Environmental, Health and Safety (CSP)

SKILLS

Continuous improvement of safety management system

Implement EHS standards

Conduct EHS compliance audits/reviews

Measure key EHS metrics

Permit and regulatory compliance

Deploy safety initiatives

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sasol, Tucson, AZ

Safety, Health, Environmental & Security (SHES) Specialist (Management Team Member), 2020 to Present

•Manage all SHES related matters and assist the Occupational Health Department with medical surveillance, respirator fit testing, random drug screening, air and noise monitoring, and lighting measurements

•Manage the budget for all SHES items

•Responsible for writing and maintaining the SHES programs, policies, and procedures per Process Safety Management (PSM) standards and Management of Change (MOC)

•Complete all required reporting for environmental permits (Multi-Sector General Stormwater Non-Mining [SWPPP and SPCC], Air Operating Permit [Class II], and VSQG Hazardous Waste Generation Permit); and communicate with all regulatory agencies at city, state, county, federal, and corporate levels; and complete all required reporting to include the EPA TSCA-Chemical Data Report

•Regular compliance inspections of all mechanical and safety equipment, and safety related practices to include: LOTO, Permit-Required Confined Space Entry, Hot Work, Fall Protection/Elevated Work, Crane & Hoist Rigging, Electrical, HAZCOM, PPE, Respirator, Hearing Conservation, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), etcetera

•Write and conduct all SHES training plantwide and Contractor Safety training

•Manage the Approved Vendor List and evaluate bids

•Conduct ISO 9001:2015, Responsible Care Management System (RCMS), and corporate compliance audits

•Manage Emergency Management Program to include preparation/awareness, drills, and execution of pre-plans

•Conduct incident investigations, write flash notifications, enter data into Velocity EHS database, and implement corrective actions

•Maintain SHES Scorecard of performance measurements by monitoring KPIs/metrics for continuous improvement, in the SAP SuPM database

•Write Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), PPE Assessments, and Risk Assessments for all job tasks or processes

•Maintain RCMS Risk Register, annual Objectives & Targets, and Goals

•Hold monthly safety team meetings, track and manage safety card suggestions to completion, and have weekly safety tailgate meetings with field personnel

•Accomplishment: Created an annual SHES compliance calendar with regulatory citations

•Accomplishment: Compiled a plantwide comprehensive waste stream profile spreadsheet with: profile numbers, name, type, unit of measure, price, category, TSDF, and dates

•Accomplishment: Zero OSHA recordables, and zero Notices of Violation (NOVs)

Pima County- Health Department, Tucson, AZ

Workforce Development Program Coordinator, 2018 to 2020 Reason for Leaving: Promotion

•Departmental strategic planning for national accreditation

•Oversee departmental Employee Holistic Wellness Program

•Manage over 40 interns for the Academic Health Program

•Organize and communicate community outreach events to promote departmental programs and services

•Coordinate departmental environmental, health and safety (EHS) compliance

•Provide training and professional development for new employees using the Learning Management System (LMS)

•Accomplishment: Create a database using Volgistics software to manage volunteers/interns through the entire life cycle

•Accomplishment: Prepare a Performance Management logic model for an Employee Holistic Wellness Program including a 3-year action plan for the design, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of the new program

Pima County- Finance and Risk Management Department, Tucson, AZ

Safety & Health Loss Control Officer, 2011 to 2018 Reason for Leaving: department dissolved

•Participated in the management of a county-wide safety, health and environmental loss control program applying techniques to effectively reduce risk, supporting 16 departments with a total of ~2000 employees

•Managed departmental programs to include but not limited to: Bloodborne Pathogen, Confined Space, Hearing Conservation, Respiratory Protection, Emergency Response, HAZCOM, Lockout Tagout, Fall Protection, Fire Protection, Environmental, Construction Safety, Safety Data Sheets, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Trenching & Excavation

•Assisted departments with managing programs such as: Third Party Liability, Property Loss, Workers Compensation, Occupational Medicine and the Driving Program

•Planned, developed, implemented, assessed and audited written safety, health and environmental programs, procedures and policies

•Performed on-site inspections and gap analysis audits to ensure compliance with federal, state and local occupational safety and health regulations including international fire codes, NEC, NIOSH and NFPA

•Participated in incident investigations to facilitate identification of primary and secondary causes leading to effective injury/illness prevention actions, and assisted with incident investigation training of supervisors and managers

•Analyzed incident data to identify causation, trends and make recommendations based on the assessment to reduce occupational/liability exposure and improve safety program implementation

•Provided technical training to departmental employees, supervisors and management on topics related to their department's safety, health and environmental responsibilities using LMS and SkillSoft

•Organized and lead monthly departmental safety team meetings with assigned departments to provide feedback, assist in problem solving and promote employee involvement

•Wrote Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) for assigned county departments identifying the safety hazards within each job task, severity ratings and how to mitigate them

•Determined worker exposure to industrial hygiene risks through field assessments and air or noise monitoring and work to reduce exposures if required

•Inspected asbestos building remediation projects and sampled for any suspect materials, while overseeing and coordinating efforts of outside consultants and remediation contractors

•Accomplishment: Authored and implemented a county-wide Safety Performance Data Analysis Dashboard to maintain accurate OSHA record keeping and statistics to include DART and TRIR reports

•Accomplishment: Helped roll out an Employee Wellness Stretching and Flexing program county-wide reducing muscular-skeletal type injuries with an indirect savings

PrevCom International LLC, Tucson, AZ

Associate, 2012-2013 Reason for Leaving: side contract - contract ended

•Researched Provincial-New Foundland, Canadian and ANSI standards for fall protection compliance in the mining industry

•Created a database to track financial accrual reporting necessary to estimate monthly and projected expenses per contract

John Crane Co., Morton Grove, IL

Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator, 2010-2011 Reason for Leaving: moved from Illinois to Arizona

•Managed over 50 sites in the Americas overseeing their Environmental Health and Safety Regulatory Compliance Programs

•Developed EHS requirements calendars and regulatory registers with cross references to applicable statues/standards, prepared and negotiated all required federal/state/local reports or permits (Waste Water Discharge Permit, Storm Water Permit, General NPDES Permit, Lifetime Operating Permit [VOC and NOx], Regulated Waste Activity Report, Non-Hazardous Special Waste Report, Hazardous Waste Generator Report, Liquid Waste Report, Tier II Report, Extremely Hazardous Substance Notification, SARA 313 Report, Waste Generation and Carbon Footprint Report, and any necessary updates to SPCC and SWPPP) prior to deadlines

•Implemented site specific EHS training and industrial hygiene plans, established a current chemical inventory and

updated Safety Data Sheet system, created a monthly tracking system for air emissions, and implemented ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification for the Americas sites

•Assisted with workers' compensation claim reviews conducting thorough accident investigations to determine root cause and preventative actions

•Ensured plant wide EHS audits were routinely conducted with special emphasis on ergonomics, machine guarding and electrical safety

•Accomplishment: Co-leader of the Energy and Greenhouse Gas Committee- reduced energy costs by 10%, water usage by 5%, and waste by 10% across the entire company

•Accomplishment: Helped maintain the achievement of a Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) at zero and employ a 'best practice' sharing process across the entire company

•Accomplishment: Remade the chemical storage room abiding by all regulations, in a timely manner and stayed below budget

Arcadis-U.S., Inc., Kenosha, WI (Contracted to Chrysler Group LLC-Kenosha Engine Plant, Kenosha, WI)

Environmental Scientist II, 2009-2010 Reason for Leaving: Chrysler Group LLC- Kenosha Engine Plant closed

•World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Environmental Pillar Lead for our Enhanced Environmental Management System (EEMS)

•Responsible for implementing and maintaining a $7.5 million environmental budget

•Initiated and executed capital projects for 2009 cost savings of nearly $.5 million and working towards green procurement

•Managed the following programs: hazardous, non-hazardous and universal waste program, EEMS, SWPPP, SPCC, NPDES, Pollution Prevention (P2) Program, Episode Plan and consultants/contractor liability

•Maintained regulatory register detailing EPA, OSHA, local and corporate regulations and assessing compliance

tasks, prepared and negotiated permits and reports (SARA 310, 311, 312, 313, Title V Air Permit and General Storm Water Permit, Sanitary Discharge Permit and Noncontact Cooling Water Permit) conditions in the environmental calendar

•Environmental operations analysis of aspects, impacts, objectives and targets to maintain continuous improvement

•Site inspections of the critical areas which include but not limited to: Oil house, waste water treatment plant and

ultra-filtration system, lift station- oil/water separator, first flush tanks, Tank farm- UST/AST of fuels/gas/coolants/oils and HVAC- maintenance of refrigeration containing equipment

•Project management of storm sewer remediation, battery charging remediation and waste water treatment plant operation

•General remediation of soil and ground water contamination at Kenosha facility, bio-remediation of odor control unit at WWTP, remediation of oil spills for compliance with SWPPP and remediation with bio-stripping towers collecting VOCs

•Monitored metrics (solid waste/engine, energy usage/engine, water usage/engine, chemical usage/engine) ensuring continuous improvement of EEMS goals

•Screened bids for contracts to ensure quality, conformance and cost containment

•Energy stratification identifying areas for improvement

•ISO 9000 trained, ISO 14001 Internal Auditor and WCM auditing

•Conducted regulatory training (EEMS, HAZWOPER, SWPPP, SPCC and DOT hazardous materials transportation)

•Enhanced environmental sustainability

•Performed quarterly water sampling and analytical interpretation for federal and state compliance

•Maintained TSCA, FIFRA and Department of Homeland Security Appendix A product review for facility approval

•Accomplishment: Communicated with regulatory agencies (federal, state and local enforcement) resulting in zero notices of violation (NOVs)

Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL

Environmental Engineer, 2007-2009 Reason for Leaving: contract ended

•Reported monthly air emissions consisting of VOM, HAP, and PM to ensure Corporate, FDA and compliance with federal environmental regulations

•Developed methods for lowering air emissions through tests, evaluations, and inspections obtained from field measurements and various internal process audits

•Managed the Environmental Awareness Training Program and established local guidance for recycling opportunities for engineer, operator and management personnel

•Performed EHS pre-audits, general, and chemistry lab inspections and assessments to ensure OSHA, EPA and safety compliance

•Prepared and negotiated reporting for the: annual emissions (EPA Tanks 4.0.9D Program), Title V permitting, Fugitive Emissions, Average Emissions, and RCRA/NSSD/NPDES/SPCC documentation

•Trained in Industrial Hygiene including: Clean Air Act Permit Program (CAAPP) coding, global occupational toxicology, safety precautions, material purchase requests, sampling and accident investigation

•Trained in Process Safety Management including: process hazard analysis, endothermic/exothermic reactions and safeguards, Lockout Tagout and laboratory safety

EDUCATION

B.S. Environmental Science, Cum Honore College of Santa Fe, Albuquerque, NM

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Safety Professional (CSP), July 2020 Board of Certified Safety Professionals, Tucson, AZ

Asbestos Contractor/Supervisor, December 2019 ETC Compliance Solutions, Tucson, AZ

Asbestos Building Inspector, December 2019 ETC Compliance Solutions, Tucson, AZ

Associate Safety Professional (ASP), November 2018 Board of Certified Safety Professionals, Tucson, AZ

CPR/First-Aid Certified, July 2018 American Heart Association, Tucson, AZ

OSHA 30 Hour, August 2015 UC San Diego Extension, Tucson, AZ

NIMS- Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200, and 700 FEMA Online

(Pro-Board Certified) HazMat/WMD Incidents, July 2013 TX A&M Engineering Extension Service, S. Tucson, AZ

Terrorism Awareness for Emergency First Responders, July 2013 TX A&M Engineering Extension Service, S. Tucson, AZ

RCRA Certified, March 2011 Hon. Ken Reilly, Chicago, IL

Principles of Occupational Safety & Health, January 2011 National Safety Council, Itasca, IL

DOT Training for Offerers of Bulk and Non-bulk Hazmat Package Certified, July 2009 Advance Online Solutions

40hr HAZWOPER Certified, August 2009 Compliance Solutions Occupational Trainers Inc., Milwaukee, WI

AWARDS

Personal Achievement Award, September 2019 Wellness Council of Arizona

Healthy Arizona Worksite Program (HAWP) – Platinum Award, May 2019 Wellness Council of Arizona

Howard Pyle Award, March 2013 (awarded to Pima County Risk Mgmt.) Arizona Chapter National Safety Council

MEMBERSHIPS

Pima County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), June 2020

American Society of Safety Engineers, April 2014

VOLUNTEER

Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Board Member, 2016-2019

Chairwoman of 2018 Dancing With Our Stars helping raise $125,000 to include: soliciting sponsorships, auction, logistics, managing 10 volunteers, and public speaking

Helped prepare and win a $600,000 grant from Angel Charity for Children, Inc.

Analyze local, state, and federal legislation to eliminate tax on baby formula and feminine hygiene products

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