Vito V. De Maio CSP

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Wilmington, DE 19808

Home: 302-***-****

Cell: 302-***-****

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BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Senior Chemical Engineer with strong problem solving skills in Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS). Diverse experience base includes process development, product and application development, plant support, technical service, operations and utility safety. Highly skilled passionate trainer who is goal oriented with strong process safety background. Certified Safety Professional – CSP.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bachelor of Science: Chemical Engineering, Drexel University – High Honors

Bachelor of Arts: Biology, Millersville University

Pre-Start-Up Safety Reviews and Chemical Process Safety Reviews

Industrial Hygiene Monitoring (dust, area, breathing zone, sound, active and passive)

Health Risk Assessment (Chronic health effects)

Behavior Based Safety

Job Briefings, Laboratory Safety

Root Cause Analysis (ABS & Taproot)

Process Hazard Analysis & Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

Management of Change (MOC)

Hazard Communication & Right to Know training

OSHA mandated training

NFPA 70E Certified

Industrial and office ergonomics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PECO – An Exelon Company

November 2011 – April 2015 (Contract Position)

Safety & Quality Lead for AMI Project (Advanced Meter Infrastructure or Smart Meters)

Conducted audits at vendor’s plants on their Quality Management Systems based on ISO 9001:2008.

Implemented a strong field auditing program with subcontractors.

Thoroughly investigated and documented incidents with the subcontractors installing electric and gas meters.

Partnered with one subcontractor to achieve 1 year without an OSHA recordable injury.

Performed “Apparent Cause Evaluations” (root cause evaluations) for contractor incidents and PECO process incidents.

Tracked to completion corrective actions and continuous improvement activities as they were developed.

Ashland Research Center

June 2007 – March 2011

Environmental, Health & Safety Coordinator

Tracked MOCs (Management of Change) and conducted hazard analysis reviews on all changes and impacts on the original process

Effectively applied OSHA’s Process Safety Management System (PSM) at the R&D level

Implemented Job Safety Analysis database, and reviewed and approved ~ 700 JSAs

Implemented Process Safety Code from the Responsible Care Management System at the Research Center

Chemical Process Safety – Reviewed and approved plans for all experimental work at the Research Center while ensuring that the experimental approach and set up could be performed safely. As part of this review process, the procedures, and set up were critically analyzed and changed if necessary to ensure worker safety

Performed Industrial Hygiene monitoring whenever appropriate

Set up a SharePoint interactive website for efficient use of EHS documents and surveys

Performed Accident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis on incidents and injuries

Implemented Electronic Management of all MSDSs (Material Safety Data Sheets)

Performed Environmental Reporting and improved methodology to reduce the amount of possible errors

oTitle V Reporting – Semi-annual, and Annual Emission Reports

oSara Title III – Tier II Annual Report, Hazardous Waste Annual Report

oDelaware River Basin Commission, Delaware Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC)

oWater Use Reports and DNREC Sewer Use Annual Report

Earned Certified Safety Professional License

July 2006

Basell USA Inc. Elkton, MD

June 1985 – October 2005

Health, Safety & Environment Manager

2001 – 2005

Implemented Behavior Based Safety program (TOPF – Founder’s name). Reduced recordable injuries to zero for three consecutive years

Initiated “Safety Buck” program to promote safety observations. Employee observations grew from 53/yr. to 523/yr. over four years. Our goal was exceeded each year

Ensured compliance with procedures and guidelines by overseeing a strong field audit program

Designed and directed the development of a process safety database to track MOCs and all safety reviews

Introduced a web-based accountability system for EHS procedures and guidelines for the Lansing, MI site

Introduced an ergonomics program to prevent chronic use injuries in office and operating areas

Secured air permit exemptions for new pilot plant project

Conducted oversight EHS responsibility for two sites: Elkton, MD (two direct reports) & Lansing, MI. (one indirect report)

Project Leader

Product & Application Development – 1998 – 2001

Resolved problem of insufficient surface gloss on a plastic sheet product. Used Design of Experiments (DOE) to identify potential process parameter or ingredient issues. Problem resolved within three months

Improved “sag resistance” (the ability of a material to retain structure while being heated to forming temperature) by 50% using DOE to examine blend components and processing

Oversaw all quality issues and plant support activities for Integrated Systems and High Melt Strength (HMS) production

Pilot Plant Supervisor

Controlled Rheology – 1997–1998

Directed engineering study to determine modifications for continuous production of ultra-high flow samples at commercial plant site

Implemented Product Stewardship (Responsible Care) for the R&D Center

Project Leader

Business Plant Support – 1993 – 1996

Detected source of gel contamination through process vetting. Provided training on checking for gels and how to eliminate them from the production process

Solved erratic rheological problems with HMS (High Melt Strength) production by using DOE Response Surface Design. This resulted in an extrusion processing model for compounding HMS materials. This step was instrumental in making this product line profitable

Process Specialist (Varennes, PQ, Canada)

Unit IV Production – 1990 – 1993

Transferred HMS technology to plant personnel through training and solving start-up and production problems

Used Statistical Process Control (SPC) principles to develop a control strategy for the new line at the plant

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Safety Professional 2006 (CSP) – Board of Certified Safety Professionals, www.bcsp.org

Advanced Safety Certificate 2003 – (National Safety Council); by taking the following courses: Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene, Safety Management Techniques and Principles of Occupational Safety and Health

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) – Secretary for the Northern Delaware Section.

American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE) – Senior Member

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