Human Resource Health Safety

K. JASON FLOYD

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Cordova, TN *8016

Cell Telephone: 901-***-**** Home Telephone: 901-***-**** E-mail: ***********@*****.***

A tactical strategic Health Safety Environmental Manager & Human Resource professional with 24+ years in multiple sites, union and union-free environments successfully searching to grow, strengthen, and utilize education, experience, and skills into a new endeavor towards meeting business objectives as well as to strive towards reaching goals and obtaining positive returns on investments within the Employer’s Corporation. A hands-on leader committed to teamwork and building relations—a problem solver with a record of innovation and solid backgrounds in all gamut’s of management in HSE, HR, & Finance.

STRENGTHS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Type of Degrees: Master Occupational Health & Safety, Master Human Resource Management, Bachelor Marine Biology, Minor Chemistry.

Progressive professional career advancement: Computer and Electrical tracking platforms – ADP and KDP applications to HSE & HR.

Proven background of building maintainable interrelated HSE management system foundations including reaching OSHA Star 5 VPP along with other measurable HSE successes.

Strong knowledge of Agency (EPA, DOT, NFPA, OSHA) Federal or local laws and standards.

Extensive experience with operational activities and contracted project work with communication to agencies for permits in maintaining sustainable compliance.

Excellent communication (training, investigations, KPI tracking, financial trends) and solid management practices leading line personnel in cutting cost in the manufacturing of quality products and services provided.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EVERZINC – Millington, TN Nov. 2024 – Current

Global leader in the production of specialty zinc-based chemicals

Title: Health Safety & Environmental Specialist

Health and Safety Policies & Procedures – Lockout-Tag out, new employee and contractor training, audits and inspections, Job Hazard Analysis, acquisitions of required PPE per new fabricated Safety Work Instructions created in safely performing work activities, rebuilding the Safety Steering Committee with HSE duties, and Industrial Vehicle safe operations along with work with maintenance through a qualified mechanic in repairs of potential hazards noted through pre-inspections.

Environmental Procedures - reorganized duties of personnel according to Air permit compliance standards. Method 9 Analysis’ performed, communication with Agency when exceeding opacity limits due to County Power Outages or equipment problems. Furthermore, initiated Storm Water duties of managing permitted duties in managing the retention pond and storm water outfall inspections and record keeping to compliance of the County’s TSMP permit.

Trained and lead staff in obtaining ISO 54001 and ISO 14000 certification.

Administering and maintaining the required good communication and record-retention to eliminate potential infractions: e.g. No citations from a very thorough audit by the Shelby County Health Department Agency specific to air permit obligations.

PANDROL USA – Memphis, TN Nov. 2019 – Aug. 2024

International manufacturer of monorail & railroad track clips, fasteners, and other roadway infrastructure engineering.

Title: Health Safety & Environmental Manager

Oversee all Health Safety Environmental within operations, including contract work and facility security.

Produce and maintain written safety policies, procedures, and best practices through operations, initiating training, audits, and inspections towards team efforts controlling potential hazards while personnel function job description duties.

Manage environmental compliance through frequent assessments and reports: Hazardous Waste, Tier II, (TRI) Toxic Release Inventory, and NPDES.

Control HSE supply cost along with potential Agency fines, third party litigation, and workers compensation claims.

Timely conduct investigations of near misses or incidents appropriately managing claims, identifying root causes along with solutions to rectify hazards and follow-up on corrective actions taken – PDCA Cycle.

Oversee and track disposal of Toxic Hazardous Waste (EPA ID # TND007022254, non-hazardous materials along with recycling of steel, plastic, and cardboard materials towards good stewardship to the environment and positive outlooks to company’s image.

Act as Point of contact for both local and external agencies (OSHA, EPA, DOT, etc..).

Lead continuous ergonomic improvements of work designs and activities promoting healthy safe labor practices at work and life outside promoting the most valuable assets of the company is its personnel.

Co-lead healthy and sustainable communication outreach programs: Memphis Emergency Shelter Union Mission.

Reason leaving: To save cost within the operational of the business, the HSE Job/Dept. was eliminated, reducing headcount, integrating it into directly and specifically to the Quality’s department responsibility.

PENNAKEM RENEWABLE RESOURCE CHEMISTRY – Memphis, TN May – Oct. 2019 Biochemistry Innovator in sustainable bio-based Chemistry.

Title: Environmental Engineer Specialist

Environmental Consulting contracted through Gateway Personnel assisting facility maintaining environmental compliance per the facility’s operational permits and plans (e.g., SWPP, NPDES, etc...).

Reason Leaving: External responsibility of developing best practice was established and taught to employer’s HSE’s personnel to begin managing internally; concluded contract work.

DUNAN PRECISION MANUFACTURING, INC – Memphis, TN June 2017-April 2019

Specialized manufacturer of heat exchangers and tubing parts for air conditioning and refrigeration units.

Title: Health Safety & Environmental Manager-Engineer

Lead to the development and implementation of EHS integrated management system and continuous improvements to company’s first piloted manufacturing site in US.

Heavily worked with contract and maintenance work of installation of new equipment in operations and warehouse establishing solid EHS foundation to safe working environments within (e.g., s interlock systems and appropriate secure racking systems).

Introduced ergonomic stretches for proper lifting techniques; added to the engineering fabrication of a pallet core roll assembly rack and Safety Work Instruction (SWI) to eliminate potential muscular skeletal disorders and low-back injuries resulting into zero lost work time incidents.

Managed and monitored environmental controls per wastewater discharges within quality inspections of parts manufactured—engineered controls measuring pH and discharge flows sustained to permitted baselines result to zero (NOVs) Notice of Violation.

Wrote and used County’s granted Operational & Maintenance Operational Permit controlling air emissions.

Established HSE teams and training engaging and aligning personnel’s actions, promoting a safe working operational warehousing environment creating value in 5S and Kaizen to eliminate mishaps through behavior-based safety.

Conducted Industrial Hygiene Air Sampling within operations to promote a healthy work environment not exceeding Permissible Exposure limits (PEL) and Threshold Limit Value (TLV) in accordance with TOSHA. (Tennessee OSHA) and ACGIH (American Conference Government Industrial Hygiene) standards

Managed personnel training (e.g., DunAn’s mission statement communicating terms and good practices of the company’s manual Quality Policy towards compliance within ISO 9000 standard and 9001 certifications.

Wrote and revised documents: (COP) Company Operation Procedures – Control of Records, Infrastructure, etc., and SWI (Safety Work Instructions). Initiated and participated in internal assessments and assisted in external audits including root cause corrective actions upon training personnel within the PDCA cycle.

Reason Leaving: Company closed and moved out from country back to China.

BOAR’S HEAD – Forest City, Arkansas June 2015 – June 2017

Major manufacturer of deli and other staple products from delicatessens, gourmet stores and fine foods.

Title: Safety & Health Manager

Directly managed 1 Coordinator, 1 Nurse, 2 EMTs, and Safety Committee team members establishing OSHA and NFPA compliance in environmental, health, and safety: maintaining clear communication of policies and procedures towards complying to regulations and standards. Among several accomplishments, I led to improvements in the alignment among the facility’s fourteen elements of their Process Safety Management (PSM) program, specifically to OSHA’s compliance per anhydrous ammonia refrigeration; in other words, revamped weak PSM program establishing emergency response team to proactively detect flaws in systems to immediately react to correct nonconformities and undesirable conditions promoting the PDCA cycle.

Reason Leaving: Employment opportunity closer to home and family in Memphis, TN.

ELECTROLUX – Memphis, TN Sept. 2014 – April 2015

Major manufacturer of appliances: ovens and double ovens.

Title: Health Safety & Environmental Specialist

Contracted as an HSE Specialist through Aerotek while continuing education towards Master’s in Occupational Safety and Health.

Delegated OSHA training, audits, and developed procedures to company operations and policy standards towards compliance through clear communications to management and front-line operating staff totaling 1200 employees. Trained 4 Plant Managers during employment period. Furthermore, assisted in incident investigations supplying reports with answers in reducing similar incidents (e.g., ergonomic musculoskeletal aggravations and disorders).

Established a very strong Hazcom program identifying chemicals utilized throughout facility’s many departments, establishing controls through training and establishing quick availability of (SDSs) Safety Data Sheet through an electronic computer-based platform.

Reason Leaving: Company’s Plant closed, and operations moved out of State.

DARLING/GRIFFIN INTERNATIONAL – Jackson, MS Sept. 2013 – Feb. 2014

Recycling company of biodiesel fuels and renewal foods

Title: Safety Health Environmental Manager Consultant

Contracted as and HSE managing Consultant through Aerotek while beginning education towards Master’s in Occupational Safety and Health.

Managed all HSE responsibilities through training, auditing, and communications with associates towards following OSHA regulations, standards, other agency permits, and company policies, while mentoring full-time associate into improving specific safety operations practices (e.g., lockout-tagout procedures).

Participated in removal of biodiesel fuels and renewal foods offsite with DOT standards.

Mentored, trained, and shared best management practices with a full-time employed associate into their transfer from a member of operation to the full-time role of HSE Coordinator ensuring full conversant and knowledge of EHS responsibilities within the operational area of the companies’ operations.

Reason Leaving: EHS integrated management system established; transferring associate into the position fully trained; contract work ended.

WEST FRASER, Inc. – Germantown, TN April 2007 – Sept. 2013 Wood products producer in North America parts of business purchased from International Paper.

Title(s): Corporate Office - HR Generalist, HSE Accounting Specialist

Lead audits among sixteen US facilities towards the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of EHS and HR work processes.

As reporting to Corporates Management Lead-Team and Financial Manager of US Operations, provided insight and information regarding safety and HR strategic objectives.

Provided training to facility senior management team members towards safety improvements to achieve efficiency and standardization of EHS and HR principles, policies, and standards along with interpretations in additional equipment within contracted projects per Environmental Agency standards.

Managed workers compensation cases through the AMA (American Medical Association) guideline. Closed many of the cases reducing future cost; acted as liaison assisting facility in WC cases.

Oversaw safety operations to maintain insurer compliance to limit and exclude fire explosions through dust combustions in US Wood Product operations.

Conducted risk assessments, identifying financial environmental controls reducing expenses: SUI (State Unemployment Insurance) - In 2011 revealed and corresponded with state Workforce Commissions in the determination of fraudulent unemployment claims. For example, discovered $66,740 over-charged unemployment benefit charges in Louisiana. Thus, the employer’s account was reaccredited. Other claims were denied immediately prior to benefits. Developed proper procedures in 9 US states SUI in appeals and tribunals.

Other responsibilities and accomplishments: Reorganized employee handbooks, maintained positive, successful transition employee benefit structure, and piloted revision and consolidation for Summary Plan Documents (e.g., retirement savings and pension plans).

Reason Leaving: Limited opportunity to return directly into facility operations specifically in HSE from the Corporate office as I began Masters in Occupational Health & Safety.

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY – Memphis, TN April 2000 – March. 2007

The world’s largest Paper and Forest Products Company, with over twenty-six billion dollars in annual sales and 80,000 employees worldwide.

Title: Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Managed all aspects of HSE in Georgetown, SC; Whitehouse, FL; and Folkston, GA reporting to Plant Manager(s) and the Corporate Division EHS manager responsible for all Environmental Health and Safety related activities for over four hundred employees at two (2) union facilities, and (1) union-free facility.

Maintained OSHA and EPA compliance through audits, good communications, team building, training and the development of policies and procedures to regulations, standards, and permits leading to no citations or no violations. A few accomplishments among many are the following: 1. Revamped safety program in Georgetown, SC) facility cutting Workers Compensation costs from $458,000 in 1999 to $4,000 in 2003. Total Incident Rate (TIR) reduced from 3.69 to 0.53 during same period. Led SC facility to go 11.5 months without a recordable, becoming the first winner of two awards simultaneously: the IP Division’s Safety Team Leadership Award and Safety Entrepreneur Award. The IP South Carolina facility achieved a level of #48 of 235 IP global facilities in safety 2003. 2. Built an integrated Environmental Health and Safety management system at two other facilities, cutting Workers Compensation runaway annual costs at Whitehouse from $315,000 in 2003 to $10,000 in 2005. Lowered TIR from 3.27 in 2003 to 0 in 2004. Eliminated annual Workers Compensation costs at Folkston from $115,000 in 2003 to $8,000 in 2005. Achieved a Zero Injury Rate at both IP facilities in 2004. All three operations moved into the top 10% of 235 facilities for lowest number of recordable injuries in International Paper global operations. 3. Achieved Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) 5 Star status through OSHA in 2004 at the IP Georgia Folkston facility.

Among direct management of health and safety responsibilities within the 3 former facilities, I managed capital projects; furthermore, compliance calendars and structured team for all environmental permits and plans responsibilities were developed to maintain compliance of Title V (air emissions), SWPP, SPCC, Hazardous Waste management, and waste disposal. Net Results: Zero (0) citations and (0) notice of violations (NOVs).

Supervised six general laborer clean-up crew staff members while managing EHS responsibility in Georgetown, SC. Promoted cleaner and safer work environment identifying and rectifying several potential hazards (e.g., guarding). Exceptional Gallup Survey exceeding Company average rating of 3.78 to 4.54 rating.

Conducted and assisted participation in HSE audits at several other IP regional facilities in NC, AL, SC, and TX with responsibilities for identification and rectifying potential seen hazards along with sharing best management practices.

Reason Leaving: International Paper sold Wood Products Division to 3 parties: Georgia Pacific, West Fraser, Inc., and Simpson

Education:

EDUCATION

Dual Master’s Degrees at Columbia Southern University with a 3.81 GPA carried in from 3.99 GPA Undergraduate Degree at Savannah State University:

Master’s Degree in Occupational Safety and Health, January 2017 Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, AL.

Master’s Degree in Business with a Concentration in Human Resources, July 2005 Columbia Southern University.

Bachelor Science Marine Biology with Chemistry minor, June 1997 Savannah State University, Savannah, GA.

CEA Certificate: OSHA 30 Hour Safety Compliance.

Spanish Multi-lingual Services.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Highly skilled in Microsoft Office Access. Excel, Work, Power Point, while maintaining a high degree of confidentiality through record retention and organization. Knowledgeable of other electronic software platforms (ADP, KPA, etc.,) and very adept in quickly learning new opportunities of available technology and software.

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