Safety Officer Ehs

Eric J. Duval, MS, CHMM

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Holden, MA 01520

Email: ********@*****.***

Cell: +1-508-***-****

Professional

Summary Proven EHS professional with 22 years’ experience. Experience in capital projects design and construction HVAC, electrical, clean room and process equipment CQV, wastewater, BMS, and maintenance excellence. Led engineering/EHS support teams for 800+million-dollar construction projects. Managed programs for multi-site companies. Developed plans for strategically analyzing the operational business needs while ensuring short term prioritization of compliance activities. Implemented world class programs in Fortune 100 companies. With experience in many aspects of engineering support, incorporated practical facilities requirements into culture changing improvements. Strong skillset in teaming together with key stakeholders as a top priority. Received internal awards for training delivery. My passion is project management excellence which ensures employee safety, cost control/reduction, regulatory compliance, and decreased business liability with a result of value-added deliverables.

Education Master of Science, Emergency Management

Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA. 2006

Bachelor of Science, Major: Criminal Justice, Minor: Psychology

Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA. 2001

Certified Hazardous Material Manager(CHMM)-#14293

Licensed MA Hoisting Engineer- #HE-159230

OSHA 30- Construction

Building Operator Certificate(BOC)

Work Experience

2021-2022 The Austin Company- EHS Director- Kalamzoo, MI

oContracted through EHS Technology Services(ETS) to serve as EHS Director for the construction of Pfizer's 500MM Modular Aseptic Processing (MAP) cutting edge sterile injectable facility. Responsibilities include incorporation of Pfizer Global Engineering's world class Visual Standards safety program, EHS direction for project culture, The Austin Company’s contractors and project managers.

oDirect team on safety coordination in a fully operational building where Pfizer’s Comirnaty™(COVID-19) vaccine is being produced

Partnered with Gilbane Building Company to transition project GM ownership

oInstituted project safety control and processes across all project activities

oLeading team of 4 safety managers (Cockram/KPG/Flour/The Austin Company) and 5 contractor safety professionals

oPerformed investigation of incidents and accidents

2021-2021 Pfizer- Commissioning Safety Lead, US- Sanford, NC

oContracted through Atrium staffing services to serve as EHS lead for construction/commissioning of Pfizer’s GTX2 400MM gene therapy manufacturing facility partnering with site GM Jacobs

oPerform day to day review and authorization for all construction work related to commissioning/startup operations

oDelivered construction progress updates to Pfizer Global Engineering (PGE) regarding EHS and overall project status

oLed Start Up safety team in coordination and execution of all commissioning/start up activities

oConducted daily tours and ensure all contractor conformance to the construction manager’s site Health and Safety Plan(HSAP) and Pfizer Global Engineering's world class Visual Standards safety program

oEnsured Pfizer’s interests are maintained when identifying and closing out corrective actions associated with incident investigations

oAct as liaison between Pfizer and project CM

2020-2021 Wuxi Biologics- Senior EHS Manager- Worcester, MA

oDirected EHS programming for two facilities; green field construction for a 150,000 sq/ft commercial manufacturing facility in Worcester, MA and 70,000 sq/ft clinical manufacturing facility retrofit in Cranbury, NJ

oInstituted comprehensive daily construction site inspection reports supplied to the Wuxi Biologics leadership

oProject partners included IPS, Consigli, and Cardinal Construction

oServed on leadership teams for two GMP sites

oManaged COVID19 strategies to support employee/contractor safety while keeping business operating

oServed as interim Director of Facilities and Engineering for the Worcester, MA facility

2018-2020 Abbott Laboratories- EHS and Facilities Manager- Westford, MA

oMember of Abbott Westford management team representing EHS and Facilities

oAs part of a 25-billion-dollar acquisition, instituted Abbott’s best in class EHS/Facilities programs for the Westford, MA facility

oExecuted humidifier installation project on time, on budget, with zero accidents

oExecuted space planning projects for a fast-growing plant(added 120 head count in 10 months)

oPartners included A-Z, Conisgli, and DPS

oDirected shutdown projects in an ISO 8 manufacturing environment to perform CQV of the clean room space and compressed air system

oEHS training program instituted for all 380 employees/contractors on site

oEstablished site security contract and protocols

oManaged the design and construction to replace end of life utilities including cooling towers, chillers, RO, and culture enhancing aesthetics projects

oCoordinated facility wide LED lighting replacement with an annual cost savings of 60M

oAfter providing data driven justification for additional headcount, the site hired additional EHS and facilities staff

2018-2018 LakePharma Inc- Associate Director Environmental, Health and Safety/Operations- Hopkinton, MA

oMember of LakePharma’s leadership team representing EHS and Operations

oSuccessfully opened the 70,000sq/ft Microbiomanufacturing facility in Hopkinton, MA in compliance with all local, state, and federal requirements

oPerformed all duties as radiation safety officer(RSO) and completed all required paperwork for Massachusetts Radiation Control Program license amendment

oProvided direction on NIH requirements for biosafety and scale up of BL1/BL2+ organisms

oTeamed with department business unit leaders to safely transport all equipment from the Worcester, MA site to the new facility

oTrained all employees on EHS legal requirements

oDeveloped EHS programming for sites in Worcester and Hopkinton Massachusetts

oConsulted on program development for the CA based facilities

2016-2018 Nitto Denko Avecia- Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager- Milford, MA

oResponsible for corporate EHS direction at three sites located in Massachusetts, Ohio, and CA. Frequent work with parent company located in Osaka, Japan

oEstablished potent compound handling protocols for working with occupational exposure banded compounds

oPartnered with local contactor to implement short- and long-term fixes for a waste water treatment system

oDirected EHS project support for a $40MM expansion project in Milford, MA building the worlds’ largest oligonucleotide manufacturing facility

oPartners included A-Z and DPS

oGrew the EHS department from two FTE’s to five

oInfused an EHS presence in Avecia’s new acquisition in California including initial site assessment, hiring staff, and program KPI’s

2015-2016 Primark US Corp- Head of Environment, Health, and Safety US- Boston, MA.

oEstablished all US EHS policies and procedures for a 7.5 billion-dollar Dublin, Ireland based global fashion retail company launching new stores in the US market.

oTwo stores opened on time, fully compliant, and on budget with zero injuries and zero environmental non-compliances.

oCompleted construction safety reviews for all new stores

oTeamed with management to train them on EHS management system requirements.

oProvided technical consultation for all US EHS matters including life safety, environmental impacts, and risk management

oLiaised with local emergency management on store openings on crowd management, public safety, and emergency response

oPositively exceeded targets for injury and workers’ compensation claims

2003- 2015 Abbvie/Abbott Bioresearch Center- Senior Environmental, Health, and Safety Specialist, Worcester, MA.

oServed as EHS construction lead for two additions (40MM/2005, 10MM/2010)

oDesigned and instituted all emergency response protocols for chemical, medical, and fire emergencies leading site to OHSAS 180001 certification.

oEstablished safety performance metrics including leading/lagging indicators. Partnered with manufacturing and research employees to communicate EHS initiatives and objectives.

oAchieved 4 Million-man hours without a lost time injury

oInstituted and maintained company award winning near miss and EHS opportunity program that increased program reporting by 1000 percent.

oConducted audits and benchmarking at sites in the US and Puerto Rico

oReceived “Exceeds Expectations” performance review during annual performance review for two years

oPassed state required examinations and implemented new MA hoisting requirement

Experience in waste water, radiation safety, IH, ergonomics, DOT/IATA, 5S, RCRA, process hazard analysis, biologics manufacturing, validation, and lean manufacturing. Instructor in the Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) Biomanufacturing program (6 years) and the Quinsigamond Community College Techniques in Biotechnology (7 years). Founded Worcester site environmental sustainability program contributing to Abbvie’s continuing membership on the DJSI. Site received ISO 50001 certification in 2014.

2001-2003 Abbott Bioresearch Center- Manufacturing Technician II, Worcester, MA.

oPerformed all aspects of biologics manufacturing in support of manufacturing for NDA of Humira™, the world’s number one selling pharmaceutical and multi campaign support

oActivies included mammalian CHO cell culture, buffer preparation, weighing and dispensing, validation protocols, cleaning and sterilization of all process equipment, warehousing operations, batch record review, and SOP development.

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