Environmental Manager Production Worker

JOHN COOPER

Nicholasville, KY *****/ 859-***-**** *********@*****.***

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SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER/ EHS COMPLEX MANAGER

Compliance is Only a Starting Point for Best Practices

Positive Safety Culture Across Sites

Alignment with Corporate Goals & Initiatives

Accident Prevention & Reduction Programs

Workers Compensation & Illness Protocols

Safety Data Sheets & PPE Compliance

Insurance Contracts, Inspections, Relationships

Risk Assessment & Management: Waste, Injury, Fire, Contagion, etc.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Reduced experience modification rate (MOD) to lowest in company history from .71 to .63 saving thousands of dollars in workers comp premiums.

Secured E. D. Bullard Company’s 1st membership in Kentucky’s EXCEL Environmental Program by writing entirely new Environmental Management Program for Bullard in 2008, <12 months after arrival.

Recognized for “Longest String of Recertification’s in Kentucky” (6 times during 12-year period through 2018) for Safety & Health Recognition Program (“SHARP”), a voluntary partnership with KY OSH.

Optimized relationships with all 3 production shifts by adjusting personal work hours to be available to all 275 employees on their shifts.

Led EHS for sites in both KY and OH for International Paper, managing both union & non-union groups.

Promoted in 2019 as Bullard’s Global Safety and Environmental Manager with 350 full-time employees.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DS Smith Packaging, Lebanon IN 2021-October 2022

Creating a safety culture for a start-up facility of 150 employees.

Working with DS Smith Lebanon, DS Smith Corporate, and DS Smith Global

Creating Incident investigations including finding root causes and solutions and responsible for reporting to Corporate on a timely basis.

Responsible for regulatory receptions from OSHA, EPA, and IDEM

Making sure required training was up to date including PIT, and facility 1st Response

Conducting fire drills and tornado drills

Conducting New Hire Orientation 3 times per month

Making personal contact with all shifts each day and being on 24 hour call

E. D. Bullard Company, Cynthiana, KY 2007 – 2020

Safety and Environmental Manager, All Locations 2019 – 2020

Created Global Safety Training Program for all 375 employees in the Americas, Asia, Germany and Switzerland and empowered “Safety Champions” in each location to extend leadership directly.

Expanded scope from 245 employees in 1 facility and ended with 375 employees in 4 facilities.

Enabled Bullard’s entry into KY EXCEL in 2008 by writing its Environmental Management Program and extended its membership through 2020.

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E, D, Bullard Company (Continued)

Safety and Environmental Manager, 2 US Locations 2018 - 2019

Reduced incidents, and more importantly, severity of accidents by working closely with Engineering Department to eliminate hazards in jobs, modify process, or to required additional PPE, thereby reducing MOD rate from .71 down to .65—all-time low in company history in 201X until another record with of .63 MOD rate 4 years later in 201Y.

Safety and Environmental Manager, Cynthiana, KY 2009 - 2018

Organized an Environmental Program which included developing SPCC, BMP, and GMP plans---John, please write the real names of these like we did with MOD.

Received 3 “Governor’s Safety Awards” in 12 years for 1,863,000 hours without a lost time accident, 812,000 hours and 687,000 hours without a lost time accident, respectively.

Organized and led 6 SHARP re-certifications including correction of minimal deficiencies within 30 days.

Safety Manager 2007- 2009

Organized “Safety Stand-Downs” for serious accidents and near miss incidents.

Started up Bullard’s entry into KY EXCEL in 2008 by writing its Environmental Management Program and extended its membership through 2020.

International Paper, Lexington, KY 1991 - 2007

Complex EHS Manager, Lexington, KY, and Mason OH 2004 - 2007

Production Machine Operator, Lexington, KY 1991 – 2004

Safety

Achieved “VPP STAR” Recognition from KY OSH, 1 of only 7 facilities in the state to attain that designation.

Created productive results working with both union (Mason) and non-union (Lexington) facilities.

Reduced injury rates by 15% overall among 275 employees in two states,

Developed first Safety Committee and charter member.

Environmental

Led all environmental programs for both locations.

Certified on Beckart wastewater systems to ensure proper operation due problems with NOV’s in Mason before I arrived. In my last 2 years in my role we never had an NOV (Notice of Violation)

Production Operator

Gained valuable perspectives about production vs safety during 20 years of production experience as both machine operator and machinist—which became transferrable to EHS roles in later career roles.

EDUCATION

Diploma Henry Clay High School Lexington, KY

Honorable Discharge United States Air Force Inventory Management Specialist

Kentucky Business College Completed 1 Year Lexington, KY

Certification EHS University Memphis

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certified 1st Responder Training

Wastewater Training (Beckart System)

ISO Internal Auditor Training

Toastmasters

Prop 65 Committee

Conflict Resolution Training

Active Shooter Training

Lean Training

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office® Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet

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