Safety Manager

DON TESIN

***** ******* ***** ? Flat Rock, MI *8134 ? H 734-***-**** ? C (734) 301-

**** ? *******@*******.***

ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH and SAFETY MANAGER

Broadly experienced Environmental, Health and Safety manager professional

with manufacturing, domestic, international support/service operations,

lean manufacturing and Union relations experience for industry leading

multi-site organizations. Dynamic self starter to promote and champion

EHS; to lead and sustain OHSAS 18001/ISO 14001 management systems, EHS

programs' development and execution, and to lead teams of professionals in

matrix organizations. Exceptional ability to work with urgency, offering

high volume EHS management and governance programs for industry and their

supply chain. Complimented by a proven ability to reduce liability

exposure, mitigate loss, and enhance safety and W/C controls in a people

oriented leadership style.

KEY SKILLS

Company/Employee Safety and Performance Team Safety Union Leadership and Joint

Health Performance and in Heavy Manufacturing Relationship Building

Metrics

OHSAS 18001/ISO 14001 Mgmt. Compliance to OSHA, Management of EHS,

ACGIH, EPA, CWA, CAA, Industrial

System, Audit, Registration EPA, DOT, NRC, USCGS, Hygiene, BioSafety, ERT &

and PSM, & NFPA Crisis

Certification Communications Planning

Program/Process

Root Cause Analysis, Risk Behavior/Safety Development of New Safety

Observations and Health KPIs and Programs

Management and Loss Control And Ergonomic reviews

OCIP Program Management W/C Program and Processes Contract and Litigation

Support

Liaison with industry Cross Functional Teams Domestic/International

experts and Collaborations Trending of Safety & Health

government officials Indicators/Reports

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Severstal North America, Dearborn, MI

Large integrated multi-site steelmaker with domestic and international

operations that produces high quality flat-rolled carbon steel products for

various automotive, appliance, construction, container, and service

industries.

Manager, Safety and Fire Protection

2008 -- 2010

Administered and managed Safety, Medical, W/C, Security, and Fire

departments, including contractors' training to support all manufacturing

operations on and off site. Integrated KPIs and system processes for

safety and environmental adherence and compliance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, NRC,

NFPA, USCGS, OHSAS 18001, ISO 140001, and international program

requirements that resulted in improved compliance with fewer outside agency

inspections.

. Led and facilitated plant Safety and Health Committee process to

effectively direct all safety processes through downstream production

operations and peer groups to share best practices amongst multi-sites.

. Oversaw employee training and managed care (W/C) operations for employees

that involved underwriting, claims review, and supervised on-site

occupational medical provider (7/24hr) that resulted with an improvement

of overall Company safety performance of 16% in 2009.

. Administered all plant construction safety needs/functions, including

safety engineering management of the Company's capitalization projects

that were completed under budget and ahead of schedule.

. Trained and groomed two new Safety Engineers (new Radiation Safety

Officer and new W/C Supervisor) and 18 Union Safety professionals' skill

sets for overall safety support and ownership within their assigned

Mills.

. Championed and lead new operational analysis - Management of Change

(OHSAS 18001) Process throughout the Company to support Corporate

modernization programs, including root cause analysis (8-D and 5-Why) and

hazard identification through corrective/preventive action driven

programs that resulted in a 12% operational performance increase.

. Developed and implemented a new Crisis Communication Plan to augment

emergency/environmental response actions at North America and

international's multi-sites, including the management of business

continuity ops.

. Co- chaired a Cross Functional Team that quickly transformed audit

functions to a Health/Safety system compliance driven process that were

timely completed and electronically linked to corrective actions and

closure.

Don Tesin

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, CONTINUED

Severstal North America

Industrial Safety Engineer

2006 - 2008

. Developed and implemented a collateral substance abuse program for all

site contractors activities that included performance metrics that

resulted in an 8% cost savings through merging contractor programs and

streamlining service providers.

. Initiated and led OHSAS 18001/ISO 14001 and various compliance driven

training programs to large employee groups that resulted in nearly a 100%

completion rate for annual refresher training.

. Conducted numerous mixed media environmental, health and safety

assessments/audits to support OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 management system

programs.

. Co-developed and administered new safety programs for employees that

resulted in a 23% decrease in monthly reported incidents.

. Improved closure of joint analyses of weekly injury trends to identify to

improve training deficiencies, and to reduce unsafe behavior and unsafe

work conditions.

. Change agent to begin large scale culture change though integration of

heightened safety awareness and accountability into corporate culture

with new safety protocols and performance metrics that significantly

improved job start-ups and resulted in daily opportunities for operations

and work flow improvements.

Vac-All Service, Taylor, MI

Environmental, health and safety in-plant provider to various heavy

manufacturing, chemical, refinery, utility, and transportation industries

located throughout the Mid-west.

Corporate Environmental, Health and Safety Director

1995 -- 2006

. Administered and managed the Company's EHS programs that resulted in a

40% improvement of overall safety performance that resulted in a 35%

reduction in W/C premiums.

. Trained and empowered the leadership team to implement new safety

initiatives that resulted in a 27% reduction in occupational injuries.

. Managed integrated in-plant EHS/DEQ services (including characterization,

transportation and disposal of hazardous waste streams) to clientele to

target opportunities for performance and reliability improvements.

. Directed and supported various facilities' (Atofina, BASF Wyandotte,

Consumers Power, Detroit Edison, Marathon Petroleum Refinery, and

Solutia) chemical processes/PSM programs to strengthen contractor safety

programs.

. Turnkey oversight and resolution of all agency (OSHA, EPA, DOT, FDA, and

FBI) investigations, community relations and multi-sites' personnel and

asset contingency planning.

. Successfully appealed and negotiated through abatement various safety and

environmental citations by installation of pollution prevention

practices, production changes and employee training that resulted in

decreased fines and hazard penalty reductions.

EDUCATION

GRADUATE STUDIES, Hazardous Waste Management

Wayne State University Graduate School

BS, Environmental Science

University of Michigan

OTHER INFORMATION

. Member of American Society of Safety Engineers

. CSP and CHMM - working towards certifications

. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications

. Willing to travel and/or relocate

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