HSE Professional

Barry Poston, M.S.OHS

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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, SECURITY AND QUALITY PROFESSIONAL

Senior Level Professional with 20+ years of global experience in Occupational Health and Safety, Quality Management Systems, Risk Management, Corporate Security and Emergency Response.

Areas of Expertise

Safety, Quality and Environmental Management System Development and Management (ISO & OHSAS)

Emergency Management and Emergency Response Processes

Compliance Training

Public Speaking

Personnel Development and Team Building

Site Safety and Security Management

Site Safety Audits and Inspections

Construction/Maintenance for Oil and Gas facilities

Behavior Based Safety

Incident Investigations

Risk Analysis

Business Development

Safety and Quality Auditing

Offshore and land facility support for drilling and production

Professional Experience

Lone Star Safety & Risk Consultants Columbus, Texas 2013 – Present

Managing Partner/HSE Director

Responsible for maintaining the safety efforts that effectively communicate and support clients HSE policies and processes in a consistent manner with focuses on incident prevention and loss mitigation

Maintain compliance with clients contractor management processes including (ISNetworld, PEC Premier, PICS and Browz)

Develop controls to mitigate identified risks associated with the business, project

Conduct incident investigations to identify root causes and recommend preventive, and corrective actions

Lead regularly scheduled safety audits, risk assessments and site inspections to determine the effectiveness of safety and incident prevention activities

Conduct on site risk assessments, job hazard analysis to identify potential hazards to the workers, clients and other stake holders

Facilitate the implementation of safe work practices and techniques, and performance evaluating initiatives, training and regulatory compliance

Driver of the clients safety culture by ensuring all business strategies and safety initiatives align with the organizations vision, mission and goals

Successful development of new clients and business opportunities for the organization with steady growth results

Key Accountabilities-

Design and implement controls to mitigate identified risks

Actively partner with Human Resources and Operations to provided needed HSE support

Successful development and implementation of injury reduction initiatives

GL Noble Denton, Houston, Texas 2008-2013

Americas Region Quality, Health, Safety, Security and Environmental (QHSSE) Manager

Successfully developed a single QHSSE business support unit for the Americas resulting in a substantial cost savings, higher overall regulatory compliance while decreasing incident rates. Additionally, the QHSE department transformed into a business center by maintaining a 25% billable status for all personnel by staffing oil & gas construction/ maintenance projects for our existing customer base resulting in a “zero cost” department.

Responsible for the development, implementation and subsequent accreditation of management systems for Quality, Safety and Environmental compliance achieving accreditation to both ISO and OHSAS standards in line with the global corporate expectations

Maintain compliance with all OSHA Records keeping requirements, including but not limited to, OSHA 300 logs, HSE training programs and records, and other compliance requirements as specified in the 29 CFR 1910 and 1926 as applicable

Developed the contractor management programs for compliance with (ISNetworld, PEC Premier, PICS and Browz)

Driver of the organizations safety culture by ensuring all business strategies and safety initiatives align with the organizations vision, mission and goals

Responsible for the regions security and emergency response infrastructure developed to ensure business continuance in the event of an emergency or security crisis

Lead regularly scheduled safety audits, risk assessments and site inspections to determine the effectiveness of safety and incident prevention activities

Conduct on site risk assessments, job hazard analysis to identify potential hazards to the workers, clients and other stake holders

Key Accountabilities-

Enforce policy, recognize desired behaviors and provide coaching to the operations group

Align market priorities with organizational goals and objectives

Partner with other business support groups/teams to provide needed support

Safety Management Systems, Anchorage, Deadhorse Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Port of Spain Trinidad 2006-2008

Contract Safety Advisor and In-Country Safety/Security Manager

Responsible for the safety efforts that effectively communicate the clients policies in a consistent manner with a focus on injury prevention and incident reduction

Drive the evolution of the projects safety culture by ensuring business objectives and safety initiatives align with the clients mission and values

Conduct incident investigations to identify root causes and underlying causes for corrective action, best practices recommendations

Lead regularly scheduled safety audits, risk assessments and site inspections to determine the effectiveness of safety and incident prevention activities

Maintain compliance with all OSHA Records keeping requirements, including but not limited to, OSHA 300 logs, training programs and records, and other compliance requirements as specified in the 29 CFR 1910 and 1926 as applicable

Key Accountabilities-

Successful implementation of risk reduction and injury prevention initiatives

Development of security protocols for working in Trinidad, and areas of limited resources (North Slope)

Actively worked with partner organizations to drive the evolution of a positive safety culture within the team

Medical Training Institute, Anchorage, Alaska 2005-2006

Director of Institution

Responsible for ensuring student success through positive interactions with faculty and internship sites, proper learning environments for students to facilitate their educational experiences from beginning through graduation with subsequent job placement programs for graduates

Developed an integrated training curriculum to encompass the aspects of a site safety professional along with a licensed medical professional to provided value added services to clients aligning with local market demands

Key Accountabilities-

Successfully reorganized the institute from substantial losses pre-acquisition to profitability by revising the curriculum and training offerings geared specifically for the Alaska employment markets with a 98% hire rate for graduates.

Responsible for the successful accreditation of the institute for acceptance of both VA and State of Alaska student loan programs

Ronco Consulting Group/ Zapata Engineering, Al Anbar Province Iraq 2004-2005

Forward Operator / Senior Medical and Safety Manager

Captured Enemy Ammunition Project (CEA) OIF I &II

Responsible for site safety and medical support personnel as part of a mobile and site based explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) operations to destroy Iraqi military munitions during Operation Iraqi Freedom II.

Served with a mobile team in support of US Military EOD disposal operations throughout Iraq during active combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I & II

Conduct incident investigations to identify root causes and underlying causes for corrective action, best practices recommendations

Lead regularly scheduled safety audits, risk assessments and site inspections to determine the effectiveness of safety and incident prevention activities

Lead regularly scheduled safety audits, risk assessments and site inspections to determine the effectiveness of safety and incident prevention activities

Key Accountabilities-

Successful implementation of risk reduction and injury prevention initiatives

Successful introduction of emergency medical training to all personnel similar to a US Military style “Battle Buddy” program

Kellogg Brown and Root, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Fallujah, Iraq 2003-2004

HSSE Manager/Senior Medical Administrator

Restore Iraqi Oil Project (RIO)

Successfully developed and implemented the site safety and medical support teams for 9 project sites under war time operations

Forward deployed to the Bejii site (Al Fatah Bridge project) and acted as site medical, safety and security support for the facilities construction and subsequent directional drilling operations with no lost time incidents or loss of life.

Served as HSE Manager for the Camp Fallujah site ensuring medical and safety support for the base operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I & II while aligning medical operations to support the overall base and triage support for Alpha and Bravo Surgical companies

Responsible for the development and implementation of safety efforts that effectively communicate the clients policies in a consistent manner to with a focus on injury prevention and incident reduction

Drive the evolution of the projects safety culture by ensuring business objectives and safety initiatives align with the clients mission and values

Conduct incident investigations to identify root causes and underlying causes for corrective action, best practices recommendations

Key Accountabilities-

Successful implementation of risk reduction and injury prevention initiatives

Successful introduction of emergency medical training to all personnel similar to a US Military style “Battle Buddy” program

United Arab Emirates Government, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) 2000-2003

Operations Commander

UAE Air Force

Assigned to develop and manage the 1st SAR (Search and Rescue) Squadron 6th Air Force at Al Bateen and Al Dafra Air Bases with 6 rotor wing aircraft, 1 C-130 fixed wing aircraft and 30 staff providing both SAR and aeromedical operations for both military and civilian operations domestically and internationally

Served as staff instructor for the SAR/AE and combat medical training programs at Zayed Military City medical school

Successfully developed a mutual aid program for both Abu Dhabi and Dubai Police Air Wings to support their aeromedical requirements providing on-scene and inter-facility aero-medical support

Driver of the organizations safety culture by ensuring all business strategies and safety initiatives align with the organizations vision, mission and goals

Responsible for the development and implementation of safety efforts that effectively communicate the clients policies in a consistent manner to with a focus on injury prevention and incident reduction

Program Director

Private Department for (The Late) HH President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan AL Nayan

Successfully developed and managed a dedicated emergency medical response organization as part of the President’s personal security services dedicated to the late His Highness (HH) Sheikh Zayed and members of the royal family of Abu Dhabi.

Successful implementation of operational processes and procedures for VVIP level emergency response in coordination with the presidential security force for 11 in-country palaces and 3 foreign palaces

Served as staff flight medic for the royal airlines (Amiri Flight) aero medical wing for VVIP aero-medical operations globally using a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) specifically customized aircraft.

Key Accountabilities-

Successful implementation of risk reduction and injury prevention initiatives for the teams and other affiliated groups

Responsible for the groups integration into other departments, organizations within the maze of support teams for the royal family

Education & Training

Master of Science Occupational Health & Safety

COLUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Orange Alabama 2012

Bachelor of Arts in Economics Management

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMIES SOFIA BULGARIA 2005

ISO LEAD AUDITOR

SAFETY TRAINED SUPERVISOR (STS)

OSHA 30 HOUR GI & CONSTRUCTION

NEBOSH OIL AND GAS

OSHA 500 SERIES INSTRUCTOR TRAINING

NUMEROUS FEMA ICS COURSES

FORMER EMT III/INSTRUCTOR AND FIREFIGHTER

DISA AND HIPPA CERTIFIED

TAP ROOT INVESTIGATIONS

PEC/IADC RIG PASS INSTRUCTOR

MEDIC FIRST AID CPR/FIRST AID INSTRUCTOR

STATE OF LOUISIANA –EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFFS ACADEMY

STATE OF ALASKA- PUBLIC SAFETY ACADEMY

STATE OF TEXAS- LICENSE TO CARRY FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCOCIATION- FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR

Social Affiliations

AMERICAN LEGION

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SAFETY PROFESSIONALS

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NAVY CORPSMAN

COLUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ALUMNI

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