ERIC NEIDIG

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Career Focus

Emerging industrial health and safety professional with chemical engineering educational background. Experienced with the identification of chemical and workplace hazards. Very detail oriented in regards to maintaining safe and compliant work environments. Working towards CHMM, CIH and CSP certifications. Strongly desire career in health and safety.

Summary of Skills

Analytical problem solver

Accomplishments

Helped to reduce operating cost for the client by identifying processes that could be performed on-site instead of having to pay for transportation and disposal at a facility.

Developed strong relationship with the client that fostered an open communication environment.

Worked to gain the trust and respect of my co-works and built strong interpersonal relationships.

Safely carried out hazardous waste disposal operations at Northwestern University and had zero reportable incidents on-site.

Personally took initiative and recommended methylene chloride testing in waste room and laboratory which revealed unacceptable short term exposure levels. These revelations led to much needed changes in operating procedures.

Professional Experience

Chemist Clean Harbors Lab packed hazardous chemicals per Clean Harbors and DOT specifications. Maintained an EPA compliant 90 day hazardous waste storage facility. Participated in the emergency response team. Oversaw the collection of waste from the labs. Helped implement new laboratory safety protocol. Donned all levels of personal protective equipment per operating procedures. Engineering Technician Advance Testing Company Traveled to various construction sites across the Empire State to perform material testing. Conducted soil compaction testing, asphalt compaction testing, and concrete field test. In addition to field work, performed laboratory compressive strength test of concrete, determination of Proctor values, mix designs, and entered customer samples for testing. In addition to the work performed in New York, additionally involved in contract verification work performed on sinkhole repair projects in central and southern Florida. The job required detailed record keeping, report writing, and advanced communication skills.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Chemical Engineering

Natural leadership, teamwork and communication skills

Hands on working knowledge of RCRA, OSHA, EPA and DOT

Advanced computer skills: MS Office, Excel, CAD, Power Point, Mathcad, Aspen, and Solidworks

Proper storage and handling of hazardous waste

Identification of workplace safety hazards

Continuing education in engineering, chemistry and safety through web-based seminars.

Report writing, record keeping, and data analyst

01/2013 Chicago, IL

06/2010 to 09/2012 Campbell Hall, NY

2009

Columbus, OH, USA The Ohio State University Studied physics, engineering, computer science, math, business and a number of liberal arts electives. Process engineering principles, chemical thermodynamics, engineering safety, ethics, statistics, probability, heat and mass transfer, physical chemistry, design of experiments, chemical kinetics, organic chemistry, general chemistry, unit operations, and fluid dynamics.

Professional Affiliations

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Institute of Safety Engineers 40 Hour OSHA certification Additional certifications upon request