Manager Training

Multi Location Occupational Safety & Health Professional

RICHARD NIELSON M.S., A.S.P.

*** ******* ***. ****** **** Iowa 51360

Mobile: 712-***-**** E-mail: *********@*****.***

I am a champion of culture change. I create and roll out safety programs to the most resistant employees. I write policies and procedures that have all loop holes closed. I ensure training is relevant, required, documented, and fully comprehended. I hold myself to the highest ethical and professional standards. I have been described as extremely knowledgeable and tenacious. A core component to my success is my ability to enhance operations through creating “buy in” with every level of the company. I am a mentor and judge my success by the success of my reports, the employees, and the dash board numbers of the company. I analyze leading indicators. I have a proven ability to perform true root cause analysis and create strategic corrective actions in time-sensitive situations. I am passionate about compliance of ever-changing regulatory requirements and taking necessary steps to ensure company compliance and employee adherence. I have proven success in the programs listed below and numerous others.

Ergonomics Expertise

Behavior Based Safety

Policy/Procedure Development & Deployment

HAZCOM & MSDS

Job Hazard Analysis Worker’s Compensation

OSHA 1910 & 1926 Compliance

Training Expertise

Toyota’s Lean Manufacturing

Human Resources knowledge Kaizen & Six Sigma Principles

Industrial Hygiene Expertise

Waste Stream Management

Contract Negotiation

Vendor Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Green Plains - Everly IA 11/08/2010 to Present

Renewable energy, Grain storage, and shipping, Fuel and Chemical divisions

Environmental Health Safety and Security Manager

EHS&S Manager overseeing 15 locations. 8 in Iowa, 1 in Missouri, 1 in Nebraska, and 5 locations in Tennessee.

Oversee Grains Division, fuels delivery trucks and chemical storage locations.

Selected Responsibilities:

• Reduce Injuries by 50% developing near miss/unsafe condition reporting system, deploying corrective actions.

• Drive cultural change within the organization that is in the top five of dangerous occupations in the U.S. and is a seriously delinquent to accept state and federal safety protocols.

• Develop and deploy policies and procedures to ensure compliance, reduce injuries, and add to the bottom line. Also create supporting forms and assist management to comply.

• Step up entire safety management system and then when gained compliance, moved it to a web based format.

• Manage workman comp cases and reduce costs by investigating questionable claims and settling claims to ensure the best outcome for the company with a documented savings of 225K in 2011.

• Design safety systems such as fall protection for climbing and rail car work. I have designed rail car fall protection that is compliant and saved the company $44K per location.

• Developed and deployed web based training for weekly and monthly taining.

• Design location audits to bring compliance in multiple areas and improve conditions.

• DOT and CSA2010 oversight and enforcement for 92 drivers hauling hazardous and non hazardous loads.

Manpower Professional NA – Rock Island IL - 07/20/2010 to 11/01/2010

Provider of technical professionals to industry

Safety and Health Manager (CONTRACT POSITION FOR HONEYWELL)

HSE Manager in a union manufacturing facility. Oversight of 5 locations for manufacturing and shipping. This was a temporary contract position for Honeywell.

Selected Responsibilities:

• Establish programs to Honeywell’s specifications

• Oversee onsite medical staff in accordance to OSHA & HIPPA

• Manage workman comp and any legalities pending

Terex USA LLC - Waverly IA - 04/08/2010 to end of contract 06/25/2010

International Crane Manufacturer.

Health Safety and Environmental Manager (CONTRACT POSITION DIRECT)

HSE Manager in a union manufacturing facility. Fill in for HSE manager who was out on medical leave. This was a temporary contract position for the international crane manufacturer.

Selected Responsibilities:

• Manage First Responder Teams Chemical Spill, Medical, confined space rescue

• Create Policies in accordance to Terex’s Roadmaps and Mile Markers

• Prepare Audit Paperwork to track compliance within the facility

• Manage Safety and Kiazen Committees to ensure topics and tasks are kept on track

ARMOUR – ECKRICH MEATS LLC – PERU, IN - 08/2009 to 12/2009

Manufacturer of commercial bacon products.

Environmental Health & Safety Manager (CONTRACT POSITION DIRECT)

Manage complete adherence to local, state, and federal regulations for the meat processing, packaging, and transportation operations that maintains 500 employees on 3 shifts. Oversee training content and delivery to ensure all employees comprehend materials. Manage waste water treatment facility. Water and Title V air permitting. Oversee the plant security vendors. I evaluate vendors to save the company money on all areas that I am charged.

Selected Responsibilities:

• Formulate Training and train front line supervisors to deliver engaging training that ensures compliance and the team members “get it” as everyone learns at different paces. I write training, I train the trainer, I deliver the best training that has ever been given as I provide logic and connections to real life with my delivery that creates “buy in”.

• Oversee plant waste water department that has responsibility for 120,000 gallons of waste water per day. My team ensures proper levels of corrective measures to warranty company regulatory compliance.

• Safety Audits are a large part of the compliance strategy and I review all audits and provide guidance to the auditors. I continually change the audit forms to gather required compliance information and eliminate complacency.

ACCIONA WINDPOWER – West Branch, IA 09/2007 to 05/2009

International provider of renewable energy.

Safety Health & Environmental Manager

Ensure complete adherence to local, state, and federal regulations through best practices and continual training of behavior based safety. Create and deploy programs for wind turbine manufacturing facility as well as wind park construction sites across the United States. I train staff to understand MSDS compliance of use, shipping, and storage for hazardous materials. Develop and publish safety policies, procedures and training criteria in accordance with DOT, DNR, ANSI, and OSHA for North America operations. Oversee investigations of accidents/incidents and near misses. Ensure true root cause analysis, the development and deployment of corrective actions and ensure adherence. Establish programs such as PPE, chemical handling, hearing conservation, waste water, air quality, respirator program, and first responders (medical & spill control). Lead team of 10 safety professionals in the manufacturing facility and construction site locations within United States. Develop train the trainer and training materials for end users in areas such as “fall protection”, “Arc Flash Safety”, and “crane safe operation”. I provided training and certifications for powered equipment operators and crane operators.

Selected Achievements:

• Develop, deploy and oversee plant and wind park EHS programs when company opened the turbine manufacturing facility and started with an empty factory and all new floor workers.

• Successfully manage Worker’s Compensation Program by working with occupational doctors and insurance companies, able to reduce time off and reportable injuries to manageable level.

• Successfully negotiated terms for $250M contract and saved company $750K by discussing articles to client, resolving outstanding issues, sending finalized draft to attorney, and executing new terms with no penalties or concessions.

• Designed lockout device for R&D group to fulfill contract with client in Spain. Product was tested, approved, and deployed within 2 weeks, enabling company to obtain withheld $30M payment from customer.

• Asked by VP to turn around over budget, behind schedule project and saved company $1M+ by assessing issues, acquiring needed parts and manpower, and resolving conflict between team and supply groups.

• Led facility start up and preparation for ISO 14001 registration Took manufacturing facility from bare walls to fully operational with trained employees and ready for ISO certification audit

• Established plant as a “green,” zero waste facility by coordinating the recycling of wood, cardboard, copper, metal, and oil and hauling of remaining trash to power plant for production of steam / electricity. Efforts generated significant cost savings and completely eliminated plant’s use of landfill.

TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, USA, INC. – Kansas City, MO & Cedar Rapids, IA 02/1998 to 09/2007

The U.S. sales, distribution, and marketing unit for Toyota, Lexus, and Scion brands.

Environmental Health & Safety Manager (2002 – 2007)

Managed EHS system for central region of U.S. parts distribution warehouse. Conducted train the trainer for behavior based safety and Kaizen. ISO re-certifications, environmental audits, process improvement initiatives with 5s and Six Sigma principles, Provided leadership for safety committees and first responder teams. Served as Sarbanes Oxley compliance Subject Matter Expert, published training materials, and maintained oversight of Information Systems Division. Directed all charitable contributions and Core Values Committee.

Selected Achievements:

• Prepared for and passed ISO recertification. During my tenure at the Kansas City location, I was involved in 2 ISO recertification audits. Passed both with only a minor finding.

• Created technology package which saved company $7K per month and greatly increased efficiency by selecting cell phone provider / plan without overage fees, negotiating costs, doubling area of service, and adding unlimited data package to enable district managers to work from anywhere at any time.

• Raised $34K for Red Cross to aid victims of 2004 tsunami in Thailand by obtaining donations from local organizations and holding an auction; company doubled $17K auction earnings to show support of efforts.

• Represented company for 4 years as House Captain for Christmas in October charitable event, collecting construction materials to repair / upgrade hundreds of homes in impoverished area of Kansas City.

• Orchestrated numerous food, clothing, diaper, and Christmas toy drives for day care in inner city of Kansas City and received letters of thanks as well as company recognition for helping improve organization’s ability to care for 600+ children daily.

Department Lead – Toyota Financial Services Division (1998 – 2002)

Controlled all aspects of IT for 650 end users. This support included management of UNIX and NT Group Administrators, telecom group, and all contractors responsible for program language writing and desktop support. Authored disaster recovery plans, developed lab to test new software prior to rollout, and orchestrated customer satisfaction improvement programs.

Selected Achievements:

• Reduced data entry department annual staff hours by 20K and improved customer service by creating macros and quick keys to increase efficiency, receiving the Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Award for efforts.

• Saved over $40K per year in wasted printing materials as well as countless hours of lost production time by creating and implementing training program on network printing to accommodate company growth rate. Earned GEM Award for management of project.

• Led company PC upgrade in 6 week timeframe and produced significant cost savings by replacing computers during employee breaks. Received award for time management, budget efficiency, and recycling.

• Prepared for Y2K conversion by implementing data backup method, delivering supplies to facility in advance, and printing out all account information.

EDUCATION

Masters of Science, Occupational Safety & Health (emphasis in Environmental Management)

COLUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

Bachelors of Arts, Information Technology Management

OTTAWA UNIVERSITY

Associate of Applied Science, Electronic Engineering Technology

HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CERTIFICATIONS

• ASP – Associate Safety Professional

• Certified HAZWOPER 40 HR

• Certified Safety Manager

• Certified Safety Auditor

• Certified Safety Training Specialist

• Certified Safety Planning Specialist

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• BOARD OF CERTIFIED SAFETY PROFESSIONALS

• NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS

• GRAIN ELEVATOR AND PROCESSING SOCIETY

• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SAFETY PROFESSIONALS

• PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

• SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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