Senior Multi-Site Environmental Health and Safety Manager

As a candidate for the position, I immediately add value in directing OSHA/EPA/DOT/RCRA regulatory compliance and managing employee health & safety programs across multiple sites, including shipping and receiving, manufacturing facilities, R&D, DCs, and corporate offices. Well versed in Federal and State safety and environmental programs, process engineering, process safety management, waste management, emergency response, risk management, and security management expectations for national, international, and military products and services.

Professional Summary:

Senior Multi-Site EHS Manager for Chromalloy, Newnan Plant and Lagrange Plant, Georgia

Senior Multi-Site EHS Manager for Ken’s Foods Salad Dressings, McDonough, GA

EHS&S Manager for Frozen Bakery Division, Treehouse Foods, Forest Park, Georgia

EHS Manager for East Region, Augusta, GA and Spartanburg, SC Packaging, Georgia Pacific

Radiation Officer, Environmental & Safety Engineer for Georgia Pacific, Cedar Springs, GA

Process Safety Manager with Surface Specialties, UCB, and Cytec, North Augusta, SC

Process Hazard Analyst for DOE Nuclear Decommissioning Programs (WSMS), Aiken, SC

Education:

Master of Science (Cum Laude), Southern Wesleyan University, 2006.

Bachelor of Science (Cum Laude), Southern Wesleyan University, 2001.

Associates in Nuclear Engineering (Cum Laude), Aiken Technical College, 1995.

Professional Experience:

Chromalloy, Georgia EHS Manager, 9/2023 to current (both plants one year plus w/o a recordable)

Leveraging local, regional, and corporate resources to drive safety and environmental compliance through total workforce engagement using my customized Life-Saving-Way Program and Safety Leadership Inspections.

Creating data-driven floor-borne compliance through personal accountability.

Engaging supervisors, team leaders, and department managers within a Zero Injury Program framework driven by team results weekly, monthly, and annually at all meetings.

Drawing on team strengths and weakness to bare out non-titled leaders in order to build friendly competition while highlighting unknown cultural advantages.

Building camaraderie, trust, and responsibility for sustainable safety processes.

Ken’s Foods, Inc: Senior EHS Manager, October 2018 – 7/2023

Developing and creating corporate EHS policies, procedures, methods for 5 plants

Providing technical EHS expertise, safety training, guidance, coaching to all levels of the organization.

Ensuring regulatory compliance by coordinating all activities and action items for the company

Driving sustainability and consistency with four plants and 3 DCs.

Codify and direct EHS processes and procedures that reduce accidents, injuries and near misses.

Leading process inspections and evaluations at the manufacturing plants and the DCs.

Drive the reporting of findings, risk reduction recommendations, and corrective measures.

Conducting workplace inspections for SAM Tag compliance with safety regulations and corporate safety standards. Conduct pre-shift meetings, oversee the Zero Incident behavior-based program.

Report KPI participation, engagement, and job hazard analysis teams. Report and track their metrics.

Proactively identify and promptly address EHS issues which may affect operations.

Participate in safety committee meetings as a technical resource.

Provide monthly compliance training to employees covering OSHA and Environmental regulations.

Lead emergency response teams, safety committees, peer review teams, and grass roots teams.

Serve as the Industrial Hygienist performing exposure monitoring / studies, incident analysis, audits of hazardous waste accumulation areas, hazardous waste storage, stormwater management, and oversight of the Anaerobic Digester System. Provide reports to Federal and State authorities for monthly and annual compliance. Coordinate all sampling and analysis required for permit compliance.

Maintain procedures to minimize waste and ensure environmental compliance with EPA regulations. Provides timely information and guidance to the leadership teams at four plants, including EHS performance trends and root cause corrective actions for injuries and near misses.

Treehouse Foods, Inc: EHS&S Manager, January 2015 – October 2018

Directed environmental health & safety programs for a 24/7 refrigerated dough manufacturing plant with visibility involving a sister facility in Carrollton, Texas and Regional assistance support to a third condiments plant in College Park, Atlanta, Georgia

Lead employee engagement processes (behavior-based Safety), managing environmental spill prevention and spill response, and sustainability.

Ensured management commitment and driving risk reduction programs, employee health programs, cost saving initiatives along the value line, performing project management and engineering expense / capital projects using in-house and corporate engineering resources.

Managed and supported the Site Central Safety Committee and Steering Committee

Managed, audited, and reported EHS goals and metrics, communicating division EHS vision and key indicator performance to internal and external stakeholders.

Utilized resources and developed EH&S skills and capabilities by leveraging program knowledge along the company platform.

Led the Process Safety Management compliance program and developed value-added team members through compliance audits, training, and utilizing off site resources.

Georgia Pacific, LLC: Environmental Health Safety & Security Manager, 2006 – October 2014

Provided leadership and direction to achieve our EHS&S vision through integration, management commitment, and employee ownership for two manufacturing facilities and ensured employee understanding of Environmental Health and Safety regulatory compliance.

Ensured DOT, EPA, OSHA regulatory compliance, and implemented proper metrics and performance-based engagement metrics.

Facilitated EH&S ownership of the line organization through integration of the Safety Management System (BBS) and New Employee Orientation. Integrated process safety elements into the line organization’s responsibilities and expectations.

Developed risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards, evaluated identified risks and lead change management processes; performed site auditing.

Coordinated facility leadership efforts with the development of short and long-term EH&S objectives, targets, strategies, and measures to prioritize and risk management systems.

Provided leadership with action plans that addressed culture and risks (RCA and PHA) and ensured that systems in place sustained and improved performance (VPP). Provided management reviews and routinely conducted audits and inspections.

UCB Chemicals: Environmental Health Safety Coordinator, 2002 – October 2006

Managed Health & Safety programs for two hazardous chemical processing plants and maintain / audit / train OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) safety compliance and Risk Management (RMP) equivalency.

Had responsibility for contractor safety and management of safety and environmental projects and pollution control. Performed quantitative / qualitative fit tests, maintained PPE inventory and training records.

Performed process hazard analysis, hazards assessments, risk assessments, engineering safety, and industrial hygiene monitoring for employee exposure via equipment Safety Reviews, HAZOPS, Management of Change process, What Ifs, Fault Trees, and work activity hazards assessments.

Responsible for implementation and management of behavior-based Safety program, gap analysis, Steering Committee, and Train-the-Trainer courses. Participated in community awareness and in local emergency planning committee.

Westinghouse Safety Management Solutions: Hazard Analyst and Program Manager, 1998 - 2002

Responsible for implementation and management of behavior-based Safety program, gap analysis, Steering Committee, and Train-the-Trainer courses. Participated in community awareness and in local emergency planning committee.

Ensured regulatory compliance for the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site and performed project management duties and coordinated subcontract personnel scope of activities – assets for services.

Authored the disposition and decommissioning of R Reactor & fuel and chemical processing facilities.

Coordinated with contract proposal group and forecast FTE requirements.

Managed safety / risk / hazard analysis group including historical data & Basis for Interim Operation documentation of M Area and C Reactor.

Resolved state and Federal RCRA, CERCLA, OSHA, NFPA, and NEPA compliance issues.

Managed contractor safety oversight and regarding decommissioning of legacy nuclear and chemical facilities.

Produced process safety and environmental impact statement data and implemented state and federal regulation guidelines regarding operation of legacy facilities and operating conversion facilities.

Characterized waste stream analysis and remediation activities per DOE.

Managed oversight budgeting for on-site and off-site department's project work.

Coordinated and reported on congressional arm of the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board.

Membership:

National Safety Council, National Fire Protection Association, American Society of Safety Engineers

Training:

OSHA General Industry Outreach Trainer OTI 501, HAZWOPER, Confined Space Entry & Rescue Training, First Aid and Adult CPR, 40 Hour, PSM, Process Hazard Analysis, Ergonomics, Industrial Hygiene, Management of Change, Process Hazard Analysis, and Best Management and Leadership Practices.

Capabilities:

OSHA Compliance, 10-hour and 30-hour OSHA Courses, BBS and VPP, Risk Management, Ergonomics and the Control of Workplace Hazards, HAZWOPER, HAZCOM, DOT, PSM, Office Safety, Lab Safety, Forklift Operator classroom and practical, RCA, Site Security, Incident Commander, Back Safety, Stairs and ladders Safety, Scaffold Safety, Respiratory Protection, New Employee Orientation, Contractor/Vendor PSM Safety, Fire Safety classroom & practical, Emergency Response, Homeland Security, Food Safety Modernization Act Compliance, HACCP Compliance, and Emergency Awareness.

404-***-**** ********@*****.***

110 Field St. Unit C103

The Newnan Lofts

Newnan, Georgia 30263

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/karl-tesch/19/965/98

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