Manager Safety

Richard H. Coleman

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Manager with proven experience in EHS strategic planning, financial

forecasting/budget control, conflict resolution, employee development,

program/project management, auditing, facilities, contamination control and

multi-level integration of functional groups to solve problems, standards

and regulations expert. Corporate and 2000+ employee multiple-plant

experience.

Key role in restoring confidance of government agencies at a facility that

had multiple EHS violations.

Created and managed a cross-functional EHS/facilities program recognized as

"best" in a large international company.

Elected Member of the Texas Instruments Group Technical Staff for EHS

excellence

Adept at creating win-win partnerships through negotiating with EHS,

facilities, equipment/process engineering, manufacturing and regulatory

authorities.

. Implemented and managed a cross functional team which integrated EHS &

facilities with our main internal customers.

. Obtained full compliance at a company that had been raided by the

EPA/OSHA and had major EHS violations.

. Managed complex, high pressure troubleshooting efforts on numerous

multi-departmental EHS problems.

. Established and rolled-out to world-wide sites a cross-functional

contamination control program.

. Developed, implemented and managed a program to prevent accidents and

interruptions to production, and implemented the 8D method of accident

investigation.

Excels at driving programs and challenging projects to completion on time.

. Managed HVAC re-balancing during a major new scrubber tie-in and met

the deadline to re-start production.

. When production was shut down - negotiated permission from the FAA to

test fire invisible lasers at airplanes and other targets.

. Created an EMAS/ISO 14001 management system under extreme time constraint

conditions.

Strong team leader, who views challenges as opportunities to improve EHS

robustness.

BS Engineering & Fundamental Science - Lehigh University, Bethlehem Pa.

1983

MS Interdisciplinary Studies - Environmental & Health - University of Texas

Arlington, Arlington Texas 1995

Experience

STMicroelectronics, 1995-present Carrollton, TX

EHS/Security Manager

. Managed four exempts and twenty non-exempts in a manufacturing facility

with >2000 employees.

. Developed, implemented and managed site personnel and contractors on the

Site Incident Prevention Program to prevent interruptions to production

(ITPs) and accidents, utilizing the 8D root causes analysis process.

After roll-out, safety & ITP incidents were reduced by >70%.

. Re-invented the site's Emergency Response Team that effectively handled

crisis chemical spills and toxic gas releases.

. Created and managed a cross-functional team that resulted in integrating

safety/facilities into process and equipment engineering

activities/problem solving efforts and changed the perception of the

facilities group from "reactionist-isolationism" to a proactive

partnership.

. Developed and managed a three-tiered safety sign-off procedure for

installing chemical-intensive production tools.

. Directed the ST world-wide Corporate Safety-Environmental Compliance

Audit Team, with major emphasis on chemical safety. ST's Environmental

Decalogue is a proactive environmental program whose basis is Corporate

Sustainability.

. Directed efforts to obtain EMAS (Eco Management & Audit Scheme)

certification within a seven month period and dove-tailed this into ISO

14001. Drove continuous improvement programs and never had a "significant

finding" nonconformance during a recertification audit.

. Created an ergonomic program that reduced repetitive motion injuries by

95%.

. Directed troubleshooting efforts for numerous cross-functional problems

involving environmental, safety, manufacturing, equipment engineering,

facilities and process engineering at several company sites.

. Elected as a Leader of the Corporate Front End Technical Committee for

Safety, Clean rooms, Micro contamination and Airborne/Surface Molecular

Contamination

. Implemented a HVAC optimization project that resulted an annual energy

saving of $510K/year. This improved fab laminarity and caused no

degradation in clean room particle counts or performance of air

ionization equipment.

. During a major building expansion project - managed a team of engineers

and technicians in Facilities-related services and projects, process

commissioning, Micro contamination & EHS.

. Trained in DMAIC, TQM, FMEA etc. continuous improvement programs,

familiar with Behavior-Based Safety, VPP STAR program.

. Thorough knowledge of all aspects of safety, environmental, industrial

hygiene, ergonomics, lasers, radiation etc.

UNC Aerostructures, 1992-1995 Weatherford, TX

Multi-site Manager, Facilities Environmental Health & Safety

. Managed engineers and technicians - forecasted budgets - managed projects

- wrote and presented all safety training programs at a major chemical

use facility.

. Implemented a Total Quality Environmental Management System, at an

Aerospace plant, that enlisted inputs from all non-exempts so they had

buy-in on all procedures and decisions.

Texas Instruments Inc., 1983-1992 Dallas, Denton & Lubbock, TX

EHS Engineer and Manager - Defense Division

Manager, Environmental Health & Safety

. Managed technicians - Implemented all EHS programs and permits at a new

TI facility

. Managed the investigation of, and environmental, safety and industrial

hygiene program upgrades to, a radioactive coating program and resultant

segregation and disposal of mixed radioactive/hazardous waste .

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