Grand Rapids Rope Access
Resume:
Raymond D. Jennings
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
**************@*****.***
A high performing environmental, health and safety professional pursuing a position with a forward-thinking organization committed to people, the environment and the health and safety of all.
Professional Experience
September 2024 – February 2025
Aurorium, LLC
Provide EHS guidance and training to all levels of employees.
Support waste technician with scheduling, data reporting and equipment.
Support security technician, updating site safety training and reviews.
Working with leadership to review and develop safe operating procedures of life critical standards such as control of hazardous energy, work permitting, fall protection and other elements as needed.
June 2022 – June 2024
Corteva Agriscience Constantine MI
Environmental, Health & Safety Site Leader
·Provide EHS guidance and training to a well-established culture of proud employees at a large manufacturing site for corn seed (former Pioneer HI-Bred International).
·Identify and close gaps in programs relating to personal safety, construction safety, environmental data collection and reporting through field time, auditing and procedure use assessments.
·Member of a global standards teams for Fall Protection providing review and guidance for the company to enable work to continue safely.
May 2019 – June 2022
Michigan Hub Standard Focal Point: Scaffolding, Fall Protection and Powered Industrial Trucks
·Worked with standard implementation sponsors to assemble teams, lead the review of and implemented standards throughout the hub.
·Work with Learning and Development group to create and refine training elements of the standards.
·Lead teams to develop portions of the Corteva Fall Protection standard relating to anchorage points and fall protection equipment selection and inspection, rope access and rope descent work.
·Brought Rope Access work crews to Michigan Operations as an alternative to traditional methods of accessing difficult to reach work.
·Led HUB root cause investigations relating to confined space entry and fall protection incidents.
June 2015 – June 2022
Health and Safety Delivery Technician
·Business resource for Health and Safety direction in a sold-out agriculture chemical manufacturing facility.
·Member of team which obtained 10 plus years of accident-free work in the areas of OSHA recordables and loss of process containment.
·Contributed to process safety improvements to reduce operator exposure risks during critical tasks.
·Identified several industrial-hygiene exposure risks and implemented corrective actions to eliminate them.
Education & Certification
October 2024 – Associate Safety Professional #ASP-39399
July 2024 – OSHA 30
August 2022- Certified 3M Fall Protection Competent Person Trainer
October 2021-Certified Occupational Safety Specialist, #1128147
May 1993-Bachelors Business Administration, FMU
Achievements
·Evaluated work-place hazards and created task-based PPE grids for 7 process plants and implemented fall protection usage in critical areas.
·Identified a need and built business case for custom fitted hearing protection, executed project and saved money.
·Identified a need and built business case for the use of powered air purifying respirators for material off-loading stations at Corteva Michigan Operations.
·Identified the need for implementation of Industrial Rope Access, built business case, became a certified industrial rope access technician, brought the work modality back to Midland, MI site, trained departments in recognition of work types, planning and permitting of the work. Saved the site $800K per year.
·Member of an eight-person team which trained employees in the 3M Competent Person Fall Protection program.
Skills
Effective communicator, meeting facilitator, workplace auditing, mentoring co-workers, training development and forward-thinking.
Hobbies and Interests
Volunteering in the community, outdoor fitness and travel.
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