RONALD LANE
**** ********* **** *** ******, TX **056
972-***-**** ***********@*****.***
RISK MANAGEMENT / SAFETY PROFESSIONAL
Accomplished Risk Management professional with experience in maintaining the highest quality standards to avoid lost time and cost expenditures.
Safety specialist with the ability to analyze operations, pinpoint areas for improvement and redesign, and implement plans that generate profitable results.
Driven professional with 20+ year’s proven safety, training, and loss prevention experience. Demonstrated success in leading safety audits.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Recognizes Substandard, Faulty or Hazardous Conditions • Health and Safety Programs
Safety Audits • Field Inspections • Solutions Development
Safety Training / Orientation • Job Safety Analysis • Risk Management • OSHA
Investigation • Cost Reduction • Regulatory Compliance • Documentation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tom Thumb Supermarket, Texas 2001 – 2015
Risk Management Representative
Provided strategic direction to health / safety and risk management within the grocery store. Guided and promoted safe work performance by developing safety systems, policies, and procedures, as well as providing training to managers and employees. Enforced safety policies and regulations by conducting audits and reporting statistics to management. Identified and anticipated safety and health concerns and hazards by surveying environmental, operational, and occupational conditions. Rendered opinion on new equipment and procedures. Investigated violations and made recommendations regarding preventive programs. Delivered new hire safety orientation as well as employee safety training. Conducted accident and incident investigations. Developed and utilized hand held computer based system for conducting safety audits. Completed warehouse safety audits. Certified pallet jack operator and trainer.
Completed safety projects, developed and implemented risk management programs that have been adopted division wide.
Reduced accident frequency rate from over 7.00 down to 2.85 resulting in company savings of both injury costs and insurance premiums. (Insurance premium rebates were over $300,000 for 2014)
Texas division has been #1 in the company for the least number of employee accidents for over 6 years in a row.
Trained store management on performing sprinkler riser quarterly inspections, as well as monthly generator inspections; saving the cost of 3rd party vendor performing inspections of at least $208,000 in 2014.
Developed manuals on fire sprinkler and generator inspections for the Texas and Phoenix divisions.
Conducted safety audits in all 65 Dallas / Ft. Worth stores and Warehouse Distribution Center. Implemented best practices resulting in reduction in accidents and reduced costs.
Multiple years experience in the following positions:
Assistant Market Manager / Seafood Manager, Assistant Produce Manager
Texas Army National Guard 14 years
Sergeant First Class
Platoon Sergeant, Battalion Master Gunner, Assistant Operations Sergeant.
EDUCATION
Completed a 40 Hour OSHA class
Computer Applications Certificate - Collin County College, McKinney, TX