Loss Control Safety Manager

KIRK D. BUNGER CHST

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Pensacola, Florida 32534

Ph: 251-***-****

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SUMMARY:

Highly dedicated, detail-oriented health and safety professional with 27 years of construction, general industry and loss control experience in property casualty insurance. Exceptional organizational and problem-solving skills combined with outstanding oral and written communications skills a self-starter and natural collaborator with excellent listening skills and a strong ability to foster teamwork. Provides strategic direction and leadership through health and safety teams/initiatives, develops overall strategy of continuous performance in health and safety innovation while maintaining compliance with all Local, State, and Federal health and safety regulations.

Provide expertise and support on Army Corp of Engineers EM385, OSHA, MSHA, DOT, MUTCD and EPA regulatory compliance issues. Maintains and analyze accident statistics to determine where prevention efforts need to be directed, prescribe changes in existing programs to meet the needs identified. Conducts frequent internal and project audits and inspections, investigate all incidents and near misses and provide recommendation for corrective actions and assists in ensuring that corrective actions identified are implemented.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

04/2021 – Present The Haskell Company

Project Safety Coordinator

Assigned to Baptist Clay Hospital project $128 MM project. Responsiblities are safety and health support the site management team. Informing management of issues that occur on a daily basis. Conduct safety and health audits of the project, provide safety and health training as required and employee mentoring.

Cecil Field/JAA/ Boeing Maintenance Hanger

Boeing Maintenance hanger Cecil Airport - $180 MM 8 bay maintenance hanger with office facility. Responsiblities are safety and health support the site management team. Informing management of issues that occur on a daily basis. Conduct safety and health audits of the project, provide safety and health training as required and employee mentoring.

3/2018 – 4/2021 Core Safety Group

Contract Safety Advisor

Assigned to Shaw Industries in Andalusia, AL to oversee Safety and Health for owners $500 M

automation project. Responsibilities include all new hire orientation, safety and health

audits, training, and oversight of the building construction and installation equipment.

6/2017 – 3/2018 Construction Safety-Experts, Cary, North Carolina

Contract Owner Safety Manager

Assigned to eBay Data Center - Salt Lake City, to oversee construction safety and health of the eBay Data Center Construction project. This project completed by DPR. Responsibilities consisted of daily audits, safety training, trenching and excavation audits, fall protection audits, LOTO audits and maintain NFPA 70e compliance, and recordkeeping.

10/2016 – 6/2017 Safety Guidance Specialist, Axis, Alabama

Contract Safety Manager

Assigned to projects to assist clients with safety and health, traffic control, training, and program development.

3/2012 – 10/2016 Hosea O. Weavers and Sons, Inc., Mobile, Al

Safety Director -

Responsible for creating, implementing and managing the Corporate Health and Safety Program. Additional responsibilities: managing workers compensation cases, MSHA, DOT, HCSS and MUTCD compliance, ISNetworld.

Responsible for 3 Astec asphalt plants, 6 sand pits, one metal/non-metal MSHA site - crusher, 4 asphalt paving crews, 4 site work crews. Equipment - 8 asphalt pavers, 2 milling machines, 10 asphalt rollers, 3 shuttle buggies, 8 track hoes, 10 Dozier’s (Caterpillars and John Deere), 40 tri-axle dump trucks, 15 tractor trailer end dumps.

4/2010 to 3/2012 Hargrove Engineers + Constructors, Mobile, Al

Safety Specialist II / Construction Manager

Responsibilities: updating HSE Intranet system, ISNetworld maintenance, training implementation, and tracking. Writing and preparing safety toolbox talks, assisting in creating new policies and procedures. Additional Responsibilities: Construction Management – $1.2 Million renovation of three Hargrove Engineers + Constructors historical buildings on the Mobile Campus and providing Safety Management.

7/2008 to 4/2010 Morris-Shea Bridge Company, Birmingham, Al

Corporate Safety Director

Senior level position that is responsible for planning, designing, implementing and managing the Corporate Health and Safety, Risk Management, and Loss Control Compliance Program. Areas of responsibility will include occupational safety and health, workers compensation, and risk management, loss control and insurance related functions and DOT. Responsibilities included staffing projects and managing 8 safety professionals and 1 training manager. Projects located in Calvert, Alabama, Norco, LA, Port Arthur, TX, and a Corp of Engineering Project in San Juan, Puerto Rico (Port of San Juan) and MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida.

9/2006 – 7/2008 Archer Western Construction Co., Pensacola, Fl

Safety Manager

Responsibilities included implementing the safety and health program for the Pensacola I10 – I110 Interchange, I-110 expansion, and the Leon County (Tallahassee) I-10 project. Responsible for conducting OSHA compliance inspections, behavioral based Safety statistic tracking, DOT and MUTCD compliance, and OSHA required training.

9/2005 – 9/2006 Aker Kvaerner Subsea, Inc., Mobile, Al

QHSE Manager

Responsibilities included: developing, coordinating and directing the HSE program. Interfaced with local leadership team to provide guidance, information and coaching to facilitate continuous HSE improvement. Maintained proficiency with regulatory and industry trends and assists in the development of strategies to address upcoming trends. Assisted in the expansion of market position through improvement in HSE performance, and represented company interests to industry groups, governmental and non-governmental organizations, etc., on HSE issues. QA/QC manager responsibilities included ensuring all sub-sea components received were within the ISO 9000:2000 standards and to client specifications. Conducted internal ISO 9000:2000 audits to ensure compliance and tracked non-compliance items to ensure issues were abated.

3/2000 – 9/2005 Zurich American Insurance Group, Atlanta, GA

Senior Risk Engineering Consultant

Evaluated large and special risk accounts against industry loss control practices. Identified and documented hazards, exposures, and potential loss-causing activities or operations. Evaluated clients’ safety-related programs and made recommendations as required. Managed 32 accounts to ensure risks were minimized according to the insurance policies. Provided comprehensive analysis that addressed hazards and controls associated with all lines of insurance coverage. Measured buildings and gathered other pertinent underwriting documentation for underwriting staff. Identified unsafe acts and unsafe conditions associated with the prospective client operations. Additional Responsibilities: stayed current on regulatory standards such as OSHA, ANSI, NFPA, NEC, DOT, Em-385 and Railroad Standards.

EDUCATION:

·Construction Safety and Health Technician - CHST

·Columbia Southern University – Occupation Safety and Health (2 classes to complete)

·U.S. Department of Labor - OSHA Construction Outreach Trainer (500 and 502)

·40-Hour EM-385 1.1

·40 Hr. Hazwoper Training

·8 Hr. Hazwoper Re-Fresher Training

·NPDES storm water management

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: American Society of Safety Engineers

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