Safety Manager Risk Management
Resume:
Ty Stepter
Email: ********@*****.***
Ty Stepter has been working throughout his career help eliminate threats to lives, public health and enhance safety and security. He has over 20 years of Safety and Homeland Security specializing in large commercial construction, disaster recovery, emergency response, restorations, demolition and debris removal, industrial construction and general industry. Areas of expertise include OSHA 1910, 1926, NFPA130, NFPA 70E, ANSI, NIOSH, DOT, operations, risk management, process improvement, OSHA Outreach trainer, project and subcontractor management. He has also worked as an Engineer for Department of the Army, Navy as well as a Justice Department independent contractor and is well versed in multidiscipline engineering concepts; principles and practices. Ty is deeply dedicated to the principle of "giving back" to under-served communities, and he routinely incorporates principles of integrity and service into his personal and work life.
Relevant Projects:
July 2023 – March 2024, Safety Manager, Squan Construction LLC, Dallas, Georgia
Serves as a Safety Manager under Spectrum/Squan partnership for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), which will further builds out a network to more than 1 million currently unserved customer locations, as estimated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). New locations that are part of this buildout will be eligible to receive Spectrum Internet®, which currently offers starting speeds of 300 Mbps in nearly 85% of a 41-state service area (100 Mbps in the remaining areas) with speeds up to 1 Gbps available. Upon completion, these new locations will also gain access to Spectrum’s other services like Spectrum MobileTM, Spectrum Voice®, and a selection of Spectrum TV® products.
Responsible for the overall management and direction of company safety programs and monitors all aspects of safety for aerial, underground placement and splicing construction activities. Ensures safety is at the forefront of the culture and works to protect employee health and safety. Responsible for traveling to job sites daily, and will lead safety by developing and carrying out procedures with the line organization that effectively control accident and health exposures in the company and minimize OSHA citations. Keeps apprised of developments in federal and state DOT safety laws likely to affect the company.
January 2022 -Present, Adjunct Professor, Everglades University, Boca Raton, Florida
Provide instruction for students earning a Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Construction Management. Guide the development of management skills and construction industry specific technical and occupational subjects, such as construction planning, design, and safety. This degree program prepares graduates for a productive career in the construction industry as a manager, project manager, or property manager. Graduates of this program will be prepared for productive management careers in the construction business with knowledge in construction ethics, estimating, and contracts.
April 2021– December 2021, Safety and Risk Manager, Beck and Pollitzer (Contractor), Forest Park, Georgia.
Manages the construction Safety, Security and Risk Management aspects of Kroger-Ocado delivery robotics platform. Lead a team of 100 contractors, health, and safety specialists and managers to support Ocado/Kroger’s Robotic Sortable Fulfilment Center located at the 350,000 sq. ft. warehouse facility. Responsible for compliance programs, injury reduction strategy, and coordination with Operations leadership. Develop and audit safety processes for a safe construction site by authoring/update/review of the Operational Risk and Compliance Plan with Senior Management. Maintained changes to processes and to the physical plant at FC04 to protect employees from COVID-19 infection. These changes included sanitation, social distancing, mask usage policy enforcement, contact tracing, barrier construction and maintenance, temperature checking, manager training, and proactive employee communications.
Other duties and responsibilities as are follows:
●Updated risk reporting register system with new risk information.
●Developed risk reports for client and management review and worked with management to develop risk mitigation strategies.
●Manage the safety aspects of control panel installation, distribution supplies, and the design and installation of all internal wiring.
●Oversee safety aspects for installation/commissioning of TGW Conveyor Systems, Ocado Peripherals (Delivery Tote Machines (DTM), Pick Stations, Grocery Freezer Scanners, Decant Stations), Machine X Waste and Recycling equipment, Fencing and Cladding, and erecting 20 ft tall Aluminum Grid upright columns with track support.
●Knowledge of day-to-day and strategic issues, operational requirements, and management of a manufacturing facility
●Knowledge of technologies and applications used in manufacturing products and the optimization of manufacturing processes.
●Provided safety training and certifications for PPE, Fall Protection, Powered Industrial Vehicles, and LOTO.
Jan 2017– Present, Safety and Risk Manager, Technique Concrete Construction, Forest Park, Georgia. Under the HAMB JV project, provided safety management for the construction of the $18.5 million Hartsfield Jackson International Airport West Deck Parking garage to include 7 Story, Cast-In-Place Parking Deck with over 2,000,000 Total Square Feet- Interior Courtyard at all levels and 5,700 Parking Spaces. Major milestones include deep excavation of over 42’ for pipelines, grading for asphalt roadways, and providing foundations for new access bridge for parking garage. Provided safety supervision for over 50 employees of construction services by closely monitoring high risk activities such as installation of underground water and storm sewer lines, confined space entry gas testing and air monitoring, grading, crane lifting activities, concrete pours, steel beam installation and welding, scaffolding, traffic and pedestrian control and movement of abnormal heavy loads. Under the West Curb Improvements Plane Train Clark-Atkinson-Technique (CAT-JV) $140 million contract project, provided planning and delivery, risk assessment and analysis for safety compliance for design and pre-construction work on the Plane Train 600 foot tunnel extension. The extension of the train tunnel is aimed at adding capacity for the train as the airport handles more passengers and prepares to add Concourse G. Provided safety supervision for over 250 employees of construction services by closely monitoring high risk activities such as installation of underground water and storm sewer lines, video surveillance for airport terminals and worksite,fiber optic cable and premise distribution, erosion control, boring, asbestos abatement, demolition, confined space entry gas testing and air monitoring, implementing an advanced and more efficient Parking Revenue Control System, grading, crane lifting activities, concrete pours, steel beam installation and welding, scaffolding, traffic and pedestrian control and movement of abnormal heavy loads. Oversee construction safety for planning, design and land development for airport roads, drainage, sewer and landscaping. Reviewed all due diligence documents and reports for safety and risk management issues to coordinate information between superintendents, designers, engineering and project executives. Worked with area municipalities and utility contractors for emergency management and hazard communications.
Ty was directly responsible for the following:
●Developed and implemented through field level briefings the COVID-19 Preparedness Response Plan for construction field employees.
●Developed and applied work site Engineering controls/methods to implement, reduce or eliminate workplace hazards for noise control, emergency fire control systems, flying debris, and respiratory exposures.
●Safely manage the Ground Transportation installation of access media, including AVI transponders and proximity cards, which are utilized to authenticate and subsequently bill/charge an account.
●Ensure that switch boxes and fuse stations are kept closed at all times along with proper LOTO procedures being followed to protect against arcing, sparks or flaming resulting from over heating.
●Provided site safety supervision for mobilization activities surrounding the installation and repairs of public and private utilities by employing risk management techniques and cost benefit analyses.
●Developed Site Safety Program to implementation for achievement of zero recordable injuries based upon manageable span of control and the number of subordinates directly reporting to superintendents.
●Performed risk identification, assessment, reporting and monitoring operations.
●Identified project risks and dependencies and recommended corrective actions.
●Reviewed and recommended improvements to risk management procedures.
●Provided technical oversight and evaluations concerning engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, Fire and Safety codes, Fire Control and ventilation test scenarios for trains(purge/exhaust/supply test stages), HVAC, plumbing and fiber optic cable and premise distribution construction.
●Responsible for development, implementation and presentation of Job Hazard Analyses (JHA)/Incident Action Plans/Safety Orientations/Subcontractor Credentialing for all work to be performed.
●Inspected construction work in progress to assure the work safely compiles with the contract.
●Leader of the Incident Investigation Team to identify site hazards, root cause analysis, non-conformances, corrective and preventive actions such as discovery of excavation hazards associated with underground utilities, drilling bedrock, and natural spring water disruptions.
●Delivery of pertinent toolbox talks with the assistance of responsible construction supervision to facilitate heavy equipment inspection daily checklist procedures.
●Review of work packages (blueprint drawings, takeoffs, equipment /materials, as-built drawings or sketches) for bidding/costing estimates and to determine existing site Job Hazards.
●Approved manhour personal resource requirement allocations which were compiled for KPI reporting.
●Assess continuity capabilities needed to accomplish objectives. Evaluate planning for safety exercises. Used previous exercise data, analyze data to identify trends (Improvement Planning).
●Validated and tested continuity operational capabilities, designing and developing scenarios for continuity objectives, identifying any shortcomings after the completion of an exercise or real world events
●Communicated exercise planning objectives, developments, and required actions to ensure effective coordination between stakeholders, and partners during exercises. Provided guidance to ensure participation in exercises is effectively designed, developed, and organized in order to evaluate safety preparedness and readiness.
●Extracted geographical data from satellite imagery, and aerial photography to compile into maps used for VDC and BIM logistics jobsite safety modeling.
●Provided performance of monitoring using scientific devices to evaluate toxic, flammable, and/or explosive vapors, gases, fumes, or radioactive material; measure noise levels; illumination, or ventilation systems. Developed technical reports or findings and recommendations.
●Installed video surveillance and monitored security checkpoints for congestion, suspicious activity, confrontations, and passengers who present potential threats.
Feb 2016 – Dec 2017, Safety Trainer (Consultant), U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Sustainable Workplace Alliance, Lake Wales, Fl
Participant in the $4 million FY 2017 Hazardous Materials Instructor Training (HMIT) and Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST) grants. The HMIT grants fund the training of instructors who then train private-sector hazardous materials employees. The SPST grant funds national nonprofit fire service organizations to train instructors to conduct hazardous materials response training programs for local responders.
Provided strategic guidance and advisory support to address deployment issues and courses of action taken resulting from disaster recovery operational scenarios. Utilized Management by Objectives principals to provide Safety Training for local Fire Departments with respect to the providing environmental, health and safety training consulting. Focus on learning how to use the 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook in combination with the 49CFR (Transportation regulations). In addition, provided training as it relates to courses of action due to Emergency Declarations to lessen the threat of catastrophes. Efforts included recruitment, training and tracking of eligible Hazmat enforcement and inspection personnel (e.g. police, fire marshals, code inspections and health inspectors) to attend training sessions to include the following topics.
Ty was directly responsible for the following:
●Understanding and translation of 49 CFR and the Hazardous Material Tables to personnel as it relates to Essential Elements of Information (EEI).
●Identify, analyze, and control hazardous conditions, exposures and practices to provide training on Hazard Communication (Shipping Papers, Marks, Labels, & Placards)
●Inspection of Transportation and Requalification of DOT Specification Cylinders
●Extensive working knowledge for use of the 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) to be utilized during incident information collection exercises.
●Evidence Collection, Investigations and Remediation - how to properly handle and store hazardous evidence. Discussion of PPE issues used to collect evidence, Chain of Custody completion, picture taking and other evidentiary procedures.
●Refresher and review of 2016 ERG, How to ID Hazmat, SDS Awareness, Site Safety Plans
●Develop trends analysis charts using Tableau software for incident management scenarios and action plans.
●Identification process: Warning Signs - Occupancies/vehicles Placards/Labels - Shapes and Markings
●Training on effect of Safety Data Sheets and changes with the Global Harmonization System (GHS)
Mar 2004 - Nov 2017, Construction Safety Training Supervisor, Management and Training Corporation, Atlanta, GA Construction safety training to support rehabilitation of current facilities; modernization of classroom and training buildings to meet the credentialing needs of high growth occupations; repair of building deficiencies to address life, safety, and health concerns including emergency repairs. Authorized OSHA Instructor to teach OSHA 29 CFR 1910 General Industry 10 / 30 Hour classes (OTI 501).
Ty was directly responsible for the following:
●Responsibility included researching contracts, drawings, and specifications to support field operations, processing/tracking submittals, and scheduling & tracking material delivery.
Developed, implemented and trained staff and students in areas: HAZCOM, LOTO, PPE, Arc/Electrical safety, Confined Space, Fall protection, Industrial vehicle operation and environmental compliance.
●Designed and installed ventilation systems to help control and/or eliminate air contaminants for shop equipment.
●Responsible for the development of all QA/Safety program, training employees, maintaining and updating manuals, procedures and inspection checklists/apps.
●Led executive team in identifying operational and engineering solutions in a safe manner, risk mitigation, and maintenance to meet all aspect of environmental, health and safety.
●Helped to reduce recordable injuries from during the 12 month period by 45%.
●Research and produce plans of instruction via guides and other instructional materials in compliance with company policies.
●As a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program trainer, performed education of individuals about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and training in basic disaster response skills.
●Engages in site safety inspections, coordinating corrections with all contractors along with community Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPC’s).
Jul 2013- Dec 2014, Manufacturing Safety Engineer (Contractor), ECT/Ricoh Electronics, Lawrenceville, GA
Provided Safety Engineering consulting for Ricoh’s superior top-coated direct thermal (DT) papers and synthetic products for a variety of applications. Reviewed plans and specifications for new machinery and equipment to make sure that they meet safety requirements. Identify and correct potential hazards by inspecting facilities, machinery, and safety equipment. Evaluated the effectiveness of various industrial control mechanisms.
Ty was directly responsible for the following:
●Responsible for all safety and wellness related to pulp, paper, and paperboard mills.
●Installation of Blower and Exhaust Systems for Dust, Stock, and Vapor Removal or Conveying,
●Performed safety checks for devices such as padlocks shall be provided for locking out the source of power at the main disconnect switches before any maintenance, inspection, cleaning, adjusting, or servicing of equipment.
●Ensured that air respirators shall be strategically located for emergency and rescue use.
●Reviewed Kaizen new work procedures and manufacturing processes to incorporate safety measures.
●Developed paper coating safety procedures for kiting (threading the paper) processes, heating and drying for the over 300 oven stations air bars.
●Ensure that appropriate safety, security, and infection control measures are implemented in accordance with policies and procedures.
●Making safety recommendations concerning feasibility, cost, and effect on operations of anticipated physical changes and alteration, space reallocations, or construction of new/expanded facilities.
Jan 2012- Jan 2015, Adjunct Continuing Education Instructor, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Ty was directly responsible for the following:
●Developed data modeling & visualization training modules using tools such as Excel, Power BI, Tableau, etc.
●Experience using authoring tools such as Captivate, Articulate and others.
●Coordinate with other areas of the college, and develop relationships with relevant external strategic partners; such as local employers, organizations, and business associations to guide the development of Continuing Education programs.
●Taught VBA Excel lessons in Business Analytics and use of data, statistical and quantitative analysis that address issues in address manufacturing, financial, human resources, customer relationship management, and supply chain. (Dashboards, What If Analysis, Pivot Tables, Modeling, Arrays, etc.)
●Provided training to business partners to understand requirements, design and develop a data model that best fits the users’ needs
●Maintain existing data solutions, reports & dashboards, and identify and act upon opportunities to improve the system process flow, performance and technical efficiencies;
●Develop operational analytics using descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive models accordingly to improve business outcomes using data warehousing & analytic solutions;
Jan 2000- Mar 2004, Enterprise Architect/Project Management, IBM GLOBAL SERVICES (S3 Staffing-ECT) Atlanta, GA
Provided remote network engineering expertise and technical analysis to IBM customer data and video network communications needs. Generated revenue for the network services Strategic Outsourcing division of IBM Global Services. Products were sold primarily into Pharmaceuticals, Utilities markets. Provided pre-sales support in North America, France and Canada. Developed Disaster Recovery requirements and testing specifications. Specific details of accomplishments listed below are as follows:
●Designed network topology for IBM’s Application Management Services and Managed Business Processing Services lines of business to incorporate SurePOS 740 systems for Sears.
●Performed and wrote unit-testing framework procedures for web based applications using Rational Functional regression testing tool.
●Provided architecture design and development for customers utilizing EDI, standard document and communication protocols (FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, Sterling Connect:Direct®, HTTP, HTTPS, and WebDAV.), for Sterling B2B Integrator (SI) and Sterling File Gateway on all platforms necessary to exchange a high volume of EDI documents
●Worked as network architect for Bold American chain of restaurants to provide network design strategies for Aloha/Transmanager POS upgrades and rollouts.
●Provided consulting services implementation strategy for PCI Data Security Standards to small business owners to protect against Cyber attacks.
●Worked on a variety of strategic plans/presentations provided to companies seeking to limit vulnerabilities and address long term effects of network topologies on financial growth. Designed BCRS Storage Area Network (SANs) that utilized Fiber Channel technology for connections to provide the high speed network communications needed by servers to access shared storage devices.
●Performed extensive research that has made it possible to obtain detailed market and company information on information technology, competition, growth programs, strategic plans and proposals, all which are essential in proposal development.
Certifications:
OSHA 500 for Construction Industry
OSHA 501 for General Industry
CPR/First Aid, & AED
EPA HVAC Certification
FEMA/Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
FEMA(IS-1000)-Public Assistance Program and Eligibility
FEMA(IS-1001)- Public Assistance Delivery Model Orientation
FEMA(IS-02905) -Coordinating Health and Social Services Recovery
FEMA(IS-520)- Planning for Pandemic Influenzas
FEMA(IS-200)- Incident Command System for Initial Response
Construction Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS) – In Process
Education: 2010, BA, University at Albany
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, College Prep. High School Diploma
BS, Howard University
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Washington, DC
MA, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Major: Administrative Sciences
Rutherford, NJ
Construction Management Coursework, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Rutherford, NJ
MS, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Major: Homeland Security
Rutherford, NJ
Affiliations:
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Contact this candidate