Power Plant Management
Resume:
Rick Budel
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SAFETY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL
Highly versatile, results-oriented environmental, health & safety professional with a diverse career and proven track
record in determining and assessing organizational needs and developing/implementing EH&S management solutions.
Strong analytical skills and proven ability to manage develop and motivate teams and maintain a consultative
approach by partnering with clients and cross-functional team members. Strong interpersonal and communication
skills coupled with vision, business insight, and astute problem solving abilities. Recognized for professionalism,
effective use of resources, positive mental attitude, commitment to excellence and demonstrated ability to work with all
levels of management and owner representatives.
Key Experience/Skills
• Regulatory Compliance • Process Safety Management • W orkers’ Comp. Case Management & Adm
•Task Hazard Analysis • Emergency Action Plans • Environmental Protection
• Operations Management • Training / Orientation • Injury Management
• Human Resources Functions • Project Management • Loss Prevention & Root Cause Analysis
• Project Scheduling • Site audits/inspections • OSHA certified Train the Trainer
• Behavior & Observation Safety Program Management • Data Mining & Statistical Analysis
Professional Experience
Project Safety Management Experience
AMEC Forster Wheeler Atlanta, GA 2011 - Present
AMECFW, Power & Process Americas (PPA) provides a balanced portfolio of consulting, EPC and asset support
services across the life-cycle of projects and investments to a broad range of public, private and utility clients.
AMECFW is a focused supplier of consultancy, engineering and project management services to a broad range of
services across Nuclear, Transmission & Distribution, Renewable Energy and Conventional Power and Bioprocess.
Georgia Pacific Recovery Boiler Phoenix Project Brewton, AL 2014 - Present
Installation of a Recovery Boiler, Precipitator & Stack, Evaporators, Concentrator & Condensate Stripping Systems
and a Turbine Generator rated at 74.8MW to increase Brewton black liquor throughput to 5.4 million pounds per day of
dry solids at 80% concentration. Manage a project craft workforce of 600+.
Feb. – June 2104
Maintenance/Outage
International Paper KRAFT & CSSC Digester Outage Pine Hill, AL
W eyerhaeuser New Bern Major Outage New Burn, NC
International Paper Maintenance Outage Mansfield. LA
Dominion - Bremo Bluff Unit 3&4 Coal to Gas Conversion Project Bremo Bluff, VA 2013 - 2014
Engineering, Procurement Services and Construction for the conversion of Units 3&4 from a coal -fired operation to a
gas-fired operation. Install a B&W supplied and designed burner and OFA systems, and furnace reinforcement.
Additional construction activities include; natural gas burners, over fire air system, FD Fan modifications, furnace and
ducting reinforcement, new auxiliary boiler, natural gas distribution header, electrical equipment, CEMS and DCS
modifications and balance-of-plant upgrades. Manpower peaked at 180+; manage a staff of four safety professionals.
MeadWestvaco; Biomass #1Boiler Project Covington, VA 2011 - 2013
Biomass renewable energy power plant consisting of a condensing steam turbine generator rated at 74 MW, a
Biomass fuel supply system including 3 biomass hogs, stacker re -claimer, and two air-slide conveyors, Air Quality
Control System, including bag houses, ammonia injection, activated carbon injection, and sorbent injection . Manpower
peaked at 550, managed a staff of six safety professionals.
TIC – The Industrial Company Houston, TX 2006 - 2011
Heavy industrial contractor providing world-class construction expertise in the areas of Power, Mining/Minerals
Processing, Oil/Gas/Chemical, Renewable Energy, Water and Wastewater, Marine, Food and Beverage, and Pulp and
Paper.
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Progress Energy; Wayne County Combined Cycle Project Goldsboro, NC 2010 - 2011
Construction of a 950 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant
2009 – 2010
Paducah Power Systems; Paducah Power Partners Paducah, KY
120 MW Simple Cycle Power Plant
St. Petersburg, FL 2007 – 2009
Progress Energy; Bartow Repowering Project
1100 MW 4x1 Combined Cycle Power Plant
2006 – 2009
Florida Municipal Power Agency, Treasure Coast Energy Center Unit 1 Fort Pierce, FL
300 1x1 F-Class Combined Cycle Power Plant
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES
Provide leadership and guidance on Health Safety & Environmental related issues through all phases of
construction and startup
Provide strategic and visionary leadership to the Safety Department and actively participate with Management
in the decision making for all Safety related matters
Select, train and mentor a team of safety professionals and deve lop a contingency staffing plan
Maintain a pro-active approach, perform risk assessments, develop programs and implement effective control
measures in combination with industry best practices
Develop and implement programs to manage Occupational Health & Safety processes, Emergency Response
Teams and Hazardous Materials Management
Lead accident investigations, complete root cause analyses and develop corrective action plans to address
root causes (5-Why, A-Z, Apollo etc.)
Analyze near-miss reports, site audits and inspections along with behavior safety observation data to identify
trend and develop preventive measures
Develop and implement a project/task specific safety health & environmental plan
Provide guidance and leadership to site supervision on planning and safety & environmental implementation
protocols.
Continuously seek, identify and capitalize upon opportunities to increase client satisfaction and deepen client
relationship.
Develop, design and implement safety compliance training programs and maintain employee training records
Provide oversight on sub-contractor safe work practices, investigations, inspections and analyses
Manage project drug and alcohol screening program
Coordinate driver DOT qualification and manage drive safety and incident prevention program
Injury management; identify, set up Occupational & Health Clinics and coordinate medical treatment
Interface with local, state, regional and national regulatory agencies
Prepare and present job-wide safety meetings. Prepare toolbox talks for frontline supervis ion.
1998 – 2006
Granite Services, Inc. Tampa, FL
$500+ Million General Electric subsidiary providing specialized technical services and skilled labor to power, oil and
gas, and chemical industries and employing nearly 4,500 workers world-wide.
EHS Manager, Programs and Technologies (2003 – 2006)
Provided leadership and direction to achieve corporate environmental and health safety goals.
Lead Corporate Crisis Team – monitored and advised on potential security and/or health risk to
employees on assignments abroad
Developed monthly report analyzing Worker’s Compensation budget
Increased retained earnings by reducing accident/injury claim cost
Analyzed and drove EHS process improvement programs
Reviewed and complied data for monthly and annual safety p erformance reports, Workers’
Compensation claims and safety training
Managed repatriation functions; coordinated efforts with next of kin and national/international
emergency service organizations
Analyzed accident root causes and developed recommendations for corrective actions
W orkers’ Compensation case management, coordinated medical treatment with provide rs and case
nurses
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Transitional Work Program - coordinated temporary modified or transitional work assignments for
injured workers.
Managed the drug-free workplace program
Improved company’s safety performance with a team spirited pro-active stance involving: pre-job
preparations, reviews for pre-qualification packages, task hazard analysis, audits, site visits, and
supporting safety documentation.
Provided Risk Assessments, Root Cause Analysis, Claims Reviews, and EHS Technical Support.
(1998 – 2003)
Manager of Human Resources/Financial Service Administrator
Penpower was a $100 Million division of Granite Services, Inc, specializing in providing Engine ering Services and
skilled labor to power, oil and gas, and chemical industries throughout the world and employing 750+ individuals.
Developed and implemented Human Resources policies and procedures.
Developed and implemented a balance compensation program.
Responsible for all EHS functions and acted as a liaison between clients and Service Managers.
Coordinated employee project specific safety compliance training.
W orkers’ Compensation cases/injury management and coordinated medical treatment
Managed all Immigration (work authorization) cases for US & International staff.
Consulted all levels of management and general staff to function with integrity and unity.
Times Publishing Co. (The St. Petersburg Times) - St. Petersburg, FL 1993 -1998
Programs Administrator / Business Analyst
Managed the day-to-day operations and supervised three support staffers. Handled daily reconciliation of invoices and
prepared varied financial analysis to ensure accuracy between advertising billing systems. Processed adver tising
contracts and monitored contract performance.
Simmons Market Research Bureau, Inc. 1986 - 1993
Field Operations & Project Manager - Tampa, FL
Directed field operations with a support staff of 25+, including staffing, training and the day-to-day administration.
Managed all Human Resources functions and acted as a strategic partner between corporate HR and five regional
offices.
Education
BS Degree - Marketing/Management Tampa Metropolitan University - Tampa, FL
Diploma - Business Administration College of Commerce Suriname - South America
Certification / Affiliations:
NCCER, Master Trainer designation - CSSM
Construction Site Safety Technician - CSST
Construction Site Safety Supervisor - CSSS
Principals of Occupational Safety & Health - National Safety Consul
OSHA 510
OSHA 500 level Instructor
CPR, AED,FIRST AID Certified Trainer
OSHA Record Keeping Requirements
Fire Safety & Prevention
ISO 9001:2000
Six Sigma Process Improvement
Member of American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
Apollo Root Cause Analysis
A to Z – Root Cause Analysis
Proficient in Microsoft office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
Special Skills: Multi-lingual; English, Spanish and Dutch
References and salary history available upon request
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