Safety Management
Resume:
John J. Medeiros
Middleborough, MA, *****
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https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-medeiros-a006a19a
Environmental Health and Safety Professional
Twenty years of diverse experience in unique environmental health and safety programs. Highly successful working with upper-level decision makers, managers and employees to build safety cultures while balancing the bottom line and creative and comprehensive safety and health programs. Seeking to manage a companywide EHS program that will engage employees as part of developing a safety culture within the company.
Areas of Expertise
Regulatory Expertise ~ Continual Improvement ~ Achieves Standards
Teamwork ~ Inspection & Investigation ~ Risk Management
Safety Management ~ Conflict Management ~ Accident Reduction
Professional Experience
Massachusetts Army National Guard, Bedford, MA 01731 (Part-Time) [Active Secret Clearance] 1998-Present
Massachusetts Army National Guard Logistics Officer with secret security clearance. Past experiences include Company Commander, Liaison Officer to Canadian forces, recently promoted to the rank of Major and selected for Command.
Environmental Program Manager (Full Time) 2012-2015
Developed department synchronization within the corporate structure. Built lasting relationships between state employees and federal employees to facilitate program development and open more areas to training. Created comprehensive training program for employees. Managed the disbursed year budgets up to $4 million. Maintained environmental compliance management system and advised senior staff with technical expertise on environmental issues.
Select Accomplishments:
Increased communications and educated with outside departments on environmental standards which led to a clearer understanding of needs and cut contracting issues time down by 1/3rd rough 4 month from 6 months.
Remediation and Sustainment departments received awards for team and department program management from the National Guard Bureau.
Created Environmental Management Training Program which trained 69 employees across the state.
Conducted Trend Analysis to highlight the most important environmental issues for auditing and oversight.
Managed personnel administrative requirements with a flexible approach for each of the 18 state employees.
Influenced a cross-functional group of state, federal and civilian employees to complete projects on time.
Led a multi-departmental audit where knowledge of OSHA, EPA, NFPA and other regulatory requirements allowed the discovery of serious issues that were later eliminated or mitigated for employee safety.
Massachusetts Army National Guard, Hingham MA (Part-Time) 2011-2013
Demonstrated leadership commanding the 1058th Transportation Company of 130 soldiers and 60 vehicles through numerous state emergencies (snow storms, hurricanes and the Boston Bombing) and stood ready to deploy if asked.
Select Accomplishments:
Leadership demonstrated by eliminated retention issues by fostering a respectful work environment and rewriting policies and enforcing standards which made the unit a place employees wanted to be.
Transformed failing administrative system, by moving personnel to appropriate positions and establishing goals which resulted in 95% compliance with management policy this was an increase of more than 40%.
Discarded redundancies and creating a system for inventory all property and equipment then balanced on hand and eliminate excess which freed up space, allow new products to be in stock, all with zero loss of property.
Coached and mentored 5 junior officers; three of which went on to have successful commands of their own.
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Massachusetts Army National Guard (Deployment to Kuwait) 2010-2011
Safety officer with up to 2500 employees, a fleet of 500 vehicles, maintenance facilities, administrative areas and housing areas which all functioned under extreme environments and long hours.
Select Accomplishments:
Managed safety and environmental programs with a strong emphasis on investigating incidents, managing the OSHA 300, trend analysis, risk mitigation, training, and the creation of a robust safety committee. This reduced accidents, prevented damage to equipment and saved lives. Demonstrated by No Class A or B incidents and a cost savings of $25,000 due reduction of driver accidents.
Award Winning Program: When measured against all like units the safety program scored 97% efficiency.
Wrote safety and environmental policies to include Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC), Hazardous Waste Management Plan, Site Safety Plans and numerous Standard Operating Procedures (SPO) for specific pieces of equipment and machinery.
Trained emergency responders in spill response, emergency management and established respiratory safety program. The knowledge gained was put to use on more than one occasion and was responsible for saving at least one life, numerous pieces of equipment and the environment.
Conducted weekly and monthly safety and environmental inspections as well as quarterly audits of the program and escorted outside agencies (OSHA, EPA, US Army Safety Officers, etc.) through for external audits.
Venture Tape Corps ~ (ISO 9001 since 199*-****-****
Environmental Engineer for a mid-sized tape manufacturing company. Responsibilities included yearly reporting, managing of all hazardous waste, ordering personnel protective equipment and supplies as needed and managing the radiation safety program to include permitting devices.
Select Accomplishments:
Managed hazardous waste, consistent oversight of the satellite accumulation areas, manifest and MSD’s, reporting to state and federal agencies, Toxic Use Reduction Planner (TURP) which lead to decreasing the amount of toxics while increasing production each year.
Created a laboratory safety program for safe handling, storage and distribution of hazardous materials.
Consolidated ordering of personnel protective equipment, spill supplies and created stock rotation that lead to cost savings of $500 within the first 3 months.
Emergency Management which prepared the facility and trained individuals for spill cleanup and managed outside agencies and inspectors during and after the incident.
Permitted Oxford 3000 in accordance with Massachusetts Radiation Control Program.
Wrote policy letters and created standard operating procedures for environmental and safety programs.
Certifications
OSHA -30 hr General Industries, (OSHA 34-900******) 2010
OSHA- 24 hr Hazardous Waste Management 29 CFR 1910.120 2008
Radiation Safety Officer Course, 3M 2008
DOT Transportation of Hazardous Materials 49 CFR172.704 2007
Toxics Use Reduction Planner, Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute 2007
OSHA- 40 hr Hazardous Waste Management 29 CFR 1910.120 2000
Education
University of Denver, Denver CO, Master of Science, Environmental Health & Safety 2015
Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, 2004 Bachelor of Science, Chemistry & Geology 2004
Massasoit Community College, Canton, MA, 2000 Associate of Applied Science 2000
Volunteerism
Middleborough Conservation Committee 2011 - Present
Middleborough Citizen Environmental Health Impact Committee 2011 - Present
Massachusetts National Guard Association Membership & Marketing Committee 2012 – Present
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