Environmental Sustainability -
Strategy and Infrastructure
Impacts in a Corporation
Environmental Sustainability Strategy and Infrastructure impacts in a corporation: determination of goals and how sustainability is leveraged and managed within a campus facility.
PRESENTER:
Nancy Bednarik, Director, Global Facilities Management at Merck, West Point, PA
A diverse background in the Engineering Field as a Professional Engineer; experience included:
- Global Facilities Management in a major pharmaceutical facility;
- Sponsorship and execution of an Integrated Facilities Management model;
- Instrumental in the development and implementation of site master plan;
- Managed and operated a Utility Powerhouse with 10 boilers, 3 co-generators (60 megawatts) and 8 chiller plant facilities;
- Manager of a Maintenance Department including 4 shops performing craft work (carpentry, painting, electrical, piping, millwright; worked with the United Steel Workers and assembled contingency plans for labor negotiations;
- Managed Water Utilities and Solid Waste Management which contained Hazardous Waste Incinerators;
- Managed engineering capital projects including Sanitary Sewer Equalization Project, Potable Water Storage Tank, Hydropillar Project, and various Utilities
- Managed multiple site operational changes to meet Consent Decree edicts
- Reviewed and coordinated PA DEP Permit applications
Education and Affiliations
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering – Villanova University
Master’s Program, Construction Management – Drexel University
Master of Science, Sustainability Engineering – Villanova University
Registered Professional Engineer – Pennsylvania and New Jersey
IMPORTANT NOTICE - PLEASE READ:
This will be a virtual (online) meeting utilizing the ZOOM platform