Power Plant Manager
Resume:
CHARLES W. DEMCHIK
Lockport, New York 14094
E-mail **********@***.***
SUMMARY
An experienced, knowledgeable and versatile Safety Professional with
extensive training from OSHA, NYS, and various corporations. Able to work
in challenging positions that solve operational, safety, and environmental
problems and provide responsible management essential to effectively meet
the demands of personnel and work place safety.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Safety Manager
1/12 - Present
Responsible for the implementation and oversight of the project safety
programs to ensure continuous improvement during construction activities to
retro fit an operating facility with a new engine line in Buffalo, New
York.
Safety Manager at a General Industry Facility
Lockport, New York
11/10 - 1/12
Occidental Chemical Corp. Niagara Falls, NY 4/10 - 5/10
Safety Manager, OSEA for Matrix Service Company (Contract Work)
Somerset Power Plant, Barker NY 9/09 - 12/09
Safety Manager, OSEA (Contract Work)
. Served as second shift site safety manager for all aspects of
the removal and repair work on the coal fire boiler along with
removal and instillation of new exhaust duct between the FGD
building and the smoke stack.
Hohl Industrial Services, Town Tonawanda, NY 6/07 - 9/08
Safety Manager (Contract Work)
Comprehensive oversight and implementation of company and project
safety requirements during construction of an entirely new
conveyor, trailer truck dump, storage and fuel conveyor handling
system at Niagara Generations Power Plant in Niagara Falls, New
York. Following completion of the Niagara Generation Project was
assigned responsibility for the management and implementation of a
safety program as well as the overall safety of 6 sub contractors
consisting of approximately 200 employees at the Environmental
Retrofit Project for NRG Huntley Power Plant in the Town of
Tonawanda New York.
Trans Canada Vernon Hydroelectric Dam, Vernon, VT 2/07 - 5/07
Safety Manager for OSEA (Contract Work)
Responsible for the comprehensive oversight of all environmental,
health, and safety requirements at Trans Canada's Turbine re-
powering project on the Connecticut River.
Ferguson Electric Co. Buffalo, NY 1/06 - 2/07
Safety Director, OSEA (Contract Work)
. Provided all safety oversight and training for employees.
Seneca Construction Management Corp. Niagara Falls, NY
8/05 - 1/06
Safety Director
. Comprehensive oversight and implementation of company and
project safety requirements for a 26-story Hotel, Spa, Casino
and CO-Generation Plant for the Seneca Nation of Indians in
Niagara Falls, New York.
Klewin Building Co. Norwich, CT 5/04 - 8/05
Safety Coordinator
. Comprehensive oversight and implementation of company and
project safety requirements for two projects; temporary
Salamanca Casino with an 8 story Pre Cast Parking garage and a
26 story Hotel Spa, Casino and CO-Generation Plant for the
Seneca Nation of Indians in Niagara Falls, New York.
GM Powertrain, Tonawanda, NY 5/03 - 5/04
Safety Director, International Industrial Contracting, OSEA
(Contract Work)
Managed contractor Safety & Health during installation of a 3.9
liter engine line.
OSEA Orchard Park, NY 9/02 - 4/03
E H & S Consultant (Contract Work)
. Managed all Safety & Health for tradesmen on a large demolition
project managed by Recmediation Inc., at the I.E. DuPont
facility in Niagara Falls, NY
Otis Eastern Services, Wellsville, NY 3/02 -
9/02
Project Safety Officer, OSEA (Contract Work)
Complete oversight of company and project safety requirements on a
new eight mile natural gas pipeline installation for the client
Western Massachusetts Electric located in Ludlow, Massachusetts.
J.S. Alberici Construction Co., Inc., St. Louis, MO 3/00 -
2/01
Project Safety Coordinator
. Provided effective safety management for major construction
projects at General Motors American Axle & Manufacturing Plant
in Buffalo, New York.
Koike Aronson Inc. Arcade, NY 8/95 - 8/98
Mgr. Safety & Environmental Compliance
. Developed plant health and safety procedures to meet OSHA and
EPA compliance.
. Conducted Job Safety Analysis and Hazard Assessment's for work
activities.
. Worked closely with Workman Compensation Insurer, Supervisors and
Management to eliminate compensation losses.
. Conducted thorough investigations on work accidents or "Near Miss"
accidents.
. Recommended corrective action necessary to eliminate accident
recurrence.
. Developed extensive contacts with Hazardous Waste disposal
facilities, regulatory agencies and engineering clientele.
. Reviewed design concepts, conducted equipment inspections and
recommended ideas to deter/defend product liability actions.
. Recommended cost saving changes that resulted in substantial lower
yearly operating expenses.
AAC Contracting Inc. Rochester, NY 1/94 - 8/95
Safety Engineer (Contract Work)
. Managed workers Health and Safety during abatement of asbestos
and radiological contaminated equipment at the United States
Department of Energy's West Valley Demonstration Project, West
Valley New York.
E.I. DuPont Company, Buffalo, NY 3/89 - 9/93
Safety Specialist (Contract Work)
. Administered safety orientations for contract employees, plant
engineers, designers, vendors and visitors.
. Audited daily work activities for unsafe work practices and
conditions.
. Conducted thorough incident / injury investigations.
. Provided written incident / injury reports with recommendations for
preventing recurrence.
. Worked with design and engineering groups to integrate safety into
design packages.
. Accompanied OSHA Compliance officers during plant safety
inspections.
. Conducted weekly site safety inspections with supervisors,
engineers and management personnel.
. Participated on corporate audit teams selected to measure the
safety performance of eighteen specific health and safety areas at
various DuPont facilities.
. Conducted work place industrial hygiene sampling and monitoring to
determine employee exposure to toxic contaminants.
. Conducted weekly environmental audits with follow up written
reports for correcting or controlling areas of concern.
. Provided training in Hazard Communication, Lock Out / Tag Out,
Electrical Safety, Fall Prevention, First Line Breaks, Safe
Rigging, Scaffolding, Trenching & Shoring, Welding & Burning, Fire
Prevention, Fire Extinguishers, Bloodborne Pathogens and
Ergonomics.
. Developed and coordinated successful injury management for
construction clientele.
. Participated in corporate safety meetings, updated safety
procedures and maintained extensive weekly and monthly records and
reports.
NAVCO, Oswego, NY 11/85 - 1/89
Superintendent (Contract Work)
. Coordinated and oversaw daily work activities for piping, tank
and valve installation during construction at the Nine Mile
Point Nuclear Power Plant.
. Interacted with owners, general contractors, trades, engineering
firms, and others involved with the project.
Ebasco Constructors, Barker, NY 1/82 - 11/85
Construction Safety Manager
. Managed site safety during construction of NYSE&G 670 Megawatt
coal fired power plant.
. Conducted weekly site environmental inspections.
. Developed site plans for the evacuation of critically injured
workers to medical facilities, along with emergency response by
local fire and law enforcement agencies and the United States and
Canadian Coast Guard.
. Coordinated site safety inspections for all construction
contractors.
. Conducted daily air sampling for employees assigned to work at
hazardous locations including the water intake and discharge tunnel
beneath the floor of Lake Ontario.
. Maintained safety rescue equipment.
. Provided advanced emergency medical treatment for injured workers.
. Directed regular weekly accident prevention training.
EDUCATION
Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY
Working towards Associate Degree in Occupation Health and Safety
ASSOCIATIONS
American Society of Safety Engineers
CERTIFICATES, SPECIAL COURSES AND TRAINING
Board of Certified Safety Professionals, STS
NYS Emergency Medical Technician
NYS A-EMT Cat.1 Intravenous Therapy
NYS A-EMT Cat. Respiratory Therapy
MSA Atmosphere Analyzing Equipment
Rescue Skills and Techniques
Search and Rescue
Handling Hazardous Materials Transportation Emergencies
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. Utility Fire Training
Confined Space Rescue
Quest Sound Measurement Equipment
North American Crane Bureau, Inspection and Rigging
DuPont Engineering Electrical Safety Training for Supervisors
NYS / EPA Asbestos Abatement
NYS / EPA Asbestos Abatement Contractor Supervisor
NYS Basic Core Asbestos
Soil Mechanics / Compliance with OSHA's CFR 1925 Trenching & Shoring
Principles and Application of Elevated Fall Hazard Control
Environmental Health and Safety Law
Risk and Technical Management Excavation and Trenching
DuPont Environmental Audit Training
N.I.O.S.H. Occupational Respirator Protection 593
Scaffold Training Institute, Competent Person
OSHA 10 and 30 Hour Outreach Trainer
OSHA 40 Hour Hazardous Waste Site Worker
OSHA 501 Occupational Safety and Health for General Industry
OSHA 510 Occupational Safety and Health for Construction Industry
OSHA 309- A Electrical Standards
OSHA 204- A Machinery and Machine Guarding
OSHA Recordkeeping Training
U.S. Department of Energy, Radiological Worker II
Federal Hazardous Material Regulations
Hazardous Waste Operations 8 Hour Recertification Training, Toxicology
Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo
Fall Protection and Arrest Systems, U.S. Department of Energy
Excavation, Trenching and Shoring, U.S. Department of Energy
Lead Abatement
NFPA 70E Electrical Standards
Reasonable Suspicion
Completed twenty-five Fire Service Courses and Seminars
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