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EHS Director

Location:
San Antonio, TX
Posted:
June 20, 2014

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Jaime Lopez

210-***-**** San Antonio, TX acenkq@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

A senior level EHS manager and leader with over 23 years of managerial experience in industrial, manufacturing, energy, and

government sectors

Recognized EHS expert with extensive USA and international experience

Skilled at developing, communicating, and implementing comprehensive EHS solutions to resolve issues and drive continuous

improvement throughout all aspects of operations

Expert in merging regulatory compliance with company business goals, so as to facilitate & unencumber growth

Education

Master of Science University of Findlay, findlay Ohio

Major: Environmental, Health and Safety Management

Course Work: OSHA, Env Law & Permitting, Risk Mgmt for Managers, Env Health & Epidemiology, Accting and Financial

Analysis for Managers, Solid Waste Mgmt, Project Mgmt and Planning, Env Remediation Mgmt, Adult Education

Bachelor of Science Texas A&M university, College Station Texas

Major: Science

Certificate university of findlay, Findlay Ohio

Health and safety management

Skills & Abilities

Management

15 years managing EHS programs

12 years multi-site management

12 years manufacturing; aircraft assembly, chemical, maintenance

11 years corporate level EHS management system

Regulatory

21 years working in EHS regulatory

12 years working with international EHS regulations

7 years working in government regulatory enforcement program

COORDINATION

19 years coordinating with EPA, multi-state, multi-local government agencies

15 years coordinating between industry, regulatory agencies, and international agencies

7 years coordinating with international government agencies

SKILLS

23 years hazmat/hazwaste

10 years site risk assessment/inspection

7 years implementing Environmental Management System

5 years implementing Health and Safety program

5 years implementing ISO14001/OHSAS 18001 programs

4 years permitting; RCRA, CERCLA, NPDES, Air Quality

4 years organizing/developing multi-site regulatory inspection program

4 years formal Lean experience

Microsoft Office, Medgate, ESO-MIS, TapRooT, KMS

English (native), Spanish (conversational), Russian (beginning), Italian (beginning), French (beginning)

STUDIES AND REPORTS

Risk Evaluation Study and Report, Fire Safety and Electro-Magnetic Interference, 52MW power production facility

Environmental Study for Diesel Engine Electric Power Plant - Peru

Energy Recovery-Used Oil

Experience

EHS Director TKE-Djibouti Power Light Dec 2012 - Present

Corporate direction, and budget

Establish & Implement the corporate EHS strategy

Established and obtained the first nationally issued hazmat/waste permit

Establish and communicate the corporate EHS vision and strategy

Develop corporate EHS and liabilities program

Complete all technical plans and documents to include economic feasibility studies, management plans, safety, environmental

study, standard operating procedures, etc

Design, construct, and operate oil processing facility

Global EHS Manager AEROTEK Dec 2010 – Dec 2012

Establish a international network of contacts to facilitate permitting and regulatory compliance

Establish corporate air modeling program for predicative evaluations

Developed and implement policies and procedures to continually improve quality

Establish and administer radiation health and safety program

Negotiated air permit modification; Saved $18,000,000

EHS plans to be used for all worldwide projects (four languages)

Completed 10 acre site fuel cleanup in Costa Rica in 4 months; Saved $1,000,000

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER IAP WORLDWIDE SERVICES JULY 2009 – DEC 2010

Modified waste management program; Savings $150,000/annual

Develop, implement, and monitor environmental policies and programs for construction, and industrial

Complete environmental audits and assessments, identifying and resolving environmental problems and ensuring necessary

changes are implemented.

SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER PORTAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SEPTEMBER 2007 - JULY 2009

Coordinate with EPA, OSHA, and state regulatory officials

Manage multiple contracts and contractors

Draft and manage budgets, cost estimating, statement of work

Manage program for risk assessments of industrial facilities

Superfund program management

PROJECT ANALYST NORTHROP GRUMMAN DECEMBER 2006 - SEPTEMBER 2007

Subject matter expert for hazardous waste program

Subject matter expert for national air quality permit program

Conduct process analysis to be codified into software coding

Conduct Sigma-Six Event air program; resulted in $250,000 yearly savings

SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SEPTEMBER 2000 -

DECEMBER 2006

Brief the US President’s CEQ office; streamline EIS process

Maintain current knowledge of EHS regulatory requirements; provide updates as necessary

Perform site investigations

Interpret permits and other environmental documents; air, water, waste, health & safety

Responsible for preparing project proposals and budgets

Represent organizations at various regional and national conferences

Contract management with budget oversight ($5,000,000)

Management of 17 staff

Responsible for support of global EHS operation (multi-site)

QA/QC oversight of multiple construction projects

EHS PROGRAM/PERMIT COMPLIANCE MANAGER UNIVERSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC JUN 1998 - AUGUST

2000

Manage RCRA and Air Emission permits for various heavy facilities

Manage environmental quality program division

Manage contract for the air force wide UST program (10,000)

Conduct risk assessments throughout the USA

Developed restoration strategy that saved $1,000,000 and 6 months

Addressed storm-water permit violation that avoided a enforcement action

ENFORCEMENT-INVESTIGATOR STATE OF TEXAS JAN 1990 - JUN 1998

Investigate cases of violations/recommending enforcement

Evaluate cases and prepare for appropriate legal file for enforcement action

Support general counsel during administrative court

Negotiates win-win settlement agreements in lieu of issuing enforcement actions

Established streamlined enforcement case process system

Established streamlined facility inspection program

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