HSE professional

Health, Safety, and Environmental Professional

Seeking a position as an HSE professional supporting Oil & Gas (O&G) operational processes. Committed occupational health and safety professional with more than 11 years O&G HSE experience, and 23 years’ Active Duty military experience in deliberate risk management & coaching, healthcare operations, safety processes and management, emergency response and environmental protection policy procedures. Mission-driven HSE & independent medical technician with over 20 years of experience and expertise in conducting behavioral based safety management, medical treatment, operational activities, to directly support offshore/land based O&G operations, for oilfield personnel, beneficiaries, contractors and government employees within the O&G industry and the Department of Defense (DoD).

Key Skills

Hazard Analysis & Control

Evaluation & Audits

Regulatory Compliance

Vital Planning

Environmental & Asset Protection

Employee Safety Measures

Safety Training Programs

Support Optimization

Coaching & Mentoring

Professional Experience

Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Superintendent – Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY), Permian Basin (2018-Presebt) Currently serving as an HSE Superintendent of Drilling, Completions and Well Services (West Texas – Permian Resources Texas Business Unit), responsible for 19x drilling rigs, 2x FRAC Cores, 1x Pulling Unit and 1x Coiled Tubing Unit during operational rig-up, rig-down, rig moves and daily/critical operations. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to implementing programs, procedures, practices, and processes to ensure compliance within OXY’s HSE strategies such as:

Communicate and apply federal, state, local, and company HSE policies and requirements within oil and gas operations

Develop and implement new and existing programs designed to promote improved HSE performance:

oAnnual maintenance of risk management plans

oEmergency response planning

oAudits and assessments

oRecord-keeping

oInternal and external reporting

oDevelopment of written reports

oHES incident investigation, reporting and root cause analysis

oSite remediation, waste management, pollution prevention, waste minimization, and spill response planning

Focal point for regulatory and other government agencies

Conduct team safety meetings

Safe work systems/permit-to-work, e.g., hot work, energy isolation, confined space entry, ground disturbance

HSE incident investigation, reporting and root cause analysis, e.g., TapRooT

Rig & Facilities Field inspections/audits for HSE operational processes with regard to requirements local, state and federal requirements; compliance and programs

Other essential duties include: HSE presentations, development of training programs, and interpretation of data, standards, codes, regulations and providing HSE/Operational leadership and technical expertise to company and contract personnel at all levels

* Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY): served as an HSE Advisor for OXY’s Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and New Mexico Business Units – 2014-2018

*Check-6: served as a part-time Leadership/Human Performance Coach – 2013 - 2017

Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Specialist – Helmerich & Payne, West Texas District (2012-2014) Served as a Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Specialist, responsible for 22 HSE field representatives providing HSE support to drilling operations during rig-up, drilling, rig down, skidding and rig maintenance activities in the West Texas Permian Basin.

Worked closely with other members of the risk assessment/safety process team in building and developing safety processes in environmental risk assessment, risk management, site assessment, and remediation

Provided support to operator/senior personnel on both human health and ecological risk assessments as well as associated areas such as environmental chemistry and toxicology

Provided primary safety field leadership; OSHA, DEP, TRRC compliance evaluation and audits

Ability to effectively communicate with management, supervisors, customers, third party and crew/field personnel to coordinate safe work on land based drilling operations, platforms and Super Pads

Conducted and lead daily pre-tour, pre-job, and weekly safety meetings/discussions

Facilitate review of JSAs, and pre-job discussions of Serious Injury and Fatality exposures; conduct investigations on all Serious Injuries, Fatalities and Near Misses - recommend corrective actions and establish lessons learned

Conducted Case Management operations pertaining to Medical Injury, Personal Injury, and Drug & Alcohol screenings; implement course of actions for lessons learned and training programs

Excellent oral and writing communications skills, PC application skills, regulatory incident reporting, as demonstrated through report writing and presentations

Primary Trainer of New Hire Training; CPR/First; H2S; Fall Protection; Forklift & AWP; HAZCOM

Serve as an Instructor/Trainer for actively coach/train organizational programs; travel on my days off to districts, and offshore division teaching organization leadership processes/attributes to H&P’s field leadership

Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE), Rig Medic & Clerk – Helmerich & Payne, Offshore Division (2011 – 2012) Served as a Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) representative, responsible for providing HSE/EMS support to offshore drilling/production operations during drilling, skidding, maintenance, and production activities in the Gulf of Mexico; MARS Tension Leg Platform (TLP), Shell Americas

Provided primary response to medical care management and emergency response situations

Committed Coach of Actively Caring, Service Attitude, Innovative Spirit, and Teamwork

Demonstrated commitment, willingness and excellence to Personnel Health & Safety, Environmental standards; evaluator and trainer of JSAs, hot-work, confined space entry, lock-out/tag-out, dropped object prevention with a proven track record

Ability to effectively communicate with management, supervisors, customers, third party and crew/field personnel to coordinate safe work on Deep Water/Shelf drilling and production operations

Conducted and lead daily pre-tour, pre-job, and weekly safety meetings/discussions

Conducted rig inspections for hazards and maintenance inspections of all safety equipment used by field crews; drilling, crane, maintenance & third party personnel

Facilitated review of JSAs, and pre-job discussions of Serious Injury and Fatality exposures

Excellent and proven interpersonal and communication skills

Primary Trainer of CPR, First Aid & AED; H2S; SCBA; Fall Protection; Rig Orientations; HLO operations

Command Sergeant Major, USA – 115th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) – Fort Polk, LA Served as the Command Sergeant Major (Senior Enlisted Advisor) for a United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Level III 248-Bed Combat Support Hospital (CSH) consisting of intensive care units, intermediate care wards, emergency medical treatment, ancillary services, specialty clinic and orthopedic sections; responsible for the welfare, training, safety, professional development, and overall readiness of 980 enlisted personnel.

Deployed a Combat Support Hospital to Kuwait in support of Operations in (Iraq/Syria); deployed & redeployed more than 660 Medical Providers/Soldiers without zero injury, loss of life or equipment; deployed 6 Forward Surgical Teams into Central & Northern Iraq

Enforced comprehensive Deliberate/Composite Risk Management for all daily training and unit activities, which led to zero incidents while conducting home station training & wartime operational deployments

Sought out by Leaders to teach and share knowledge and experiences in training, operational deployments, risk management, and readiness; unparalleled competence for command operations and leadership

Command Sergeant Major, USA – Operation Group (Airborne), Joint Readiness Training Center – Fort Polk, LA Served as a the Task Force Sustainment Command Sergeant Major & Senior Sustainment Observer, Coach, Trainer (OC/T) for Airborne, Air Assault, Stryker, Infantry, Brigade Combat Teams during Decisive Action Training Exercises at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC).

Hand selected to serve as the Sustainment Task Force Command Sergeant Major & Senior Enlisted Advisor, Observer, Coach, Trainer for all sustainment units deploying to Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan); advised, assisted, trained more than 30k personnel preparing for operational wartime deployments and contingency operations

Spearheaded, and established Aeromedical Evacuation standard guidelines, treatment protocols, and established tactical operation center casualty sustainment battle drills that are still used theaters of combat

Deployed to Afghanistan/Iraq as an Advisor/Consultant for the Army Medical Department Combat Medicine for Coalition Forces medical training, tactics, techniques and procedures for future support operations

Coached, trained, and mentored Leaders and Soldiers on coordination and execution of logistics, tactics and patient management prior to their operational worldwide deployments, and contingency operations

G3 Operations Sergeant Major, USA – Pacific Regional Medical Command – Honolulu, HI Served as the G3 Medical Operations Sergeant Major for a Healthcare enterprise with approximately 7,000 joint-services personnel dedicated to the provision of high quality medical care and managing care to over 406,000 beneficiaries in 7 countries with an annual budget of nearly $450 million dollars.

Selected over my peers across the Army to attend the US Army Sergeant Majors Academy; less than a 1% annual selection rate

Responsible for preparing, staffing, publishing and distributing Standard Operating Procedures, Operation Plans, Operation Orders, and Taskers throughout the Pacific Medical Command

Managed all Hospital activities for Tripler Army Medical Center and military Medical Treatment Facilities on the island of Oahu; responsible for hospital emergency response operations during training and real world events

Medical Company First Sergeant & Senior Medic, USA – 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division – Fort Bragg, NC Served as a Medical Company First Sergeant & Senior Medic for a Brigade Combat Team, in support of more than 5,500 Soldiers consisting of three Infantry Battalions, one Support Battalion, one Special Troops Battalion, and one Arterially Battalion; deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

Senior Independent Medical Provider, USA – Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Fort Bragg/Pope Air Force Base, NC Served as a team independent medical provider for Army Compartmented Elements (ACE – formerly known as Combined Arms Group – CAG) Task Force 1st SFOD-D Teams deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

Drill Sergeant, USA – Initial Entry Training (IET) & Advance Individual Training (AIT) Drill Sergeant, Army Medical Department Center & School – Fort Sam Houston, TX

Special Operations Medic, USA – 3d Ranger Battalion, Fort Benning, GA and 1st Ranger Battalion, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, GA Served as a team independent medical provider for 75th Ranger Regiment for Garrison Operations and Task Force Team/Company deployments to Mogadishu, Somalia (TF Ranger/Operation Gothic Serpent), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

Education

Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, AL; Master of Science Occupational Safety & Health – 2018

University of Villanova; Lean Six Sigma (LSS) - Black Belt Certification – 2015

Texas A&M University-Central Texas, Killeen, TX; Bachelors of Science Chemistry – 2009

Troy State University, Fayetteville, NC; EMT-Paramedic Certification – 1996

US Army Special Operations Combat Medicine Commission – Committee Member

Top Secret – Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Clearance

Certifications & Trainings

IADC Well Control Certification

Blowout Preventer (BOP) Introduction Course

NEBOSH – National Examination Board in Occupational Safety & Health

OSHA 510 – Trainer Course; Occupational Safety & Health Standards

International Minimum Industry Safety Training (IMIST)

TapRooT Certification; 2 & 5 day courses

Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS)

Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) w/CSE Trainer

PEC Safety Certification

Personnel Hoisting/Man-Rider/Folk Lift Trainer

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)

Tropical Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (T-HUET)

Tropical Further Offshore Emergency Training (T-FOET)

National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) – Paramedic

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor

Joint Medical Operations Course (JMOC)

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructor

Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Instructor

Plans, Operations, Intelligence, Security & Training Course (POIST)

** *A full list of Military Honors, Education/Courses-Training/DD 214 can be provided upon request.

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