Loss Prevention Safety Director
Resume:
Robert K. Gardner
Provo, Utah 84604
Home Phone: 801-***-****
Cell: 801-***-****
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Executive Summary
Executive Consultant/Safety Director with a proven track record of facilitating employee teams in organizations dedicated to improving safety processes and overall performance. Pro-active in assisting companies in developing world-class safety processes, reducing workplace risk, incidents & injuries and developing safety leaders. Well recognized as an industry leader in utilizing progressive behavioral, risk assessment & leadership approaches to improve workplace safety.
Professional Objective
An executive consulting/safety director position with a growing company open to best practice strategies with a firm commitment to improving organizational safety performance to a best practice level. I am looking for real opportunities for personal career growth with either short-term or long-term career opportunities. Related Experience:
2018-2023, Utah Safety Council, Salt Lake City, Utah, Safety Consultant & Training Instructor www.utahsafetycouncil.org
• Provided best practice consulting for member companies seeking assistance with a wide variety of safety & health workplace concerns. Utilized many years of experience and expertise to assist companies in solving real world safety challenges.
• Provided safety and health training on a wide range of safety topics utilizing National Safety Council and Utah Safety Council training materials. An emphasis has always been on OSHA regulations and safety resources along with other trusted and well-respected safety resources such as the ASSP, NIOSH, RMCOEH, etc.
• A few of the specific courses taught include: Advanced Safety Certificate Courses, Principles of Occupational Safety & Health-POSH, Behavioral Safety, Safety Leadership, Safety Climate & Safety Culture, Risk Assessment, Reasonable Suspicion, Cost of Injuries, OSHA 10 & 30 Hour, NFPA 70E, Occupational Safety Essentials, etc.) 2000-2021, Liberty Mutual Group, Boston, MA., Technical Loss Prevention Consultant. www.libertymutual.com
• Provided best practice loss prevention consultation services to large regional
& national customers such as UPS, Disney, Oldcastle Materials Group, Amtrak, Morgan Stanley, HJ Heinz, Major Drilling, Hard Rock Café, The Brinks Company, SkyWest Airlines, Intermountain Healthcare-IHC, Milliken, etc.
• Assisted these large national customers in the development and continuous improvement of their safety systems, employee teams and loss prevention initiatives.
• Specialized in working with cross-functional employee teams using behavioral principles to reduce risk, enhance safety processes, improve operational effectiveness and develop leadership capabilities. Numerous creative breakthrough improvements have come about due to this direct employee involvement.
• Selected & served as one of a select group of Liberty Mutual Loss Prevention Consultants nationwide to provide Liberty Mutual’s highest level of loss prevention services to companies willing to strive for world-class performance. Oldcastle Materials Group. (Performance Leadership/Safety Leadership Team)
• Awarded many Liberty Mutual Bravo Awards for exceptional performance in assisting customers achieve their objectives in reducing risk and enhancing their operational performance.
• Served as the Mountain Region Practice Leader for Liberty Mutual’s Organizational Practices Process from 2004 through 2021.
• One 2004 construction company’s team effort was selected as the best example in the USA. This implementation is still being used by Liberty Mutual Risk Control Services as “The Gold Standard” example across the country.
• Presently served on American Society of Safety Engineers – ASSP Utah Chapter Executive Committee as the BYU Student Liaison.
• Served on the Advisory Board of the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational & Environmental Health in Salt Lake City, Utah from 2007-2021. This NIOSH Research Center has been # 1 ranked out of 17 in the USA for several years.
• Have served on faculty of several safety conferences and shared presentations at many safety conferences. (Behavior Safety Now, Utah Conference on Safety & Industrial Hygiene, National Safety Council, ASSE-Denver Symposium, Rocky Mountain Health and Safety Conference and Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health Conference – GOSH.)
1987-2000, Trojan Corporation/Ensign Bickford Co., Simsbury CT., Safety, Health
& Training Manager. www.ensign-bickfordind.com
• Developed a progressive site-specific safety, health & training system utilized in four locations including Spanish Fork, Utah, Louviers, Colorado, Wolf Lake, Illinois and Dynamita, Mexico.
• Organized and led a Safety Committee that got employees closest to the risk directly involved in meaningful safety work to reduce risk, injuries and provide required safety training.
• Awarded the Utah Safety Council’s “Individual Achievement in Safety Award” in 1998. This award is presented each year in recognition of being the top safety professional in the state.
• While at Ensign-Bickford, led safety improvement efforts that resulted in being awarded “The Utah Labor Commission’s Workplace Safety Award” in 1998. (This was the only Explosives Company to ever win this prestigious award.)
• As a result of continuous improvement efforts in safety, worker’s compensation costs dropped from an annual high of approximately $500K to sustained levels of approximately $25K.
• Established and solidified strong working relationships with the Utah Labor Commission (UOSH), Utah Safety Council, The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational & Environmental Health, State of Utah Comprehensive Emergency Management Group, the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), local Fire Departments, local Police Departments, other regulatory and emergency response organizations.
• Developed and implemented site & industry specific programs for incident & injury prevention, wellness, audits/inspections, safety awards, OSHA reporting, OSHA compliance, worker’s compensation, and Process Safety Management (PSM).
• Developed and implemented a wide variety of site and industry specific standard operating procedures giving employees specific step-by-step instructions on various manufacturing, safe handling, and industrial operation tasks.
• Developed a repetitive motion injury prevention process that included improved engineering controls, advanced training and behavior improvement elements. Networking with medical providers on developing & implementing best practice exercise & stretching techniques was a major part of this effort.
• Had a leading role in starting up a new Explosives manufacturing facility in Louviers, Colorado. Safety and standard operating procedure training and oversight were at the heart of this effort.
1976-1987, Trojan Corporation, Spanish Fork, Utah, Manufacturing Supervisor
• Worked way up through the organization from a manufacturing labor position through quality assurance, lab-technician and later into the manufacturing supervision role. This experience has been instrumental in gaining key insights into day-to-day workplace issues. A more in-depth and comprehensive understanding of workplace concerns and safety challenges faced by workers was gained.
• This experience helped me more fully understand the perspective of those closest to the risk and the necessity of involving them in improvement efforts.
• Managed daily manufacturing, material handling, transportation and compliance activities with entire operation and facility oversight responsibilities. Training & Education
Certifications & Professional Designations:
• Associate Risk Manager (ARM)
• National Safety Council Advanced Safety Certificate
• DuPont Safety Management Certification
• Primatech Process Safety Management (PHA) Certificate
• BST-Behavioral Safety Training Certification
• Liberty Mutual – Behavior Based Safety – Performance Leadership
• ADI – Behavioral Safety
(Other certifications available upon request.)
Training: Safety
• Liberty Mutual – Risk Control Consultant – Research Center
• Utah Labor Commission/OSHA Certified Outreach Trainer – General Industry & Construction
• Utah Safety Council/National Safety Council
• Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational & Environmental Health
• State of Utah Comprehensive Emergency Management – CEM
• Emergency Action Plan Incident Commander/Trainer Hazwoper
• CERT Team Certification
Training: Other
• Franklin Covey Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – In-House Trainer
• ISO 9000 – Quality Systems & Auditor
• Managerial Design – Team Facilitator Training
• World Class Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement – Ensign-Bickford
(Kaizen, JIT, Kanban, 5S, Lean)
Education:
• Behavioral Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
• Behavioral Science, Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah Professional References:
John Wojciechowski
President
Utah Safety Council
Kurt Hegmann
Director
RMCOEH
Doug Handy
Retired Consultant
Liberty Mutual Ins
Ben Graham Chris Kinnersley
Exec VP Safety & HR Exec VP HR
Major Drilling Staker Parson
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