Plant Manager Safety
Resume:
Lou-Anne Lewin
Palmerston, Ontario
(Relocating to Kitchener / Waterloo Summer 2019)
***********@*****.***
Health & Safety Coordinator
Strong administrative and hands on shop floor skills promoting a healthy and safe environment for staff and adhering to government regulation compliance.
Working in a team environment, success has come from communicating effectively, providing good preventive health & safety training, continuous improvement initiatives and a sense of pride and ownership in what we accomplish.
I am now looking for a new opportunity where my knowledge, skills and experience will make a positive impact to the success of your organization.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Honda, Listowel ON Aug. 1 – Present
Receptionist
Greeting and directing customers
Answering phones
Booking appointments, keeping track of new and used purchases in the ERAccess program
Follow up service calls to customers
Shuttling customers and returning vehicles to their homes
Cash out service – cash, debit or Visa
Stock in new and used vehicles
Complete car deals – ownership, units are updated on website
Pricing in used vehicles in V Auto, Auto Trader etc.
Entering Crosby Award to computer
Filing
All Treat Farms, Subsidiary of Walker Environmental, Arthur, ON Dec 1986 - Nov 2018
One of the largest composting, soil blending and agricultural packaging facilities in Ontario.
Health and Safety Co-ordinator (Aug 2005 - Nov 2018)
•Updated all health and safety standards and procedures annually, reviewed with all levels of 80 -95 employees.
•Developed and kept track of pre-operation inspections on all equipment
•Weekly Internal Audits - seatbelts, lock out, hot work, personal protective equipment
•External audits for W.S.I.B. Core Audit, Walmart, Loblaw’s, W.S.P.S.
•Risk Hazard Assessments for 20 different departments
•Training matrix of all employees and scheduled updating when required
•Trained employees in Forklift, W.H.M.S., Hot Works, L.O.T.O., Respirator, Supervisor, Safety Training
•Provided New Employee 30 day orientation
•Employee Information - kept track of employee lists, contact information and updated changes and start /end dates
•Arranged all outside training - confined spaces, heavy equipment, aerial lift, first aid etc.
•Attended monthly inspections and co-chaired safety meetings, recorded and distributed all reports
•Maintained all internal safety boards with required and updated information
•Continuous updating of all M.S.D.S. - S.D.S.
•Accident/Incident investigation and provided monthly tracking
•W.S.I.B. claims management
•Managed early and safe return to work programs with work related injured employees and non- work related injured employees
•Developed all safety talks and reviewed with all levels of employees on a monthly basis
•Responsible for overall company and pre-start inspection on all new or updated equipment - fire emergency plan, fire drills, eyewash stations, first aid and spill kits
•Ordered all personal protective equipment and kept it fully stocked
•Attended bi-monthly Management and quarterly Corporate safety meetings
•Daily interaction with Supervisors, Managers and Employees
•Reported to the Corporate Safety Manager at Head Office - provided weekly reports
•Liaison with Ministry of Labour, W.S.I.B., T.S.S.A - propane, gas and diesel stations
•A 16 year member of the recreation committee. Arranged BBQ's and luncheons for employees, dances, picnics, kids and adults Christmas parties
•Volunteer and advocate to collect for the cancer society
Contributions:
•Removed exacto knives from all departments and replaced them with ceramic bladed knives reducing serious cuts (stitches required) by 100%.
•Implemented a lock out box system that only supervisors could access to use between shifts that did not overlap. This ensured that equipment was being locked out and reduced cutting off and replacing locks by 100%.
•Dealt with a work emergency at 3:00am. I was able to calm distressed employees, provide EAP services information and make sure they had safe transportation to go home. Met with them all the next morning to see how they were coping and they all really appreciated me being there and the emotional support I provided. The company was in compliance but I recommended additional preventive training which was immediately implemented.
•Received information about a new employee that was experiencing mental health issues and was going to cause himself harm at work. I called the Plant Manager, Owners and Police and immediately arranged for all heavy equipment to be shut down and security on site until the employee was located. The police took over and the employee was found safe.
Team Leader /Weekend Supervisor (Mar 1989 - Aug 2005)
•Responsible for 4 - 6 team members, their actions and productivity
•Trained employees the safe way to run machines, about quality and quantity
•Identified and reporting hazards
•Made product decisions, storage and transportation plans with Supervisor and Plant Manager
•Responsible for running eight different agricultural product bagging lines
•Heavy lifting up to 50lbs, Driving forklift
•Shipping and receiving during busy season - loading and unloading trucks
•Face to face interaction with customers and suppliers on-site
•Voted onto the J.H.S.C. - scheduled meetings, inspections and all documentation
Contributions:
•Trained employees with limited skills took extra time, worked through breaks and stayed late to help them learn. Successful in training 90% of new employees to be able to run equipment.
•Male employee that was not willing to take direction from a female. The employee, myself and the supervisor sat down and discussed the situation. We reached an understanding and the behaviour changed resulting in mutual respect and a good working relationship.
Team Member (Dec 1986 - Mar 1989)
•Part of a 4 - 6 member team
•Running eight different bagging lines with different products
•Controlling speed of the product being made, increased productivity by 20%
•Quality control of product and completed skids
•Heavy lifting, Driving forklift
•Teaching team members how to pile skids and run machines
•Prioritizing product to be run due to demand
•Daily interaction with Supervisor
•Occasional interaction with suppliers, accepting their loads
Contributions:
•No forklift operator available, Supervisor asked me to drive forklift, I taught myself how to drive the forklift and remove skids from the line
•Supplier was waiting to unload and was upset because he had been waiting so long. I explained that it was an internal situation that was out of our immediate control, this honestly settled him down and he waited patiently to unload.
EDUCATION / TRAINING:
Grade 12 High School - 1 credit short, Norwell District Secondary School, Palmerston, ON (1984)
I will be taking an online course in August to complete my grade 12 and will be looking into taking on line safety courses
Computer literacy course through continual learning in (2000)
Entrepreneurship course through continual learning in (2002)
Certified JHSC - Part 1 & 2 in (2005)
Standard First Aid & CPR/AED training through Red Cross (expires Nov. 11, 2021)
Supervisor Due Diligence Training through Cobalt Safety (expires Jun. 2021)
Working at Heights training through Hot Zone (expires May 25, 2020)
Pesticide Safety Course (expires Sept. 2019)
Train the Trainer for Forklift through O.S.G. (expires Mar. 2022)
W.S.P.S. Safety Group member for 7 years (2008–2015)
Train the Trainer W.H.M.I.S. (expired Aug. 18)
Filling propane cylinders training from FLC (expired Sept. 2018)
Transportation of Dangerous Goods training (expired Jan. 2018)
COMPUTER / TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Adobe, ERAccess, Crosby Awards
HOBBIES & INTERESTS
Ceramics, painting, camping, swimming, making wooden crafts for all occasions
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