, Mr. Garvey was ultimately responsible for the technical and financial performance of all projects – generally more than 300 projects per year. Projects were typically quite diverse in scope and value, ranging from $10,000 to over $20,000,000. Many projects required the integration of professionals with very diverse academic and technical backgrounds to form a cohesive team. Mr. Garvey assembled teams of qualified individuals and ensured that all team members had the appropriate tools, training and mentorship to grow and ensure successful project execution.
Before joining TN&A/OESC, Mr. Garvey worked with Fluor, a worldwide engineering firm. Among his positions at Fluor, for several years he managed South American Operations of its environmental division. This included both staffing and executing a wide array of environmental projects associated with large-scale groundwater cleanups, and mitigating environmental impacts associated with large mining and energy infrastructure developments in Argentina, Peru and Brazil.
ACHIEVEMENTS
During his 40+ years of professional experience, Mr. Garvey blended his technical, business and communication skills to grow the companies and their professional staffs, to not just be successful financially, but to also continually advance state-of-the-art methods in the area of environmental restoration and infrastructure design. In the 1980s and 90s, Mr. Garvey conducted research and authored numerous articles that applied stratigraphic concepts to the design and operation of soil and groundwater remediation systems – these concepts and methods led to industry advances in the efficacy of cleanup projects. After joining TN&A/OESC, Mr. Garvey worked with the USEPA and several US DOD customers to develop and streamline protocols for comprehensive characterization of contaminated sites and worked with the EPA’s office of Research and Development on remediation projects combining thermal heating and in situ bioremediation technologies.
Of his many accomplishments, Mr. Garvey is most proud of having provided training and mentorship to hundreds of technical professionals. When he started worked in South America, the environmental cleanup industry was in its early stages and there had not been a groundwater remediation project completed. Mr. Garvey hired and trained engineers and geologists, and within 2 years they had designed, installed and operated a variety of remediation systems at more than 30 sites. During his 24 years at TN&A/OESC, the technicalstaff grew from about 80 to over 400, and the company was continuously regarded as a technical leader in the environmental industry. During his last 2 years at OESC, the company was contracted for 15 multi-site remedial investigation projects for PFAS chemicals in soil and groundwater at large Air Force bases. This body of PFAS work rivals that of any federal contractor, large or small, and is a reflection of the emphasis that Mr, Garvey put on technological leadership and providing individuals the opportunities to grow and flourish in the dynamic environmental industry. Mr. Garvey also serves on the Board of Directors of STEMbassadors, a student-led, non-profit organization that provides applied, state-of-the-art STEM materials, curriculum and skills. The group recently opened a large “makerspace” with numerous fabrication technologies available free of charge to students and community members in Ventura, CA, and has provided STEM technologies and curriculum to more than 10 schools in the area.