NAZANIN SAFAVI, M.S

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ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH SAFETY, AND SUSTAINABILITY PROFESSIONAL Solution Oriented EHS Professional Perform EHS Audits/Assessments Manage EHS Programs and Meet Internal/External Customer and Company Expectations and Goals Nazanin Safavi is a seasoned environmental health and safety (EHS) and sustainability professional with

“tried true and trusted” experience in a variety of industries and sectors such as manufacturing, heavy industry, green/sustainable energy generation and storage facilities, chemical industry, health sciences, cosmetics, and federal, state and municipal governments. Nazanin’s background straddles the worlds of strategic, and tactical EHS program development/implementation, ISO 14001: EMS, ISO 18001 (45001): OHSAS EHS training, and regulatory compliance. Nazanin has a proven and successful track record in establishing comprehensive corporate and project level EHS compliance and behavioral based safety programs that have survived the test of regulatory and corporate scrutiny. Nazanin is adept in conducting multi-media environmental audits and evaluations (air, water, storm water, wastewater, hazardous waste/materials, etc.) developing EHS metrics, managing hazardous materials, hazardous waste, SWPPPs. SPCCs, USTs, ASTs, CERS, permitting programs, remediation, site assessment, UST/AST removals and, occupational health and safety plans (Injury and Illness Prevention Programs, Hazard Communication, Fire Prevention Plan, Emergency Action Plans, etc.), accident and incident root cause analysis and industrial hygiene studies, PPE selections and assessments. Nazanin is also very familiar with developing corporate sustainability programs and plans. EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Capstone Green Energy Company, Van Nuys CA 12/2020-Present Lead Environmental Health and Safety Engineer/Project Manager In charge of developing and implementing a comprehensive EHS and sustainability programs for a green energy manufacturing facility that develops state of the art turbines and other green energy generation and storage devices and facilities. Lead the planning, development, and implementation of various corporate health and safety plans as required by CAL OSHA Title 8 CCR and OSHA 1910 as well as in charge of managing a suite of multi-media environmental management requirements for air, water, storm water, wastewater, hazardous waste (both Title 22 CCR and RCRA wastes), hazardous materials, NFPA requirements, ASTs, and all EHS training for the staff, management and operations personnel in the company. The following is a summary of my duties and responsibilities within the company:

I have designed and delivered the following EHS programs and plans as well as conducted their associated training programs

Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) and its associated training

Lock our Tag out and Block Out (LOBOTO) program and its associated training

Electrical Safety and its associated training

Hazard Communications and its associated training

Fire Prevention Plan (FP2) development and its associated training

Emergency Action Plan (EAP) development and its associated training

Powered Industrial truck: Forklift safety and its associated training

Fall Protection and aerial lift and its associated training

Confined space entry and its associated training

Safety orientation/training for newly hired employees

Ergonomics evaluation and its associated training

Machine guarding and heat stress programs and their associated training

COVID-19 Prevention Program and its associated training

Industrial storm water pollution prevention plans (SWPPP), associated BMPs, and training

Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) plans and associated training

California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) compilation for hazardous materials on LA County CUPA and its associated training

Lead (as well as hands on experience) the team in developing and implementing successful multi-media environmental compliance audits and permitting programs in air, water, hazardous waste/materials management, ACM, PCBs, storm water management and other regulatory environmental compliance and permitting programs.

Lead (as well as hand on experience) the site assessments, site characterization and remediation projects.

Lead (as well as hands on experience) the team in developing and implementing ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

Lead (as well as hands on experience) the team in developing and implementing sustainability Programs

Direct the development and lead the execution of comprehensive safety policies, programs, tools

(such as ISO 18001 OHSAS/45001, etc.), and systems to enhance safety programs and avoid/reduce accidents / injuries in the workplace I have a close working relationship with the following regulatory agencies sin the greater Los Angeles area and the state of California:

LA CUPA

CAL-OSHA (various field offices: Van Nuys, etc.)

SCAQMD

LARWQCB

DTSC

City of LA Fire Dept

LA County Fire Dept

EPA Region 9

Other regulatory and resource agencies

Arc Machines-AMI

Welding Robot Manufacturing Panorama City, CA. 09/2019-12/2020 Environmental Health &Safety Coordinator

Primary Responsibilities:

• Directing and administering specific functions of the EHS program at the company.

• Lead team in achieving ISO Certification 14001 and 18001, and continuous compliance to standards

• Managing all Wastes including Hazardous and Universal Wastes.

• Creating, evaluating, educating, and administering the EHS program for all levels of employees.

• Assisting/conducting surveys, evaluations, inspections, and investigations of incidents and activities as directed by supervision.

• Performing field training and Emergency Evacuation Plan when needed.

• Refine working knowledge of EHS programs by applying EHS procedures.

• Develop and maintain JSA’s and SDS’s.

• Monitoring EHS standards applicable to the industry Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Glass Container Manufacturing Vernon, CA. 11/2018-07/2019 Environmental Specialist-Contractor

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide daily support in EHS programs t o a l l employees and supervisor to ensure a common and effective approach.

• Provide advice, assist, and audit line management to ensure the effectiveness of EHS policies, it’s implementation and results.

• Conduct safety walk through to determine compliance with Environmental and Hazwaste standards,

• Ensure inspections by regulatory agencies are coordinated and deficiencies minimized and corrected.

• Interpret and apply OSHA standards, Ergonomics, Strong knowledge in waste management, Tracking Hazardous & Non-Hazardous Waste Manifests,

• Support the compliance process for stormwater and some Title V requirements, supporting and providing relief for the environmental department. Gilead Sciences Inc. La Verne, CA. 08//2018-11/2018 Environmental, Health and Safety Specialist

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide daily guidance and direction in EHS programs at the employee / supervisor level to ensure a common and effective approach

• Develop New, maintain and update as needed existing SOPs for all safe work practices and equipment and utilize them in the day- to- day training.

• Provide advice, assist, and audit line management to ensure the effectiveness of EHS policies, it’s implementation and results.

• Perform and contribute to the Site Training Plans by conducting employee orientations; emergency response training; and coordination of modular training programs for the operation.

• Assist with maintaining the Site Preparedness and Emergency Plans & Procedures.

• Responsible for coordinating regulatory programs and its applications and help support the compliance process, supporting and providing relief for the environmental department.

• Perform Industrial Hygiene Functions-Sample collection, Inspections and Analytical report interpretations.

Veterans Affairs Los Angeles CA, 08/2015-08/2018

Environmental, Health and Safety Specialist (INTERN)

Leadership Role:

o Provide support and guidance to Department Managers and Facility line leaders in all aspects of Health and Safety Management to comply with State, Local regulations and OSHA requirements for general industry.

o Serve as team member with regards to regulatory agency on all matters regarding health and safety and provide responses to all request due to inspections and injury investigations o Work in conjunction with other departments on improvements to an efficient and safe operation at facility level

Program Management Role:

o Implement management leading activities to bring awareness and drive top-down ownership in safety compliance

o Support the Hearing Conservation Program

o Support Respiratory Protection Programs

o Support the Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP) o Additional Programs Include: Lockout/Tagout, Powered Industrial Equipments, Work from Heights & Fall Protection, Personal Protective Equipments (PPE), Machine Guarding, Heat Stress, Hazard Communication

Administrative Role:

o Provide support to operations in the following areas: Training & Development, and Employee work activities

o Participate in conducting Incident Investigations, Root Cause Corrective Actions and facilitate development of JHA’s

o Assist in Fire Safety plans, Inspection, preparing reports, and obtaining the required permits. ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2020, 2021 and 2022: Led the entire EHS programs with zero accidents and incidents and zero non-compliance issues

2019: Lead team at AMI during the process to achieve certifications for “ISO 14001” and “18001”. 2015: Parabens (Para-Hydroxybenzoic Acid) in Cosmetics and PCP’s Poster presented in May 2015.

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, California State University, Northridge 2014: Emerging Water Contaminant: Butylated Hydroxyanisole Poster presented in annual 2014 Environmental and Occupational Health Technical Symposium; Topic: Energy Alternatives for California's Future: Environmental Health Aspects. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, California State University, Northridge. March 5, 2014. EDUCATION

California State University Northridge, California 05/2017

M.S Environmental and Occupational Health

Azad University Tehran, 07/1999

B.S Food Science and Engineering

CONTINUING EDUCATION (Certifications/Trainings/Workshops)

• Train the trainer certificate in Lock out Tag out and Block out

• Train the trainer certificate in Electrical Safety

• Train the trainer certificate in Storm water Pollution Prevention

• Train the trainer certification Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures

• OSHA 10 HR GENERAL INDUSTRY

• OSHA 30 HR CONSTRUCTION

• INSTRUMENTATION AND SAMPLING (UCLA)

• RCRA DOT Hazardous Materials Training

• HAZWOPER

• HAZARDOUS ANALYSIS CRITICAL CONTROL POINT (HACCP)

• CONFINED SPACE AWARENESS

• FIRE SAFETY and ELCTRICAL SAFETY IN WORKPLACE

• CPR / FIRST AID

• ASBESTOS BUILDING INSPECTOR

• ELECTRICAL SAFETY IN THE WORK PLACE

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COMPUTER/SOFTWARE SKILLS

MS Word, Excel, Windows, PowerPoint

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