Christopher Todd Upton
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Objective To join a reputable company that offers management opportunities in the Environmental Health and
Safety field as well as opportunities for professional development, continuous growth in a challenging
environment.
Summary Over 17 years of management experience in the Environmental Safety and Health field for construction,
farming, manufacturing, radioactive materials and chemical processing.
Education B.S. Industrial Training and Supervision from the University Of Tennessee Knoxville
Currently working on M.S. in Industrial Safety Management and Eligible to sit for ASP Exam.
Extensive working knowledge of:
OSHA Regulations Construction RCRA
OSHA Regulation General Industry NIOSH
EPA/DNR Regulations SARA
Workers Compensation NFPA
Industrial Hygiene Monitoring Waste Minimization
NRC Regulations OSHA SHARP Certification
Emergency/Incident Management OSHA VPP Star Certification
Hazardous Waste Management Incident Investigation
Clean Air Act Hazardous Material Spill Clean Up
Environmental Monitoring/Sampling Incident Investigation
Radiation Protection ISO/QS 9000
Trend Analyst Critical Safety Systems
Professional 2/12 – Present Owens Corning Toledo, OH
Experience Sr. Safety Leader
• Sr. Safety Leader on management team that won the National Safety Conference Green Cross Award
for 2013 to Sr. Officers and Business Leaders
• Managed, developed and implemented the environmental safety and health program for all the
Roofing and Asphalt Facilities in the eastern half of The United States
• Created The Owens Corning Global Safety Strategy for 2013 that resulted in interrupting the cycle of
increasing injuries and lowered RIR for The Building Materials Group (BMG) for the 13th
consecutive year
• Review, evaluate, provide feedback and safety approval for Capital Projects
• Review, critique and validate BMG incident investigations to ensure root cause/causes have been
identified and proper corrective actions have been implemented before granting final approval
• Certified BMG Hazard Recognition and Control Trainer. Managed program, train and certify
employees resulting in only BMG certified Hazard Recognition Trainers (3)at the facility level
• Managed and lead team that developed and refined approved format for JHA’s resulting in teams JHA
being posted on global web to be used as example/standard for JHA writing
• Special Projects - At the direction of Sr. Officers and OC Safety Director I evaluated, provide
management oversight, guidance, training and stabilization for Owens Corning’s new acquisitions.
Report my findings, recommendations and requests for capital and work with site and Sr. Leadership
to create a path forward
• Special Projects – Provide safety reviews, recommendations and feedback for new equipment and
processes planned for manufacturing. Work with engineering team during research and development
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and site leaders during insulation to identify uncontrolled safety hazards and develop corrective
actions to mitigate hazards
• Work with Site Leaders to set performance goals and objectives, development plans and conduct
evaluations for Site Safety Leaders at my facilities
• Program Development: I serve as subject matter expert and trainer for Owens Corning Critical Safety
Programs:
o LTT
o Confined Space
o Working from Heights
o Fork Truck Safety
o Hazard Recognition
• Manage and worked with site leaders throughout the VPP preparation/certification process resulting
in 3 sites being re-certified VPP Star and the first roofing & asphalt site at Owens Corning to jointly
receive the VPP Star Certification
• Seek out, research, evaluate and provide technical data and pricing on new technology. Provide
Business Leaders with potential cost savings, process improvements and/or the reduction of employee
safety risk
• Served as acting EHS Director and Emergency Manager during absence of EHS director
12/08 – 2/12 Monsanto St. Louis, MO.
St. Louis Site ESH Manager
• Developed and implemented the chemical audit and hazard ranking and recognition process that
resulted in the discovery and disposal of over 500,000 pounds of old, unstable, toxic, shock sensitive
chemicals.
• The chemical audit resulted in the creation of a chemical tracking and approval process that reduced
chemical waste and duplicate ordering by 70%.
• Developed and implemented the OSHA laboratory inspection/audit process for the Chemistry
Division that resulted in the one of the largest laboratory renovation/hazard mitigation project at the
St. Louis Site.
• The OSHA audit process created a system where employees at facilities are trained to identify
hazards, rank the hazard, implement corrective action and track and trend their results.
• Developed and implemented an environmental/contamination sampling protocol and training
program for employees who work with pesticides and fungicides.
• Serve as incident commander during site emergencies, coordinate e-squad actions, conduct hazardous
spill cleanup operations and coordinate responses with offsite emergency agencies
• Prepare presentations for upper management based on findings from audit and provide
recommendations, time lines and projected costs for remediation.
• Coordinate, develop and conduct regulatory driven training programs for employees and
managers to maintain certification and compliance.
2/2007 – 12/2008 Monsanto Redwood Falls, MN
Regional ESH Manager
• Managed, developed and implemented environmental safety and health processes for 18 different
sites in 6 states.
• Assisted, reviewed and approved each completed OSHA VPP Star application from sites in my region
prior to application submittal to OSHA.
• Developed and implemented a Pre-OSHA VPP evaluation process that resulted in 5 sites, in 3
separate states, achieving OSHA VPP Star Status in less than 2 years.
• Developed an incident tracking and process improvement process which is allows each site to identify
hazards, implement corrective actions, track the progress, verify end results and report finding to
management.
• Conducted ES&H and contractor evaluations to ensure contractors work safely and follow all
Monsanto ESH procedures.
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• Developed web based training programs for State of Minnesota Right to Know and Tool Box Safety
Talks for sites in my region.
4/06 – 2/07 The State of Hawaii, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Business Liaison OSHA
• Managed the Consultation, Regulatory Enforcement and Environmental Health branches of the State
of Hawaii Department of Labor and represented the Director office during selected functions.
• Oversee and evaluate all fatality investigations for the State of Hawaii OSHA Branch.
• Managed the State of Hawaii VPP Star and SHARP Programs and participated in the Audit,
evaluation and accreditation process.
• Created a partnership between OSHA and Local VPP and SHARP businesses to create the VPP and
SHARP Steering Committee.
• Organized and led daily planning meetings with the Consultation Branch. This resulted in the
department meeting all federal milestones and securing federal funding for FY 2008.
• Organized, led daily planning meetings for The Regulatory Enforcement Branch and served as acting
Department Manager by facilitating Settlement Agreement Hearings and reviewing and evaluating
the citations of junior enforcement officers.
7/05 – 4/06 The State of Hawaii, Department of Health NRIAQ Branch
Environmental Health Specialist III (Temporary Emergency Hire)
• Inspected and approved blue prints of proposed construction/building projects to ensure compliance
with state and federal regulations.
• Conducted scheduled and surprise Inspections of facilities and investigated complaints of mold, and
other airborne odors and contaminants that were reported to our office.
• Investigated potential lead exposures to workers and took samples of suspected lead based paint for
evaluation.
5/04 – 6/05 Office of Radiation Safety, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Radiation Safety Specialist
• Maintain regulatory compliance by management, and delivery of all required radiation protection
training for radiation workers on the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus.
• Conducted inspection and took radioactive surveys in radiation work areas to detect and prevent
possible radioactive contamination.
• Conduct inspections and radioactive surveys of all radioactive waste to ensure compliance with state
and federal regulations.
4/03 – 5/04 Office of Research Administration, University of Tennessee Knoxville
2/02 – 3/03 Akard Commutator of Tennessee
4/98 – Present DELTA Timing Group (Continue as Part Time Seasonal position as time
permits)
4/99 – 2-02 Canberra Oak Ridge LLC. (Government Reduction in Force)
Nuclear Facility Manager
• Manage the safe processing, transportation and storage of radioactive and fissile materials.
• Created an accountability safeguards protocol for workers in hazardous environments.
• Developed and implemented a pre-use equipment inspection checklist for process equipment.
• Developed and implemented a hazard recognition and safety systems checklist for field operations.
• Served as incident commander during hazardous/radioactive materials spill clean up.
• Served as facilities fissile materials safety officer and point of contact during criticality incidents.
1997 – 4/99 BNFL, INC
Superintendent/Senior Area Supervisor
• Developed and implemented SPO for hazardous work environments and Emergency Action Plan for
the site.
• Manage and provide direction to shift Industrial hygiene, health physics, fissile material and ESH
staff and serve as point of contact for the project manager on all related issues.
• Serve as incident commander during all emergency response operations.
• Recognized as having the lowest incident/injury rate for any work crew on the project.
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7/90 – 1/97 Lockheed Martin Energy Systems (Government Reduction in Force)
Assistant Plant Shift Superintendent, Facility Manager, Waste Mgt. Supervisor, Training Associate
• Coordinate the safe shipment and storage of fissile, radioactive materials and hazardous waste
products.
• Serve as incident commander providing emergency management through notifications of
plant/system failures and determining corrective plans of actions to successfully return site to normal
operations.
• Developing and administering Emergency Management and safety training to plant E-Squad
members.
• Developed and implement SOP’s for hazardous/RCRA waste pick up, transportation and storage
operations.
• Manage and coordinate facilities Industrial hygiene, health physics, criticality safety programs and
staff to support hazardous waste operations.
• Developed, facilitated and implemented performance based, regulatory driven safety training
programs and provided certifications to employees that successfully completed program
requirements.
• Work with division managers to developed regulatory driven SOP’s for the different high hazard
operations conducted at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
10/89 – 7/90 Rust Engineering (Company Lost Contract with Department Of Energy)
Training and Development Rep.
• Developed, conducted regulatory driven ES&H training programs along with advanced radiation
protection for construction workers.
10/86 – 6/89 Roadway Express, Kernersville NC. Facility
10/85 – 10/86 Indian Head Industries/Detroit Gasket
References
• Available on request.
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