Engineer Safety

Duwayne Grimm

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Lillington, NC **546

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Summary

Degreed mechanical engineer with more than 15 years of experience as

an environmental health and safety leader, primarily in manufacturing.

Entered safety field after gaining early training as a certified pipe

welder. Extensive background working to establish and implement safety

procedures for companies involved with metal manufacturing, welding,

chemical manufacturing and industrial concrete. Responsible

throughout much of career for monthly, quarterly and annual safety and

environmental regularly reporting as well as the planning and

implementation of safety training for new and existing employees as

well as supervisors. Proven track record of success in investigating

safety problems and incidents to discover and eliminate root causes.

Objective

Looking for an Environmental, Health and Safety position where I can

apply my education,

training, experience, skills and knowledge to help champion and lead

the effort to build a culture of safety at a leading corporate

manufacturing facility.

Experience

The Hales Group - Clayton, NC October

2012 - Present

Plant Engineer, Safety and Maintenance Manager

Currently serve in multi-faceted role for a company involved in heavy

weld fabrication used to

manufacture beams utilized in bridge construction.

. Brought number of safety incidents down from 10 recordables

a year down to 4.

. Manage team of 6 mechanical maintenance technician and

custodial services.

. Also, working to reduce and manage company's worker

compensation caseload .

Fluor Corporation - Raleigh, NC August

2010 to October 2012

Safety Specialist (contract to hire)

After initially working as a subcontractor for Blair Concrete Services

for the Talecris NFF Project in

Clayton, NC, with overall scope of work managed by Fluor Enterprise,

was then hired by Fluor, in early

2011 as a Safety Specialist. Remained with Fluor until completion of

the project. In this role was

Responsible for overseeing and enforcing safety procedures for

construction of pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.

Morton Metalcraft/Matcor Metal Fabrication - Apex/Welcome, NC

March 2000 - March 2010

EHS Coordinator, Safety Director/Plant Engineer for multiple

locations.

Worked to manage overall plant safety at two North Carolina

manufacturing facilities (200,000 and

300,000 sf) involved in metal cutting and production used as

components for various industrial and commercial vehicles marketed by

John Deere, Kubota and Caterpillar. In that role, helped oversee

processes and procedures for more than 500 plant workers.

. Achieved significant reductions in the number of recordable

incidents and worker's compensation cases during tenure in

the position.

. When assigned to Welcome Facility, it had as many as 24

recordable safety incidents a year; brought this down to no

more than 4 annually.

. In overseeing operations at the Apex plant, led that

facility to become the company's outstanding site leader

for safety with no more than 1 to 2 recordables annually.

. Regularly conducted site-wide audits on a regular basis

over the course of many years to help prepare for periodic

OSHA inspections.

. Maintained near perfect track record of managing company's

wastewater, stormwater and air quality permitting over a 10-

year period. Intervened to help reduce solitary DENR fine

from $85,000 down to $35,000 by providing regulators with

evidence of compliance and improvements.

Key Skills and Training

. Extensive experience with SARA Tier II and III, SPCC & SWP3

plans.

. Skilled background with wastewater, storm water and air

permitting.

. Skilled in compliance with federal, state, and local health and

safety standards, NFPA, various NEC codes and waste disposal

regulations.

. Skilled in working with agencies such as EPA, and state and

local environmental and regulatory authorities.

. MESH certification in Manager of Environmental, Safety and

Health Programs from the NC Safety Council. Have developed and

upgraded three safety programs in general industry and conducted

yearly updates of comprehensive site-wide safety requirements

and procedures.

. Proficient in writing corporate safety standards and

implementing them company-wide.

. Trainer in: OSHA 10 & 30 hour and 501 General Industry, First

Aid/CPR/AED and Forklift Operation Skills.

. Trainer in OSHA 10 & 30 hour and 500 Construction. Familiar

with MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

. Experience in noise and air analysis for plant operation.

Hearing Conservation Programs and ventilation/air quality

diagnostics

. Experience with Auto Cad Lite.

. Experienced in both Construction and Manufacturing Safety.

. Five years experience in construction and thirteen years in

general industry and heavy weld fabrication.

. Good teamwork, communication and leadership skills.

Education

Youngstown State University - Youngstown, OH

BS Mechanical Engineering Technology; Minor: Math

Paul D. Camp Community College - Welding Technology

Campbell University - Masters in Divinity - May 2004

Special Skills: Welding, experience in Auto Cad and Auto Cad Lite, Safety

training from the Safety and Health Council of NC, NC Dept. of

Health and Education and NCOSH.

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