Manager Project

Charles Myers

Email: *********@********.***

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

City: Gainesville

State: VA

Zip: 20155

Country: USA

Phone: 703-***-****

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: $150,000

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Charles J. Myers, CIH, CHMM, CPEA

14182 Wyngate Drive

Gainesville, VA 20155

703-***-**** (H)

703-***-**** (C)

*********@********.***

Professional Objective

I've proactively established programs and processes that support overall business objectives while protecting stakeholders' most important assets; people and property. My unique employment experience includes involvement from the production facility, through divisional and corporate positions, and into large-scale construction and environmental remediation projects. I have developed, implemented, and maintained programs designed to protect against, and, manage risks in a broad range of industrial settings while maximizing cost efficiencies and productivity through implementation. I'd like to leverage the leadership and communication skills honed over the past three decades to assist various business units to incorporate a complete risk management culture into day to day business practice.

Significant career accomplishments, to date, include:

* Collaboratively integrated a complete risk management system designed to maximize employee and property protection through risk anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and risk control methods, into total project life-cycles.

* Proactively developed, implemented, and maintained safety and quality management programs that align with the organizational and business performance excellence objectives while satisfying the requirements of numerous public and private entities.

* Responsibly mentored and managed a decentralized staff competent in the areas of risk management and loss prevention and control methodologies. These individuals were well schooled in the performance of risk and incident assessments with an eye towards continuous improvement through employee involvement and ownership. Career development has been encouraged and resource supported, cost effectively.

* Technologically incorporated a handheld, PDA-based, risk assessment and management technology into multiple, high profile, projects nationwide. The technology allows for the tracking of leading edge risk indicators so that corrective actions can be implemented before incident loss occurrence. All this plus providing efficient reporting, in real time, to all involved stakeholders through web-enabled synchronization.

* Effectively administered programs designed to efficiently manage any claims and losses resulting from specific business unit operations through timely reporting, immediate responsive care, professional claim management, and return to work processes.

* Institutionally established training and educational programs designed to fit the logistical demands of a rapidly changing work environment. These, on demand, programs are delivered, cost effectively, in a just-in-time model, maximizing nimbleness to respond to client needs while providing a rock solid, risk communication mechanism for project execution excellence.

* Efficiently implemented and provided oversight of a national Medical Surveillance Program designed to meet demanding compliance requirements of OSHA, EPA, and DOT through a vast network of clinics and health professionals throughout the US.

Professional History

NCM, Vice President, Director of Environmental Health and Safety Programs, August 2011 - December 2012

Reporting to the Chief Operating and Chief Executive Officers I had direct responsibility for the design, implementation, assessment, and maintenance of all elements of nationwide Environmental, Health and Safety, Injury/Illness, and Loss Prevention Programs at this full service demolition and hazardous materials remediation company.

Significant accomplishments, to date, include:

* Developed a highly visible, singular, branded program that was rolled out nationally to improve safety culture across the three legacy NCM companies. The BUILD Safety concept was developed to encourage staff to stop and think about assigned tasks and related hazards and controls in advance of task initiation. A fifteen minute presentation, posters, and hard hat stickers were shared with all offices and project locations. All materials were made available in both English and Spanish.

* Working with the NCM Insurance Broker and Insurance Carrier, instituted a program to have Loss Control Specialists from both organizations conduct Third Party Safety Assessments of a number of highly visible projects. The quarterly visits have been very constructive in assisting with delivering safe project execution and developing a quality partnership between NCM and the broker and carrier.

* Designed and activated an NCM online Health and Safety Training University. NCMU provides a logistically friendly, knowledge delivery system that is available in real time to all staff. There are over 300 courses available, several of them in English and Spanish, in this cost effective delivery format.

* Developed a singular, national, medical surveillance program to address all compliance and documentation needs of the three legacy NCM companies. Administered through a network of national clinics and health professionals, required examinations are provided under the direction of a Board Certified Occupational Physician with documentation with respect to employee clearances readily available in real time.

* Working with the NCM insurance carriers and specific claims adjusters, effectively administered programs designed to efficiently manage any claims and losses resulting from specific business operations through timely reporting, immediate responsive care, professional claim management, and return to work processes. Through the end of the third quarter 2012, there's been a 70% reduction in claims frequency and a 95% reduction in claims severity when compared to 2011 totals.

* Standardized and reformatted a number of the EHS Processes, Policies, Procedures and Forms from the three legacy NCM companies and generated NCM branded documents for use in proposals, site specific health and safety plans, and prequalification packages. Posted the "best practices" documents in a Dropbox to have them readily available for use by the NCM H&S Team.

* Working with the NCM Regional Safety Managers and the national NCM H&S Team developed a standardized project safety assessment checklist so that project reviews could be consistently performed nationally. Corrective action logs are generated as part of the assessment process.

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., Director, Environmental, Health and Safety Programs, October 2007 - August 2011

Reporting to the Vice President and General Counsel, I had direct responsibility for the design, implementation, assessment, and maintenance of all elements of the Health and Safety, Injury/Illness, and Loss Prevention Programs. I oversaw all subcontracted field activities to monitor and to verify health and safety performance. Malcolm Pirnie consistently outperformed standard industry averages with respect to injury/illness ratings, as compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and experience modification ratings, as compiled by the National Council on Compensation Insurance during my tenure.

Unique employment experience included:

* Benchmark Environmental Consultants, Dallas, TX: Evaluated remedial alternatives for the removal of lead-based paints from a historically significant Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) facility as part of a facility transfer process.

* Private Client, Alabama: Developed and implemented a lead exposure assessment and air monitoring plan for individuals involved with smelting operations at an industrial facility.

* U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, Fort Drum, NY: Developed a project specific health and safety plan for personnel performing site assessment activities in areas impacted by flaking lead-based paint from a facility water tower.

* Private Client, Arlington, VA: Performed a regulatory review of environmental health and safety issues associated with a 250' cellular tower in a residential community. Paint chips from the tower had impacted soils in close proximity to the tower.

* U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District: Cornell-Dublier Electronics Superfund Site / South Plainfield NJ. As Project Health and Safety Officer and Project H&S Manager, responsible for health and safety-related remedial investigations, feasibility studies, remedial designs, and remedial actions and all H&S related submittals. Performed reviews of contractor submittals for OU2 activities that include the excavation, transportation, and thermal desorption of PCB contaminated soils. Working with the KC USCOE, assisted with the development of a perimeter air monitoring plan that satisfied all stakeholder requirements.

* U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District: Hudson River PCB Superfund Site / Troy NY. Performed a risk analysis of the activities related to munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) discovered during construction of a materials receiving facility for contaminated river sediments. The analysis included technical reviews of all work documents associated with the MEC work, as well as a geotechnical investigation for an alternative water supply system being designed under another task order. Currently involved with H&S - related project submittal reviews for dredging and dewatering activities of contaminated river sediments.

* U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District: Welsbach/General Gas Mantle Superfund Site / Camden/Gloucester City NJ. As Health and Safety Manager, responsible for the H&S of all personnel involved with remedial investigations, feasibility studies, remedial designs, and remedial actions at the site. Contaminants of concern include radioactive materials.

* U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District: IDC AE Environmental Support, Certified Industrial Hygienist. CIH services on many projects for this $30M Contract with the Baltimore District and projects ranging from $10k to over $4M, including HTRW and MEC projects. In his role under this contract, Mr. Myers' has reviewed Accident Prevention Plans, Health and Safety Plans, risk evaluations, project reviews, After Action Reports and field inspections.

CDM Federal Program Corporation, Director, Health and Safety Programs, March, 1992 - October, 2007

Reporting to the President and CEO, I had direct responsibility for the design, implementation, assessment, and maintenance of all elements of the Health and Safety, Injury/Illness, and Loss Prevention Programs. I oversee all subcontracted field activities to monitor and to verify health and safety performance. I'm also a contributing member of the CDM Corporate H&S Committee. During my tenure, CDM Federal and CDM Company-wide have consistently outperformed standard industry averages with respect to injury/illness ratings, as compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and experience modification ratings, as compiled by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.

Unique employment experience included:

* Lead Project Health and Safety Officer and Senior Technical Advisor to over 50 CDM personnel assigned to assist the EPA in their efforts with the Capitol Hill Anthrax Emergency Response Project. The project included: the development of a detailed risk communication mechanism designed to help interested employees to make informed decisions about project participation, the integration of project staff into an established incident command system; assisting with the coordination of extensive sampling to determine the extent of anthrax contamination; the successful handling of over 4,700 spore strips to validate the efficacy of chlorine dioxide gassing of the Hart Senate Office Building and various pieces of mail; the successful handling of over 25,000 spore strips used to validate the efficacy of ethylene oxide sterilization of critical items and personal property; and the completion of 23,500 hours of work, most of it in Level C personal protective equipment, without an OSHA recordable incident. This project was awarded a National Engineering Excellence Award by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC).

* Developed and implemented a risk management and H&S program that allowed for oversight of construction and remedial action contractors working at various locations in support of the Libby Montana Asbestos Emergency Response Project. This included the development of a site-specific health and safety and loss prevention program. This was accomplished through the management and coordination of a team of 5 health and safety specialists to oversee and monitor the program implementation, effectiveness, and maintenance. In excess of 400K total hours have been worked since the first quarter of 2000 to the present without an OSHA recordable or lost time injury.

* Assisted with the mobilization and integration of over 80 personnel involved with hurricane recovery efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi. Singularly responsible for the administration of programs designed to communicate risks and hazards, project specific training, immunizations and medical surveillance, and personal protective equipment requirements for those mobilized to assist in the re-construction effort.

* Managed a team of ten individuals over 10 months on a project at the Department of Energy's Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant to characterize a former uranium enrichment complex. The facility characterization plan was developed to identify areas to be safely and efficiently decontaminated before decommissioning. Involved a review of all applicable and appropriate regulations, development of data quality and sampling objectives, and safe, low risk, beneficial re-use and recycling strategies. Project was completed ahead of schedule and 25% under budget.

* Health and Safety Manager for site investigation activities at Massachusetts Military Reservation. Developed, implemented, and performed periodic assessments of a health and safety program for safe performance of monitoring well installation, groundwater sampling, and related activities.

* Implemented an emergency response and preparedness plans that addressed toxic, explosive, and physical hazards for remedial investigations, design, and remedial action at Fort Drum, NY.

* Instituted a company-wide technical training program, including the integration of over thirty web-based environmental and health and safety courses into the Learning Management System within CDM University, to ensure that personnel possess knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform assigned tasks safely and developed an orientation program for new employees. This integration has allowed for the maintenance of documentation, in real time, of all successfully completed courses.

* Integrated a handheld PDA technology to perform and report health and safety assessments across multiple projects, in real time. Program has been rolled out on all large (>$50M) construction and remediation contracts.

Thermocor Inc., Director of Environmental Health and Safety, January, 1989 - March 1992

Reporting to the president and COO I was fully accountable and responsible for all environmental, health, and safety activities for more than $200M worth of large-scale remedial construction projects. Project work involved numerous union and non-union subcontractors. All projects were performed without a lost-time injury, OSHA citations, or environmental Notices of Violations. This was accomplished through translation of sound injury/illness and loss prevention principles throughout the organization and integration into all procurement and project activities. Projects required the direct interfacing with local, state, and federal regulators and union counterparts as well as all stakeholders associated with each specific project. I also established all internal training, medical surveillance, and personal protective equipment requirements for all project work and administered all aspects of the company's worker compensation and loss prevention programs.

I also provided technical support and administrative assistance to other company divisions involved with large-scale facility renovation and demolition and asbestos abatement projects.

Specific project work included on site incineration, decontamination, demolition, above and below ground tank cleanout and closure, and packaging, transport, and disposal of a variety of hazardous wastes. Projects performed were in the public and private sectors.

Unique employment experience included:

* Developed/managed assessments of site-specific health and safety, QA/QC, and emergency response plans for the on-site incineration of 70K tons of PCB-contaminated soil and debris at LaSalle Electric Utilities Superfund Site for Illinois EPA. This $35M project was 75% self-performed with union labor.

* Served as Health and Safety and QA/QC Manager for the decontamination and engineered dismantlement of the V-60 and V-90 buildings at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Norfolk, VA. This was a $30M project that involved subcontracts for asbestos abatement, radioactive decontamination, and demolition activities of two WWII fortified facilities.

* Served as project health and safety and community liaison manager for the dechlorination of more than 40K tons of PCB-contaminated asphalt and debris at Wide Beach, NY. The contaminated materials were excavated and transported to a central processing area where they were detoxified and then transported back for replacement. More than 70% of this $27M project was subcontracted to union and non-union contractors.

* Served as H&S Manager on a DOE contractor project that involved the successful removal of seven underground fuel storage tanks at five different sites at the Lewiston, NY, storage facility. All work was self-performed using union labor.

ENSCO Environmental Services, Manager of Environmental Health and Safety, February, 1986 - January, 1989

Reporting to the President and COO, I was directly responsible for all aspects of environmental health and safety programs for this hazardous waste remediation company. My efforts were recognized with the Chairman's Safety Award of Excellence for the safe performance of over 1 million hours worked without a lost time accident.

Unique employment experience included:

* Designed, implemented, and maintained a health and safety program for the on-site incineration of 30,000 tons of cement-stabilized, dioxin contaminated soil at a military facility. Managed a team of 5 individuals who had day-to-day H&S and QA responsibilities for program implementation.

* Served as H&S Manager on two Oak Ridge contracts involving classification, segregation, packaging, transportation and off-site disposal of chemicals associated with numerous analytical laboratories located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory complex.

* Served as site safety manager for the characterization, repacking, transportation and disposal of more than 5,000 drums of hazardous waste at an abandoned warehouse in Puerto Rico. All remedial efforts were performed with level B respiratory protection.

* Served as a project manager during the engineered dismantlement of a mercury-contaminated, chlorine manufacturing facility at a paper manufacturing operation.

CECOS Environmental Services, Manager of Health and Safety Programs, March, 1982 - February, 1986

Reporting to the Division President I was responsible for the health and safety of personnel during the performance of construction and remediation projects to ensure compliance with corporate program objectives.

Unique employment experience included:

* Served as site Health and Safety Officer on the first EPA-funded superfund project administered by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Project involved the decontamination and removal of all surface PCB contamination, including several buildings and debris, on this former transformer reprocessing center in Old Forge, PA.

General Electric, Division Health and Safety Manager, October, 1980 - March, 1982

Unique employment experience included:

* Served as Radiation Safety Officer at GE's multi-facility site in Schenectady, NY. Ensured compliance with all provisions of GE's radioactive materials license issued by NY State. Renegotiated terms and conditions of the license with NY regulators; performed periodic assessments to verify compliance with license conditions; validated calibration of all instrumentation required to support activities covered by the license. During this period a non-destructive test facility was decontaminated, closed, demolished, transported, and disposed.

Professional Affiliations

* American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA#

* American Society of Safety Engineers #ASSE#

* Institute of Hazardous Materials Management #IHMM#

* Board of Environmental, Health and Safety Auditor Certifications #BEAC#

* American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists #ACGIH)

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