David B. Zogg
Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
*******@*****.***
SKILLS SUMMARY
Employment Manager with extensive experience in safety, project management, and general construction. Excellent background in safety, quality assurance, supervisory experience, facility design, construction, scheduling, and budgeting. Experienced in providing daily supervision with regards to quality, safety, security, environmental, compliance, and employee labor relations.
Regional Safety Manager November 2009-Present
Taggart Global, LLC
North America Construction
Arch Coal, Peabody, Santee Cooper, South Carolina Gas & Electric
United Coal, Arcellor Mittal, ICS Energy Group, AEP, Western Coal,
Alden Resources, Crown Coal, Mirant, Alliance, Coal River Energy
• Manage HSE for North American activities, to include coal power plants, preparation plants, crushing and conveyance, section 45, belt presses, and existing plant upgrades.
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• Implement and conduct employee training, education, and auditing.
• Insure federal, state, and client compliance, to include documenting and reporting.
• Develop current Best Approach policies, and implement policies.
• Perform Root Cause analysis in regards to incidents and accidents.
Safety Director
AMES Construction Inc August 2008-April 2009
Bureau of Reclamation, Drop 2 Reservoir Project, CA
• Designed and implemented Safety Program within Bureau and OSHA guidelines.
• Establish and maintain onsite medical facilities to administer first aid and advance life support.
• Develop written procedures for Job Hazard Analysis, continually monitoring the workplace and activities to determine hazards and exposures.
• Implemented Injury Illness Prevention Program; which includes new employee training, conducting safety meetings, overseeing documentation and logs, and MSDS compliance.
• Ensure OSHA, CAL-OSHA, and BOR regulations are adhered to with regard to overall project safety.
Project Engineer/Safety
Schmueser and Associates December 2005-July 2008
Arch Coal, Rio Tinto; Crushing/Conveying Projects, WY
• Manage and maintain project operations relating to safety.
• Conduct safety meetings and workplace inspections.
• Provided specialized training programs in fall protection, lockout
tagout, confined space, and equipment operations.
• Ensured that MSHA, Arch Coal, and Rio Tinto regulations were adhered to, and corrected deficiencies.
• Interfaced with parent contractor Thyssen Krupp, and owners Arch Coal and Rio Tinto to exceed expectations and create a positive relationship.
Safety Superintendent
Hensel Phelps/Queston January 2002-August 2005
Dept. of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM
• Field superintendent, responsible for insuring safety and quality assurance during the construction of the Strategic Computing Complex and Non-Proliferation and International Security Center.
• Highly effective communication skills with architects, engineers, and laboratory officials, insuring positive relations.
• Implemented safety compliance program from start of project, through critical pathways, to project completion.
• Developed and installed a fall protection system which is currently utilized by the Department of Energy.
QualityAssurance October 2000-August 2001
Duro-Last
World Headquarters Kimberly –Clark, TX
• Managed, designed, and oversaw the installation of a complex roofing system; responsible for adhering to manufactures requirements within parameters of aesthetic appeal dictated by owners.
• Developed and maintained an open and honest relationship with owners.
Superintendent June 1992-October 2000
Homestead Construction
Los Alamos, NM
• Designed and fabricated structures for Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• Recommended and implemented a renovation program for out of date facilities, saving millions in new building costs.
EDUCATION
CERTIFICATIONS
A.A.S. Electrical/Electronics
Marine Corps Institute, Millington, Tenn
A.S. Nursing
Eastern New Mexico University, Roswell, NM
Project Management Professional Masters
Villanova, Pa
OSHA 500,510
Construction Outreach Trainer
Construction Safety and Health Instructor
Competent Person in Fall Protection, Rigging, Lockout/Tagout
Competent Person in Confined Space, Scaffold Erection
Competent Person in Excavation and Trenching
National Safety Council
Emergency Care Program Instructor
Red Cross
First Aid, CPR, and AED
NCCER
Instructor
MSHA
Unlimited Surface and Underground Instructor
Qualified Person, Surface and Underground Forman
Qualified Person, Methane and Oxygen Deficiency
5000-23 Training Surface and Underground
Illinois Surface Supervisor
West Virginia Construction Surface Supervisor
Kentucky Surface Miner
Virginia Surface Miner, Qualified Gas
Pennsylvania Surface and Underground Miner