Leif Ness

ICCS

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Greeley, CO

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Phone 970-***-****/2532

Alt406-***-****

Alt406-***-****

Email: abijj3@r.postjobfree.com

abijj3@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Seeking employment with your company

Profile: Dedicated professional with diverse experience and training in

the areas of

Safety, Teaching/Mentoring, Mechanical/Pipe Operations, Steel

Erection, Industrial Process Operations, Warehouse/Inventory and

Management. Proven adaptability to both structured and

unstructured situations with the ability to quickly comprehend

and excel. Responsible, articulate, and results oriented with

excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills. Committed to

providing excellence of service toward company goals.

Qualifications

Summary: Outstanding organizational skills. Plan, prioritize and

complete multiple and multi-level projects while meeting

deadlines and maintaining quality standards.

Exceptional oral and written communication skills. Quickly and easily

establish a rapport with individuals of various backgrounds,

cultures, and professional levels.

Superior analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Ability to

successfully analyze, develop, refine and implement programs,

projects and procedures.

Perform well in a fast-paced, high pressure environment. Resourceful

and committed, able to persevere and thrive under a heavy

workload and busy schedule.

Self-motivated and consistent performer. Prepared to take on

difficult responsibilities and perform any duty necessary to

further the goals and objectives of the organization.

Excellent organizational representative. Thoroughly professional in

character, work habits, outlook and appearance.

Effective platform presentation skills. At ease when speaking to

audiences, groups and individuals.

Computer literate. Proficient in all Microsoft Windows office

applications.(Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint,& Publisher)

Efficient management, motivational and leadership abilities with the

people skills necessary to inspire others to attain

organizational goals.

Assists in the creation of a positive work environment that includes

a proactive interaction and resolution plan for employee/jobsite

issues. Co-manage along with Project upper management/corporate

entities a drug & alcohol, violence and harassment free

workplace.

Helps facilitate recruiting, interviewing, hiring, developing,

evaluating, coaching and counseling employees.

Ensures department budgetary controls and loss prevention procedures

are in place and adhered to. Prepares and supports the

inventory, equipment, & training process.

Processes administrative tasks astutely including the review,

procedural development/implementation, and proactive

preventative actions necessary to develop habits, strengths and

company behavioral based culture growth opportunities.

Expert knowledge and "hands-on" application of PSM and Safe Work

permitting processes. (SafeWork, HotWork, Confined Space Entry,

LOTO, Excavating, etc)

Valid driver license, social security card and birth certificate.

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Work

History: 14.5 years in the Industrial/Construction Industry.

Occupationally speaking I have been a Health, Safety, &

Environmental Manager with cross training in Industrial Hygiene,

Human Resources, Warehousing, Materials procurement &

allocution, Forklift Operator, 10T Crane Operator, 7T/10T Drott

Operator, Pallet Jacks, Boom Trucks, Overhead Crane, Rigger,

Ironworker, Bolt-Up Pipe Fitting and Boilermaker. I have been

exposed over my career to a variety of different occupational

settings including the following: Pulp & Paper Mills, Fertilizer

Plants, Food Processing Mills (corn products), New Construction

Projects ( civil, structural, piping, electrical, mechanical,

and start-up), Expansion projects, Highway projects, Power

Plants (coal fired/combined cycle), Chemical Plants, Oil

Refineries and Midstream Gas Facilities.

My last project I was the Project Safety Manager for the Mgmt/General

Contractor of a Air Quality Control System installation and

850MW boiler expansion at a Basin Electric Power facility in

Stanton, North Dakota.

Prior Project Locations: Basin Electric (new construction of AQCS,

expansion, demo/install of emissions stack) REC Silicon (new

construction/facility expansion) Enterprise Gas (new

construction gasification unit) WESTAR Energy (outage/retrofit

on 850MW boilers/PLC/MCC) Santee Cooper Power (new construction

2 850MW powerhouses), Dyno-Nobel (demo of MTBE unit/acid plant

outage), Powder River Coal (surface mine coal conveyor system

install), Shell Refinery (CCU,HRU,SRU T/A), Frontier Refinery

(Heater demo/install, Coker Unit demo, expansion, install,)

Williams Midstream (expansion gasification unit), British

Petroleum Refinery (H2S, SO2, NH3, CO2, CO monitor/sensor

install), KFx (new construction of low density coal dryer),

Calpine Power (new construction 600MW powerhouse) Calpine Aries Power

(plant maintenance contract), Valero Refinery (CCU, Regen, Coker

T/A), AEP Power (outage on 600MW powerhouse), CITGO Refinery (HF

Alky unit T/A), Marathon Refinery (SRU,Crude T/A), Huntsman Oil

(Olefins/Aromatics T/A), Huntsman Chemical (new construction of

Glycol Unit), Conoco-Phillips (CCU, SRU T/A), ADM Corn

(maintenance contractor/pipe-heat exchanger outages), Alabama

Power (outage on 300MW powerhouse), International Paper

(maintenance contract/bark boiler outages), Boise-Cascade (new

construction siding mill), ExxonMobil Refinery (Gas, MTBE,

Paraxylene, CCU, SRU, Coker T/A), Sterling Chemical (nitrile

unit T/A), North Antelope Rochelle Mine (digital control center

expansion), Tesoro Oil (HRU T/A), Alaska Nitrogen Products (NH3,

H, T/A), Gulf States Utility (outage on 4 800MW powerhouses),

Farmland Fertilizer (Hydrogen unit expansion), MOTIVA (SRU,CCU,

HRU T/A), TOSCO Oil (HRU T/A), Equilon (Coker, SRU and Flare

T/A) Bayer Chemical (SO2, HCl unit expansion), Texaco/Star

Enterprise (Regen, CCU, SRU T/A) Union Carbide (Heater T/A) Dow

Chemical (tank farm piping proj.), FINA (HRU T/A), DuPont SRW

(HCN, Power T/A), Koch Oil (Butane T/A), ARCO (debutanizer

Columns revamp), Entergy (PLC/MCC retrofit).

Previous Employers: Great Lakes Environmental & Safety Consulting

Inc, Haskell Corp, TECON, MJ Electric, Teton Industrial, MEI,

CCC Group, Compliance Systems Safety Mgmt, Jacobs Field

Services, Matrix Field Services, Linde BOC, Calpine Construction

Management Company Inc, TIC-Wyoming, Industrial Safety &Health,

Skyview Safety Services, Medcor, ICI, ProEnergy Services,

Harmony, P2S Industrial, PSC Industrial, International

Maintenance Corporation, Karrena International Chimney, Onyx

Industrial, JV-Industrial, JV Piping, ST-Piping, Piping

Engineering Cos., Custofab, BE&K Industrial, Murray Electrical,

Port City Industrial, Kellogg Brown & Root, TIMEC, CONEX,

Specialty Welding, C.A.Turner, Jasper Memorial Hospital, US

Navy.

Military: E-4, HM3, United States Navy. (Navy Corpsman attached to 1st

Marine Div)

Honorable Discharge with Commendations (RE-1) Secret Security

Clearance

Navy Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Meritorious

Unit Commendation Medal, Operation Desert Storm Campaign Medal,

Naval Expert Pistol Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Distinguished

Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Fleet Marine Force

Ribbon, Joint Services Achievement Medal, & Kuwaiti Liberation

Medal.

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Education &

Training: High School Honors Diploma-Deweyville High School, Deweyville,

Texas

Naval School of Health Sciences-Hospital Corpsman/EMT-B (0000)

Naval School of Health Sciences-Medical Laboratory Technician (8506)

Naval School of Health Sciences-Advanced Combat Medic School (8404)

US Navy NEHU Industrial Hygiene Certificate

Associate of Science-Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

Texas A&M TEEX-Houston, Texas/ OSHA Training Institute

. OSHA 10 hour

. OSHA 510- Construction 30 hour

. OSHA 511- General Industry 30 hour

. OSHA 500- Construction 40 hour Outreach Trainer

. OSHA 501- General Industry 40 hour Outreach Trainer

. OSHA 311- Fall Protection Systems

. OSHA 226-Permit Required Confined Space

. OSHA 301- Excavation, Shoring, Trenching/Soil Mechanics

. OSHA 845- Injury & Illness Recordkeeping

Company sponsored Seminars & Training on the following:

Hydroblasting, Rigging, Electrical Safety Program, Assured

Grounding Seminar, Sexual Harassment/Harassment Workshop, Houston Metro PD

Drug & Alcohol Awareness Workshop, Qualitative/Quantitative FIT testing,

Pulmonary Function Testing, Atmospheric Monitoring (Industrial Scientific,

MSA & BioSystems Equip.), LOTO, Workers Compensation Claim Mgmt, Abrasive

Blasting, Injury Reporting, Risk Analysis, Air, Soil, Water Monitoring &

Testing, HAZWOPER, Hazard Communication Program, Hearing Conservation

Program, Asbestos Abatement, Lead Abatement, Start-Up Operations Safety,

Contractor Incident Commander Course, Variance Procedures, RFI Procedures,

MOC Procedures, OSHA VPP Merit & Star, National Scaffold Institute 40 Hour

Training (user, erector, dismantler), Dust & Fume Control, Radiation

Protection Program, Respiratory Protection Program, Steel Erection

Standard, Hand Tool Safety, Power Tool Safety, DuPont Hand Safety Program,

Welding/Brazing/Cutting Requirements, Equipment Inspection Program, PPE Use

& Maintenance Program, Ladder Safety Program, Foot Protection Program,

Materials Handling, Process Safety Management, Walking-Working Surface

Seminar, Fall Protection Program, Excavation Protocols, Fire Safety

Program, Fire Protection Program, Ergonomics and Bloodborne Pathogens

Program.

NFPA 70 E

Red Cross Adult CPR

Red Cross First Aid

DOT Flagger Certification

PowerTruck (forklift) certified including Propane, Electric, Gas and

Diesel.

JLG Certified

Scissorlift Certified

Drott 7Ton/10Ton certified

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WOTC for employer's availability

References Available Upon Request

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