Safety Management

SUMMARY

Member of the Executive Leadership Team on three multi-billion dollar complex mega-projects in difficult international environments

Industry leading safety results: LTIR of 0.03 and TRIF of 0.30 or less

Proactive, friendly, advisory management style makes Safety “real” and understandable to Boots-on-the-Ground, contractors, and the C-Suite

Fluent in best-of-class international safety standards

Hardworking, innovative, and adaptive

Excellent problem-solving, team-building and leadership skills in diverse and challenging business environments

High quality, cost-effective, accurate results delivered well within expected time frames

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Orchestrated a Zero-Injury Safety Culture that slashed the cost of injuries from $1 to $0.02 per man-hour within a three year period.

Originated, received Board of Directors’ Approval and Administrated “a life enhancement program” that changed the lives of over 20,000 craftsmen, increasing productivity by 10% and resulting in savings of more than $100 million over the life of the project.

Co-Conducted Client’s Safety Health Environmental & Security effort, which resulted in over 100,000,000 man-hours w/o Lost Time Injury (LTI) between Barzan Onshore / Offshore projects.

Achieved 30,000,000 man-hours LTI free from Nov 2000 to May of 2001 in Saudi Aramco.

Guided the energies that exceeded 364 days without a LTI for a seismic crew in the Nigerian delta in 1990, breaking existing company records.

Directed and steered the effort that change the worst man-camp into the best man-camp in Ras Laffan following a riot.

Re-designed Man-Camp kitchens (two 9,000pp per meal, serving five nationality) to improve process flow by 50% and reduce cross contamination by 66%.

Led Health and Safety efforts on several projects with over 10 million man-hours without a LTI.

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Reputation for spearheading Health and Safety Management by effectively communicating and building teamwork at every level of an organization and project; more than 20 years of commercial and industrial safety management experience in USA, Germany, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Dubai, Iraq, and South Korea. Proficient and comfortable in multi-cultural and multi-national working environments.

Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to:

• Total personal commitment and point of contact for all environmental, health, safety, training and security Issues

Personally ensure that all areas of projects are examined to identify / mitigate hazards

Advise and mentor client and contractor safety personnel

100’s of thorough incident investigations using Tap-Root, 5-Whys, and Systems Model

Contractor Management Skills

oSpearheaded safety oversight for multiple contractors working in various regions throughout the world that led to a culture where unsafe behavior was not accepted by the boots-on-the-ground

oProvided Safety Leadership during Bidding, Construction, Commissioning and Startup phases, as well as during turnarounds of major oil refineries and chemical plants throughout the world

oReviewed and revised contractors’ site specific SHE&S policies and procedures to meet the client requirements and audited those procedures during project execution.

oInfluenced, monitored and coached EPC Contractors and Subcontractors to implement required SHE&S procedures

Personnel Management

oOver 25+ years in personnel management

oDirect staff sizes up to 22 environmental, health, safety (EHS) professionals of multiple nationalities over multiple time-zones

oIndirect (including contractors and their sub’s) over 500+ (EHS) professionals

Safety Management Systems

oSet-Up Safety Management Systems from golden shovel to full handover

oDrafted ExxonMobil Iraq Limited (EMIL) policies along with project-wide plans, including: EMIL Safety Management System, EMIL PPE policy, Project Safety Plan, Project Emergency Response Plan, Safety Cases including (evacuations, employee and third party disturbances, H2S Small/Large leak, Tank Gauge Monitoring, etc.)

oContinued development of safety culture by instituting weekly management walkabouts, safety incentives, supervisors’ skills training, and multiple craftsman-involvement programs

oOrchestrated Project Safety efforts during FEED, Detailed Engineering and Construction phases in Houston, Dubai, and on-site in Iraq (over 270,000 air-miles earned per year)

oApplied work force hazard-mitigating controls to eliminate risks

oCo-led the SIMOPS efforts on the QatarGas 2 project.

oCompleted over ten contractor’s total system audits

oCoordinated, reviewed and audited 80+ contractor site specific HSE policies and procedures

oProvided all close-out documentation to Operations and Maintenance

• Teaching

oAble to teach classes for multinational/multicultural work forces on Incident Management, Investigation and Documentation, Confined Space, Line of Fire, Ergonomics, Fall Protection, Cultural Awareness, etc.

oTaught safety professionals how to interview, investigate and document incidents.

Project team experience includes Senior Leadership Team, SIMOPS, Executive Management Incident Management Team, and others, etc.

Investigated a major fire incident (within the Green-Zone, Baghdad Iraq), as a result of a personal request of executive management, determined the cause, made recommendations, and provided a close out report (Fire extinguishers during their servicing were re-loaded with 50/50 mix of fire retardant and flour/baby powder.)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TAG-U-R-IT, LLC

Kingwood, Texas

Owner, Safety Consulting Company Jun. 2016 – Present

NAG Project operated by ExxonMobil

Houston, Texas

Safety Team Advisor May 2015– May 2016

(Contracted via NES Global)

Increasing capacity of current polyethylene plant by four times

Barzan Offshore Project operated by RasGas/Exxon Mobil

Doha, Qatar and Ulsan, South Korea

Offshore SHE&S Manager for Barzan LNG May 2012 – Jan 2015

(Contracted via LA Recruitment)

Construction, HUC up / Commissioning and turnover of three 3000+ ton un-manned well-head platforms and additional living quarters ($2.4Billon estimated TIC) in the HHI yards in Ulsan, Korea, as well as the pipeline from onshore plant to beach ESV and from the ESV to the wellhead locations in Doha, Qatar

West Qurna 1 Project operated by Exxon Mobil

Dubai, UAE /Basra, Iraq / Houston, Texas

Project Safety Advisor Oct 2010 – May 2012

(Contracted via Brunel Energy)

Re-building of existing Iraqi oil field infrastructure (estimated TIC of $28Billion)

QATARGAS 2

Doha, Qatar

On-Shore SHE&S Manager / Safety Superintendent (staff) March 2005 – Oct 2010

A greenfield/brownfield project (estimated TIC of $5Billion) in Ras Laffan City, Qatar. Construction of onshore inlet and receiving facilities, utilities, two LNG Trains (7.8 MTA each), two Marine LNG Loading Berths, five 144,000m3 LNG storage tanks, and accommodation camps for approx. 22,500 workers.

At project peak, more than 28,800 workers were on site, earning over 1.8million+ man-hours per week. Over 240 million man-hours worked at project completion. Achieved a cumulative LTIFR of 0.03 and a TRIF of 0.33 for the entire project

Note: Hired as Safety Advisor, promoted to Safety Supervisor (May 2006), to Safety Superintendent (Feb 2008), to SHE&S Manager during project closeout (Oct 2009).

Suncor Energy – Denver/Colorado, Saudi Aramco - Jeddah/Saudi Arabia,

M.A. Mortenson - Denver/Colorado, Western Geophysical - Warri/Nigeria,

Various HSE&S positions Jan 1989 – Feb 2005

Various SHE&S related responsibilities

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Science in Physics South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Certified Safety Professional (CSP) (#15117) Re-certified 2008, 2013

Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST-9688) Nov 2016

Certificate in Executive Safety Management (ASSE 2011)

Certificate in Safety Management (ASSE 2009)

Platte Canyon Fire Department (Volunteer)

ASSE and AIHA Conferences OSHA Hazwoper Supervisor Crane Safety

Behavior Based Safety Electrical Safety Six Sigma

Zero Injury Trainer Total Quality Management Radiation Safety

DuPont Safety Course (STOP) Dale Carnegie Course Master Scuba Diver (PADI)

Tap Root – Member EMS First Responder Ergonomics

Heat Stress Foreign Corruption Act Incident Investigation

BOSIT Fall Protection vPSI

Professional affiliations, presentations, publications

Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers

Advisory Board for the Occupational Safety Minor Program at SDSM&T (2007-present)

3rd Annual HSE Forum in the ME Oil and Gas

“Lessons Learned from Operation of QG2 RLIC Work Camp”

Colorado Chapter of ASSE Monthly Meeting

“Working as a Safety Professional in an Oversea Assignment”

Technical Reviewer – “Construction Safety Management and Engineering” Textbook,

Edited by Darryl C. Hill, ASSE

Rewrote M.A. Mortenson Corporate Safety Manual

Construction Safety Management, Health, Environmental, Hazard Identification / Mitigation, Security, Team Building, EPC, LNG, Commissioning, Change Management, Coaching / Mentoring Contractors, Camp Construction and Management, Culture Changer, Leadership, Management, BBS, Oil & Gas, Ergonomics, DuPont STOP course, vPSI, Brown and Green Field, Project Management, Radiation Safety, Crane Safety, PSM, Incident Investigation, Tap Root, 5 Why, Work Management, Auditing, On Shore, Offshore, Gate Process, Multiple Project Locations, SIMOPS, Pipelines, National, International, Long Distance, multiple time zones, Offshore and On-Shore Marine Construction, and Contractor Yard Construction

***COPIES OF ALL ABOVE MENTIONED DIPLOMAS / CERTIFICATES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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