Environmental Policy, Health and Safety Systems, OSHA and Training Expert. Safety Management Systems, Safety Engineering, & Fall Protection Expert

Technical Consultant #2537

Industrial hygiene management providing over thirty years of experience with focus to safety and health management.
Establish safety management systems supporting culture changes, applying safety engineering, training, OSHA negotiation and program development.
Providing solutions to reduce workman’s compensation claims.
Excellent communicator with technical, written and verbal skills, and providing expertise in the following industrial industries:
Safety Health and Environment (SH&E) management
Industrial hygiene management
Paper and packaging manufacturing
Petrochemical manufacturing
Telecommunications
Brewing
Rubber industries
Safety management systems
Culture change
Safety engineering
Fall protection
Root cause analysis
Ergonomic evaluations
Training

Undisclosed Company, Senior Safety Consultant, 2019 - Present

Providing customer-focused safety and health solutions to manufacturing clients, and helping them progress toward injury-free, caring safety cultures.

Sonoco, Hartsville, SC, Division Safety Manager - Display and Packaging, 2018 - 2019

Division-level leadership of safety and health for 9 locations in U.S. and 2 in Brazil.
Provided strategic direction, safety professional mentoring/support, and leadership team guidance to improve safety cultures and systems.

WestRock, Norcross, GA, Division Safety Manager - Mill Operations, 2012 - 2018

Corporate-level position with leadership responsibilities for 15 U.S. paper mills.
Technical mentoring mill Safety Managers and cultural coaching with mill leadership teams.
Provided strategic, data-based direction on safety initiatives with a customer-focused, hands-on approach.

Key accomplishments

Subject matter expert in root cause analysis, fall protection, program development, front line leader safety leadership training.
Coordination of Life-Changing Event (LCE) prevention program.
Implementation of contractor pre-qualification process across division.
Leadership and coaching on integrated approach to comprehensive safety management system and its importance in injury prevention.

Mead Westvaco Corp, Covington, VA, Manager, 2007 - 2012

Safety and Health Manager - Global Safety, Health and Environment (SH&E), 2010 - 2012

Corporate-level safety/health resource for Mid-Atlantic region.
Primary support to paper mill operations, and to numerous converting facilities.
Responsibilities included regulatory compliance oversight, technical assistance, program development, management system coaching and day-to-day general support.

Manager, Safety & Health, 2007 - 2010

Leadership of safety and industrial hygiene functions for a large bleaching paperboard facility, employing over 1,400 people.
Supervised union Safety Directors.

Yokohama Tire Corp., Salem, VA, Manager, Safety and Health, 2004 - 2007

Management of safety and health, industrial hygiene, fire prevention and workers compensation functions for 16,000 unit/day tire factory.
Key accomplishments include drastic reduction in workers compensation costs, improved relationship with regulatory agencies and improved fire prevention processes.

Independent Contractor, 2000 - 2004

Executed various business and functions working in the areas of Colorado and Virginia.
President and Owner-of a company that built log homes.
Log home sales and construction, which included real estate sales and settlements.
Sales Agent - Coldwell Banker Realtors

Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO, Safety Manager, 1996 - 2000

Planned, implemented and managed safety and health issues for all beverage packaging departments.
Managed a variety of other functions, including ergonomic evaluations, training program development and delivery, implemented award-winning behavior-based safety initiative, and created fall protection system design.

U S WEST, Inc., (Qwest), Denver, CO, Manager – Safety and Loss Control. 1992 - 1996

Responsible for company-wide safety and health programs, strategies, planning, risk management and regulatory compliance.
Provided technical and regulatory support to field Safety Managers in 14-state region.

Total Petroleum, Inc. Denver, CO, Pipeline Safety Manager, 1989 - 1992

Managed safety and health programs for all pipeline employees across 5-state region.
Developed and coordinated Pipeline Industrial Hygiene Monitoring Program.
Supervised field Safety Specialists.
Developed and implemented a new Safety and Loss Prevention Program.
Designed fire protection systems for storage tanks and truck loading racks and managed installations.

Marathon Oil Company, Detroit, MI, Safety Engineer, 1988 - 1989

Provided safety and industrial hygiene support to one-half of refinery.
Coordinated refinery Industrial Hygiene Program and performed monitoring/analysis.
Served as a Chief for the plant Emergency Response Team, and as refinery Asbestos Expert.

Credentials

Registration and Certifications

Academic and Professional Affiliations

M.S. Environmental Policy and Management, University of Denver, Denver, CO
B.S. Industrial Safety Management, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA