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Merchandise Manager Safety Technician

Location:
Downey, CA
Posted:
May 22, 2022

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Mitchell Wright, OHST

323-***-****

adq5gc@r.postjobfree.com

“Building Seamless Partnerships in Safety”

EXPERIENCE

Loss Control Consultant, Volt Information Sciences, April 2019 – Current

Conducted Site Risk Assessments to detect, mitigate and report to Field and Corporate stakeholders any process and/or premise hazards that were a threat to the safety of workers and/or a threat to company assets.

Conducted Accident Investigations upon occurrences or delayed reporting. The goal of these investigations was to care for the injured workers, determine root causes, applying countermeasures involving engineering controls, administrative control, and/or PPE as warranted.

Study the SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) against the displayed practices being used by the workers. Set out to ensure the SOP was in line with the JSA (Job Safety Analysis). Discuss, Teach and Coach any variances discovered.

Triage the FROIs (First Report of Injuries) looking for potential hazards and if discovered to assure every incident no matter how minor, does not present a propensity to repeat.

Examine Loss Runs looking for injury trends and opportunities for process improvement. Build Safety Orientation Programs, specific hazard (like Confined Space or Work from Height) programs, and other ancillary Safety and Risk Training Programs to proactively fight loss. Presented and conducted these classes in a classroom setting, as a Webex, or as a video presentation.

Act as the first point of contact for Government Intervention issues arising out of Occupational Safety. Like Cal/OSHA or Fed/OSHA Inquiries. Cooperated and Collaborated in investigations and attended hearings as needed.

Conducted weekly meetings with the Claims Department to discuss trends and issues. Build relationships centered around team building and confidence building. Report out presentations to senior management.

Onsite Program Manager, Volt Workforce Solutions, May 2016 – April 2019

Oversaw a workforce of 200+ contingent employees at the Vans Distribution Center.

Conducted safety orientations for workers.

Conduct Safety Assessments to ensure workers are conducting job tasks using safe processes in a safe premise environment.

Act as the Human Resource Generalist to ensure workers are adhering to Vans’ policies and procedures throughout each shift; addressing worker performance issues, conduct, and employee-relation issues brought by management.

Onsite Manager, Warp Hire Staffing, October 2015 – May 2016

Responsibilities included heading all recruiting efforts for contingent workers for the Vans Distribution Center:

Process payroll

Conduct monthly and quarterly business reviews, managing daily reports

Conduct investigations into injury incidents

Merchandise Manager, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, April 2006 – Jan 2014

Daily duties included:

Analyzing store financials

Recruitment, Selection, Coaching and Development of workers in my charge

Forecasting sales trends, ordering, and maintaining stock to maximize sales

Organizing and implementing store display locations

Community service outreach

Process payroll

Process inbound inventory and outbound shipments.

SKILLS

Risk Assessment, focused on Hazard Recognition, Hazard Mitigation and Hazard Reporting

Coaching and Team Building

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Development and Delivery of Instructional Safety and Loss Control oriented media

EDUCATION

California State University Fullerton, CA

B.A. in Humanities and Social Sciences candidate Diploma expected 2024

Cerritos College Norwalk, CA

Associate in Arts, Journalism

Certificate of Achievement

Graduation With Highest Honors

Awards & Achievements, Hobbies & Interests

Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician, January 2022

Workers Compensation Annual Performance at 1% of Payroll

Experience Modification at 0.73 currently and has run below 1.0 for seven years

Cal/OSHA 10-hour Authorized Trainer, 2020

Fed/OSHA 10-hour Authorized Trainer, 2019

Editor-in-Chief, The Courier, Jan 2003-June 2004

REFERENCES

Available upon request.



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