Project Manager Safety

Jonathan Smith

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

Address: *** ******* ******* **.

City: Manchester

State: TN

Zip: 37355

Country: USA

Phone: 931-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $60,000

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Job History / Details:

Jonathan Smith Phone: 931-***-****

548 Hunters Landing Dr. Email: *********@********.***

Manchester, TN. 37355

Objective: To utilize my experience and technical skills in Occupational Health, Safety, & Security for growth & development within your company. I offer three years of experience in general Occupational Health and Safety as Safety/Security Supervisor and Safety Coordinator, and fifteen years of Production Supervisory and Project Management experience in a Manufacturing Environment, and am skilled at building strong team environments and developing staff to perform to their maximum potential.

Professional Profile: Recognized leadership skill and a natural talent for relating to people of various ethnic, socioeconomic, and educational backgrounds. Creative, resourceful and flexible, able to adapt to changing priorities while maintaining a positive attitude and strong work ethic. A motivated self-starter, able to quickly grasp issues and attention to detail while sustaining a view for overall and total goal attainment. Maintains extensive knowledge of the inter-relationship between job safety analysis, safety auditing, and accident/incident investigations as they pertain to standards set forth by OSHA, and experienced in VPP auditing/certification processes. Moreover, proficient with all aspects of both electrical and fire system piping related to total fire system functionality. Directs work, leads by example, defines the nature of assignments, and develops project tasks according to established objectives and time frames, and also ensures adherence to mandatory safety policies and procedures.

Education:

Master of Science Degree, Engineering Technology Industrial Studies Occupational Health & Safety, Middle Tennessee State University May 2009.

Bachelor of Arts degree - Social Sciences, Cumberland University December 1993.

Related Experience:

Safety/Security Supervisor & Safety Coordinator - Bridgestone Tire Corp, Morrison, TN, Jan-2010 2012.

Managed a Volunteer Protection Program (VPP) star site with responsibilities for 1200 employees. This program includes: job safety analysis, safety near miss system, safety education, employee involvement, and interaction between management, Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA),

and United Steel Workers of America (USWA) local union.

Performed equipment and facility EHS audits, identifying and assessing risks such as machine guarding deficiencies, presenting recommendations and results to management, submitting capital requests, and managing capital EHS projects.

Conduct formal reviews for all OSHA recordable injuries and countermeasures with top management.

Conducted accident / incident investigations and utilized root cause analysis methods through the Six Sigma process for accident / incident countermeasures, suggest and implement control measures.

Managed extensive industrial hygiene strategies that included quantitative and qualitative noise and air sampling within the organization performed feasibility studies to lower exposure when results were higher than the PEL or TLV.

Responsible for Safety and Ergonomics committees by performing monthly meetings, floor audits and evaluations to reduce hazards in the workplace, working in unison with operating technicians and management.

Developed/Implemented annual safety education to operators, staff, and contractors that include: lock out tag out, fire prevention, emergency action plan, hazard communication, machine guarding, powered industrial truck, confined space, electrical safety, bloodborne pathogens, hearing conservation, and PPE.

Stratified injury data to identify where areas of improvement were needed and worked with all parties to implement countermeasures to lower hazards in these areas.

Managed contractor approval process and contractor safety programs for in-contractors and outside contractors..

Conduct and oversee monthly in-house contractor meetings.

Participate in monthly departmental project meetings as support for safety related items and issues.

Managed and audited the front line driven safety systems to ensure compliance and completion.

Assisted in machine engineering and machine release program which included: machine design, interlock gates, emergency ropes, safety mats, safety light curtains, and emergency stops.

Managed the planning, organizing, and assurance for 100% functionality of the fire systems and facility security which includes: meeting all required OSHA & NFPA inspections, documentation, testing and functionality on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual basis.

Manage nine contracted security guards and five inside safety inspectors to ensure that required all safety, security, and fire system inspections are completed and documented per NFPA guidelines. This includes: internal auditing, documentation, follow up and completion of 26,500 fire system inspections annually.

Duties also include proficiency and implementation for all company, local, state, and federal rules and regulations.

Manage the compliance of all federal and corporate C-TPAT guidelines, documentation, and regulations are being maintained and complete.

Production Project Manager & Supervisor - Bridgestone Americas Tire Corp, Morrison, TN, 1998 - 2010.

Project Manager:

Worked directly for the departmental manager, and managing departmental supervisors. Reviewed and ensured all line driven safety, quality, and production

accountability items were attained on each crew and for the department. Managed departmental budget requirements, and fulfilled all departmental manager requirements/responsibilities in their absence.

Responsible for Kaizen (continuous improvement projects), directing and implementing the SDP (Standard Driven Processes) at the line driven level.

Managed and prioritized departmental engineering projects, 4-S attainment for department, and responsible for OTOS scheduling and BOSS/PICS inventory control systems.

Identified, addressed, and implemented safety, quality, and production improvement projects and countermeasures on a daily basis.

Ensured that all required departmental safety training was attained, maintained and updated all machine and job specific working standards and all line driven objectives were completed.

Coordinated team meetings with technical service, quality assurance and engineering representatives on a monthly basis to implement new changes with regard to machine preventive maintenance and overall departmental standards.

Served on both safety/ergonomic committee teams that encompassed monthly meetings with bargaining unit technicians and management to conduct internal safety audits, address safety near miss items, implement proactive safety improvement items, and collectively investigated all accidents/incidents to develop and implement concrete countermeasures.

Production Supervisor:

Responsible for training new technicians and the coordination for annual technician machine re-certifications. In addition, performed annual safety education, training, audits, and drills for 25 to 85 team member departments.

Responsibilities included attainment of line driven safety, quality, and production requirements.

Responsible for crew accident/incident investigations. Moreover, to implement control measures and improvement items for future incident related situations.

Responsible for daily manpower management, scheduling, data stratification for crew production attainment.

Skills & Training:

Proficient in Share Point, MS Word, Outlook, Excel, & PPT as well as performing research of relevant data via the World Wide Web and company specific software applications.

84 hrs of DDI Management training.

24 hrs of Effective Project Management training.

16 hrs of Confined Space Rescue Training.

36 hrs of Incipient Fire Training and Incident Command Training.

In addition: Certified in ISO 14001 internal auditing, 32 Hrs of IH Noise, Air & Ventilation Sampling and Data Analysis, Certified in basic Fire System Electrical Alarm Systems, Trained in Six Sigma problem solving methodologies, 32 Hrs of Training in XLGAP Fire System Functions & Insurance Auditing. 6 yrs extensive experience in Interviewing & Assessment for new hires with Bridgestone.

Related Awards:

Tennessee OSHA VPP Re-Certification 2011 Safety Department Team Member

Bridgestone Presidents Award 2009 - Implemented BOSS/PICS (Team) Inventory control program.

Bridgestone Presidents Award 2008 - For outstanding performance in waste/scrap reduction.

Bridgestone Presidents Award 2003 & 2005 - Recognized for superior performance for zero OSHA recordables / Incidents for that year.

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