Nick A Nixon

Houston, TX ***** add1g0@r.postjobfree.com 956-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/nick-nixon-b6630a43

Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Environmental, Health and Safety Management Professional with International and Domestic companies in Construction, Manufacturing, Petrochemical and Energy Production industries. Within these realms, my background includes Turnarounds, Operations, Refurbishment, DOT Hazardous Transportation and Gas Separation.

Areas of Expertise

Tap Root / Cause Analysis

Risk Assessment

ISNET, PEC, Safeland

OSHA

Contract Management

Drug and Alcohol Admin

DOT

Occupational Health

Microsoft Office

Process Safety Management

COVID-19 Response Management

ISO Systems and Auditing

Manufacturing Machinery Safety

Six Sigma

Management of Change

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Rubicon Oilfield International – Lucerne ST Facility, Houston, TX and Tulsa, OK

Health Safety Security and Environmental Manager, September 2019 to April 15, 2020

Safety Management Planning for two manufacturing facilities that included machining (CNC and Lathes), maintenance, warehouse for oil-field equipment.

Update of Safety Management System procedures, implementation and training.

Developed and implemented Safety Committee program and improved Safety Culture thru Opportunities for Improvement (OFI) Program.

Nu-Devco Partners – Houston, TX

Environmental Health and Safety Manager, 2014 to 2019

Development, implementation and management of all Safety and Health programs for proposed development of small refineries, DOT pipelines and trucking and ancillary power production.

Development, implementation and management of Environmental permitting, operations and disposal programs.

Assisted company in gaining large clients (BP, OXY AND EOG) based on the improvement in safety and management processes.

Linde Engineering North America – Houston, TX

Manager of Environmental Health and Safety, 2010 to 2014

Providing leadership in three levels of the company: Manufacturing, Construction and Corporate HSE Management.

Managed transition of manufacturing facility to Health, Safety and Environmental programs from new corporate structure.

Developed strategies and implemented Health, Safety and Environmental programs for growing construction section of company, based on European model of global parent company.

Auditing, Risk Management and Communications between multiple offices and sites.

Incident Investigation and Reporting to multiple layers of Corporate structure.

Training of employees in Corporate mandates and ideology.

Also included were management of Industrial Hygiene assets, site HSE managers, contractor HSE management and administrative staff.

HSE Manager – 300+ employees, two offices, two facilities and 12 construction sites

·Construction HSE Manager – Six Site HSE Managers, Multiple Contract Construction companies

·HSE Coordinator – 150+ employees, Site HSE Manager, multiple minor construction sites with limited contractors

Multiple Power Plants / Multiple Companies – TX, AZ, AR

Environmental Health and Safety Manager, 2001 to 2010

While employed by several companies at three different facilities, my experience included construction, commissioning and operation. Each included different challenges including third party management, owner-operator United States companies and operator owned by European companies. Each required different management styles and techniques. As the Site HSE Manager or Coordinator, tasked to handle:

Construction, Commissioning and Operation HSE

oMultiple contractors and sub-contractors

oHigh elevation work

oNatural gas operations

oHydrogen gas generator cooling operations

oMultiple crane operations

o24 hour / seven day or Du Pont work schedules

oOperating systems including hazardous chemicals

oWater treatment for steam and cooling

oNatural gas combustion turbines

Safety and Contractor Coordination for turnaround activities

Endangered Species identification, protection and removal

EPA requirements reporting and monitoring

High Voltage (500 to 230kV) Lock Out – Tag Out systems

PSM / Quality Control for modifications of systems

Management of Change systems

Management of safety for maintenance teams

Management of Workman Compensation issues

Training First Aid, AED and CPR

Extreme Heat Operations Safety Program

Incident Investigation, Root Cause Analysis and Lessons Learned

Disciplinary activity as part of a management team for different issues

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality / Water, Air and Hazardous Waste

Inspector, 1994 to 2001

Tenure with the Department included six years concentrated on NPDES discharge permits and two years Title V permits. Annual inspection of major facilities and complaint investigations were basis of work but included:

Hazardous Material Incident Response and Management

Activity coordination with Regional EPA Teams

Minor source inspection

Water Quality Sampling of impacted streams, rivers and lakes

Assisting Hazardous Waste and Solid Waste divisions with inspection and observation of violation sites

Trained in information gathering and testifying for legal proceedings

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

BS BIOLOGY / SPRING 1992

ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY

CERTIFICATE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH / FALL 2012

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE OR LEADERSHIP

Certified Environmental and Safety Compliance Officer - NREP

American Society of Safety Professionals

United States Junior Chamber (multiple cities)

USSF, High School and College Certified Soccer Referee

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