Experience

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  Veolia environmental services north america corp.

  Sept 2000 - Dec 2013

  Regional environmental health & safety manager

  Responsible for overall compliance with OSHA, EPA, and DOT regulations and permits for RCRA Part B permitted hazardous waste storage and treatment facility. Directly supervise 5 employees, monitoring and evaluating individual performance. Oversee compliance assurance activities and corrective action planning for Rocky Mountain area (CO, AZ, MT, and UT) and Northwest region (ID, WA, and OR). Conduct training sessions and create/maintain environmental, transportation, and health and safety policies. Complete safety and regulatory reviews for new project development. Serve as liaison between company and agencies to facilitate mutually beneficial conclusions for regulatory issues. Designed and implemented facility’s program and procedures for entry into OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). Key player in developing Process Safety Management program for Veolia’s hazardous waste facilities. Show less

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  Stericycle environmental solutions

  Dec 2013 - Jan 2016

  Director eh&s

  Direct and implement Environmental, Health & Safety programs to ensure federal, state, and local regulatory compliance. Provide support, guidance and “correction with conviction” to Regional EH&S Managers in order to facilitate overall compliance. Direct relationships and communications with EPA, DOT, OSHA and State agencies. Provide assistance in all enforcement actions, notices of violation, informal settlement agreements, administrative orders and permit agreements with local state and federal governmental environmental/safety agencies. Maintain and improve working relationships between Stericycle and external agencies, and internal departments, such as Sales, Finance, Operations, Human Resources, and Legal.  Monitor Federal, State and Local regulatory updates. Ensure all company policies and procedures are updated to reflect any regulatory change.  Provide regulatory assistance with mergers and acquisitions.  Provide technical direction and guidance to regional EHS and other key staff regarding compliance for all workplace condition hazards as well as RCRA, DOT, OSHA, Air and Water regulatory requirements that apply to facility operations. Develop and implement company-wide environmental, health & safety and DOT auditing/inspection programs for all operational facilities. Monitor third party disposal program to ensure protections from environmental and financial liabilities. Show less

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  Sysco foods

  Oct 2016 - Aug 2021

  Safety director

  Oversaw overall Safety, Environmental and DOT compliance for food warehousing and distribution. Lead the implementation of a prevention-focused health, safety and environmental (HSE) and security program. Establish, execute and deliver specific strategy that supports Sysco’s overall HSE objectives, including security and crisis preparedness objectives.  Lead incident investigation process, including cause analysis and identification of corrective action plans.  Create and facilitate HSE engagement through HSE teams and committees needed to accomplish the established targets and annual objectives. Monitor, interpret and communicate regulatory changes to facility management.  Support creation of HSE goals for the site management and appropriate activity-based goals for the leadership team, functional managers, and front-line supervisors to drive HSE culture, compliance and results  Interface with regulatory bodies (OSHA, DOT, EPA, and State/Local Regulators).  Develop and implement training programs to transfer HSE knowledge and core competencies to management and associates. Support management and compliance for facility Process Safety Management (PSM) Program. Monitored Worker's Compensation, auto liability and property damage claims and acts as a liaison with third party insurance carriers. Show less

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  Veolia north america

  Aug 2021 - now

  Sh&e director veolia

  Responsible to ensure the overall safety and compliance within the Regeneration & Recovery (RRS) business unit. Developed and maintained EH&S programs/policies to ensure federal, state, and local regulatory compliance within the sulfuric acid business. Provided support and guidance to regional EH&S managers in order to facilitate overall compliance. Responsible for coordinating environmental, health and safety programs with a focus on identifying and communicating regulatory requirements to facility management, supervision and staff. Responsible for establishing and managing programs aimed at the continuous improvement of targeted objectives “Goal Zero”.  Monitored federal, state, and local regulatory updates. Updated company policies and procedures to reflect any regulatory change.  Reviewed safety and compliance matrices in effort to establish and enhance overall company policy and procedures. Prepares and manages HSE budgets. Managed Drug/Alcohol and physical program with third party Occupational Health vendor.  Assist in the management and development of incident management program. (Intelex Software) Performed facility audits and assist with corrective action to ensure overall HS&E compliance. (Dakota Software) Supervised and supported six regional HS&E Mangers. Support in developing safety procedures and audits for all major site turnaround activities. Zero employee or contractor OSHA recordables.  Support technical and performance teams to ensure the safe handling and transportation of sulfuric acid materials. Show less