Safety Manager

Patrick McDonald, CHST

Aiken, SC *****

423-***-**** *******@*****.***

Safety Manager

Training Audits OSHA Regulatory Compliance

Dynamic and meticulous professional currently completing degree in occupational health and safety and leveraging extensive expertise providing safety leadership and oversight and conducting audits of health and safety operations. Repeated success introducing innovative site health and safety programs and systems, maintaining safe and incident-free environment, establishing SOPs, and initiating solutions and corrective action. Proficient at creating high performing teams focused on safety and efficiency, and skillfully engaging with, training, mentoring, and motivating personnel to achieve goals and ensure compliance. Innovative and personable leader, demonstrate unique management talent, solid business acumen, in-depth investigative, analytical and problem-solving ability and outstanding communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, with proactive, robust work ethic. Able to multi-task and quickly transition from one critical task to the next and contribute to the success of business.

Health & Safety Oversight

Safety Engineering

Business Management

Control Systems Audits

Corrective Action Solutions

Mitigation Root Cause Analysis

Construction Management & Services

Corrective Action Preventive Maintenance

Quality Assurance Inspections

Industrial Machinery Machine Safety

Safety Programs, Analysis & Audits

Site Safety Chemical & Radiation Safety

Personnel Performance Management

Training Mentoring Leadership

Professional Experience

Fluor, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Station (CPNPP) Glen Rose, TX

Health & Safety Human Performance Corrective Action Program Manager, 2017 – Present

Oversee and facilitate training of new hires, and monitor employee performance to ensure safe work practices maintaining zero tolerance for unsafe acts. Monitor and maintain personal protective devices, equipment and safeguards. Support preparation of departmental or project HSE regulations. Drive workmen’s compensations claims to closure.

Optimized health and safety across facility by initiating routine and organized HSE inspections, issuing safety task assignments (STAs) to ensure safe work practices, complying with STA process, and actively participating in supervisor HSE meetings.

Minimized incidents in the workplace by performing ‘toolbox’ incident prevention meetings in alignment with project procedures, promptly reporting incidents related to personal injury or property damage, immediately correcting HSE hazards, assisting with incident investigations, and submitting relevant reports and documents.

Reduced drawing, engineering, procedure and human performance issues by efficiently identifying, tracking and recording corrective actions.

Improved the incident, injury and near miss reduction process by initiating the ‘Mining the Diamond’ approach which focused on the highest potential of incidents, injuries, and near misses that could harm employees and not just the outcome.

Westinghouse (WECTEC), V.C. Summer, Jenkinsville, SC

Health, Safety and Environmental Manager Human Performance Manager

Corrective Action Program Manager, 2014 – 2017

Provided operational oversight and directed and guided team to comply with health, safety and environmental standards. Drove evaluations of confined space and non-permit confined entry permits and assessed both monitor and hot work permits. Conducted air sampling calibrations, maintained instruments and related documents, organized supervisor safety meetings, and supported supervisor inspection processes.

Maximized safety activities and conditions across jobsites by initiating daily safety audits, assessments and inspections, investigating accidents, injuries and hazards, executing improvements and solutions to correct hazardous conditions and practices, and restructuring and improving Construction Management System safety policies and procedures.

Reinforced effectiveness of hazard controls and hazard control programs by initiating various audits, and measuring and evaluating controls and programs.

Minimized potentially hazardous physical factors across operations by measuring ventilation air flows, noise levels, and airborne contaminants including fumes, vapors, dust, gases and mists utilizing industrial hygiene monitoring and test equipment.

Optimized efficiency and improved effectiveness of engineering control methods by providing valuable advice pertaining to location and ventilation, and capably designing, operating and maintaining contaminant control systems.

Established crucial early gas warning systems to enhance construction activities by overseeing the research, creation and implementation of low area monitoring systems.

Enriched skill sets of safety personnel and created a vision of safety and efficiency by facilitating the development and training of staff, introducing and maintaining human performance improvement program (Hu-P), and positioning personnel as strong safety leaders within the field during construction phases.

CB&I (formally Shaw E & I) Shaw Areva Mox Services, Aiken, SC

Health, Safety and Environmental Manager, 2007 - 2014

Performed regular construction site safety inspections in collaboration with subcontractor Safety and Health designees, and supported activities related to lockout / tag out and confined space entry.

Amplified safety across organization by launching vital construction safety and health plans in conjunction with construction environmental safety and health lead, and leveraging in-depth knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and various hazardous conditions and practices.

Reduced and controlled hazards by directing and coordinating development and introduction of essential hazard control methods and innovative hazard control programs and guiding and advising personnel.

Established high performing contractors positioned to deliver results by devising, implementing and training on the Human Performance Improvement Program (HPI), leading selected subcontractor safety programs, and ensuring contractors accomplished program requirements within stringent deadlines.

Instrumental in organization being presented with the STAR award from OSHA during the construction phase of mixed fuel oxide project by ensuring performance-based criteria for management commitment, employee involvement, hazard recognition and mitigation, and employee training complied with.

Positioned MOX Project teams to achieve over 18 million safe work hours without accidents resulting in lost workdays by developing behavior based safety program and human performance safety program, ensuring team took ownership and accountability, and enabling executive safety committee to answer safety queries all of which strengthened safety and improved training, leadership safety training and transparency.

Recon Remedial Construction, Houston, TX

Senior Health and Safety Officer, 2003 - 2006

Undertook and fulfilled various audits in preparation for formal audits conducted by client or government agency.

Accomplished compliance with OSHA regulations by devising and deploying innovative safety plans and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Minimized onsite dangers by directing investigations into heat and cold stress, unsafe hearing conditions, trench excavations, critical lift and unsafe crane operations. Monitor air for phenols, Hydrogen Sulfide, Sulfur Dioxide and liquid non-aqueous petroleum liquids.

Groomed junior safety personnel into highly skilled site safety officers by providing safety leadership and initiating safety training.

Coached and mentored teams and successfully assisted with the development and launch of behavior safety program which substantially boosted safety knowledge and skills of personnel.

Raised safety and efficiency and decreased hazards and dangerous situations by leading the development of groundbreaking safety program, performing accident investigations, driving root cause analysis, identifying and resolving safety issues, initiating corrective actions, and designing and delivering training on how to effectively handle vulnerabilities.

Additional Experience

Health and Safety Engineer Shaw E & I (formerly The IT Group)

Lab Technician III Assistant Radiation Safety Officer Quanterra Environmental Services, Inc.

Engineering Scientist II International Technology Corporation

Education and Credentials

Bachelors of Science in Occupational Health and Safety, Expected 2022

Columbia Southern University – Orange Beach, Alabama

Associates of Science in Occupational Safety & Health, Expected 2019

Columbia Southern University – Orange Beach, Alabama

Certification

Certified Health and Safety Technologist (CHST) - Certificate # C2982

Professional Development

Business Management Courses Basic Radiation Protection Technology Program (Self-Study)

Training

Confined Space Entry Training Confined Space Supervisor Training

Excavation and Trenching Competent Person Control of Hazardous Energy

First Aide CPR Mobile Crane Safety Training Utility Vehicle Operational Safety Refresher (8 Hours)

Radiation Worker I & II CFR Construction Training, (30 Hours)

QA/QC training for the Army Corp of Engineering (40 Hours) Health and Safety Training (45 Hours)

IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations and Shipping Requirements OSHA Training (40 Hours)

Technical Proficiencies

Microsoft Office Suite 2016: Word, Excel, PowerPoint Photoshop

AutoCAD Lotus Notes Adobe Acrobat Databases

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