Pedro Vera
***-* ********** **** ********, NY ***09 646-***-**** ***********@*****.***
Objective :ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH & SAFETY SPECIALIST/MANAGER
Profile
Acomplishment over 5 years of experience as a health and safety manager resulting in high safety audit scores for a leading laundry corporation.
Safety Specialist with the ablity to analyze operations, advise in areas that needs improvement, engineer, and implement action plans that reduces injury cost and loss of time.
Able to build relationships with success in building cohesiveness in teams and sustainability for functional team members.
Military Composite Risk Management 8 years of experience over seeing security teams and manageging risk factors
Skills Summary
Employee Safety Measures
Cost Reduction/Avoidance
Regulatory Compliance
Quality Evaluation/Audit
Workers Comp Safety Training Program
Materials Resource Planning
Staff Training
OSHARecord Keeping Strategic Planning
Resource Optimization
Loss prevention
Communication
Fluent in both English and Spanish
Industrial Hygiene specialist/MSDS
Professional Experience
CINTAS CORPORATION, ROCHESTER NY AUG 2008 – JUN 2012
Health & safety manager
Rotated in my management position to develop and implement policies and management systems in health and safety, fire protection, loss prevention, crisis management and process safety. Supported corporate policies, analyzed process for potential black belt projects, trained and directed employees groups, and served as location incident manager for crisis situations. Functioned as primary liaison between company and regulatory agencies.
Regulatory compliance – Spearheaded health and safety compliance effort for 1 plant stockroom construction project which saved the plant over$50,000. Teamed with corporate management and local regulatory agencies to facilitate projects
Project Implementation- Introduced standardized process hazard analysis for regional consistency during the 2009 OSHA incident record keeping regulation.
Staff Development – Reversed prior history of low morale and incomplete training and cross training program, leading to improved emergency response times and boost in team morale.
Bench Mark Initiatives – Developed and wrote an 10 slide powerpoint exercise system that includes stretches and exercise for individual department focusing on reducing injury and long term abnormal wear and tear effects.
Safety Training Coordinator – Developed and implemented all phases of safety training for plant manufacturing rental division. Conducted safety audits, evaluated tasks, and analyzed training within plant location. Managed material safety data sheets, fire response team, and emergency response team.
ARMORED RECONNANCE SPECIALIST JUN 2002- JUN 2010
Safety Duties:
Develops and presents training on all portions of the Army Safety Program to include Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) compliance, prevention of accidents and injuries, safety program management, accident reporting and investigation, and additional duty safety requirements. Integrates lessons learned from collected data into safety training curriculum, programs of instruction, lesson plans, and student handouts for the Mobile Training Team (MTT). Serves as consultant for the Army Safety Program strategic planning for the MTT including identifying and consolidating links with other Army Strategic plans. Develops training tools, policies, processes, presentations, and guidance for integrating composite risk management into Mobile training team deliverables. Performs platform instruction for resident and non-resident safety courses as a subject matter expert. Conducts instruction in safety related courses, composite risk management, and accident reporting and investigation.
Specilaized in reconnaissance intelligence and communication to gather information and communicate information to others proffiently and accurately.
Diversity – In my three years actively serving in the military I worked with both soldiers and non military personnel of different background which taught me the importance of working with diverse groups of people.
Under Pressure – As a reconnaissance specialist I developed the ability to work well under pressure and to work with a team.
Reporting – Writing real time information and being able to communicate it to my supervisors is a strong skill that I acquired in the service.
Education
Masters in Business Administration/Operations management March 2008
American Intercontinental University Hoffman estate, IL
Magna Cum Laude
Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice May 2007
American Intercontinental University Hoffman estate, IL
Magna Cum Laude
Electronic June 1999
Samuel Gompers High School Bronx, New York
GPA: 83.3
Professional Development:
Complete ongoing training in the areas of environmental health and safety and accident investigation, employee and labor relations, and workplace safety/security.
Language Fluency
Spanish- verbal and written
Certifications:
10hrs OSHA certified
Green belt certified
Maticulous hiring certified
Management trainee graduate certification from Cintas Corporation
CPR/AED certified
Fire extinguisher certified
Licence:
Forklift licensed
Knowledgeable in the use of:
Microsoft word
Microsoft office
Excel
PowerPoint
Lotus notes
A/S 400
Safety Logic
Affiliations:
Pathfinder Club
Campus Ministries
Rochester Works (Volenteer)
IBM summer enrichment program
Reference available upon request