Manager Project

KARINLEE KNELLER

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BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Highly effective Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager with extensive

experience developing and implementing compliance programs in union and

nonunion facilities. Background in regulatory and enforcement requirements

of local, state and federal agencies such as OSHA, EPA, and DOT. Expertise

in:

Incident Investigation

Safety Metric Development

Pollution Control

Water Permitting

Root Cause Analysis

Job Hazard Assessment

Workers' Compensation

Process Safety Management

Air Quality Permitting

Title V and RMP programs

Workplace Safety Systems

Regulatory Compliance

Hazard Mitigation

Training/Development

Hazardous Waste Management

Machine Safety

Six Sigma Greenbelt

Lean Manufacturing

ISO 14001

ISO 18001

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CAREER HISTORY

ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY, AND HEALTH, CONSULTANT, 2009-

present

. Independent Consultant, Confidential Client, employed to complete a

variety of environmental permits and safety plans.

. Contract employee, SSOE, Inc., employed to complete a variety of

environmental permits. Title V, Air Permits, NPDES, SPCC plans, SWPP

plans, AST registrations and asbestos abatement Safety plans for

automotive, energy aerospace and pharmaceutical companies in Michigan,

Tennessee and North Carolina

SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER 2007 -

2009

Smucker Baking Manufacturing, Inc, Toledo, OH a manufacturer of

dessert mixes.

Established, implemented, and audited safety and environmental programs

at 200 union employee, lean manufacturing facility.

. Developed and implemented program to train hourly staff as leaders for

an employee driven safety program designed to reduce injuries.

Enhanced employee empowerment and accountability by addition of safety

leaders to production teams.

o Achieved zero lost-time injuries during first year training and

implementation period.

o Trained core of 30 staff safety leaders to conduct audits, apply

safety metrics, and conduct incident investigations.

o Decreased OSHA recordable accidents by 53%.

. Redesigned prescription safety glasses program and achieved a cost

savings of $15,000 while doubling the number of prescription glasses

provided.

. Prepared Air Permits for an additional process lines, investigated and

reported spills, and avoided fines during negotiations with agencies.

HOME HOSPICE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER 2005 -

2007

Provided for the health care of elderly critically ill parent in home

hospice.

SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER 2004 - 2005

Huhtamaki Food Service Inc., Waterville, ME. Global manufacturer of

disposable packaging.

Supervised staff of two; developed, implemented, and audited safety and

environmental programs.

. Provided regulatory required safety training for 400 union employees.

Designed train-the-trainer program to staff in-house safety fair.

Streamlined training process and avoided $80K in overtime labor.

. Improved action items closure identified in root cause analysis; 80%

closed in one month.

o Achieved a 90% reduction in compliance audit deficiencies by

creating employee-directed, safety incentive program to involve and

empower hourly employees to achieve a reduction in lost-time

injuries.

o Reduced injuries 30 % by establishing one-on-one employee safety

training and mentoring program that required personalized safety

improvement program tailored to individual employee's safety

record.

. Avoided fines and NOV for accidental discharges to wastewater

treatment plants.

CORPORATE COMPLIANCE MANAGER 1999 - 2003

Matheson Tri-Gas Inc., Miamisburg, OH. Single source provider of

industrial and specialty gases.

Produced corporate Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE)

policies/procedures, safety training models/tools, and identified

facility compliance deficiencies. Oversaw the Material Safety Database

Sheet (MSDS) production.

. Created safety incentive program that avoided $500K in medical

expenses and reduced lost-time incidents 80%. Designed database

system that tracked injuries, investigations, and corrective actions

identified in accident investigations and analyses.

. Produced comprehensive and integrated emergency response program for

chemical incidents that saved $100K in training, staffing, and program

development costs.

. Completed unified corporate compliance manual after corporate merger

including comprehensive review and approval by all divisional managers

and branches of administration.

. Prepared air permits for new installations, SWPP plans, completed NOV

orders for TRI nitrous oxide emissions, and reduced fines by 60

percent.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGER 1997 - 1999

Eurand America, Inc., Vandalia, OH. An independent, multinational, oral

drug delivery manufacturer

Created Process Safety Management Program

. Achieved zero lost-time injury incidents and decreased OSHA recordable

accidents by 83%; saved $40K in labor by restructuring safety program

and implementation of a return-to-work program.

. Created comprehensive EHS procedure manual consistent with ISO and GMP

documentation requirements. Completed process-hazard analysis (HAZOP

and Job Safety Analysis) in six months to meet regulatory deadline.

. Prepared Federally Enforceable Operating Permit that avoided

regulatory Title V constraints in plant-wide expansion.

. Reduced compliance audit deficiencies by 90% within a single year by

initiating workplace safety culture.

. Reviewed designs for an expansion project identified need for a

catalytic incinerator to reduce VOC emissions and consequently avoided

falling into Title V program.

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 1989 - 1997

Woolpert, Dayton, OH A professional engineering and

architectural consulting firm.

Managed five member staff in $500K project to complete environmental

documentation for six naval bases. Directed industrial environmental

services.

. Realized annual savings of $100K; conducted indoor air-quality

hazard analysis that proved a product line's profit margin was too

small to cover liability and PPE expenses.

. Generated $2 million in year one by establishing comprehensive

services for industrial community.

. Conducted emissions inventory for welding, machining, and forklift

operations and developed emission factors that exempted plant from

Title V requirements.

Additional experience as Senior Environmental Scientist

1989 - 1992

Conducted audits, wastewater studies, storm water management, OSHA-

related health and safety programs, indoor air quality, air emission

assessments, and solid/hazardous waste management for printing, paper,

soap, automotive, plating, and pharmaceutical industries.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Biology and Limnology (Freshwater Ecology),

University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

B. S., Zoology and Biological Sciences Ohio State

University, Columbus, OH

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