PETER HERRMANN

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QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Dynamic, hardworking, and seasoned professional, offering more than 25 years of solid experience in industrial safety and operations management. Adept at administering all quality assurance provisions, with solid background in standard policies and guidelines for compliance and high-quality system requirements. Highly skilled at recognizing trouble areas and implementing corrective measures by applying the best appropriate practices. Well-versed in all international safety laws and regulations specifically in United States and Canada. Equipped with outstanding supervisory and coaching abilities; able to effectively lead multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams toward the attainment of personal and company goals. Armed with dynamic communication and interpersonal skills; effective at establishing strategic business relationships with clients as well as in interacting with individuals from all levels.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Leadership and Coordination

Staff Management and Development

Training and Instruction

Key Relationship Management

Regulatory Compliance

Organizational Development

Process Optimization

Strategic Planning and Implementation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BRAND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, INC.

Vice President – Estimating and Material Operations 2012–Present

Brand Energy Solutions - Houston, Texas

- Enhance all facets of contractual gross profit and billing timeliness by developing formal hand-off to execution procedures

- Uphold service excellence, contract profitability, and proper organization of cash flow through application of sound planning, purchasing, and distribution strategies

- Directly coordinate with the president regarding operational concerns; attend and supervise 27 direct reports in different states across the Gulf Coast area

- Spearheaded the company’s Gulf region estimating group and executed a focused estimating function which resulted to a 2M savings in both labor and redundancies

- Led the introduction of a standard tracking process for revenue of more than $600M in 2012.

Director – Training and Development - Kennesaw, Georgia 2010–2012

- Provided strategic support in creating goals and corporate policies for various training and development functions in the company; assisted human resource directors and human resource managers, two course developers, and a regional training manager to enhance existing safety and corporate practices

- Implemented and managed a Learning Management System (LMS) for all levels of the organization

- Played an integral role throughout the overall decision-making process for the further improvement of employees’ safety and leadership skills

- Headed the team during the development of an innovative project management standard for the organization; efficiently facilitated training sessions for more than 400 front line supervisory personnel

ALUMA SYSTEMS, INC.

Director of Safety – Canada Region - Stoney Creek, Ontario (Canada) 2006–2010

- Established an audit tool to determine adherence of the branch and project locations to Environment Health and Safety standards

- Administered the development and introduction of comprehensive training programs and courses for the organization; authored fall protection and best practices manuals as well as modified the company’s scaffold tagging standards

- Facilitated the work performance of two area managers and one claims manager as well as an administrative assistant

- Offered support, training, and mentoring to divisional managers, operations managers, field supervisors, and safety personnel with regard to prevention of accidents

- Earned recognition for attaining a total of $3.3M savings in claims cost through employment of innovative safety and claim management techniques

- Executed a comprehensive report and safety procedure resulting to the achievement of lowest incident frequency in the region’s history

- Completed the invention of a fall protection device utilized for use in the construction of access scaffolding

Safety Manager – Concrete Construction 2005–2006

Aluma Systems Concrete Construction, LLC, Inc. - Concord, Ontario (Canada)

- Took charge of promptly communicating with numerous government and regulatory bodies

- Rendered exceptional corporate assistance to six divisional offices in the United States along with three offices in Canada

- Accomplished the creation of different corporate safety policies and guidelines

Eastern Area Safety Manager 1999–2005

Aluma Enterprises, Inc. - Concord, Ontario (Canada)

- Effectively collaborated and headed cross-functional teams throughout the creation of safety standards and procedures to enhance current organizational procedures

- Carried out constant audits and inspections of project and branch locations to ensure adherence to corporate and legislated guidelines

- Coordinated with various departments as well as external agencies located in Eastern Canadian provinces with regard to corporate safety

Earlier Position Held

Scaffold/Safety Coordinator – Sable Gas Plant Project - Goldboro, Nova Scotia, (Canada)

Journeyman Scaffolder - Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

EARLIER CAREER

SGB 2000, INC.

Journeyman Scaffolder - Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

SCAFF-TECH

Journeyman Scaffolder - Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Construction Safety and Health Certification

Industrial Safety and Health Certification

Social Service Worker Diploma

Six Sigma Certification

LEAN Management

AFFILIATIONS

Project Management Institute (PMI) - Member

Carpenters Union of North America - Member

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 27 - Member

Scaffold Industry Association of Canada – Former Chair, Scaffold Committee

Carpentry Labour/ Management Committee, CSAO – Former Chair

AWARDS

CEO Award

Safety Awards (4)

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