Rick Budel

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SAFETY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Highly versatile, results-oriented environmental, health & safety professional with a diverse career and proven track

record in determining and assessing organizational needs and developing/implementing EH&S management solutions.

Strong analytical skills and proven ability to manage develop and motivate teams and maintain a consultative

approach by partnering with clients and cross-functional team members. Strong interpersonal and communication

skills coupled with vision, business insight, and astute problem solving abilities. Recognized for professionalism,

effective use of resources, positive mental attitude, commitment to excellence and demonstrated ability to work with all

levels of management and owner representatives.

Key Experience/Skills

• Regulatory Compliance • Process Safety Management • W orkers’ Comp. Case Management & Adm

•Task Hazard Analysis • Emergency Action Plans • Environmental Protection

• Operations Management • Training / Orientation • Injury Management

• Human Resources Functions • Project Management • Loss Prevention & Root Cause Analysis

• Project Scheduling • Site audits/inspections • OSHA certified Train the Trainer

• Behavior & Observation Safety Program Management • Data Mining & Statistical Analysis

Professional Experience

Project Safety Management Experience

AMEC Forster Wheeler Atlanta, GA 2011 - Present

AMECFW, Power & Process Americas (PPA) provides a balanced portfolio of consulting, EPC and asset support

services across the life-cycle of projects and investments to a broad range of public, private and utility clients.

AMECFW is a focused supplier of consultancy, engineering and project management services to a broad range of

services across Nuclear, Transmission & Distribution, Renewable Energy and Conventional Power and Bioprocess.

Georgia Pacific Recovery Boiler Phoenix Project Brewton, AL 2014 - Present

Installation of a Recovery Boiler, Precipitator & Stack, Evaporators, Concentrator & Condensate Stripping Systems

and a Turbine Generator rated at 74.8MW to increase Brewton black liquor throughput to 5.4 million pounds per day of

dry solids at 80% concentration. Manage a project craft workforce of 600+.

Feb. – June 2104

Maintenance/Outage

International Paper KRAFT & CSSC Digester Outage Pine Hill, AL

W eyerhaeuser New Bern Major Outage New Burn, NC

International Paper Maintenance Outage Mansfield. LA

Dominion - Bremo Bluff Unit 3&4 Coal to Gas Conversion Project Bremo Bluff, VA 2013 - 2014

Engineering, Procurement Services and Construction for the conversion of Units 3&4 from a coal -fired operation to a

gas-fired operation. Install a B&W supplied and designed burner and OFA systems, and furnace reinforcement.

Additional construction activities include; natural gas burners, over fire air system, FD Fan modifications, furnace and

ducting reinforcement, new auxiliary boiler, natural gas distribution header, electrical equipment, CEMS and DCS

modifications and balance-of-plant upgrades. Manpower peaked at 180+; manage a staff of four safety professionals.

MeadWestvaco; Biomass #1Boiler Project Covington, VA 2011 - 2013

Biomass renewable energy power plant consisting of a condensing steam turbine generator rated at 74 MW, a

Biomass fuel supply system including 3 biomass hogs, stacker re -claimer, and two air-slide conveyors, Air Quality

Control System, including bag houses, ammonia injection, activated carbon injection, and sorbent injection . Manpower

peaked at 550, managed a staff of six safety professionals.

TIC – The Industrial Company Houston, TX 2006 - 2011

Heavy industrial contractor providing world-class construction expertise in the areas of Power, Mining/Minerals

Processing, Oil/Gas/Chemical, Renewable Energy, Water and Wastewater, Marine, Food and Beverage, and Pulp and

Paper.

Rick Budel

Résumé Page 2

Progress Energy; Wayne County Combined Cycle Project Goldsboro, NC 2010 - 2011

Construction of a 950 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant

2009 – 2010

Paducah Power Systems; Paducah Power Partners Paducah, KY

120 MW Simple Cycle Power Plant

St. Petersburg, FL 2007 – 2009

Progress Energy; Bartow Repowering Project

1100 MW 4x1 Combined Cycle Power Plant

2006 – 2009

Florida Municipal Power Agency, Treasure Coast Energy Center Unit 1 Fort Pierce, FL

300 1x1 F-Class Combined Cycle Power Plant

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES

Provide leadership and guidance on Health Safety & Environmental related issues through all phases of

construction and startup

Provide strategic and visionary leadership to the Safety Department and actively participate with Management

in the decision making for all Safety related matters

Select, train and mentor a team of safety professionals and deve lop a contingency staffing plan

Maintain a pro-active approach, perform risk assessments, develop programs and implement effective control

measures in combination with industry best practices

Develop and implement programs to manage Occupational Health & Safety processes, Emergency Response

Teams and Hazardous Materials Management

Lead accident investigations, complete root cause analyses and develop corrective action plans to address

root causes (5-Why, A-Z, Apollo etc.)

Analyze near-miss reports, site audits and inspections along with behavior safety observation data to identify

trend and develop preventive measures

Develop and implement a project/task specific safety health & environmental plan

Provide guidance and leadership to site supervision on planning and safety & environmental implementation

protocols.

Continuously seek, identify and capitalize upon opportunities to increase client satisfaction and deepen client

relationship.

Develop, design and implement safety compliance training programs and maintain employee training records

Provide oversight on sub-contractor safe work practices, investigations, inspections and analyses

Manage project drug and alcohol screening program

Coordinate driver DOT qualification and manage drive safety and incident prevention program

Injury management; identify, set up Occupational & Health Clinics and coordinate medical treatment

Interface with local, state, regional and national regulatory agencies

Prepare and present job-wide safety meetings. Prepare toolbox talks for frontline supervis ion.

1998 – 2006

Granite Services, Inc. Tampa, FL

$500+ Million General Electric subsidiary providing specialized technical services and skilled labor to power, oil and

gas, and chemical industries and employing nearly 4,500 workers world-wide.

EHS Manager, Programs and Technologies (2003 – 2006)

Provided leadership and direction to achieve corporate environmental and health safety goals.

Lead Corporate Crisis Team – monitored and advised on potential security and/or health risk to

employees on assignments abroad

Developed monthly report analyzing Worker’s Compensation budget

Increased retained earnings by reducing accident/injury claim cost

Analyzed and drove EHS process improvement programs

Reviewed and complied data for monthly and annual safety p erformance reports, Workers’

Compensation claims and safety training

Managed repatriation functions; coordinated efforts with next of kin and national/international

emergency service organizations

Analyzed accident root causes and developed recommendations for corrective actions

W orkers’ Compensation case management, coordinated medical treatment with provide rs and case

nurses

Rick Budel

Résumé Page 2

Transitional Work Program - coordinated temporary modified or transitional work assignments for

injured workers.

Managed the drug-free workplace program

Improved company’s safety performance with a team spirited pro-active stance involving: pre-job

preparations, reviews for pre-qualification packages, task hazard analysis, audits, site visits, and

supporting safety documentation.

Provided Risk Assessments, Root Cause Analysis, Claims Reviews, and EHS Technical Support.

(1998 – 2003)

Manager of Human Resources/Financial Service Administrator

Penpower was a $100 Million division of Granite Services, Inc, specializing in providing Engine ering Services and

skilled labor to power, oil and gas, and chemical industries throughout the world and employing 750+ individuals.

Developed and implemented Human Resources policies and procedures.

Developed and implemented a balance compensation program.

Responsible for all EHS functions and acted as a liaison between clients and Service Managers.

Coordinated employee project specific safety compliance training.

W orkers’ Compensation cases/injury management and coordinated medical treatment

Managed all Immigration (work authorization) cases for US & International staff.

Consulted all levels of management and general staff to function with integrity and unity.

Times Publishing Co. (The St. Petersburg Times) - St. Petersburg, FL 1993 -1998

Programs Administrator / Business Analyst

Managed the day-to-day operations and supervised three support staffers. Handled daily reconciliation of invoices and

prepared varied financial analysis to ensure accuracy between advertising billing systems. Processed adver tising

contracts and monitored contract performance.

Simmons Market Research Bureau, Inc. 1986 - 1993

Field Operations & Project Manager - Tampa, FL

Directed field operations with a support staff of 25+, including staffing, training and the day-to-day administration.

Managed all Human Resources functions and acted as a strategic partner between corporate HR and five regional

offices.

Education

BS Degree - Marketing/Management Tampa Metropolitan University - Tampa, FL

Diploma - Business Administration College of Commerce Suriname - South America

Certification / Affiliations:

NCCER, Master Trainer designation - CSSM

Construction Site Safety Technician - CSST

Construction Site Safety Supervisor - CSSS

Principals of Occupational Safety & Health - National Safety Consul

OSHA 510

OSHA 500 level Instructor

CPR, AED,FIRST AID Certified Trainer

OSHA Record Keeping Requirements

Fire Safety & Prevention

ISO 9001:2000

Six Sigma Process Improvement

Member of American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)

Apollo Root Cause Analysis

A to Z – Root Cause Analysis

Proficient in Microsoft office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook

Special Skills: Multi-lingual; English, Spanish and Dutch

References and salary history available upon request

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