Luther L. Sawicki, SP * H 440-***-**** * C 440-***-**** 5381 Savannah Drive, Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 acylcb@r.postjobfree.com *http://www.safetyisparamounttea.com/public_profile
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Executive Summary
To secure a position with a dynamic company that allows me to commit responsibility for the company’s technical and administrative management of site safety and guides implementation of the behavioral processes that are intended to lead a Work Class Environmental Health and Safety Program. I am adaptable in adjusting and responding to stressful situations or task changes and have a special talent for motivating, training style, and enhancing teamwork environments while maintaining a high threshold for awareness with all levels of employee involvement. I currently hold a green belt and understand the importance of Lean Manufacturing and ISO 9001, 18000 concepts with executive development.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Safety Is Paramount! T.E.A, LLC 2010- Present Ashtabula, Ohio
Owner-Environmental, Health, and Safety Consultant! Provided Training, Accident Investigation, Evaluations, and other concerns they may have with a special emphasis on Job Specific Instructions Binders to clients in the Great Lakes Region.
AMCS Corporation/System One/Contractor 2015-2015 Ashtabula, Ohio
Contractor E, H, S Project Manager for 17 Sub-contractors in support of a 600-ton daily volume Air Separation Plant. This 68-million-dollar project came in under budget, and resulted in a 146,642 hours of no lost time and zero incidents. This project also entailed the main sub-contractor having a language barrier of Italian decent that made it very difficult for the 43-person crew to work with other contractors. Responsible for training and communicating procedures, and creating training methods that allowed for such a successful process, the project had employees welding, insulating, and installing at heights of 347 feet above the ground with use of scaffold. Helicopter delivery methods and use of man baskets.
Exterran Energy-2012-2014 Youngstown, Ohio
E,H,S Manager for new start up 38 million dollar facility that supported well over 100 employees-Responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining Behavioral based safety disciplines from corporate guidelines to meet local facility requirements. Trained all employees in OSHA 10 hour general standards as a baseline to begin the process to further team development of facility wide behavior based safety requirements that were in line with engineering controls, project management, procedural libraries relating to OSHA, PSM, RMP, EPA, NRC, RCRA, NESHAP, and other local, state, federal regulations and requirements. Lean management practices mirror the success of the programs that created a well effective safety culture plant wide. Training and development of all levels in relation to TAPROOT investigation, causal factors, equipment and best practice audits and tracking in IMPACT software and managed a 1.9 million dollar budget for * Implemented a safety committee that compiled of hourly employees who understood and bought into the safety culture and would provide the best feedback. * Implemented a network that supported 5 Global manufacturing, compression and logistical facilities housing nearly 10,000 employees, certified them with OSHA 10 & 30 hour training and a monthly video series that contributed to a record year for the company with a .092% Total Recordable Incident Rating of 1.00 goal.
US Department of Labor OSHA 2008-2009 Erie, PA
Federal Compliance Officer-Responsible for identifying potential hazards and assess the risk to employers, employees and the general public through enforcing federal compliance regulation regarding the following OSHA general duty and Construction standards, but not limited to: NFPA, Life safety Codes 101, EPA, RCRA, FDA, ANSI and Maritime compliance. Served as a Duty officer responsible for communicating to management and other team members that required assignment relating to complaint’s, or referrals from walk-in’s and phone complaints. * Regional response team member covering 5 states that support any major work place incidents or disasters. * Set a new record for a 1st year compliance officer by displaying the “can do” attitude and completing requirements that allow a compliance officer to conduct individual site inspections with 59 inspections to the standard 32 that are required annually. * Conducted 2 separate fatality investigations that resulted in multiple violations for non-compliance, and assisted the employer with making corrections for those violations.
Plastpro, Inc. 2005-2008 Ashtabula, Ohio
Environmental Health and Safety Manager: Responsible for taking corrective actions to take control of existing conditions for a new start up facility. This included identifying, implementing, creating standard safe practices, developing safety process for 3 different contractor language barriers that resulted in changing the work environment and reducing a recordable rate for a facility that had 42 recordables in the first 6 months, 118 first –aid cases. * Represented the facility as the liaison for the local, federal, and state agencies through proper permitting, for waste water, air permits for fiber-glass manufacturing, and training personnel on extensive LOTO, confined space permitting, logistical DOT shipping requirements. * Worked with Ohio BWC to create Jobs safety reassignment procedures that allow injured workers to return to work with minimal/no lost time. * Responsible for the facility security and fire suppression systems and trained with the local fire department to meet the safety requirements for response team members from chemical spills, confined space rescue, and fire suppression and Illumination support. * Audited and analyzed the safety process over a 3 year period that minimized the TRIR to a .002% rating.
United States Navy 1984-2005
Various Locations: Petty Officer First Class-Outfitted the Navy’s Finest Aircraft Carrier Supply Retail/logistics Management Department from development through implementation, provided safety and firefighting training for more than 5,700 service personnel, establishing, and maintained 3.9 million dollar operational budget supporting a community of more than 5,800 personal at sea. * Worked in a medical facility as a Safety Technician until I achieved a milestone of 1 of only 4 petty officers in the entire USN that earned the distinction and awarded the safety specialist certification, responsible for meeting JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations), NFPA, FDA, PSM,RMP,EPA, RCRA, NEC70E, OSHA, and NIOSH that supported 7 outlying clinics, 4 major food serving facilities and Medical Trauma facility that supported well over 90,000 service personnel. * Prior to position assignment the facility lost its JCAHO credentials with a score of 62% based on a minimum score of 85% prior to my arrival.* The office consisted of 3 civilian personnel (1) Manager, (1) compliance officer, (1) administrative assistant. The Navy task me to take action and control for this failure and I was placed as acting Safety Manager and set up a team of management, leadership and other supporting staff to bring medical facility to standards in a short period of 81 days ahead of the re-evaluation period of 120 days, resulting in receiving a grand score of 99.3% the highest of any organization being evaluated in the same year. * Received the US Navy Commendation medal for going above and beyond for commitment to the team. * Assigned to various ships with collateral positions for safety technician and safety petty officer responsible for not only my department regular duties but that of a department of more than 200 service personal responsible for maintaining preventive maintenance, training, and serving as a member of a repair locker as a firefighter, chemical biological warfare rescue crew and major flooding duties. * Served as a United States Navy Sea Air Rescue swimmer for 17 years, responsible for rescuing more than 850 refugees from Haiti, and other parts of the world. * Hold an inactive security clearance.
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
OSHA 10 and 30 Hour Trainer Instructor course for General Industry Standards 2013
Bachelors of Applied Science in the field of Fire Service Management, Southern Illinois University 2013
Bachelors of Science and General Studies in Safety Technology, Kent State University 2009- 2011
SMITH Driving Systems Instructor & TAPROOT Investigation Analysis course 2013
Department of Labor, Compliance Officer Programs: Legal Aspects, Oil/Gas Inspections Member 2008-2009
Department of the Navy Alcohol and Drug Prevention Specialist/Leadership Course 2004
United States Navy and Department of Defense 40 Hour ergonomics course 2001
Occupational Health and Safety Training: Hazardous Material Substance Release, Respiratory Protection, Hazardous Material (HAZMAT/HAZCOM), Safety Appraisal, General Industry Standards, Electrical Standards, National Fire Protection Agency-Life Safety Codes 101, Advanced Accident/Investigation process 1998-2001
Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Fire programs courses: Firefighting basic and Advanced. Hazardous Material Techincian-40 hour Operations, Heavy Tactical Rescue, Emergency Incident Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency Evacuation Instructor & Firefighter Trainer 1994-1998
United States Navy Sea Air Rescue Swimmer School (Graduated 4th) out of class of 81only 17 completed. 1989
U.S.N Retail Operations Management development non-electronic book-keeping transition computer based pilot programming course for fleet wide implementation, U.S.N Petty Officer Leadership Training Course, Safety Petty Officer Course, Shipboard Firefighting, basic & advanced courses. Basic Training & Advanced Seamanship courses, Quality Control Specialist, Shipboard Barber, Laundry and Dry-cleaning Specialist, Sewing School. 1984-1988
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Veterans of Foreign Wars, District Commander, representing 128,000 Veterans in Northeast Ohio 2012-2013
Ashtabula County Safety Council President representing more than 170 businesses 2006-2007
Received The United States Navy Commendation Medal award for commitment, leadership, mentorship for dedicated service to the United States Navy for 21.5 years of Honorable Service (2nd award). 2005
GEICO Insurance Company Outstanding Military Service Member’s for outstanding achievement representing the U.S.N against all other services to our Nation. 2002
Awarded Volunteer Firefighter of the Year, City of Hampton, Virginia 2000
Military Individual Unit Awards receiving 14 Service Medals, 42 Unit Citation Ribbons 1984-2005
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Access, Impact, Axiom, Taproot, Smith Systems, Share Point, First Responder, Passport Ready