Delena Roper

Email: abovmz@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ********** ******* *** ***

City: Leesville

State: LA

Zip: 71446

Country: USA

Phone: 443-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: 100

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

Delena N. Roper

1601 University Parkway Apt #102

Leesville, Louisiana, 71446

443-***-****

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Objective: Veteran Army Officer to obtain an Environmental Health & Safety Management position.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Over 10 years of excellent interpersonal skills used to communicate, plan and implement EH&S solutions.

Very detail oriented with experience evaluating EH&S issues, OSHA, MSDS, EPA and HAZCOM.

Expert in presenting and implementing EH&S information, statistics, and programs.

Very efficient in preparing EH&S plans and reports in concise and direct terms.

Experience in managing office and field ergonomics.

Knowledge of Behavior Based Safety programs.

Impeccable organizational skills and able to meet deadlines.

Active Government Clearance.

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Environmental Health and Safety Professional, Fort Polk, LA (07/2010- 09/2012)

Executive Officer of a Preventive Medicine/ Public Health Organization, attached to a Combat Support Hospital. Responsibilities and functions included: identifying, developing, and evaluating training of a 53 Soldier unit, to ensure the unit is mission ready, equipped, and able to deploy in support of the Commander`s intent. Managed and supervised the acquisition, maintenance and readiness of all government issued equipment valued in excess of $900,000 with 100% accountability. Provided expertise and training in a myriad of preventive medicine, public health, and occupational and safety deployment health surveillance areas. Served as the Unit Commander in his absence.

Consulted and established relationships with Environmental Health and Safety professionals to discuss results and recommendations from surveys and inspections.

Conducted or coordinated worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.

Lead investigations to find causes of and solutions to health and safety related issues.

Experienced conducting air, soil, and water sampling and testing; in addition to using other industrial hygiene equipment.

Demonstrated the ability to successfully use creative thinking to find solutions to health and safety related issues that were uncommon to usual issues.

Environmental Science Engineer Manager, Baghdad, IRAQ (01/2011-11/2011)

Executive Officer of a Medical Unit deployed in support of Operation New Dawn; responsible for 33 Soldier`s health, welfare, accountability, discipline, and sustainability in war; trains, mentors, and coaches subordinates to perform tasks at the next higher level; plans, coordinated and executed the unit`s inspection program to include occupational/environmental health surveillance and disease and non-battle injury prevention in the United States Division- Central Iraq area of operations. Managed and supervised the acquisition, maintenance and readiness of all government issued equipment and supplies valued in excess of $1.2 million with zero losses or damages.

Maintained the health and safety of in excess of 40,000 personnel by implementing programs and guidelines that were already established and in place.

Coordinated with U.S. government agencies and multinational project managers.

Resolved health and safety related issues by using industry standards, regulations and previous experience.

Increased the technical competence of unit through constant developmental tasks that resulted in 100% mission accomplishment while deployed.

Selected over peers to author 3 comprehensive Environmental Health Site Assessments in support of the Operation New Dawn transition to Department of State and to archive critical health exposure data.

Consumer Safety/ Project Manager, Bethesda, Maryland (02/2010- 01/2008)

Provided Public Health and Environmental Engineering support to all active and reserve forces and installations within a 20 state region of the northern United States. Ensure combat readiness and health of Army community members through practical resolution of environmental problems. Served as a project officer responsible for planning, organizing, and conducting on-site surveys to identify environmental health problems, evaluate regulatory compliance, and recommend corrective actions in the areas of drinking water, medical and hazardous waste, pollution prevention and industrial hygiene to improve Soldier readiness and regulatory compliance. Assigned as the Equal Opportunity Advisor for the organization.

Implemented corrective action plans to solve organizational or departmental problems.

Managed, maintained and held accountable for $100,000 worth of equipment and supplies with zero losses or damages.

Prepared and presented information and classes related to health and safety, safety programs and environmental concerns in a concise and direct manner.

Reported or reviewed findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.

Conducted surveillance, surveys, and sampling to determine what, if any issues or concerns may be present.

Health Safety Communication Specialist/Environmental Compliance Manager, Washington, DC (01/2008-08/2000)

Served as scientific advisor to the commander for accomplishment of the scientific mission and the effective and economical internal functioning of the organization. Managed, trained, supervised a multidisciplinary team of over 50 civilians and military environmental engineers and scientists providing environmental and public health consulting services for the Department of Defense within a 21-State area of operations. Responsible for oversight of public health activities performed by all public health assets within the region using an annual budget of over $1.6M. Formulated policy for the execution of technical services and consultation in the areas of occupational health, entomology services, drinking water supply, waste water and storm water management, and hazardous and medical waste management to improve Soldier readiness and integrity to Army families in the entire area of operations.

Advised and supervised project managers and administrative personnel of appropriate course of action to resolve health and safety related issues.

Recommended process and product safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance

Set up equipment or stations to monitor and collect pollutants from sites, such as smoke stacks, manufacturing plants, or mechanical equipment.

Maintained files, such as hazardous waste databases, chemical usage data, personnel exposure information, or diagrams showing equipment locations.

Lead project officer on 2 major projects and an advisor project officer for over 10 missions of varying skill sets in environmental health and safety.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Graduate Certificate: University of Denver - Denver, CO. Environmental Health & Safety Management. 2012-present

Texas A & M - College Station, TX. Rural Public Health 2010

Master of Science: University of Denver - Denver, CO. Environmental Health & Safety Management. 2012-present

Bachelor of Science: George Washington University - Washington, DC. Health Science 2006

Minor in Cytotechnology

Certifications:

OSHA 132 Hour Professional Course, Occupational Safety and Health Training 2012

Basic Life Support Course for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED), American Heart Association 2012

Certified Environmental and Safety Compliance Officer (CESCO), National Registry of Environmental Professionals

Army Courses:

Hazardous Materials and Waste Handling Course, Department of Defense

Basic Industrial Hygiene Course, U.S. Army Medical Department

Public Health Basic Officer Leaders Course, U.S. Army Medical Department

Advanced Leader and Management Course, Department of Defense

Professional Organizations

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) 2012-present

National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP) 2012- present

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 2010

Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) 2009

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