Safety Manager Site

ANKITKUMAR PATEL, M.S., ASP

*************@*****.*** 856-***-**** LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ankitkumar-patel-baa40179/ EDUCATION Western Kentucky University - Bowling green, KY Aug 2016 - Dec 2018 Masters in environmental & Occupational Health Science; GPA (Cumulative): 4.0 Sardar Patel University, Karamsad – Gujarat, India Aug 2007 - May 2013 Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery; GPA (Cumulative): 3.41 WORK EXPERIENCE

AMAZON Feb 2019 – Sep 2024

Site Lead Safety Manager – AR Sortable FC, 4000 employees Dec 2022 – Sep 2024 Multi-Site WHS Manager – Physical Retail Stores Midwest Jan 2021 – Dec 2022 Site WHS Manager - Fulfillment Center, 1600 employees July 2020 – Jan 2021 Safety Specialist – Fulfillment Center, 1600 employees Feb 2019 – June 2020

• Promoted to Site Safety Manager from Site safety specialist within 18 months due to superior performance and completing multiple projects successfully, bringing in site-wide compliance.

• Promoted to Site Lead Safety Manager from Site Safety Manager within 3 years due to exceeding performance, developing multiple safety professionals, launching multiple sites, onboarding and training external hire safety managers as well as executing multiple projects successfully.

• Audited and managed recordkeeping related to incidents/injury investigation, employee training, OSHA 300 log, Worker’s Compensation case claims. Partnered with Workers Compensation, Accommodation team as well as Legal team to ensure all requirements are fulfilled related to an injury and associate involved it, ultimately providing better customer experience to associates.

• Partnered with local and federal agencies such as OSHA and EPA to ensure Sites follow local, state, and federal safety regulations and maintain required compliance.

• Overseeing and providing guidance to teams of 14-20 Safety professionals to ensure they are achieving site- wide goals and objectives. Creating developmental plans for the team of safety team professionals, conducting monthly meetings to ensure their professional growth, and building a well-functioning team.

• Ensured Site-wide compliance is maintained for various policies such as Emergency Management, Fire Prevention, PIT, Storm water, Regulated Waste and others through conducting required audits and inspections.

• Lead Safety personnel in launching and sustaining 11 multiple Amazon Fresh Stores in NA Midwest region, conducting multiple pre-launch Store walkthrough’s along with other management teams to ensure Store meets all the Amazon, State and Federal regulatory compliance requirements. Confirming all the findings are addressed and corrected by appropriate management teams before the launch of Stores.

• Analyzed EHS metrics and reviewed injury/incident weekly and monthly trends to rationalize the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where Safety risk is highest and implementing required corrective measures.

• Provided required Safety training and at the same auditing the quality, delivery (including qualifications of the trainer), and effectiveness of all required WHS training and ensuring site leadership and Associates are trained under required policy.

• Performed Risk assessments of existing policies & procedures, processes, trainings and others to take necessary mitigating measures and establishing safety working environment.

• Sole Lead in establishing Hazmat & Non-hazmat donation process at the site resulting in $100,000 worth of donations within a week to the Local community & Sheriff’s Department which established strong community partnership.

• Provided guidance and oversight to multiple Amazon Fresh Stores in creating, implementing and sustaining various safety programs such emergency response, fire prevention, lock out tag out, hazardous waste management and others to ensure compliance with Environmental, State, Federal permitting, and regulations. INGERSOLL RAND May 2018 – Aug 2018

Environmental, Health & Safety Intern – Remanufacturing Plant Project 1: Updated Safety Data Sheets (SDS) on MSDS online after surveying Floor, Tool Crib and Chemical lab for all chemicals present on site – Resulted in bringing the site under compliance regarding SDS, many expired and hazardous chemicals discovered in the flammable cabinet which were then discarded by appropriate means, corrected behavior of employees working on the floor about using flammable cabinets for required chemicals. Project 2: Inspected functionality of E-stops present on all equipment on site as an E-stop failure has resulted in a Near Miss incident – All E-stops were inspected during which few E-stop failures were discovered and fixed thus making the site safer.

Project 3: Created a Job Safety Analysis for GP compressor Assembly line – To make the assembly process more ergonomically JSA was created in which there was a change in the procedure of introducing screws in the rotor housing.

Project 4: Conducted Monthly safety training on various important safety topics – Increased knowledge and improved behaviors among employee by holding training sessions on various safety topics. Project 5: Completed Record retentions for EHS documents for the site - Obtained Retention policy for Ingersoll Rand from their SOP procedures. Extracted retention policy pertaining to EHS and segregated documents based on the policy resulting in increase in Site compliance during Internal Audits. Additional responsibilities included:

• Conducted daily Ergonomic and Behavior Based surveys while coaching employees on their behavior correction.

• Performed weekly and monthly inspections of sprinklers, PIV, paint booth, eye wash station.

• Reviewed various permits and policies such as SWPP, Air and Wastewater treatment to ensure site complies with regulations.

Graduate Assistant at Western Kentucky University Feb 2018 – December 2018

• Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Environment Science.

• Assisted faculty in occupational safety and health, and environmental research with data entry and analysis: GAMBIA LEAD STUDY & DIXIE FIREFIGHTER STUDY.

• Assisted on firefighter health research and exposure assessments for carcinogens.

• Poster Presented at KPHA 2018 Conference – “A Survey to Assess Occupational Exposures of Volunteer and Career Firefighters at a Fire School in Kentucky”

• Performed Stream assessments, habitat assessment and created projects.

• Volunteered in Epidemiological Health Survey with Green River District Health Department, Owensboro, KY Consultant Doctor/Assistant Doctor at Dr. Bhavesh Patel’s Clinic, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. May 2013 – Mar 2016

• Diagnosed and treated health related disorders, reviewed patient’s medical history.

• Attended ward rounds, writing home prescriptions for patients.

• Referring patients to specialists that need special attention for their illness. CERTIFICATES

• OSHA 30hr General Industry Outreach Program

• OSHA 30hr Construction Safety Program

• OSHA HAZWOPER 40-

hour

• NFPA 70E Standard for Electric Safety

• ASSOCIATE SAFETY PROFESSIONAL (ASP)

• CERTIFIED SAFETY PROFESSIONAL (CSP) in

progress.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Committed and dependable.

• Exceptional professional & strong communication skills.

• Skilled at multitasking, excellent time management.

• Ability to maintain composure under stressful conditions.

• Proficient at quickly learning new company policies and procedures.

• Proficient in software tools: SPSS, Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook, Gensuite, Austin and CAMEO.

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