Daniel L. Sawall

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Appleton, WI 54915 https://www.linkedin.com/in/dansawall

(C) 920-***-****

acvmxf@r.postjobfree.com

ACCOMPLISHED SAFETY AND TRAINING PROFESSIONAL

Collaborated with management and union team members to heighten safety awareness and prevent injuries through hazard recognition and safety observations; 22% increase in reported observations

(2012) and 30% (2013)

Championed safety initiatives to abate hazards, as well as improve processes and behaviors; recordable incidents reduced by 20% (2011-2012) and an additional 43% (2012-2013)

Created and updated safety policies, standard work, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 9001 / 14001 documents for four companies spanning 25+ years

Stimulate a culture transformation empowering workers to think and act like owners to continuously improve processes and understand all injuries are preventable with safety as a core value PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TRAINING CONSULTANT (6/2014-Present)

Wisconsin Public Service, Green Bay, Wisconsin

WPS serves more than 450,000 electric customers and more than 326,000 natural gas customers in northeast and central Wisconsin and an adjacent portion of Upper Michigan.

Develop and facilitate safety training; as of July 2016, over 1820 days without a lost time incident

Champion Slips, Trips and Falls campaign to reduce injuries: wrote procedures, developed inspection and observation checklists; zero slips, trips and falls injuries in 2015

Facilitate 22 “Speak-up Listen-up” classes for 335 Power Generation salaried and represented team members; teach how to give effective feedback and receive feedback with an open mind

Coordinate annual Block Training: provide OSHA, environmental and plant-required training

Created new contractor safety orientation DVD to improve safety orientation for contractors and visitors; zero non-employee recordable incidents since inception of new program SAFETY MANAGER (8/2011-6/2014)

Expera Specialty Solutions - Thilmany Mill, Kaukauna, Wisconsin Leading manufacturer of specialty lightweight packaging, pressure-sensitive, and technical /industrial papers.

Collaborated with management and union team members to heighten safety awareness and prevent injuries through hazard recognition and safety observations; 22% increase in reported observations

(2012) and 30% (2013)

Championed safety initiatives to abate hazards, as well as improve processes and behaviors; recordable incidents reduced by 20% (2011-2012) and an additional 43% (2012-2013)

IndustrySafe Administrator: managed incidents, hazards, observations, inspections, corrective actions

Led incident investigation teams; used Why Tree process to determine root causes/corrective actions

Co-chaired cross-functional mill-wide Joint Safety Committee and Area Safety Committees ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR (5/2010-8/2011) GE Oil & Gas, Oshkosh, Wisconsin (contract position with The QTI Group) Manufactures air and gas compressors, as well as provides services for all segments of the oil and gas industry, from drilling to production.

Designed safety training content and delivered effective classroom training; zero recordable incidents during 16-month employment

Learning Management System Administrator

Authored OSHA VPP Star policies, procedures and standard work DANIEL SAWALL Resume Page 2

LEAN MANUFACTURING FACILITATOR AND TRAINER (9/2009 - 7/2010) Lean Consortium NEW, Appleton, Wisconsin

Non-profit Lean Manufacturing consultants teaching businesses how to use Lean tools (e.g. A3, Kaizen, VSM, 5S, Kanban and TPM) to identify and eliminate waste, achieve greater efficiencies and improve competitiveness.

Collaborated with ThedaCare Heritage / Peabody Manor for a 2P improvement event: developed plans to redesign the Receiving and Food Services areas to eliminate congestion, increase efficiency, improve safety and increase vendor / staff satisfaction.

Spearheaded Lean initiatives for Valley Packaging Industries: value streamed Receiving processes and conducted Kaizen event; eliminated approximately one hour of non-value added time per 8-hour shift. TRAINING ADMINISTRATOR / SAFETY COORDINATOR (1978-2008) NewPage Corporation, Kimberly, Wisconsin

Leading North American producer of printing and specialty papers.

Collaborated with Safety Manager and Safety Captains to promote STOP program, train employees and increase the number of reported safety observations to heighten safety awareness and reduce incidents

TIR 1.7 and nearly 3,000,000 safe worker-hours without a lost time accident

Instructional Designer: created effective training content, authored intelligible standard work, safe work practices and ISO/OHSAS documentation

Leadership team member of PM97 facility; safe start-up with zero injuries

Facilitated value stream activity to eliminate waste in document approval and record retention process; improved approval time by nearly 70% and minimized hard-copy storage by using electronic systems

Led continuous improvement endeavor to address a lost order; regained significant order of five days of production per month (2500 tons of paper)

Started career in Production and progressed to PM97 Machine Tender (Lead Operator) EDUCATION and SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Associate of Applied Science, Applied Engineering Technology: Safety / Quality Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, Wisconsin

Speak-up Listen-up (train-the-trainer), 2015

Caterpillar and WPS, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Technical Writing, 2010, 2005

Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, Wisconsin

Hazard Mapping, 2013

Tony Mazzocchi Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lean Manufacturing Lead Facilitator Certificate, 2009 Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Organizational Development, 2012

Workplace Transformation, Plymouth, Michigan

High Performance Work Organization, 2007

Workplace Transformation, Plymouth, Michigan

CI Leadership, 2012

Workplace Transformation, Plymouth, Michigan

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