Manager Health

Andrew Patterson

**** *** ****** **. ******** City, OK. 73135

Mobile: 918-***-****, Home: 405-***-****

**********@***.***

Profile

Dedicated Environmental Health & Safety professional with seventeen years experience in U.S. Air Force and contractor Environmental Health and Safety positions. Extensive background inspecting and evaluating workplaces for environmental, safety, fire and health hazards and recommending and implementing safe workplace policies and procedures. First aid CPR certified. Outstanding interpersonal, presentation and training skills with proven ability to interact effectively with technicians and management at all levels. Excellent verbal and written communications skills. Reliable, dependable self-starter. Able to perform exceptionally well in a quality oriented environment.

Accomplishments

•Developed and implemented project health and safety program for 40 employees.

•Provided assistance/guidance in start-up of prime contractor’s environmental health and safety program for 300+ maintenance, engineering and operations employees located on a large industrial military complex.

•Wrote project health and safety plan for prime contractor, establishing procedures for the emergency evacuation of employees from 15 prime contractor facilities where employees were located.

•Trained management and supervisor employees on corporate safety and health programs/procedures.

•Wrote 17 Activity Hazard Analysis for work activities to foster safe work procedures for employees.

•Established employee Near Miss Reporting award and recognition program, resulting in the identification and correction of unsafe conditions in the workplace and 2 years in a row of zero reportable injuries.

•Established procedures for prompt medical treatment of employees after the occurrence of an injury.

•Meticulous management and documentation of project’s Environmental Health and Safety program aided in the prestigious ISO certification for the project.

•At contract start-up, successfully developed and implemented project’s Environmental Health and Safety program for 400+ employees in accordance with performance work statement.

•Established first confined space rescue team for project

•Hands-on approach to safety in conducting daily field observations of craftsmen directly aided to the overall project safety culture and increase of craftsmen’s safety and environmental knowledge.

Experience

Parsons, Tinker Air Force Base, OK. (2008 – 2011) Safety / Health Manager

•Maintained injury/incident tracking database and all OSHA reporting logs.

•Prepared reports for management and corporate personnel using Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel.

•Identified and anticipated safety and health hazards by surveying occupational conditions and rendered opinions on new procedures and recommended preventative action.

•Conducted safety inspections and investigations to ensure procedures were being followed and informed managers and employees accordingly.

Computer Sciences/Parsons, Tinker Air Force Base, OK. (2000 – 2008) Environmental Health & Safety Manager

•Wrote standard operating procedures for key environmental health & safety programs in accordance with federal, state and performance work statement requirements.

•Established federal and state training requirements for maintenance employees.

•Performed daily inspections of craftsmen performing work activities to ensure safe work procedures were being followed.

•Tracked and maintained injury reporting metrics and briefed to upper management on a monthly basis.

•Managed the injury reporting and all OSHA record keeping logs.

•Prepared mishap/injury reports for management and corporate personnel using Power-Point and Excel spread sheets.

•Performed Root Cause Analysis procedures to ascertain cause and contributing factors involving an injury/mishap.

•Coordinated and administered the project’s Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Program.

•Inspected all chemical containers/materials for proper labeling, storage, use and Hazardous Material Management (HMMS) approval.

•Perform follow-up inspections to ensure recommended safety hazard corrections were met.

•Responsible for conducting employee safety training for various safety programs.

•Responsible for coordinating with the Quality Control Manager to ensure employee training and documentation were completed.

•Conducted environmental, health & safety inspections, identifying issues and developed corrective action plans to insure compliance with applicable corporate policies including OSHA, EPA, DOT, DOD, state and local regulations.

•As alternate unit environmental coordinator, performed weekly inspections of hazardous waste initial accumulation points (IAPs).

•Coordinated the spill response team in the proper clean up and disposal of hazardous chemical spills and materials.

•Trained affected operations and maintenance personnel in asbestos awareness.

•Responded to reports of exposed asbestos containing material; coordinated with base Bioenvironmental for testing and directed contractor removal/repair of material and proper storage.

•Performed respirator fit testing and training for 100+ personnel required to wear respirators.

•Performed atmospheric testing of confined spaces, trained personnel on assigned gas detection equipment and coordinated the calibration of atmospheric testing equipment and record keeping.

United States Air Force, Tinker Air Force Base, OK. (1993 – 1998) Unit Master Sergeant, Safety & Health Technician

•Handpicked by Civil Engineering Commander to manage the daily activity of unit- occupational safety & health program (AFOSH).

•Involved in the planning, maintenance, and fire prevention activities for one of the largest units on an Air Force installation.

•Responsible for conducting inspections of 16 operations/maintenance sections to identify mishap potential and the proper use of safety equipment and procedures.

Military Service

United States Air Force

•Master Sergeant (E-7), Environmental Safety and Health, Tinker AFB, OK (05/88 to 10/98)

•Staff Sergeant (E-5), Environmental Support Technician Supervisor, Kadena AFB, Japan (05/84 - 05/88)

•Sergeant (E-4), Environmental Support Specialist, Ellsworth AFB, SD (09/78 - 05/84)

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office

Education/Training

•Some college (2 years)

•2011 OSHA 10- Hour Course for Construction, OK

•2009 U.S.A.F. Emergency Response Operations Command and Control Course, OK

•2009 U.S.A.F. Emergency Response Operations Course, OK

•2007 OSHA Course 2225 Respiratory Protection

•2007 OSHA Course 2045 Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards

•2006 OSHA Course 2015 Hazardous Materials

•2006 Environmental Health and Safety Management Specialist, OK

•2006 Hazardous Waste Management, OSHA Training Institute, OK

•2004 OSHA course 501 Train The Trainer Course, OSHA Training Institute, OK

•2004 Confined Space Rescue Course, Gordon Cooper Technology Center, OK

•2003 Asbestos Abatement Supervisor Course, Moore Norman Technology Center, OK

•2003 Lead Base Paint Abatement Supervisor Course, Metro Technology Center, OK

•2002 Level 1 Hazardous Waste Management Course, OK

•2001 U.S.A.F. Operational Risk Management Course

•2001 OSHA Record Keeping Course, OK

•2001 Hazwoper Technician Course, OK

•1999 Elementary Education and Early Childhood Development, OK

•1996 U.S.A.F. Non-commissioned Officer Academy, TX

•1994 U.S.A.F. Metrics Training, OK

•1993 U.S.A.F. Mishap Prevention and Occupational Safety, Fire Prevention, and Health

•1993 Ergonomics, National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health

•1988 Environmental Protection Agency, Hazardous Materials Response For First Responders

•1979 U.S.A.F. Environmental Support Course, TX

Contact this candidate