Human Resources Management

David D. Brittain, Jr.

**** ****** *** ***** • Lake Isabella, MI 48893

989-***-**** • ************@*****.***

Objective

A Human Resources (“HR”) management position that leverages my 14 years of expertise, experience and

skills in HR management, employee relations, safety, training, staffing, recruiting, Equal Employment

Opportunity (“EEO”) and legal compliance.

Accomplishments

• As Vice President of HR for a rapidly expanding company with no established HR practices or safety

policies, built HR department from the ground up, including drafting employee handbook and safety

manuals, establishing job descriptions, introducing performance management system, and overhauling

payroll and benefits system.

• Developed employment handbook and regularly revised and implemented policies, procedures, and

practices for a Fortune 1000 company, including the corporate parent and approximately 60 subsidiaries, to

improve efficiency and productivity and ensure compliance with state and federal laws.

• Counseled and trained HR and management on various HR issues including grievances and collective

bargaining matters, conducting interviews, wage and hour issues, reductions in force, employee

performance issues, terminations, benefits and compensation, disciplinary actions, leaves of absence,

verification of employment, analyzing credit reports, legal aspects of recruiting and hiring, and EEO

compliance and litigation avoidance.

• Monitored managerial employee performance, making recommendations for skill development, additional

responsibility, promotion, or dismissal.

• Interpreted state and federal legislation and rulings to advise senior management and the board of directors

on legal implications for existing business practices.

Capabilities

• Proven skills in leadership, communication, and problem solving.

• Demonstrated ability to assess risk and respond appropriately.

• Detail-minded, perceptive, can identify and correct problems impeding organizational progress and

performance.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze, evaluate, and incorporate changes.

• Regard integrity, ethics, stability, and professionalism as critical components of business philosophy.

Employment History

Vice President of Human Resources

6/11 - Present Aqua Microbics LLC, Houston, Texas

and Legal

• Built HR and safety department from the ground up.

• Responsible for all HR functions including recruiting and hiring, employee performance

issues, employee disciplinary actions, terminations, employee benefits, payroll and

compensation, and employee leaves of absence.

• Conducted a comprehensive analysis of compensation methods, including the provision

of analytical and benchmarking data to the company president.

• Negotiated, drafted and prepared various contracts including employment agreements,

independent contractor agreements, severance agreements, consulting agreements,

restrictive covenants, and confidentiality/nondisclosure agreements.

• Responsible for all legal and compliance matters affecting the company.

Assistant General Counsel--

7/10 - 6/11 ABM Industries Incorporated, Houston, Texas

Employment

• Advised, counseled, and provided training to HR and management on HR issues

including terminations, employee disciplinary actions, employee performance issues, legal

aspects of recruiting and hiring, benefits, compensation, employee leaves of absence, wage

and hour issues, investigations into employee complaints, and reductions in force.

• Developed human resource policies and procedures and regularly reviewed and revised

policies, procedures, and practices to ensure compliance with state and federal laws.

• Counseled HR personnel and management on EEO compliance and the defense of

claims involving age, race, sex, national origin, religion, disability and FMLA

discrimination, sexual harassment, and wage and hour claims.

• Investigated charges of discrimination filed with the U.S. National Labor Relations

Board (“NLRB”), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the

U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”), and state agencies with responsibility for drafting the

company’s response and position statements.

• Managed the class action, and employment litigation docket and budgets, formulated

comprehensive litigation strategies, managed and directed outside counsel to ensure the

highest quality and most cost-effective representation, and represented the company at

trials, mediations, and arbitrations.

Associate General Counsel--Labor and

10/02 - 7/10 Quanta Services, Inc., Houston, Texas

Employment

• Advised senior management and the board of directors regarding HR, general business,

and legal issues, as well as participation and leadership on various management and

business teams, strategy discussions and development and implementation of strategy.

• Counseled and trained HR personnel and management on HR issues including

grievances and collective bargaining matters, wage and hour issues, reductions in force,

benefits and compensation, employee performance issues, terminations, disciplinary

actions, leaves of absence, legal aspects of recruiting and hiring, litigation avoidance, and

the defense of claims involving race, sex, age, national origin, disability and FMLA

discrimination and sexual harassment.

• Coordinated, communicated, and oversaw compliance with applicable safety laws and

standards including the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”)

and all other applicable federal state and local safety laws and standards, and collaborated

and coordinated with all other departments and divisions to ensure appropriate responses

and actions were made and documented as required by law.

• Served as Chief Compliance Officer in charge of overseeing and administering the

company’s “Code of Ethics and Business Conduct,” and investigated and resolved

employee and third party complaints regarding unethical, fraudulent or illegal conduct

reported to the company’s Sarbanes-Oxley-mandated whistleblower hotline.

• Developed employment handbook and regularly reviewed and revised policies,

procedures, and practices to ensure compliance with state and federal laws, rules and

regulations.

• Developed internal systems for risk management and increased efficiency (business

forms, database systems, electronic document storage, management reporting, and

automation systems).

• Investigated charges of discrimination filed with the EEOC, DOL, NLRB and state

agencies with responsibility for drafting the company’s response and position statements.

• Drafted, developed and revised drug testing policies to ensure compliance with the U.S.

Department of Transportation regulations, including, pre-employment, reasonable

suspicion, random, post-accident, and return-to-duty drug testing.

• Reviewed, negotiated and drafted third party construction contracts, subcontractor

agreements, and related documentation (invitation for bids, request for proposals,

performance and payment bonds, etc.) prior to execution by the company.

• Managed the uninsured litigation, class action, and employment litigation docket and

budgets, formulated comprehensive litigation strategies, and managed and directed outside

counsel on employment, class action, and litigation matters.

10/98 - 10/02 Associate Attorney Littler Mendelson, Houston, Texas

• Represented employers in various types of employment disputes including federal and

state court cases alleging discrimination on the basis of age, race, sex, national origin,

religion, disability and sexual harassment.

• Provided counseling and advice to employers on issues involving discrimination, sexual

harassment, wrongful termination, reductions in force, covenants-not-to-compete, pay

reductions, and general employment policies and procedures.

• Involved in all aspects of litigation, including, research, drafting pleadings and motions,

conducting depositions, attending hearings, trials and appellate proceedings.

• Represented employers in administrative proceedings before various federal and state

governmental agencies including the NLRB, OSHA, EEOC, DOL, and state and local

human rights agencies.

9/94 - 10/98 Associate Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Houston, Texas

• Represented oil pipelines and natural gas pipelines in administrative litigation before the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), as well as before federal appellate

courts.

• Defended crude oil pipeline against protests filed at the FERC challenging the

reasonableness of the pipeline’s rates.

• Legal research, draft legal memorandum, document review.

Education

Doctor of Jurisprudence, Summa Cum Laude, Law, 5/94

South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas

Class Rank: 3 out of 226.

Honors and Activities: Dean’s List; Order of the Coif; Note and Comment Editor, South Texas Law Review;

Moot Court; Mock Trial.

Awards: Recipient, Joe M. Green, Jr. Scholarship; American Jurisprudence Awards for Civil Procedure

(Federal), Civil Procedure (Texas), Criminal Law, Contracts, Evidence, Federal Courts, Federal Tax, Legal

Research and Writing, and Property.

B.B.A., Human Resources, 5/87

University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Honors and Activities: Dean’s List; Human Resources Association; Intramural Sports.

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