Matthew E. Richard, CIH

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Mishawaka IN, 46545

574-***-****

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Objective

To lead effective environmental, safety and health program management that takes advantage of my developed skills of managing, implementing and producing written safety and health programs, interpreting environmental, safety and health regulations, complex problem solving, training employees, as well as anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling workplace hazards, or build and provide service for a production facility in the Elkhart/Saint Joseph county region.

Education

Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health, May 1995

Major: Environmental Health, Field of Study: Industrial Hygiene

Employment Experience

Satellite Suites by Satellite Industries (Bristol, IN)

Rough Electric & Plumbing, March 2023 – July 2023

Paladin Caseworks (South Bend, IN)

Carpenter, January 2023 – March 2023

Industrial Safety & Environmental Services. LLC. (Elkhart, IN)

Senior Industrial Hygienist, November 2021 – October 2022

• Consult clients on maintaining and developing industrial hygiene and safety programs.

• Inspect commercial, industrial, educational and residential structures for ACBM.

• Make recommendations to K-12 Educational clients regarding ACBM and AHERA requirements.

• Simultaneously manage multiple industrial hygiene projects.

• Compile written estimates for projects and complete them on time and within budget.

• Compile written reports for completed industrial hygiene surveys, including methodology, interpreting results,

and make recommendations for corrective actions.

• Anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control workplace hazards.

• Present seminars on OSHA related programs for OSHA 10 and 30 hour programs.

Unifrax 1, LLC (New Carlisle, IN)

Health, Safety and Environmental Engineer, March 2008 to February 2015

• Develop, maintain, edit and manage safety programs.

• Simultaneously manage multiple industrial hygiene and safety projects.

• Conduct OSHA required employee training (Respiratory Protection, Confined Space Entry & Rescue, Hearing

Conservation, Job Hazard Analysis, Control of Hazardous Energy, Powered Industrial Vehicles…).

• Develop, train employees on and implement serious accident prevention project.

• Lead expert in the safety culture change implementation with direction from DuPont Sustainable Solutions.

• Lead contact and facilitator for DuPont Sustainable Solutions safety improvement program.

BAE Systems (Louisville, KY)

Senior Industrial Hygienist and Safety Specialist, January 2006 to March 2008

• Develop, maintain, edit and manage industrial hygiene and safety programs and equipment.

• Simultaneously manage multiple industrial hygiene and safety projects.

• Review accident investigation reports, perform root cause analysis, determine corrective actions and

communicate learning experiences.

• Conduct OSHA required employee training (Respiratory Protection, Confined Space Entry & Rescue, Hearing

Conservation, Job Hazard Analysis, Control of Hazardous Energy, Powered Industrial Vehicles…).

• Conduct safety, health and environmental site audits, inspections and evaluations (RAB Certified ISO 14,001).

• Issue service requests and recommend corrective action if needed.

• Inspect and sample suspect Asbestos Containing Building Materials and advise on appropriate action.

• Chair the Management Safety Steering Committee and the Office Safety Committee.

• Actively participate in the Joint Union Management Safety Committee.

• Active in Confined Space Rescue and Emergency Medical Response including 1st Aid and CPR.

Grauvogel & Associates (Granger/Mishawaka, IN)

Project Manager / Certified Industrial Hygienist, April 2002 to January 2006, President, Certified Industrial Hygienist / Owner, February 2015 – November 2021

• Consult clients on maintaining and developing industrial hygiene and safety programs.

• Simultaneously manage multiple industrial hygiene projects.

• Conduct OSHA required employee training (Respiratory Protection, Confined Space, Hearing Conservation).

• Compile written estimates for projects and complete them on time and within budget.

• Compile written reports for completed industrial hygiene surveys, including methodology, interpreting results,

and make recommendations for corrective actions.

• Anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control workplace hazards.

• Present seminars on OSHA related programs.

• Train, instruct and supervise employees.

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (South Bend, IN)

Laboratory Technician, January 2001 to April 2002

• Compile and implement written OSHA programs and train employees.

• Safety Team member, supervise safety related projects, monitor PPE daily and other safety and health related

work practices.

Hammond Group, Inc. (Hammond, IN)

Environmental Assistant, October 1997 to January 2001

• Develop sampling strategy plan for OSHA compliance monitoring.

• Suggest and evaluate engineering, administrative, and/or work practice controls to reduce exposure.

• Conduct and supervise quarterly air lead monitoring at all production, shipping, laboratory, maintenance and

supervisor operations at two separate facilities.

• Conduct OSHA compliance monitoring at 4 industrial facilities.

• Sample for Indiana Department of Environmental Management compliance on fugitive airborne lead.

• Compile Health, Safety and Hygiene training videos for all production jobs.

• Head meetings for Health, Safety and Hygiene training.

• Conduct verification monitoring and audits to evaluate the effectiveness of the Health, Safety and Hygiene

training program.

• Quantify employee exposures for all production jobs for different activities through traditional sampling and the

Video Exposure Monitoring Technique.

• Write reports for all sampling results using Microsoft Word, Excel, Corel Word Perfect and/or Quattro Pro.

James, Anderson & Associates (Okemos, MI)

Noise Analysis Specialist, September 1995 to September 1997

• Monitor production, maintenance and production support jobs in GM and Ford assembly, foundry, stamping

and machining plants in North America.

• Collect noise data using the Task Based Exposure Assessment Method (T-BEAM).

• Train and supervise employees in the above program.

• Create dose calculation sheets for multiple criterion at exchange rates of 3dB and 5dB.

• Determine representative exposure groups.

• Advise clientele on administrative decisions for Hearing Conservation and Hearing Loss Prevention Programs.

• Generate reports, spread sheets, and presentation tools using MS Office.

• Help manage the world’s largest noise exposure data base.

• Head opening and closing meetings with clientele.

• Represent the technical group of the TQM program for meetings and development.

Purdue University, ASHRAE Research Project (West Lafayette, IN)

Data Collector, November 1994 to July 1995

• Collect airborne bacteria using 3, 5 and 7 stage impactors.

• Collect personal sampling relevant to OHSA / ACGIH standards.

• Train and supervise employees throughout the project.

Registrations and Memberships:

Certified Industrial Hygienist: Comprehensive Practice (2002-2022)

Indiana/HUD Accredited Lead-Based Paint Inspector and Assessor (2003)

IDEM Accredited Asbestos Building Inspector (2004), Management Planner (2015) & Project Designer (2017)

Kentucky Commonwealth Accredited Asbestos Building Inspector (2006)

ASSE (Michiana Chapter 2002-2006, Louisville Chapter 2006-2009; Vice President-Professional Development)

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienist (2002)

References: (Additional references are available upon request)

Lawrence W. Grauvogel, President, Grauvogel & Associates, 574-***-****

Eric Zaban, CIH,CSP Regional Industrial Hygiene Manager, MIOSHA 517-***-****

Mark Volkmann, Environmental Coordinator, Hammond Group Incorporated, 219-***-****

Neil J. Zimmerman, Ph.D., P.E., CIH, Associate Professor of Industrial Hygiene, Purdue University, 765-***-****.

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