Project Technician

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Baton Rouge, LA 4250

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3336

Email:

Patricklars@bellsouth.n

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Patrick B. Lars

Objective Environmental, Health, and Safety professional, with proven strengths in

managing, training, imagining, building and arbitration skills will

contribute to positive Environmental, Health and Safety performance

while simultaneously aiding productivity and cost effectiveness.

Background Extensive experience in Environmental, Health, Safety, Manufacturing,

Summary and Project Management with special emphasis on:

OSHA compliance Training development

Accident/Incident investigation Facilitation

Auditing Policy/document development

Personnel monitoring Hazard assessment

Medical Surveillance Project planning

Outside Operator Project review

Maintain, repair, and replace Project management

process equipment

Budgeting

Isolate equipment

PowerPoint

Run in process quality samples

Excel

Track production and quality

data Microsoft Word

Professional Led a wastewater tank cleaning and refurbishing project which was

Accomplishments completed with no Environmental or OSHA incidents, negligible lost

productivity due to unplanned events, within the planned budget and

returned to normal operation before schedule. Over 80% of the craftsmen

on this job were new to the site and unfamiliar with this company’s safety

requirements.

Reduced the cost of a shutdown lighting required for a critical confined

space entry job from $35,000 to approximately $11,000. The entire cost

was unplanned due to a mandatory change to the Confined Space Entry

requirement by the corporate safety team. This unplanned event was

discovered after the local department plans and budgeting had been

finalized. I worked closely with local electrician and we located alternate

lighting that satisfied the requirement and actually provided better lighting

for the job. The lights that we introduced were added to the department’s

list of acceptable options for turnaround and maintenance activities.

Guided improved communications and efficiency between contract

personnel and operations personnel by forming cross-functional teams.

Lock Out Tag Out incidents were numerous. Internal audits revealed that

inadequate communication caused 80% of the incidents. The number of

errors was reduced by 85% within 18 months. The contractors and

operations personnel developed a level of trust for each other per random

interviews. Site management published the success in a site newsletter.

Experience March 2009 to current Formosa Plastics Corp. Baton Rouge, LA

Reactor Operator

Operate Polyvinylchloride batch reactors and troubleshoot equipment

Utilized Lock Out Tag Out

Issued Work Permits

1996-March 2009 Dow Chemical Plaquemine, LA

Environmental, Health and Safety Technician

Managed EH&S programs including training and internal auditing in the

following batch production plants: Glycol 2 (Ethylene Oxide); Amines;

Methocel; and Environmental operations process units. Some of the

programs I managed were: Lock Out/Tag Out; OSHA compliance

documentation; Elevated Work; Waste Pack handling; Hazard

Assessment; Medical surveillance; Personal Protective Equipment; Noise

programs; Exposure monitoring; and Ergonomics.

Developed shutdown and capital project EH&S plans

Cost control and account management for EH&S budgets

Lead Root Cause Investigations

Authored and revised internal safety standards

2005 Dow Chemical Plaquemine, LA

Project Coordinator (temporary assignment)

Coordinated sludge removal from a 150-foot diameter floating roof tank.

Focal point for the contractors executing tank wall repair and painting

Coordinated all Lock out tag out activities and issued all work permits

associated with the vessel

Led all job reviews and meetings associated with the project.

1989- 1996 Dow Chemical Plaquemine, LA

Outside Operator and Lab Tech.

Certified in all outside areas of the plant

Certified Lab Technician

Certified Packaging Technician (solids handling and railcar loading).

Education 1987-1988 Southern University Shreveport, LA

Pursued Electrical Technology associate degree.

Classroom and Field Lock Out Tag Out; Confined Space Entry; Hydro-blasting; Reactive

trainer certifications Chemicals (plant specific); Safe-work permitting; Hot Work; Scaffolding;

Oxygen Fuel/Welding and Cutting; Potable Water Systems; Heat

Related Disorders; Excavations; Lead Awareness; Asbestos Class 2;

Aerial Lifts; Motor Vehicle Safety; Toxic Substance Control Act 8(c);

Hazardous Materials Transport DOT; Refractory Ceramic Fibers.

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