RACHEL E. HARRINGTON

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Evanston, IL acgi43@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY A highly qualified environmental health and safety manager with

extensive and diversified experience in safety management,

hazardous materials, waste disposal, emergency response,

inspections, auditing, needs assessment,

community/government relations, and training programs.

Proven expertise in establishing and overseeing a

comprehensive Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)

Program, developing goals, objectives, policies, and

performance standards to minimize incidents in the work

place. Confidently interacts with federal, state, and

local agencies to understand and manage compliance issues.

Keeps an eye on the competition to ensure best practices.

Cultivates an environment of sharing and builds cross-

functional relationships to strengthen and expand lines of

communication. Enjoys bringing creative solutions to

problems and consistently meeting the needs of the

organization. Innovative leader who motivates others to

create cost-effective strategies for process improvement

and provide the best possible performance for the company.

A change agent who sees the value of moving forward to get

new results. Team player who is reliable under pressure.

Excellent presenter and outgoing self-starter.

Consistently contributes to long-term business growth and

success.

PROFILE ( Comprehensive results driven experience in all aspects of

program implementation, benchmarking, accurate

documentation, strategic planning, systems

administration, and verification of effectiveness.

( Familiarity with regulatory compliance for

collection, segregation, and removal of hazardous,

special, and PIMW waste through OSHA, EPA, and DOT.

< Effectively plans and conducts detailed presentations in

a professional manner to management and staff and

external organizations.

< Relies on current research to support objectives and uses

time tested management principles to motivate and achieve

success.

EXPERIENCE DYNAMIC MANUFACTURING 2013-2014

Director, Environmental, Health and Safety

4300 W. Madison Avenue

Hillside, IL

Director for this fast paced, family owned company

specialized in the remanufacture of auto drive trains and

related components. Managing a group of five EHS

Professionals, overseeing seven facilities, and growing a

strong EHS culture to support the present and future needs

of the company. Building high group competency in waste

management; safe behaviors and processes for success;

EPA/OSHA compliance: workers' compensation management;

training development and implementation. Emphasizing

collaboration and integration to gain trust and respect for

the EHS function.

Accomplishments

. With appropriate support, use an engineered solution

for the management of waste water in all facilities

moving toward zero discharge through recycled water

use; expected ROIC $100-200K annually within 12

months.

. Overhaul the PPE Assessment process to include state

of the art equipment and further drive down injury

numbers.

. Design and implement a training management system to

capture all relevant training performed.

. Integrate EHS needs for data management with those of

other key company business areas and participate in

software evaluation and selection.

ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE 2004 - 2013

Director, Office of Environmental, Health, and Safety

3333 Green Bay Road, Room G.681

North Chicago, IL 60064

Director for the newly created (January 2004) Office of

Environmental, Health, and Safety. Responsible for

developing all programs related to safety and the

environment. Create, manage and implement controlled

substance procedures, waste disposal procedures, health and

safety policies and procedures, chemical waste management

procedures, and institutional biosafety procedures. Key

contact for all regulatory agencies. Work with senior

management and faculty to develop site-specific safety

programs and training to address the needs of this recently

re-organized and growth - minded university.

Accomplishments

. Implemented a laboratory safety management system

through a facility specific Chemical Hygiene Plan.

. Oversaw the overhaul of the Radiation Users

Licenses and their associated programs to

streamline and add efficiencies to faculty;

managed a significant removal of stockpiled

radioactive waste to further unburden the program

and the University.

. In the absence of a unified federal or state

regulatory framework for biosafety, drew on

current best practices and peer accepted processes

to develop and implement the University's first

Biosafety Program including manual, training

objectives, and inspection procedures.

. Implemented comprehensive waste management

procedures for hazardous waste, non-

hazardous/special waste, biohazardous waste, DEA

waste, and radioactive waste.

. Implemented program changes for the use of

controlled substances to protect the University

and streamline processes for faculty.

. Evaluated and selected appropriate software for

training management.

. Developed and delivered classroom training for

numerous compliance requirements for a diverse

population of faculty, students, and staff.

. Served on the Institutional Biosafety Committee

(IBC) and the Institutional Animal Care and Use

Committee (IACUC)

. Continually networked with other academic EHS

professionals to stay abreast of current and

developing best practices in laboratories.

STEPAN, Northfield, Illinois

Manager, Environmental Health and Safety 2001-2003

Managed and delivered all aspects of a safety environmental

program for corporate headquarters and the research and

development facility, removing $100,000 in waste annually.

Held audit responsibilities for off site research labs

located in New Jersey and Georgia. Generated benchmarking

guidelines and accurate documentation/training curricula

for staff.

Safety and Waste Administrator 1999-2001

Directed and delivered all aspects of environmental,

health, and safety program for corporate headquarters.

This included the research and development laboratories.

Accomplishments 1999-2003

< OSCAR: Occupational Safety Climates Assessment Report

from the National Safety Council. This is a 100

question employee perception survey where employees

rate their level of comfort with safety at their site.

The site for which I was responsible had a 92%

satisfaction rate compared to the other six sites

surveyed where the next highest was 84%.

< Hazardous Waste Cost Reduction: Drove down costs for

management of hazardous waste through initial

reorganization of process and subsequent annual

decreases. Developed streamlined removal process, with

immediate cost reductions of 30-50%.

< Workers' Compensation: Managed workers' compensation

cases from first report to return-to-work; managed

costs through meticulous patient follow-up and case

management. Tracked patients personally and worked

with healthcare providers to bring them back to work.

This reduced cost by eliminating unnecessary care and

avoiding legal repercussions.

< EHS Conferencing: Participated in company global EHS

conferences to facilitate EHS idea generation across

facilities. Planned all aspects of conferences and

had review privileges on the agenda to ensure

appropriate breaks. Received high praise from

attendees.

< Hazardous Materials Inventory: Represented company at

networking events to gain valuable benchmarking data

and eliminate the costly research phase. Devised

scheme for inventory of chemicals utilizing only

available resources. While inventory would be

"snapshot" rather than "real time," it would be

representative of the true hazards present in the

facility. This met requirements for having information

on hazards to provide to emergency responders and did

not require implementation of a new system.

< Safety Training/Awareness Optimization: Changed

antiquated process for delivering health, safety, and

environmental training and ensured managers were always

in attendance, which was not the case previously.

Immediately engaged a trainer to upgrade annual

training sessions and deliver training that was both

necessary and interesting. Varied training year to

year to keep things lively and maintain good

attendance. The compliance rate for completing annual

safety training went up to over 91% from 50% and

managers were always in attendance.

< Safety Committee Management: Facilitated safety

committee, setting schedule for meetings. Using

facilitation skills, did not allow meetings to become

gripe sessions but would recognize an issue and form a

subgroup to address it. People knew that if they

brought an issue to the safety committee it would be

addressed in a timely manner and not fall into a black

hole.

< Orientation Program: Developed and delivered new hire

orientation for both office and technical staffs.

Brought each new employee up to speed on facility and

safety procedures. Created a detailed safety

orientation for all employees and an additional program

for laboratory employees, which included full facility

tour. Continuously received positive feedback from

both new hires and their managers on the program. The

facility tour was considered the best and people often

requested the tour when they had visitors to the site.

< Drug/Alcohol Testing: Designed a drug and alcohol

random and for-cause testing protocol. Developed

policies and procedures for a program and selected the

methods, medical reviewer officers, and diagnostic

center. Working with various vendors, drove cost for

implementation down from $100,000 annually to $40,000.

Benchmarking with other companies and looking at

cutting-edge devices for the testing of employees was

key in decreasing overall program cost and

administration.

< Evacuation Team: Took over management of evacuation

team and turned it into a valuable, highly skilled

operation. Rewrote procedures and wrote roles and

responsibilities. Held meetings following each drill

to see what went well and what needed to be improved.

Evacuation drills went smoother each time and the team

would be instrumental in the event of an actual

emergency.

HELENE CURTIS, Rolling Meadows, Illinois 1995-1999

Senior Environmental and Safety Scientist - Unilever Home and

Personal Care USA

Held responsibility for comprehensive safety and

environmental compliance program for research and

development facility of 300 people. Reported and

documented sales data on volatile organic compound

containing products.

Environmental and Safety Specialist 1992-1995

Developed safety program for research portion of

manufacturing site due to new OSHA regulations requiring

chemical hygiene officer and chemical hygiene plan.

Revitalized existing Safety Committee to meet the needs of

the growing research and development division.

Accomplishments, 1992-1999

< Chemical Hygiene Plan: Revised OSHA required chemical

hygiene plan, which had been produced by risk

management department to meet regulatory deadline.

Immediately revised and trained research community on

site-specific plan. The profit for the company lay in

fines not paid; had the company been inspected by OSHA

and if a written program was not being followed, it

could have experienced fines and penalties.

< Biodegradability Testing: Coordinated biodegradability

testing of finished consumer products and presented

information to chemists and marketing department.

Worked with outside lab that was certified to perform

the testing, calculated results, and disseminated

results on a timely basis. Developed a keen sense as

to what would pass and what would not. This reduced

unnecessary formulation time on the part of chemists

and they could use ingredients known to pass the test.

< Laboratory Centralization: When laboratories were

relocated out of manufacturing site, the issue arose of

how chemists would secure raw materials for their

formulations. Personally developed and implemented

centralized stockroom for new facility to make sure all

needed materials would be on-hand. The costs savings

for R&D were realized through chemical inventory

reductions in the labs. On the safety side,

centralizing the inventory of chemicals reduced

exposure to only those specifically trained people.

< Barcode Tracking System: Worked with multidisciplined

group (computer, tech services) to develop barcode

system for tracking and inventory management of

chemicals maintained and dispensed out of the

stockroom.

< Chemists were able to track lot numbers so that if a

formulation went bad they could get back to the

original source and discover the problem.

< The system enabled scanning of containers that were

to be removed as chemical waste and provided

information to waste hauling vendor.

< Able to conduct chemical audits and have good

inventory data, which was an OSHA compliance issue.

Setting up inventory system through centralized

stockroom ensured that the research facility was

knowledgeable of its hazards and quantity/location

of material stored on site.

< Waste Removal: Conducted detailed vendor assessment to

determine who would be waste vendor and drove down cost

of waste removal through competitive bidding. This

saved $50,000 per year for the research division as

they had not been using the most cost-effective vendor.

< Incident Reporting: In the absence of having a nurse

on site, ensured any injuries sustained by research

employees were reported quickly to maintain excellent

relationships with insurers. Worked with the nurse who

managed occupational health to make sure all proper

forms were available and that medical responders were

well aware of procedures.

< VOC Reporting: Handled government reporting of

volatile organic compound (VOC) containing consumer

products that the company manufactured. Created

spreadsheets that defined the different parameters as

they applied to each state or report. Interfaced with

sales and marketing to obtain sales data necessary to

calculate pounds of VOC emitted in a particular state.

Reports were always submitted on time and were never

put into question during regulatory review. The

company could have sustained heavy fines and even

lawsuits had the data not been submitted correctly.

< Safety Committee - Research: Facilitated safety

committee for research division. Held bi-monthly

meetings and addressed everything from safety shower

testing to ensuring that new hires were well versed in

safety policy and procedures. Supported role by taking

classes in interpersonal skills, diplomacy, project

management, and negotiations. Worked very hard at

developing relationships and helping others to do the

same.

< Chemical Spill Response Team: To handle possible

emergency situations, formed chemical spill response

team who would deal with hazardous material spills.

Recruited a diverse group of people from the labs,

brought in a skilled trainer, and developed protocol to

be used in the event of a spill.

ADDITIONAL HELENE CURTIS, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Data Management Chemist,

EXPERIENCE 1989-1992. Implemented and oversaw the running of relational

database for storage and retrieval of analytical data generated by

analytical laboratories. Coordinated sample management and

distribution for appropriate testing. Developed forms, reports,

sample profiles, and procedures for distribution of data analysis

and sample status levels. Analytical Chemist, 1987-1989. Managed

daily analysis of raw materials, competitive products, and company

formulations. Purchased chemicals and lab supplies for the

laboratory.

PPG MAZER, Gurnee, Illinois, Quality Control Chemist, 1985-1987.

Analyzed incoming raw materials, in-process formulations, and

finished product chemicals.

EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Chicago, Illinois

MPH, Public Health, specializing in Environmental and

Occupational Health and Safety, 1995.

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Normal, Illinois

B.S., Chemistry, with minor in English, 1984.

Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)

Offered by the Institute of Hazardous Material Management

only to professionals with demonstrated experience and a

minimum number of years in the fields of environmental and

safety.

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

"Building Your Leadership Skills" - Certificate Program,

completed June 2008

ADDITIONAL Completed seminars and workshops in Safety Procedures & Regulations

TRAINING through OSHA, EPA, FDA, and DOT, as well as Handling of Hazardous

Waste.

AFFILIATIONS American Chemical Society - National/Local Sections,

Member of Division of Chemical Health & Safety.

Academy of Certified Hazarous Materials Managers

Industrial Research Institute - Member of Environmental

Health & Safety Director's Network, appointed chair, 2004-

2005.

COMPUTER Knowledge of LANs, PCs, and Client Servers.

SKILLS Proficiency in Oracle, Windows 95, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and

Relational Database Applications.

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