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Safety Manager Management Experience

Location:
Greenville, SC
Posted:
April 04, 2024

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JOHN J. LITTLE

*** ******* *****

Greer SC, *****

ad4rzv@r.postjobfree.com

Cell 864-***-****

EHS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:

Occupational Safety, Loss Control and Risk Management Experience:

Workers Compensation Administration

OSHA record keeping & BLS reporting

PSM Development & Auditing

Accident Investigation & Prevention

Regulatory Compliance Auditing

Fire Prevention & Emergency Response

Construction / Contractor Safety

Occupational Injury Statistical Trending

Health & Food Safety inspections

DOT / Fleet Management

Regulatory Training

Hazardous Materials Administration

Behavior Based Safety Techniques

Policy Development & Implementation

VPP Program Administration

Union Safety Management

Multiple Facility Management

Lean 6 Sigma Manufacturing

Environmental Experience:

Indoor air quality monitoring & analysis

Sanitary discharge permitting

UST management

Chemical inventory

Hazardous waste management

Waste minimization

EPA case management

Asbestos management

RCRA Reporting & Permits

EMS management

Technical & Management Experience:

Environmental Health & Safety Training

Technical document preparation

Project planning, implementation, and management

IH sample collection & analysis

Study data statistical analysis

Interpretation & application of federal and state regulations / standards

Suit settlement and negotiation

Supervising technical personnel

Capital and operational budgeting

Workers compensation claim processing

Regulatory hearing representation

Union negotiation and management

Technical & Executive Presentations

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health & Safety Science; minor in Biology

Salisbury State University 5/1998

Certs: 6 Sigma Greenbelt

OSHA 500 – Exp. 2018

Arc Flash / 70 E / Electrical Safety Certified

Significant Accomplishments:

75% Incident Reduction – Fluor

0 Job Recordables – Beck-Pollitzer

Applied Ergonomics Ergo Cup Runner Up – GE Salem, VA

Times Mirror Innovation Award, Incident and Severity Reduction – Baltimore Sun

WORK HISTORY:

1/2023 – 11/2023

Proterra Battery, Greer SC (www.proterra.com)

Position: HSE Manager, Battery Manufacturing

Effectively execute the following in an EV Start-up environment

Conduct safety meetings, audits, and inspections to ensure compliance, evaluate performance, identify corrective action, and implement follow up assessments.

Plan, develop and implement, preventative care, safety, and compliance training programs.

Plan, develop and implement comprehensive environmental safety & health programs on premises and at project site locations.

Provide project management team with guidance on health and safety and confirm project site fulfills industry, local, state, and federal guidelines and regulations.

Collaborate with management to develop an Emergency Action Plans and serve as primary contact for project site injury and incident notification, investigation, and case management.

Maintain a written log of safety inspection activities, reports, and correspondence.

Guarantees that all work is performed in accordance with approved manuals, internal policies and procedures, contract documents, and good engineering practices.

Provide technical support to project managers.

Lead organizational environmental objectives through goal setting, metrics and reporting.

Work with commodity managers to improve environmental footprint of our supply chain.

Regularly report to senior management HSE objectives, performance, and improvement plans

Assist in the development of project cost/change controls, and project budget and accounting records.

Participate in leadership team meetings and provide regular on-site project performance.

(5/2015 – 9/2020; 4/2021 – 10/2022)

Fluor / Stork O&M North American Division, Greenville, SC

Position: North American Regional HSE Director (7/2017- 4/2020)

Position: Consulting Regional Director TRS / Fluor O&M North America (4/2021-10/2022)

Fluor Government Group

Position: Deputy Director, HSE (5/2015 – 7/2017)

Build the Regional Safety and Sustainability strategy and govern execution plans

Lead a team of EHS Safety Directors, Managers and Safety Specialists who coach and guide our facilities with both technical and cultural EHS and Occupational Health support

Serve as a business partner to senior leadership and facility managers to drive results on divisional and enterprise EHS goals

Provide leadership and guidance to the Fluor / STORK organization

Build innovative EHS solutions for the O&M NA Regional teams to achieve Zero Injury, utilizing data analytics, metrics, cultural insights, and other data sources

Identify safety/health/environmental hazards inherent in the organization's operations and establish guidelines for protection from those hazards

Drive and report all EHS related metrics at a Regional and Global level

Oversee conformance and compliance risks, through audits and assessments.

Lead EHS governance, communications and professional development with our internal and external customers

Mentor and coach facility EHS teams throughout the NA Region

Develop and share best-in-class examples of EHS

Provide technical EHS leadership, including building and delivering interactive training to the Safety Managers and Trainers

Review and develop EH&S and applicable operations training programs

Manages working relationships with project/facility, contractor/client personnel to monitor compliance with the Corporate Injury and Illness Prevention Program

Manages contact with external counterparts, government, community, insurance or customer EH&S personnel as required to support corporate/project efforts

Monitors work practices utilized by Fluor / STORK and/or others present on the projects/facilities. Confers with management and subregional team on EH&S matters to ensure that work plan procedures are in compliance with Internal policy, customer, and governmental requirements

Monitors work practices utilized by Fluor / STORK and/or other contractors/subcontractors to ascertain compliance with the corporate policy, and applicable government regulations

Recommends acceptable work practices and ensures their implementation

Conducts employee performance evaluations

9/2020 – 4/2021

Beck-Pollitzer / Clarkson Industrial

Senior Site Safety Manager – Rockwool, Ranson, WV Jobsite

Plan and implement programs to train superintendents and over 300+ skilled labor employees in work site safety and installation practices.

Plan, implement and promote safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules and regulations.

Organize and facilitate safety meetings and coach personnel on the JSA process, as well as other company training programs and initiatives.

Coordinate and perform jobsite inspections to detect existing or potential accident and health hazards.

Collaborate with onsite personnel to determine corrective and or preventative measures where a hazard has been identified and follow up to ensure measures have been implemented.

Work with Superintendents, site management and customer representatives to develop jobsite safety plans.

Develop and implement solutions to mitigate identified workplace safety hazards.

Participates in accident and injury investigations to determine root cause and preventive measures. Recommend and implement corrective action if required.

Maintain safety training and document all required safety training. Maintain all safety and compliance records/reports as required by the Company and law.

7/2017 – 4/2020

Fluor / Stork O&M North American Division, Greenville, SC

Position: North American Regional HSE Director

Complete HSE oversight of the Stork Gulf of Mexico on-shore support and off-shore platform operations as well as the Fluor branded 70+ Continuous Site Presence site-based O&M teams across the United States, South America (Trinidad / Tobago) and Canada.

This business line is composed of over 4000 direct hire and contractual staff.

Complete coordination, execution oversight and management of all HSE personnel and activities associated with outage work and small cap construction projects and E&C activities as they arise throughout the NA Region.

5/2015 – 7/2017

Fluor Government Group (FGG), Greenville, SC

Position: Environmental, Safety, & Health (HSE) Director

Responsible for administration and oversight of global HSE compliance within the Fluor Government Group and actively create and sustain a productive work culture and safe work environment in order to avoid and minimize adverse HSE related conditions. These include but are not limited to:

Prevention of human injury

Environmental degradation

Unsafe working conditions/practices.

Oversee development of materials for HSE training, programs and processes

Oversee the implementation of HSE departmental functions in regard to auditing, training, incident investigation, software, tools, Company HSE policies, procedures, and methods designed to drive the Company’s HSE culture and meet the Company’s HSE standards and goals through an expert knowledge of the Company’s HSE standards, programs, and goals

Provide oversight of technical HSE quality of projects and sites through interpretation of Company HSE practices and procedures in relation to current regulations

Provide oversight and direction to direct reports on interpretation of Company HSE practices and procedures in relation to current legislation and regulations; plans and develops HSE programs concerned with unique or project-specific issues

Provide mentoring/people development for direct reports and select HSE mentees

Analyze situations, identify, and forecast pertinent problems and evaluate realistic options; and recommend/implement appropriate course of action

Adhere to and support Fluor's Health, Safety & Environmental and Sustainability Policies

7/2014 – 4/2015

Aerotek - Performance Contracting Incorporated

Position: Consultant – Senior Site Safety Manager; GlobalFoundries, Malta NY

Direct, communicate, and enforce PCI’s safety strategy, vision, and culture.

Develop, implement, and execute a comprehensive, effective safety program for PCI to assure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations (including OSHA) and jobsite owner requirements.

Establish comprehensive jobsite inspection procedures, guide other personnel in performing inspections.

Responsible for identifying, coordinating, and overseeing all safety specific training needs.

Direct safety incentive program(s), recommend changes, and monitor results.

Analyze job functions, procedures, equipment and materials to discover potential exposure to injury or illness.

Responsible for collecting, investigating, and communicating all accident reports.

Maintain safety metrics, analyze trends, and communicate on a frequent and regular basis to the field and executive team.

Promote positive relations with OSHA personnel, maintain a history of citations received and final decisions, interpret OSHA regulations as they pertain to our industry/business.

Direct the work of safety personnel, set and monitor goals and objectives.

5/2009 - 12/2013

General Electric, Power & Water, Schenectady, NY

Position: Senior Campus EHS Manager

Managed 35 hourly and salaried professionals to assure all GE Power & Water EHS, Medical and Security activities complied with all GE internal, state and federal standards on a campus of over 5000 employees in 2 manufacturing, 1 engineering R&D and 15 office suite facilities on 625 acres.

Developed and promoted a healthy and safe work environment for all employees

Developed plans to ensure compliance of plant operations with government regulatory agency requirements relating to air (Title V), water, waste and associated health and safety laws and regulations

Integrated all functions and associates to aggressively reduce incidents and injuries

Maintained and managed all activities associated with GE’s VPP Star Site status

Led implementation of all GE EHS programs including all Gensuite web tools and managed associated matrix

Managed the EHS & security training and associated electronic tracking and intranet tools

Oversaw the compliance audit process and corrective action / root cause analysis activities, including tracking in ATS system

Established, led, guided and coached key EHS VPP teams: EHS Committee, Accident Investigation, Area Safety Representatives, Lean-Ergonomics team, Crisis Management / Emergency Preparedness team

Managed EHS capital budget of over $1MM and all associated spends / bullet trains.

Additional positions held within GE:

5/2011 – 9/2012

General Electric, Power & Water, Duluth, GA – Airfoils Manufacturing

Position: EHS&S Manager

5/2009 – 5/2011

General Electric, Power & Water, Salem, VA – Electric Drives & Controls COE

Position: EHS&S Manager

4/2005 – 5/2009

Solo Cup Company, Federalsburg, MD (www.solocup.com)

Position: Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Managed and assisted departmental managers in developing and implementing accident prevention activities / programs; training employees on regulatory subjects & ensuring proper reporting to governmental agencies on environmental issues.

Guided facility management by advising on the procedural and operational measures needed to correct or minimize non-compliant activities with regard to Federal, State, Local, and Corporate environmental health & safety regulations and policies

Oversaw all activities associated with facility permits from original application to modification and or renewals

Performed public relations duties by acting as company representative to all regulatory agencies and the general public on EH&S related issues

Served as liaison between facility managers and outside contractors on EH&S issues

Conducted facility audits to maintain compliance with all Federal, State, Local and Corporate regulations and policies to include AIB & corporate food safe standards

Participated in accident investigations and advised on follow-up corrective action when necessary

Administered workers compensation function

7/2002 – 2/2005

Safety-Kleen Services Inc. (www.Safety-Kleen.com; Largest Oil Re-Refiner in N. America)

Position: EHS Regulatory Training Specialist (Eastern Region)

Arranged, conducted and tracked all new hire and current employee regulatory training for Safety-Kleen branch locations in the northeastern region

Guided and provided branch management with the resources necessary to ensure that Safety-Kleen maintained 100% compliance with all DOT, EPA and OSHA Federal and state governmental standards as well as Safety-Kleen company policies / SOP

Conducted special topic regulatory training as needed in region. Training topics included 24 Hour HAZWOPER, Hazardous Materials Transportation Skills (HMTS), RCRA, Branch Sales Representative Training, Advanced Sales Representative Training, Regulatory Train-The-Trainer, HAZMAT Chemistry, among others.

Position: Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Responsible for all environmental health & safety issues for 5 Safety-Kleen TSDF and 10-Day hazardous waste storage facilities in the eastern region (MD, PA, NJ, WV)

Guided corporate and facility management by advising on the procedural and operational measures needed to correct or minimize non-compliant activities with regard to Federal, State, Local, and Corporate environmental health & safety regulations and policies

Oversaw all activities associated with company permits from original application to modification and or renewals

Performed public relations duties by acting as company representative to all regulatory agencies and the general public on EH&S related issues

Served as liaison between facility managers and outside contractors on EH&S issues

Conducted facility audits to maintain compliance with all Federal, State, Local and Corporate regulations and policies

Participated in accident investigations and advise on follow-up corrective action when necessary

Administered workers compensation function

7/2000 – 7/2002

The New York Times

Position: Safety Manager

Responsible for all safety, industrial hygiene and environmental issues for The New York Times printing production, distribution and office suite facilities throughout New York and New Jersey

5/1998 – 7/2000

The Baltimore Sun

Position: Environmental & Safety Administrator

Monitored work environment through regular inspections and investigations in order to maintain a proactive environment for health, injury / illness avoidance affecting approximately 1,800 production and office personnel in 16 locations throughout Maryland

6/1986 – 09/1993 United States Army / US Army Reserve

Position: Attack Helicopter Weapons Specialist (68M10)

Rank: Sp4

Duties: Maintenance and repair of all weapons systems on Apache and Cobra aircraft



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