Quality Assurance Project Manager

RONALD I. WILLIAMS

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Conneaut, OH 44030

Home: 440-***-****

Cell: 440-***-****

E-mail: ********@******.***

CAREER SUMMARY

Accomplished HSE and Quality Assurance professional with 15+ years

experience in Safety, Emergency Response, Hazardous Materials, Quality

Improvement and Quality Assurance. Demonstrated results in:

Emergency Response and Community Awareness Statistical Process Control

Compliance (SPC)

Safety Program Development ISO 9002 System Management Hazardous Materials Response

and Auditing and Auditing and Remediation

Quality Management Training & Facilitation Process Safety Management

(PSM)

Laboratory Management Team Development Risk Management (RMP)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ASHTA Chemicals - Ashtabula, OH

3/2008 - present

Chemical manufacturer of Chlorine, Potassium chloride and Chloropicrin

Health and Safety and Environmental Coordinator

Coordinate plant efforts in protecting personnel and maintaining

regulatory compliance with OSHA and EPA. Work to ensure injuries are

minimized, physicals hazards are eliminated, and personnel are trained to

both protect themselves and to meet regulatory compliance.

Work to ensure employees are not harmed by the substances found within the

operation, determine their potential exposures to those substances, ensure

they are adequately protected from them and then regularly monitor their

physical conditions to ensure the protection provided is adequate. Work

to ensure that plant programs and conditions meet OSHA and EPA compliance.

Maintain safety records; accident, incident, OSHA reporting and summary Log

records. Coordinate and schedule annual training in CPR/First Aid,

Hazwoper, Fire Extinguishers and other selected non-annual topics as well

as new employee orientations and contractor orientations. Provide Hazwoper

initial and refresher training and incident commander training to facility

staff. Duties also include maintenance and revision of plant safety

policies and procedures, confined space and hot work permitting

participation, safety committee chairman and ASHTA rep for the mutual aid

notification system and the LEPC. Also develop Safety and Health annual

budgets. Coordinate hazardous materials disposal.

McNeil Industries - Painesville, OH

6/2005 - 3/2008

Machine shop specializing in bearings, pins and bushings for a variety of

end users.

Quality Manager

Responsible for coordinating inspection of first piece, inprocess and

final parts. Implementation of continuous improvement through application

of quality improvement tools. Management representative for Quality

Management System. Development and coordination of the facility safety

and health programs. Development and delivery of training programs in

decision making, problem solving and system thinking, as well as internal

auditor training. I am also the management representative for the

facility and involved in the implementation of lean manufacturing.

Emergency Response and Training Solutions - Beachwood, OH

2/2005 - 6/2005

Project Manager

Coordinate response to hazardous materials spills nationwide.

Conneaut Area City Schools - Conneaut, OH

8/2001- 3/2002 (sub)

High School Science teacher

8/2002 -2/2005 (f/t)

ASHTA Chemicals - Ashtabula, OH

3/2002 - 7/2002

Chemical manufacturer of Chlorine, Potassium chloride and Chloropicrin.

Quality Consultant - Maintaining the facility Quality Management System,

assisting in continuous improvement projects and occupational safety and

health program development. Developing facility Transportation Emergency

Response Procedures.

Millennium Chemicals, Inc. - Ashtabula, OH

1992 - 2001

Responsible Care/Emergency Response Coordinator (1998-2001)

Coordinated the Responsible Care program to meet requirements of the

American Chemistry Council's Guiding Principles and Codes of Management

Practice as well as Millennium Chemicals Responsible Care Global Standard

of Excellence. Assisted the Safety, Health and Environmental Department

with the development and implementation of Safety Policies and procedures

to meet regulatory requirements. Interacted with local emergency response

agencies to improve community response activities.

. Developed, implemented and monitored Emergency Response Program (ERP) in

compliance with OSHA and EPA Regulations. Conducted employee training for

ERP and the Incident Command System for 300+ employees.

. Formed and facilitated ERP Committee for plan evaluation, development and

implementation.

. Developed Confined Space Rescue Teams providing on-site resources in the

event of a confined space incident.

. Formed Responsible Care Code Stewards Committee and directed the

activities of Responsible Care Code Stewards for Community Awareness,

Emergency Response, Process Safety, Pollution Prevention, Employee Health

and Safety, Distribution and Product Stewardship.

. Facilitated the successful completion of the American Chemistry Council's

Responsible Care Management System Verification resulting in plant

certification.

. Improved employee and community awareness of facility operations through

community presentations and tours.

. Improved community emergency response team performance by participation

in the Ashtabula County Local Emergency Planning Committee. Also provided

training in Confined Space Rescue, Incident Command and HAZMAT response to

local off-site responders.

. Developed and implemented a 5-year emergency response exercise schedule,

improving response capabilities.

. Standardized and conducted new employee training for Emergency Response,

Responsible Care, Radiation Safety Awareness, ISO-9002, Process Safety

Management and Environmental Awareness.

. Assisted Environmental Engineers in the successful clean-up of a major

chemical release on plant site.

. Participated in PHA's (HAZOP's and "What-ifs")

Quality Control Laboratory Supervisor (1997-1998)

Supervised lab technicians and administered lab safety programs, Chemical

Hygiene Plan and personnel practices in a manner consistent with

established policies. Coordinated activities with production, management,

special task force groups and the laboratory to insure maximum production

and minimize substandard material.

Quality Assurance Coordinator (1996-1997)

Responsible for maintaining Quality Management system ensuring continued

ISO-9002 certification.

. Trained and supervised internal ISO auditors to verify system compliance.

. Facilitated Quality Improvement Team tasked with identifying Key Input

Variable (KIV's). This team implemented a statistical process control

program for 8 different KIV's initially minimizing variabilities.

. Maintained ISO-9002 Certification through 2 surveillance audits and 1 re-

certification audit.

. Participated in custom quality audits to assure plant met customer

requirements.

. Functioned as QC Laboratory Safety and Health Officer ensuring compliance

with OSHA Chemical Hygiene Plan requirements and maintaining the low TRIR.

. Worked with Process Engineer to develop and implement PSM Management of

Change procedure.

Laboratory Technician (1992-1996)

. Wet chemical analysis and instrumental analysis of intermediate and final

product.

. Laboratory Safety and Health Officer

. ISO-9002 Lead Internal Auditor

EDUCATION

Columbia Southern University, Foley, AL

24 credit hours towards MS in Occupational Safety and Health Engineering

Gannon University - Erie, PA

4 credit hours towards MS in Occupational Safety and Health Engineering

Edinboro University of PA - Edinboro, PA

BS - General Science/Education, 1990

TRAINING

HAZMAT Spills and Prevention Conference Six Sigma Quality seminar

2000

Managing Safety - Techniques that Work for Leading for Continuous Improvement -

the Safety Pro (DuPont Course) Proven Keys to Success from People Who

Have Done It

16-hour Incident Commander Training Team Facilitation Skills Seminar

24-hour Confined Space Rescue Training 40-hour Rescue Training

TRANSCAER Whistle Stop Tour - Attended 50th Annual ASQ Quality Congress - Quality

various sessions on Transportation Management and Quality Improvement

Emergency Response Techniques

EPA Region III - 1999 Chemical Emergency Quality Management in the Lab: How to

Preparedness and Prevention conference. Produce Laboratory Results You Can Trust

2009 and 2010 Ohio Safety Congress - 1997 and 1998 ASQ Chemical Process

attended numerous sessions covering Industries and Statistics Division Annual

Safety, Health and Environmental topics. Conference

Statistical Process Control SGS/ICS ISO 9000 Lead Assessor Training

Root Cause Analysis Confined Space and High Angle Rescue

Lean Manufacturing FEMA IS-230 Principles of Emergency

Management

FEMA IS-241Decision Making and Problem Environmental Boot Camp Certificate

Solving

CERTIFICATIONS

Certification as a Safety and Health Manager/Director, Certified HAZMAT

Training Specialist, Certified Safety Training Manager/Director, 40-hour

HAZWOPWER Certification and annual refresher, Certificate as Incident

Commander, First Aid/CPR Certification, Automatic External Defibrillator

Certification, Respirator Certification, Fire Brigade, 40-hour Confined

Space and High Angle Rescue, Certified ISO 9000 Lead Assessor through

SGS/ICS.

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