SUMMARY

Fourteen years of progressive responsibility and expertise in:

Public and Private Sector Environmental, Health, Safety, and Industrial Hygiene

Technical consulting on Environmental, Health, Safety, and Industrial Hygiene matters

Developing, Authoring, and Implementing Safety and Health Operating Procedures

Conducting Inspections, Evaluations, and Audits for Environmental, Health, Safety, and Industrial Hygiene programs

Implementing and Reviewing OSHA, ANSI, NIOSH and NFPA Standards within Operating Procedures and Programs

Advising Management of Industrial Hygiene and Environmental, Health, and Safety matters

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

THTBC, Colorado Springs, CO

Corporate Safety Manager 2021- Present

Safety Manager for Multiple Sites across the United States and outside the United States

Conducts Site Audits

Final Authority on Safety Decisions

Worker’s Compensation Case Management

Procedure and Policy Author for Corporate level

Implementing Safety Team meetings for all the site safety managers and personnel

Responsibilities include all Incident Reviews and case management, ISO 9001 Safety Program Audit, implementation of policies and procedures, decision making process for all sites under BOS Contracts and IT and Government Services Contracts

AMENTUM (formally AECOM), Pueblo, CO

Senior Shift Safety Representative/ Industrial Hygiene Tech 2016-2018; 2019- 2021

Technical Consultant on Industrial Hygiene, Health and Safety within the Demilitarization (Demil) of Chemical Weapons work environment

Conducts evaluations of Hazardous Work areas, to ensure effective health and safety practices within the Demil. Facility

Conducts Confined Space evaluations on all new confined spaces, and performs the annual inspections of 300+ confined spaces

Performs industrial hygiene sampling for Vinyl Chloride, metals, etc. in operations areas

Perform monthly facility safety inspections of Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) facilities to assess compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local codes and regulations

Review Safety policies and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance

Investigate harm events to reduce/eliminate future accidents from occurring and/or reoccurring and advise management on industrial hygiene and safety issues

As the Radiation Safety Officer, provide evaluations of all sources coming on site for Department of Defense usage approval

Management of Industrial Hygiene Field Lab to include training personnel on equipment, performing IH surveys, writing lab reports and management of equipment calibration, stock orders.

Jacobs Technology, Kennedy Space Center, FL 2018- 2018

Safety Engineer III

Provided technical consultation on safety and operations Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) utilized for implementation of safety and technical requirements for the Test and Operations Support Contract (TOSC)

Investigation and report of Mishap Events

Provide metrics for mileage, subcontractor hours, and Total Case Rate (TCR), Days Away From Work Injury and Illness Rate (DAWII), and Days Away, Restricted, and Transfer (DART) case rate

Designated Instructor for hazardous vapor detection meters

Orlando Health, Orlando, FL 2014-2015

Life Safety/Environment of Care Specialist

Coordinated, planned, and performed Environment of Care (EOC) and Life Safety (LS) surveys of Orlando Health facilities to assess compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local codes and regulations

Provided technical and analytical support to mitigate EOC and LS concerns. For example, ensured hospital and outpatient rooms were the correct pressure to mitigate the possibility of contamination

Reviewed/ revised safety and EOC policies and procedures to ensure compliancy, accuracy, and consistency

Investigated visitor and outpatient harm events, and executed corrective actions to reduce or eliminate future accidents from occurring and/or reoccurring

Conducted weekly new hire orientation fire safety training for 40 to 60 new Orlando Health team members

BREVARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Melbourne, FL 2012- 2013

(Natural Resources Management Depart.: Mosquito Control District and Risk Management)

EHS Coordinator

Technical Consultant to management on Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and industrial hygiene practices, by providing guidance on EHS processes and procedures in accordance with federal, state and county laws, rules, and regulations

Authored and audited (EHS) programs, procedures, and training material, for example the Hazardous Communications program, to include the new Global Harmonization training

Conducted Industrial Hygiene evaluations to provide safe work areas

Established policies and procedures that would aid in mitigating future occurrences of all reported safety and health accidents, exposures to harmful chemicals, and near-misses

GE AVIATION, Duarte, CA 2010 – 2012

EHS Leader

Developed and implemented new Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) programs, such as the respiratory protection program and annual EHS training

Conducted evaluations and audits for validation of EHS programs to ensure 100% compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements

Conducted incident and accident investigations, and developed corrective and/or preventative action plans, which resulted in injury and illness rates decreasing from 5.02 to 2.23 in less than a year

Led EHS improvements for the overall safety culture, to include employee awareness and accountability by increasing employee involvement in industrial hygiene and safety teams

Provided oversight for the compliance assurance program, performed site audits, and directed efforts with the management team to implement corrective actions, for example, PPE evaluation for hydraulic test room

Assisted with the reviewing and evaluation plans for any modification of facilities and evaluated new chemicals to utilize within the operations.

Primary liaison with regulatory agencies concerning all EHS issues, to also include acting as the primary contact for Worker’s Compensation matters

Maintained site EHS metrics and worked cooperatively with EHS headquarters on various projects and initiatives, including greenhouse gas reduction, and sustainability and culture change

UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE, LLC, Titusville, FL 2007 – 2010

Technical Operations Staff 3 (Safety and Industrial Hygiene)

Provided technical consultation on the Safety and Operations Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), for implementation of safety and technical requirements for the Space Shuttle program

Authored and audited operating procedures for the respiratory protection program, emergency eyewash and safety shower program, and safety committee programs

Verified United Space Alliance (USA) programs were within state and federal guidelines

Advised management on industrial hygiene matters, with recommended actions to prevent/minimize health hazards, for example: performed Indoor Air Quality evaluations, Ergonomic Evaluations

EDUCATION & TRAINING

B. S., Biology, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO

40-Hour Industrial Ventilation Training

40-Hour Radiation Safety Officer Training

ASQ: Root Cause Analysis Training

SPAN Associate Safety Professional Preparatory Training

7 Habits of Highly Effective People Training

BELS: Building Essential Leadership Skills Training

University of North Caroline’s Winter Institute for Respiratory Protection Training

LIA Laser Institute 40-Hour Safety Officer Training with Hazard Analysis

Hellier Radiation Safety 40-Hour Training

Completed 10-Hour OSHA construction safety and health course

40-Hour Ergonomics Training

40-Hour Hazardous Materials Operations/OSHA Level 2

CERTIFICATIONS

Associate Safety Professional 2019

Certified Safety Professional 2020

AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) 2009 – 2010; 2017-2018

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