Environmental, Safety and Health Manager

Nolan D. Hampton Home-256-***-**** Cell-256-***-****

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Summary

Successful and Pro-Active Environmental, Safety and Health Manager with over 12 years of experience, primarily in the chemical manufacturing industry and the government. Strengths include utilizing structured processes and a continuous-improvement approach to drive environmental, health and safety performance improvements; effectively communicating across all levels of the organization to deliver results; efficiently managing the technical and legal aspects of environmental, safety and health and security programs; garnering cooperative labor relations in union environments; developing, implementing and managing ESH and quality management systems; and leading and motivating teams to meet and exceed their objectives. Areas of demonstrated proficiency include:

• OSHA PSM & VPP Star Programs

• Quality and ESH management systems audits

• Emergency Preparedness and Response

• Organizational Training and Development

• Risk assessment and mitigation

• Lock Out/Tag Out, Hot Work, Break in Process

• RC14001/ ISO14001 management Systems

• Facility siting/ Security vulnerability assessments

• ISO 9001 quality management system

• Fire Protection Systems

Experience

SOLUTIA INC. 1998-2011 A $2.0 billion global specialty-chemicals company which manufactures various products and engineered materials used in the construction, transportation, and manufacturing markets. The former chemical company of Monsanto, Solutia was spun-off as a separate entity in September 1997.

Environmental, Safety, Health & Security Lead, Anniston, AL (2005-2011)

ESH and Security Manager of an 80-employee facility that generates $145M of annual revenue by producing the world’s leading heat transfer and aviation hydraulic fluids. Managed all aspects of site environmental, safety, health and security management, including process safety management (PSM), safety performance and programs, emergency response, environmental compliance, permitting and waste management, industrial hygiene, safety training, occupational health and wellness, plant medical program, internal ISO audits and facility security management.

• Increased the number of PSM Management of Change (MOC) forms completed by 250%.

• Reduced the average number of annual recordable injuries from three to one.

• Completed largest turn around in fifteen years with zero injuries or ESH incidents.

• As a member of corporate ESH core team, Conducted ESH and PSM compliance audits at several plant facilities throughout the company.

• Developed plant health and wellness program- plant employees lost a combined total of over 350 lbs.

• Enhanced lockout & process entry procedures to achieve 500+ days without a recordable injury at this OSHA PSM facility.

• Instrumental in plant receiving RC 14001 and ISO 14001 Management Systems certification.

• OSHA Volunteer Protection Program (VPP) recertification with zero audit findings or deficiencies.

• Eight years without a reportable environmental release.

Chemical Operator, Anniston, AL (1998-2005)

Operated steam boiler, distillation column processes, autoclaves, reactors and all aspects of waste treatment management. Provided maintenance support during plant turnarounds. Member of the Safety and Housekeeping Inspection team, the area safety and business team, the Confined space rescue team and the plant environmental, safety and health board. Chairman of the plant proactive safety team.

GTE Government Systems Corp.1995-1998

Field Service Representative, Goldsboro, NC

Assigned to the Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN), worked closely with the customer to ensure compliance with all aspects of the contract. Duties included: troubleshooting, maintenance and upkeep of three remotely located communication systems in a tri-state area. Scheduled and conducted all preventative maintenance inspections Managed all site maintenance, safety and historical data; Ensured compliance with all federal and state regulatory requirements; procurement and supervision of several contractors. Conducted site surveys for installation projects on the east coast which included conducting inspections, assessing system requirements and filing briefs regarding these inspections.

United States Air Force 1987-1995

Ground Radio Craftsman/Safety Manager; troubleshoot and repair of multiple radio frequency communication systems, recorders, closed circuit television, and associated equipment. Managed all aspects of Safety and Health to include training, inspections, audits and program updates.

Assignments included:

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, North Carolina; (1994-1995)

Supervisor of job control and the help desk; managed planning and scheduling of jobs and preventative maintenance, planned, prioritized and assigned work orders. Conducted daily status updates to the Senior Leadership Team. These reports included- status of all aspects of maintenance, work orders, preventative maintenance, incident reporting, outages, safety mishaps and environmental issues.

Quality Assurance Evaluator for the Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN); Inspected GWEN sites to ensure contractor compliance with all quality requirements, technical manuals, work instructions, environmental, safety and health standards and regulations.

Rhein Main AFB, Frankfurt Germany; (1991-1994)

Organizational Safety Manager; conducted safety training and ensured compliance with all Air Force, OSHA, Federal and International safety standards and regulations for 750 organizational members at 7 different locations throughout Germany. Performed inspections of all facilities; conducted investigations of safety related incidents and maintained all records pertaining to safety and health. Provided emergency response training and served as the liaison to the Hazardous Materials Team (HAZMAT) and the Fire Department. Provided monthly safety presentations to the organization and weekly briefings to the Senior Leadership Team on all environmental, safety and health issues.

Shop Maintenance Supervisor; prioritized and assigned daily work orders and preventative maintenance inspections for a 15 person maintenance shop.

Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, Texas; (1987-1991)

Hazardous communications monitor/trainer, conducted Hazardous Communications training and maintained training records for a 56 member work center. Provided initial and refresher courses as needed. As the shop safety representative, maintained all safety manuals, performed safety inspections and conducted weekly safety briefings.

Certifications/Technical Skills/ Experience

Computer Skills Word, Excel, PowerPoint; RC/ISO Lead Auditor; SAP; ISO 9001 internal auditor;

Hazardous Materials Transportation; Texas A&M Fire Training School; Environmental Management System;

Hazardous Waste Management; Confined Space Rescue Team; OSHA Recordkeeping; Certified CPR/First Aid

Instructor; Process Explorer (Aspen); Photo-ionizing detectors; Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA); Corporate ESH

Auditor; Multi-meters/sound meters; Drager pump/tubes; Portable Ph meters; Passive/Active sampling devices;

Dosimeters; Multi-Gas Testers, Forklift, 30 PAX Bus, High lift Truck, Man lift, Scissor Lift.

Education

Community College of the Air Force, Associates Degree- Communication Systems Technology

Ayers State, Anniston Alabama, Associates Degree- Industrial Electronics/Electricity

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