Experience

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  Energizer holdings

  Oct 2005 - Oct 2016

  Environmental health & safety

  • Conduct job assessments to mitigate risk and enhance job safety• Integrate and collaborate with management and staff to develop and conduct regulatory trainings• Primary resource collaborating with research, development and engineering in manufacturing of new equipment to ensure required safeguards and controls are in order• Maintain health and safety policies, procedures, and work instructions• Incorporate creative training materials to motivate colleagues to participate in mandatory trainings • Managed Safety inspection committees• Developed Safety Data Sheets (SDS) internal web based program • Participated in 5s quality control, kaizen events, hazmat, first aid and accident investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions• Built and led Job Safety Analysis (JSA) program• Restructured and managed new hire Safety on-boarding programs • Supervised crew up to 40 employees• Managed department production, shipping, receiving, scrap, safety, and quality needs• Formulate and maintain department intranet systems• Worked with technical staff to ensure minimal down time and high levels of efficiencies Show less

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  Edgewell personal care

  Oct 2005 - Oct 2016

  Environmental, health and safety

  • Manage Federal, State, and Local Agency regulations and reports.• Partnered with OSHA as a Special Government Employee (SGE) to inspect/audit VPP facilities throughout the US. • Manage site health and safety policies, procedures and work instructions.• Conduct internal and external EHS audits to ensure regulatory compliance for multiple production facilities.• Assess regulatory requirements and implement corrective actions and plans to mitigate risk. • Led plant Safety Committees and coordinates inspections of production departments, tool rooms, and laboratories.• Led incident/accident investigations, performed root cause analysis and implement containment, corrective and preventative actions as necessary.• Evaluate Environmental, Health and Safety reviews of new and existing production equipment.• Liaison for Research, Development and Engineering in manufacturing of new machinery to ensure required safeguards and controls are in place.• Conduct job assessments to mitigate risk and enhance job health and safety.• Integrate and collaborate with management and staff to develop and conduct regulatory trainings.• Incorporate creative training such as “Safety Days” to motivate colleagues to participate in training to make it effective and fun.• Cultivated and engaged colleagues in plant wide Behavioral Based Safety program.• Participate and strengthen ergonomic assessment of new and existing processes. Show less

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  Inframark

  Nov 2016 - now

  Health and safety advisor

  • Responsible for all regulated federal programs including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)• Manage EHS requirements for 100 employees operating multiple sites • Accountable for compliance and deliverables for 28MM annual revenue project reporting directly to Senior VP of Contract Operations and VP of EHS• Partnered with project managers, directors and engineer to improve efficiencies, equipment and controls to increase profits and mitigate risks• Assisted Regional EHS teams throughout the US to implement compliance systems and needs when improving or securing new municipal and private sector contracts • Implemented and managed multiple site compliance certifications and programs including Emergency Action Program, Powered Industrial Trucks, Electrical Safety/NFPA 70E Arc Flash, Fall Arrest Systems, Excavation/Trenching/Shoring/Competent Persons, Confined Spaces, Respiratory Certification, Bloodborne pathogens, Emergency Action Plans, Crane truck operator signaling and basic rigging certifications, contractor safety and workers compensation program• Established EHS reviews or new/modified process equipment• Formed inspection and audit teams including site safety inspections, walking/working surface audits, fire prevention, accident/incident investigations, overhead hoists, articulating boom trucks, vehicle lifts inspections, construction equipment & ergonomics• Created and managed site accident/incident investigation systems• Manage site environmental compliance program including universal waste, hazard and non-hazardous waste, recycling, underground storage/fuel tanks, Tier II reporting, chemical safety and record retention• Improved site safety by mitigating risk by site improvements, enhanced training, established PPE and accountability resulting in recordable injuries reduction and zero DART cases Show less