Manager Human Resource

Mark W. Wiemer

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Phone 847-***-****

Email: ********@*****.***

WORK HISTORY

**** - ******* ******** ******, ******** & Environmental Affairs

Siemens Industry Inc.

Building Technologies Division

Responsibility company wide for all US 100+ locations & over

7,800 employees regarding all company safety programs,

workers compensation administration, OSHA reporting, EHS

compliance audits and OSHA/DOT/FAA citation resolution.

Provide supervisory and customer consultation regarding

safety or environmental affairs. Final settlement authority

for all workers compensation claims. Responsibility for

company Intelex safety reporting, annual environmental

reporting and maintaining ISO 14001& OHSAS 18001

certification. Completed internal security investigations,

compliance investigations and developing supporting security

programs. Design and updating of several related company

policies in support of company circulars. Member of Core

Fleet, Sustainability and Accident Review committees. Head

Crisis Management Team. Co-chaired ISO 14001 team & chaired

OHSAS 18001 team.

1989-2003 Director Human Resources, Safety & Environmental

Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Human Resource generalist responsibilities for Buffalo Grove

manufacturing, engineering and several Midwest and East Coast

offices including employee/supervisory training and

development, compensation, benefits, policy administration

and employee/supervisory issue resolution. Authored employee

handbook, many company policies and Human Resource strategic

plan. Facilitated opinion survey feedback sessions, Round

Table meetings and many employee HR training programs.

Completed EEOC desk and field audit, wrote company responses

pertaining to various discrimination charges & OSHA complaint

responses. Strategically guided branch office management

through introduction of new automation tool to reduce costs

in design and installation of products for our customers

respective to employee change issues.

Human Resource responsibility for manufacturing facility

numbering 225 hourly employees. Successfully negotiated union

contract for hourly employees and eventually decertified

union after 28 years of representation by The Steelworkers

Union. Established production employee cross training

program, attendance program and facilitated various training

programs such as Teambuilding, Creating a Respectful

Workplace, and Zenger Miller Leadership 2000. Designed hourly

employee compensation program and administered employee

benefits. Selected by President & CEO to lead negotiations

with Electrical Workers for Metering Facility in Lafayette

Indiana. Settled several grievances over 6 months.

Company Safety and Environmental program responsibility for

over 6,000 employees in the United States and Canada. Provide

written programs for compliance with OSHA/Provincial

regulations. Authored company Safety Resource Manual.

Established employee/supervisory training programs and video

library. Administration of all Workers' Compensation claims

including final settlement authority. Reduced workers'

compensation costs by $744,000 in two years. Co-authored

Company Vehicle Policy and member of Fleet Accident Review

Committee. Participated on ISO 14001 certification committee,

which resulted in environmental certification in December

1998.

1984-1989 Manager Employee Relations

Cherry Electrical Products, Waukegan, Illinois

Responsible for the employee relations function for 1,800

employees including employment, health and safety, training

and development, policy interpretation and

employee/management counseling. Recruitment, interviewing and

selection for all hourly manufacturing and professional

positions including accounting, sales and marketing,

information services and engineering (electrical, mechanical,

manufacturing, industrial and automation design).

Designed and implemented skilled trades training

apprenticeship program. Developed a time-targeting approach

to hiring while greatly reducing search firm fees and

completed drug investigation leading to termination of 18

employees. Responded to OSHA complaints. Provided company

response to discrimination charges. Managed professional

staff of six people including an HR Representative, two

recruiters, two industrial nurses and one administrative

staff..

1978-1984 Manager Employee Relations

Signode Corporation, Glenview, Illinois

Responsible for generalist employee relations functions of a

450 non-union employee manufacturing and engineering

division. Experienced in recruiting of professional employees

for entire product engineering division including mechanical,

chemical, metallurgical engineers. EEO/AAP program

administration, compensation and benefit administration,

designed college intern program, employee/supervisory

training.

Employee Relations Representative

September 1979 to June 1981

Promotional Opportunity with similar responsibilities as

above.

Corporate Recruiter

June 1978 to September 1979

Responsible for coast to coast corporate recruiting,

screening, interviewing and selection of candidates for sales

and service representative positions in branch offices.

Interfaced with company psychologist relative to testing of

candidates. Placed job advertisements, provided initial

screening and interview of candidates.

1974-1978 Personnel Manager

Griffith Laboratories, Inc. Alsip, Illinois

Responsibilities for generalist employee relation functions

relative to 200 hourly and salaried employees at company

owned restaurants in Chicago area.

Quality Control Group Leader

October 1976 to May 1977

Responsible for plant QC functions including employee

training, sampling of products and testing.

Receiving/Warehouse Foreman

October 1976 to May 1977

Quality Control Inspector

September 1974 to December 1975

EDUCATION

1974 BA Behavioral Science, George Williams College

ASSOCIATIONS & CERTIFICATES

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Member since 1984

Lake County, Illinois Human Resource Association, Member since 1985

President 1990 - 1992, Board Member 1989 - 1993

Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), since 1996

OSHA certified 10 and 30 Hour, 2003

DOT Haz Mat Certification, 2008

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Member since 1999

National Safety Council, Member since 1992

OHSAS Internal Auditor Certification 2010

US EPA Lead paint RRP Certification 2010

Completed 21 online Learn@Siemens Safety & Environmental courses in 2009

Completed Arthur D. Little Mastering Environmental, Health and Safety

Auditing Skills and Techniques 1995

Completed Institute for Applied Management & Law Inc. Certificate in

Environmental, Health & Safety Law

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