Manager Safety
Resume:
Robert (Robbie) Garrett, Jr.
Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542
acdmmj@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Experience in various safety related disciplines of the general,
construction industries, and emergency response including; risk management
/loss control, regulatory compliance, behavior-based/people-based safety
techniques, incident/accident investigation, high hazard locations, safety
auditing, and high security levels.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
. Shell Health Safety and Environmental Tech
. Contracted from Cenergy International
.
Oil Rig Offshore, Gulf of Mexico.
February 2013 to April 2014 Reason for Leaving: Laid off due to rig
going off contract.
Cenergy International provides HSE personnel to Shell and other companies.
Responsibilities:
Plan, schedule, and give Safety Health and Environmental meetings to all
contractors on the rig every week. Ensure that all personnel on the rig are
following all HSE minimum standards in compliance with Shell and the Bureau
of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Train and support contractors in
maintaining Shell's Goal Zero policy for zero incidents to the people,
equipment, and the environment. Train and support the contractors with
Shell's Dropped Object Prevention Program "DROPS". Train, monitor, and
support contractors in maintaining No Go Zones and Shell's Process Safety
requirements. Perform daily inspections and audits to help identify areas
of improvement to ensure the Goal Zero policy is maintained. Perform
incident investigations and create reports for Shell. Create Power Point
presentations to send out Shell wide to learn from incidents.
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. Occupational Safety and Health Outreach Representative
. for Columbia Southern University
.
Orange Beach, Alabama
June 2012 to February 2013 Reason for Leaving: Needing additional
income.
Columbia Southern University offers completely online degree programs.
Responsibilities:
Plan, schedule, and attend Safety Health and Environmental conferences all
throughout the US. Set up a booth and promote CSU's Occupational Safety and
Health programs. Create referrals, build relationships, recruit students,
and follow up on leads. Budget trips and expenditures, record keeping of
all trips, and data entry of all trips and leads generated.
. Safety Manager at Construction Contractors Services Inc.
. for LGE Kentucky Utilities Power Plant
.
Ghent, Kentucky
March 2012 to June 2012 Reason for Leaving: The construction outage boiler
rebuild ending.
CCSI performed a boiler rebuild, by replacing the deaerator tank,
economizer panels, reheat, and super heat panels for the outage
construction project.
Responsibilities:
Site safety manager for CCSI. Performed all aspects of safety required by
federal, state, and local compliance standards. Performed new hire
orientation, audited all Safety Task Assessments, and daily toolbox talks,
gave weekly safety meetings, and ensured employees are trained to perform
the tasks that they are assigned. Managed first aid, recordable injury,
near miss, and loss work day program to ensure that there were no injuries.
ThyssenKrupp InPlant Services, LLC. Safety Specialist
ThyssenKrupp Steel and ThyssenKrupp Stainless Calvert, AL
October 2011 - January 2012 Reason for Leaving: Accepted a position with
a contractor company to work offshore on an oil rig as a safety technician.
Went to a three day training class and was scheduled to start my 14 day
rotation on the 19th of February 2012. The day before I was supposed to
start I was contacted and told that there were issues with the contract and
legal action would be taken but I would not be going offshore.
ThyssenKrupp is a $3.7 billion steel and stainless steel processing plant.
ThyssenKrupp InPlant Services, LLC. is contracted to both the steel and the
stainless steel mills. InPlant Services transports all steel slabs from the
river terminal where the slabs are unloaded from Barges. We manage the slab
yard and place the slabs on conveyors for the mills to start the process of
creating coils. We load trucks with heavy equipment and cranes. We deliver
the coils to other areas of the mill for processing. We package the coils
for delivery. We load delivery trucks to be sent out to the customers.
Responsibilities:
. I work in very close conjunction to the director of safety to write
procedures and training programs and power point presentations. Ensure
that OSHA required annual training program is current and deliver
training to all employees. Manage and inventory the personal protective
equipment program. Manage the Right to know Program. Ensuring that all
employees are following Federal, State and Local rules and regulations.
Performed new hire safety orientations. Audit all Job Hazard Analysis,
Behavior-based Observation Programs, Daily Equipment Inspections, and
Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Safety Audits of all areas where InPlant
Services employees work. Safety resource for all workers and management
personnel. Work in close conjunction with all site safety personnel.
Member of the safety committee team. Perform investigations of all first
aids, accidents, incidents, and near misses as well as perform root cause
analysis and implement corrective actions. Manage the OSHA 300 log.
Among many other tasks.
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. F.D. Thomas Safety Manager for Intel Ocotillo Site
Chandler, Arizona
June 10, 2011to September 25, 2011 Reason for Leaving: The construction
project ended.
FD Thomas was performed all the waterproofing activities of the ground, and
exterior walls of the Intel Computer Chip Manufacturing construction
project.
Responsibilities:
Contracted through Construction Safety Experts to F.D. Thomas as the site
safety manager. F.D. Thomas performed the water seal work on the walls.
Ensured the employees were performing the morning stretch and flex program,
site required Pre-task Plan along with F.D. Thomas's required Job Safety
Analysis, and daily toolbox talks. Performed daily and weekly audits.
Attended all safety meetings and ensured employees are trained to perform
the tasks including the Hilti Powder Actuated Guns.
North Star Recovery Night Shift Safety Manager for Mold Remediation
Metropolis, Illinois and Tunica, Mississippi
May 19, 2011 to June 8, 2011 Reason for Leaving: The construction
project ended.
North Star Recovery performed mold remediation at the Harrah's Casinos
after the flooding of the Mississippi River.
Responsibilities:
Contracted to North Star Recovery as the night shift Safety Manager over
both projects. Offer assistance and guidance for all safety related issues
to the employees on site. Ensured that all employees entering the
contaminate areas were trained and were wearing the proper personal
protective equipment. Ensure that the SOP's (standard operating procedures)
were being followed for the safety employees. Performed air monitoring and
oversight for all confined space entries. Instructed and ensured the proper
decontamination procedures were being followed as employees exited the
contaminated areas. Managed and assisted the employees in the lockout tag
out operations. Identify and communicate with the Superintendent, future
planned strategies and tactics and recommended hazards control or
mitigation measures. Identity unsafe conditions and unsafe acts and
exercise emergency authority to stop until act or condition is made safe.
Ensure the employees were educated on the unsafe act or condition.
BP Deep Water Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill Restoration and Cleanup County
BP Safety Manager/ Rover Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health
BP Project Ms.
Nov. 2010 to April 2011 Reason for Leaving: The restoration
project downsized and I was cut from the project.
Responsibilities:
BP's Field Safety Manager over all on shore activities in Mississippi.
Offer assistance and guidance to safety for all contractors and sub-
contractors on shore. Ensure that the IAP (incident action plan) is being
safely implemented and mitigations & control measures are in place. Rapidly
communicate problems back to the BP Assistant Safety Officer. Maintain
effective coordination and communications with the BP Assistant Safety
officer. Assist the BP Assistant Safety Officer with future planned
strategies, tactics and recommended hazard control or mitigation measures.
Identity unsafe conditions and unsafe acts and exercise emergency authority
to stop work until act or condition is made safe. Ensure the workers are
educated on the unsafe acts or conditions. Ensure that HAZWOPER procedures
are being followed. Worked directly with the U.S. Coast Guard, OSHA, and
EPA with safety and environmental related matters.
BP Deep Water Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill Restoration and Cleanup County
BP Safety Manager
Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health BP Project Hancock
County, Ms.
Sept. 2010 to Nov. 2010 Reason for Leaving: The restoration project
was restructured during the downsizing.
Responsibilities:
BP's Field Safety Manager over both onshore and offshore activities in
Hancock County Ms. Offer assistance and guidance to safety for all
contractors and sub-contractors. Ensure that the IAP (incident action plan)
is being safely implemented and mitigations & control measures are in
place. Rapidly communicate problems back to the BP Branch Director and
Assistant Safety Officer in the Incident Command Center. Maintain effective
coordination and communications with the BP Assistant Safety officer and
the Branch Director. Assist the BP Assistant Safety Officer with future
planned strategies, tactics and recommended hazard control or mitigation
measures. In coordination with the Branch Director exercise emergency
authority to stop unsafe actions. . Ensure the workers are educated on the
unsafe acts or conditions. Ensure that HAZWOPER procedures are being
followed. Worked directly with the U.S. Coast Guard, OSHA, and EPA with
safety and environmental related matters.
BP Deep Water Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill Restoration and Cleanup
Assistant Safety Officer
Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health BP Project Pascagoula,
Ms.
Aug. 2010 to Sept. 2010 Reason for Leaving: The restoration project
was restructured during the downsizing.
Responsibilities:
BP's Field Safety Manager over multiple sites, both onshore and offshore in
Jackson County Ms. Safety manager for all contractors and for as many as 65
safety observers, assistant leads, and site leads that work directly with
CTEH. Ensure that the IAP (incident action plan) is being safely
implemented and mitigations & control measures are in place. Rapidly
communicate problems back to the Branch Director and Safety Officer at the
Mobile Unified Incident Command Center. Maintain effective coordination and
communications with the BP Safety officer and the Branch Director.
Accountable for other safety personnel assigned to the operational area.
Identify and communicate with the Safety Officer's future planned
strategies, tactics and recommended hazard control or mitigation measures.
In coordination with the Branch Director exercise emergency authority to
stop unsafe actions. Managed all time and expenses from employees under
CTEH at the job sites assigned to me. Ensure that HAZWOPER procedures are
being followed. Worked directly with the U.S. Coast Guard, OSHA, and EPA
with safety and environmental related matters.
BP Deep Water Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill Emergency Response Florida State
Safety Manager
Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health BP Project Pensacola to
Tallahassee Fl.
May 2010 to Aug. 2010 Reason for Leaving: The Emergency Response ended
and I was restructured
Responsibilities:
CTEH was contracted to be BP's Field Safety Management group. Managed
safety programs issued by BP over all sites onshore in Florida from
Pensacola to Tallahassee. Safety Manager for all contractors, and for as
many as 200 safety observers, assistant leads, site leads, and sector leads
that work directly with CTEH. Ensured that the IAP (incident action plan)
was safely implemented and mitigations & control measures are in place.
Delivered information from the BP Safety Officers at the Mobile Unified
Incident Command Center to all safety personnel in the field. Maintain
effective coordination and communications with the BP Safety Officer and
the BP Branch Directors. Accountable for other safety personnel assigned to
the operational area. Identify and communicate with the BP Safety Officer's
future planned strategies, tactics and recommended hazard control or
mitigation measures. Ensured that personnel performed duties to the best of
their abilities. Ensured that staging area Safety Leads were writing site
specific safety plans, with the assistance of the Sector (Multiple County)
Leads, and implementing the safety plans. . Ensure that HAZWOPER
procedures are being followed. Worked directly with the U.S. Coast Guard,
OSHA, and EPA with safety and environmental related matters. I spent the
month of June in the Unified Command Center creating working directly with
CTEH and BP Safety Officers creating the safety matrix for Emergency
Response and the new Safety Matrix for the downsizing when the well was
capped and the project went from Emergency Response to Restoration.
ThyssenKrupp Steel, Hot Strip Mill Equipment Installation Assistant Safety
Manager
Graycor Services, LLC ThyssenKrupp Project Calvert, AL
July 2009 - May 2010 Reason for Leaving: Project was ending and more
money.
ThyssenKrupp is a $3.7 billion steel and stainless steel processing
project.
Responsibilities:
. Ensuring that contractors are following all Federal, State and Local
rules and regulations. Facilitator of weekly safety meetings.
. Audit all Job Hazard Analysis, Behavior-based Observation Programs, Daily
Equipment Inspections, and Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Safety Audits of
all contractors in the equipment construction scope of the HSM at
ThyssenKrupp. Resource for all contractors and sub-contractors.
. Perform investigations of all first aids, accidents, incidents, and near
misses as well as perform root cause analysis. ThyssenKrupp's Carbon
Steel safety oversight for the Hot Strip Mill. Ensure that all
contractors and sub-contractors are following site specific
environmental, health, and safety rules and regulations. Representative
for the best interest of ThyssenKrupp.
ThyssenKrupp Steel, Construction Coordinator Senior Safety Specialist Over
Building Construction
Parsons Corporation ThyssenKrupp Project Calvert, AL
January 2009 - July 2009 Reason for Leaving: The Building
Construction Phase was ending and I was given the
opportunity to transfer to Graycor.
ThyssenKrupp is a $3.7 billion steel and stainless steel processing
project.
Responsibilities:
. Ensuring that contractors are following all Federal, State and Local
rules and regulations. Facilitator of weekly safety meetings.
. Review Job Hazard Analysis, Behavior-based Observation Programs, Daily
Equipment Inspections, and Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Safety Audits of
all contractors on the carbon steel side of ThyssenKrupp. Resource for
all contractors and sub-contractors.
. Perform investigations of all first aids, accidents, incidents, and near
misses as well as perform root cause analysis. ThyssenKrupp's Carbon
Steel safety oversight.
Site Safety Supervisor
Commercial Contracting Corporation ThyssenKrupp Project Calvert, AL
October 2008 - January 2009
Commercial Contracting Corporation specializes in general contracting,
heavy rigging, tooling and equipment installation, and concrete work.
ThyssenKrupp is a $3.7 billion steel and stainless steel processing.
Responsibilities:
. Finding creative safety solutions that enhance production and quality, on
time and within budget. Facilitator of weekly safety meetings.
. Review and audit Pre Task Plans, Behavior-based Observation Program,
Daily Equipment Inspections, and Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Safety
Audits. Develop, revise, and review Pre Task Plans for CCC and sub-
contractors. Perform orientation for new employees.
. Instructor for safety training programs on fall protection, confined
space, and personal protective equipment among others. Competent Person
for trenching and excavating. Assist with the disciplinary process for
safety infractions. Management of employee and sub-contractor random drug
testing compliance. Management of employee and sub-contractor
housekeeping program. Participation in weekly safety manager meetings and
participation in site safety walkthrough audits.
Site Safety and Health Manager
Classic Industrial Services Charles R. Lowman Power Plant (Power South)
September 2007 - June 2008
Responsibilities:
. Finding creative safety solutions that enhance production and quality, on
time and within budget. Facilitator for weekly safety meetings.
. Review and audit for compliance of Daily Work Area Inspection Forms,
Safety Task Assessment Forms, and Daily Vehicle Inspection Forms.
Develop, revise, and review Job Hazard Analysis for Classic and sub-
contractors. Perform drug testing and orientation for new employees.
Conduct daily, weekly and monthly safety audits. Training Instructor on
fall protection, confined space, personal protective equipment, and more.
Management and administration of disciplinary process for safety
infractions. Management of employee and sub-contractor random drug
testing compliance. Management of employee and sub-contractor
housekeeping program. Participation in weekly safety manager meetings and
weekly safety and craft committee team meetings. Management of
approximately 100 Hispanic employees at a power plant.
Demilitarization Protective Ensemble Safety Area (DSA) Operator
Washington Group International Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal
Facility
June 2003 - September 2007
Responsibilities:
Support entrants that enter the toxic areas through a very strenuous safety
program. This position required high government security clearance. Ensure
personnel entering the toxic area receive thorough safety and environmental
mandated regulatory compliance training. Instructor for safety training
programs on respiratory, personal protective equipment, and hazard
communication. Review and audit for compliance of daily drivers logs, work
area inspections, daily vehicle inspection forms, and Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) forms. Worked closely with company management to
develop and enforce standard operating procedures. Evaluated and
implemented regulatory compliance initiatives. Complete daily Job Safety
Analysis, according to federal and military requirements. Backup manager
for the DSA
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, & TRAINING
Columbia Southern University (Bachelors of Science Degree Occupational
Safety and Health): (GPA: 3.47) Graduated April 17, 2012.
Herzing College (Electronics Certification): 1994-1995
Virginia College (Electronics Certification): 1993-1994
Helicopter Transportation, Boat Travel / Personnel Transfer, Platform
Orientation / Emergency Drills, Platform Abandonment/T.E.M.P.S.C (Totally
Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft), Life Raft Operations, Personal
Floatation Devise (PFD), Cold Water Physiology, Location Aids, HUET
(Helicopter Underwater Egress Training), Water / Practical Session, OSHA
500 Construction Outreach Certified, OSHA 30 hour Construction Safety and
Health, Trenching & Excavating Competent Person, Lockout Tag out Certified,
Permit Required Confined Space Certified, Fall Protection Certified,
Scaffold Certified, First Responder Certified, Hazmat Certified, Hazmat
Team Lead Certified, Hazwoper Certified, Decontamination Certified, Toxic
Area Certified, Chemical Handling Safety Certified, Small Spills and Leaks
Certified, Drum Handling Certified, CPR & First Aid(Adult and Infant)
Certified, Blood borne Pathogens Training Respiratory Protection
Certified, MSA Level 3 (Respirators, Emergency Breathing Apparatus, SCBA)
Certified, Crosby Rigging Certified, Overhead Crane and Hoist Training,
Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams Training, Ambulance Driver Trained,
Powered Industrial Trucks Training, Automatic Continuous Air Monitoring
Systems, Leadership Training
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