Experience

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  Goodman manufacturing

  May 2005 - Mar 2012

  Environmental, health & safety manager

  • Developed and implemented Environmental, Health and Safety training program. Included development, delivery, evaluation, program management and other key components of the ANSI Z490 Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health and Environmental Training.• Managed a staff of 3 Environmental, Safety, and Health (ESH) Coordinator and Technicians stationed in 2 facilities in the Houston area for a $2B international company that manufactures, supplies, and services HVAC systems for consumers and retailers.• Developed and implemented new ESH Regulatory Compliance Auditing criteria and schedules, ESH budgets, employee training modules and plans, annual ESH goals, awareness programs, and pre-incident preventative measures for 2 large manufacturing plants and 140 distribution and retail centers.• Performed trend and task safety analyses, risk impact assessments, ESH presentations, incident investigations, and job shadowing.• Assisted in managing an OSHA abatement and compliance project team consisting of plant management, maintenance, EHS, legal, and consultants. Show less

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  Akzonobel

  Mar 2012 - Mar 2013

  Health, safety, environmental & security (hse&s) manager

  • Maintained and improved the EHS&S Management System that drove performance, including reduction of risks, injuries, spills, releases, compliance events, natural resource and cost efficiencies.• Provided leadership and structure during implementation of Process Safety Management Program.• Provided leadership and direction to achieve the H&S vision of zero incidents through management commitment and employee ownership throughout North America.• Developed processes and provided hands on support to conduct process hazard assessments, operability reviews and engineering/administrative controls in the various process units, utilizing HAZOP and other applicable methodologies.• Ensured that processes were in place for sustainable safety management, which includes MOC, process safety information, and preventive and safety measures. • Responsible for site emergency plan, readiness of the ERT and emergency exercises and responding to site incidents.• Responsibility for maintaining the environmental management system, including ISO-14001 program requirements and appropriate legal compliance to environmental standards. Show less

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  Industrial insulation group, llc

  Mar 2013 - Aug 2014

  Eh&s leader (director)

  • Lead a team of 9-10 EH&S technicians and managers throughout 5 manufacturing plants.• Drove environmental compliance through the implementation and development of plans, permits and programs for air quality, stormwater, SPCC, RCRA, EPCRA, etc. • Drove industrial hygiene improvements in the areas of respirable & total dust, formaldehyde, fibers, noise, etc. • Implemented employee education and engagement programs that drove injury rates down by 60% within one year. • Successfully managed OSHA regulatory visits in three states that lead to no or minimal citations.• Provided training and mentoring to EH&S staff that had little to no experience in their fields.• Developed and maintained the corporate EH&S budget. • Developed and implemented new ESH Regulatory Compliance Auditing criteria and schedules for five manufacturing facilities in the United States.• Performed trend and task safety analyses, risk impact assessments, ESH presentations, incident investigations, and job shadowing. Show less

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  Lubrizol oilfield solutions

  Aug 2014 - Jun 2017

  Senior health, safety, environmental and security manager (global)

  • Lead a team of 12 EH&S Coordinators throughout 6 manufacturing plants, 30 blend plants, 3 R&D facilities throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, UAE, Europe, and Africa• Ensure compliance with federal, state and corporate environmental, health and safety regulations.• Developed environmental programs to drive regulatory compliance, as well as assisted in the implementation of air pollution control devices in multiple locations.• Implemented an Environmental Management System.• Implemented an industrial hygiene monitoring and training program for over 30 different chemicals.• Maintained no recordable or lost time incidents for all 7 manufacturing facilities in 2014 and YTD 2015• Developed programs, procedures and inspections to comply with Process Safety Management requirements.• Performed trend and task safety analyses, risk impact assessments, ESH presentations, incident investigations, and job shadowing.• Drove awareness and accountability for HSES compliance performance through all levels of the organization. Show less

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  Weatherford

  Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

  Global hse manager - engineered chemicals

  Weatherford Engineered Chemicals was sold to The Lubrizol Corporation on January 1, 2015 and I was awarded the opportunity to be part of that acquisition.

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  Liquidpower specialty products inc. (a berkshire hathaway company)

  Aug 2014 - now

  Global director, hse (health, safety & environmental)