Safety Management

David M. Pierce

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Chesterfield, Va. 23838

Home: 804-***-****

Cell: 757-***-****

Career Objective: Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Professional Experience

Accomplishments:

• Acquired over $2.3 million dollars for hazard abatement projects for industrial hygiene, safety,

and environmental hazard abatement/correction projects/efforts based on hazard exposure assessments

and combined inspection procedures.

• Conducted and organized over 1800 OSHA compliant workplace inspections worldwide in a ten

year period saving over $800,000 operating funds.

• Saved over $1.5 million dollars through development and implementation of a Hazardous

Material Minimization and Reutilization Program throughout the agency.

• Developed a McCrone Asbestos laboratory for cost avoidance procedures saving manufacturing

and employee production time of over $325,000 in 5 years.

• Utilized DRMO (Defense Reutilization Management Organization) to acquire (5) Olympus and

Zeiss microscopes for asbestos identification at a $30,000 equipment savings.

• Savings of over $75,000 annually in inspection schedule consolidations worldwide.

Skills:

• Routinely conducted activity and corporate level OSHA and Environmental advisory inspections,

consulting assessments and provided briefings to top management and organizational components for

corrective actions necessary.

• Managed programs to include, but not limited to Respiratory Protection, Hearing Conservation,

Ionizing and Non-ionizing radiation, Ergonomics, Gas Free and Confined Space Engineering,

Worker/Employee personal exposure monitoring, Lead exposure monitoring, Industrial Hygiene exposure

monitoring, Safety and Health Program Management. Safety and Health Program Special Project

Management and Oversight.

• Knowledgeable of manufacturing standards, regulations, Lean, ISO techniques and procedures

and a solid communicator and leadership skills, OSHA standards, and VPP implementation proficient.

• Proficient at blueprint and plan reviews and interpretative skills.

• Supported system safety engineering projects.

• Developed and presented health related industrial education training for worker awareness.

Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center (HDR) Richmond (10/2011-8/2013) Voluntary

Protection Program Specialist (Safety Consultant). Responsibilities included ensuring the client

successfully implements the Voluntary Protection Program requirements as defined by Federal Register

#54:3904-3916 Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. This includes assessing the

command climate and culture, the Occupational Safety and Health office program status, development

and implementation of the safety and health program requirements and measuring the success of the

command in implementation of the VPP. The yardstick of success is assisting the command, union and

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employee uniformly completion of the Stage I-III Challenge Pilot Process for successful implementation

and completion of OSHA VPP management, employee involvement, contractor oversight and engagement

into VPP, effective worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control and effective safety and health

training.

Southeast Technical Services, Inc. (SEVA) Safety, Health and Quality Control Specialist/Trainer .

(10/2007-10/2011) Responsibilities included providing commercial, state and federal clients with Safety

Program Management, Risk Management, Safety and Occupational Health Training, Accident

Investigation and Records, Policy Development, Inspections, Equipment Licensing, Safety and

Emergency Equipment Acquisition, Hazard Abatement and Citation Representation services, Deliver

safety, industrial hygiene, environmental hazard recognition, evaluation and control as required in

compliance with State and Federal regulations.

Deputy Director/Occupation Safety and Health Manager, U.S. Naval Inspector General,

Washington, D.C. (07/1990-10/2007) Responsibilities included directing and managing the Department

of Navy’s Safety and Health oversight inspection program of Echelon 1-3 organizations and their

subordinate activities worldwide. Managed a workforce population of up to 29 employees for inspection

scheduling, mission completion and report preparation during the conduct of up to 100 inspections per

year. Routinely inspected over 37 Safety and Health programs for adequacy of planning and

programming, interpretation of and subsequent adherence to Department of Navy policy and OSHA

Standards and Status of Forces Agreements to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of requirements.

Occupational Safety and Health Specialist, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort

Monroe, Va. (07/1985-07/1990) Responsibilities included support for system safety engineering projects,

ionizing and non-ionizing radiation control, employee workers compensation, fire protection and

oversight, range safety, ergonomics, hazardous materials (HAZCOM), emergency management, traffic

safety programs covering 17 Army Training and Doctrine installations nationwide. Supported

environmental issues including, but not limited to; solid waste, pesticide operations, toxic chemical agent

handling (Process Safety Management), spill contingency planning and hazard communication issues.

Supervisory Industrial Hygienist, U.S. Army Department of Health Services, U.S. Army Health

Services Command, U.S. Army Transportation Center, Fort Eustis, Va. (02/1976-07/1985)

Responsibilities included managing and developing a comprehensive industrial hygiene, environmental

program and workplace-monitoring plan for three moderately complex industrial military installations

employing up to 34,000 military and civilian workers. Conducted and inspected complex industrial

operations of operational areas including, but not limited to manufacturing operations, maritime, R&D,

aviation, long shoring, combat developments, and weapons firing assessments, rail transportation, public

works operations, solid waste disposal and processing and medical risk assessments of hospital

environments. Supported engineering design, assessments and implementation for ensuring cost effective

engineering controls. Developed a certified McCrone Asbestos Laboratory meeting all NIOSH laboratory

requirements. Maintained and developed a MSDS chemical inventory for all local purchase and NSN

supplied hazardous materials. Maintained a 20,000 sample collection database for all personal breathing

zone monitoring and bulk sample collection for identification and required OSHA personal sample

monitoring requirements. Supervised 4 industrial hygienist, one environmental specialist and one

administrative assistant to ensure mission completion and accountability.

Water Quality/Environmental Water Quality Control Specialist, Virginia Department of

Environmental Quality (DEQ), Virginia Beach, Virginia (06/1973-02/1976) Responsibilities included

planning, conduct and surveillance and stream studies, groundwater monitoring and management, erosion

and storm water assessments, industrial waste water discharges and domestic discharge investigations

(NPDES) sites in navigable and non-navigable waters within the Tidewater Regional office operational

areas.

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