Project Manager Engineer

***** ***** ** • CEDAR LAKE, IN *****

PHONE 219-***-**** • E-MAIL ****@****.***

WES C. HARDEN CSP

OBJECTIVE

Ensures compliance with all environmental, health and safety regulations, and keeps abreast of any changes

to laws and regulations that impact the organization. Provide organization’s financial growth from

decreased incident rates, worker’s compensation and protect the organization’s liability.

EDUCATION

2001 - 2005 Oakland University Rochester, MI

B.S. Occupational Safety and Health

ABET accreditation

ASSE Student Member

2008 - Present Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL

M.S. Occupational Safety and Health

ABET accreditation

Concentration in Environmental Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

10/2007 – Present Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles Chicago, Il

EHS Manager –Muti-site

EHS support for multistate including three states, Five facilities, (Indiana 2, Michigan 2, Chicago 2,

Florida 1) with direct reporting to the President

Improved the company with reductions in days lost and incident rates and worker’s compensation over

the past 1 year

Management of workers’ compensation claims

Install safety management plan with EHS policies and procedures

Collect and analyze audit data and accident/injury/illness data.

Prepare, report, track, and submit all environmental permits

Provide technical expertise on key governmental regulations pertaining to environment, health and safety

(President to production worker)

Install and coordinate Emergency Response Plan

Monitor hazardous waste manifest for tracking and shipments

Plan, Create, and review capital spending and department budget for EHS Department

Industrial Hygiene Sampling

Project Manager for company consolidation project

1/2006 – 10/2007 WCDC Medical Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

EHS Manager

Implement environmental solutions and drive changes in medical processes / systems that lead to

reduction in environmental waste streams

Manage environmental and OSHA regulatory reporting and record keeping requirements

Create, maintain and update the Environmental, Safety policies, and MSDS Database

Develop and manage risk management operational budgets

Provide EHS training to all employees

1/2004 – 1/2006 DENSO International America Corporate Southfield, MI

EHS Engineer

Provide necessary programs, plans and procedures and support for ISO 14001

Aspects, impacts, objectives, and targets, Steering committees

Facilitate EH&S, Kaizen auditing throughout three corporate buildings

Establish and maintain health and safety training programs for all levels of operation and labor staff –

Created accident investigation and corrective action database for online routing / tracking

Environmental recovery and reduction to reduce landfill waste

Ergonomic studies and analyses

Joint effort to unify all business unit to corporate EHS programs

6/1996 – 6/2000 United States Navy United Sates

Aviation Electrician

Performed aircraft inspections / maintenance on F/A-18’s aviation electrical systems

Increased safety and environmental awareness in spray painting operation for Atlantic Fleet

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

ASSE - American Society of Safety Engineers Since 2002

ACGIH - American Conference of Industrial Hygienists

ACCREDITATIONS

Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

HAZWOPER 30 Hour Certification

Hazardous Wastes 40 Hour Certification

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Head High School Track Coach 2001 – 2009

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