Safety Management

Derrick R. Neal

A behavioral safety environmentalist; ******@*******.*** - 214-***-****

Seeking to Transfer Broad Skill Sets and 17+ Years of Experience

I am a safety driven environmental professional with a variety of experience in the environmental health and safety field. Within my years of experience and training I have created enormous value to many employers with my creative attention to detail and successful trainer efforts toward preparation and compliance. My level of confidence has given me the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, customers, trainees, and clients.

Core Knowledge & Skill Areas:

Pollution Prevention Consultative Customer Service EHS Trainer Hazardous Waste Management Risk Management & Investigation Occupational Behavior Safety EHS Compliance Advanced First Aid & CPR Emergency Response/ C.E.R.T member

Education

High School Diploma; Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts - Dallas, TX; 1990 to 1993

Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety; Columbia Southern University - Orange Beach, AL; 2011 to 2011

B.S. in Environmental Management; Columbia Southern University - Orange Beach, AL; 2008 to 2011

Work Experience

Safety & Environmental Coordinator/ trainer; Oil City Iron Works - Corsicana, TX; June 2011 to Present

As the Safety & Environmental Coordinator at Oil City I am the managing authority in charge of implementation and auditing of Environmental & Safety Management Systems, policies and procedures to cover all environmental and safety aspects of a manufacturing environment. I provide consultative advice as management authority over environmental, health, safety and security force rules and regulations; to include OSHA, work-comp, and D.O.T. I provide organizational, safety, and environmental compliance awareness training to persons from various levels within the organization. Environmental air and hazardous waste compliance records and Tier II reports, permitting and emission inventories, EPCRA 313 and 312 reporting, hazard communications, wastewater, NPDES (pollutant discharge elimination system) compliance and spill prevention documentation.

• Professional Rescuer, First Aid, CPR, AED, and Blood Borne Pathogens Trainer/ 24 hour emergency responder

• Management lead for occupational and safety accident/ incident investigation

• Chair of the company safety & security committee

• Managing Coordinator over the daily direction of worker's compensation and a security department that consists of a

manager, supervisor and 8 guards

EH&S Coordinator/ trainer; University of Texas at Dallas - Richardson, TX; November 2008 to June 2011

At the University of Texas at Dallas I started out as a Safety Technician in charge of general safety training, campus laboratory inspections, and hazardous waste inventory, clean-up, and spill response. I was promoted by the department Assistant Vice President to overall operations Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator; becoming the lead project liaison for all environmental, facility maintenance & construction safety, and occupational health compliance and training. In my years there, I became the primary consultation for indoor air quality, ergonomic investigation, defensive driving management system, contractor safety, chemical waste-stream identification, compost management, and behavioral safety initiatives. I partnered with the Police, Facilities, Human Resources, and Research Departments to implement the campus environmental emergency response program I created and managed as a lean initiative toward training and maintaining the university’s first responder certified professional rescuer team; trained in first aid, CPR/AED, confined space and environmental spill response and rescue. This project saved the university more than $25,000.

• EH&S Professional Rescuer, First Aid, CPR, AED, and Blood Borne Pathogens Trainer

• Assisted with Tier II, Annual Waste Summary, and Storm Water environmental reporting

• Assisted with haz-waste bulking project to increase department cost savings over $11,000 per fiscal year

• Management lead for occupational and safety accident/ incident investigation

• Member of the EH&S 24 hour emergency response team

• Conduct lab and environmental campus audits and inspections for compliance

• Board member of the UT System Occupational Safety & Health Advisory Group

Chemist/ EH&S trainer; PSC Environmental - Avalon, TX; February 2007 to March 2008

My role at PSC was one with multi-tasking duties ranging from environmental, health, and safety projects to packing lab chemicals for industrial, manufacturing and commercial clients. I was chosen by the plant manager as the Customer Compliance Auditor for ensuring the inspection, reporting and record keeping of the customer’s overall environmental and safety compliance needs; to include emergency preparedness. Spill Prevention, Spill Control, Emergency Response and waste handling compatibility and training became my management metrics and daily operational tasks.

• Safety/ environmental compliance and training for plant personnel

• Implement environmental and safety management programs

• Enforce local, state, occupational, and federal laws and standards toward safety and pollution prevention

Clean-pack Chemist; Clean Harbors Environmental - Dallas, TX; November 2005 to February 2007

• Lab pack, segregate, compatibility, organize, and ship chemical waste

• Inspect environmental, compliance, and safety plans and procedures

• Patrol Texas Instruments as Apollo Safety Specialist and Damage Control Technician

• HAZWOPER, RCRA, OSHA, and DOT code trained to maintain compliance in each of the listed code specifics

Hazmat, DECON, and ER team; Allied-Barton Security - Dallas, TX; October/ 2004- November/ 2005

• Daily safety and spill response for hazardous chemical at Texas Instruments using numerous Hazmat Tech/ER training

skills and strict guidelines involving identification and safe usage

• Patrol Texas Instruments as Security, Safety, and Damage Control Technician

• Decontamination and or demolition of any unusable equipment using the flow of any chemical

Environmental Compliance Specialist; HAAS T.C.M. - Mesquite, TX 75149; November/ 2002- October/ 2004

• Point of contact for all records containing hazardous materials and safety compliance

• Point-of- use operator for chemical orders for company clients

• Warehouse inventory control, IATA & DOT shipping, IDG and chemical compliance

Additional Training/Skills

Environmental (college courses): Environmental Law, Environmental Science, Environmental Technology,

Hazardous Waste Management, Pollution Prevention, Hazmat Interactions, Air Quality

Health & Behavior (college courses): Health Psychology, Toxicology, Creative Thinking/ Problem Solving,

Critical Thinking, Negotiation/ Conflict Resolution, Theories of Personalities

Safety (college courses): OSHA Standards, Safety Supervisor/ Project Management

• 40 hour Environmental Health & Safety Management Academy (UT Houston)

• 40 hour Asbestos Contractor/ Supervisor (GEBCO Associates)

• 40 hour HAZWOPER w/ competency as trainer (Allied-Barton)

• 32 hour Hazmat Technician Level Emergency Response (Texas Instruments)

• American Red Cross Professional Rescuer CPR/AED & First Aid Trainer (Dallas Area Chapter)

• National Environmental Health & Safety Conference (American Foundry Society)

• National Environmental & Air Reporting Conference (American Foundry Society)

• Confined Space Entry and Rescuer training course (TEEX)

• OSHA 10 hour, RCRA, IATA and DOT training courses

• Emergency Management NIMS 100 & 200 training courses (FEMA)

Military Service

Branch: U.S. Navy Seabees; June 1994 to June 2001 (Honorably Discharged)

In the U.S. Navy I took on the role as the hazardous materials and waste custodian my first year serving. Along with my primary duties on the security force team, damage control team, and firefighting helicopter rescue squad, I volunteered for every position surrounding safety and environmental compliance. I left the military with the experience and training qualifications of an Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator with a trainer and construction/ building safety focus.

Campaign Badges and/or Expeditionary medals:

• National Defense service medal

• 2 Sea service deployment ribbons

• Armed Forces Expeditionary medal

• 2 Meritorious Unit Commendation medals

• Southwest Asia service medal

Performance ratings, awards, and recognitions:

• Admiral's letter of commendation

• Commended for service as Hazardous Waste Custodian

• Navy and Marine Corps achievement medal for outstanding duties as Hazardous Material Technician

• 2 Navy Good Conduct medals

• Selected as Operations Officer for outstanding performance to direct control and movement of over 106 school trainees

• Hazmat spill response team leader; Construction Leadership and Safety; Safety officer (military)

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