Safety Coordinator
Resume:
DAVE HINZ
***** “Z” Street Home: 402-***-****
Omaha, Nebraska 68137 Email: *****@*****.***
SAFETY COORDINATOR ♦ PROJECT MANAGER
with comprehensive experience in
• Team leadership • Project management • Safety & compliance management
• Vendor & materials management • Estimating & job costing • Construction planning & scheduling
• Behavior Based Safety execution • Quality control • Contract negotiations
A results-oriented, hands-on construction and safety professional with seven years of expertise in the successful completion of multi-million dollar projects through developing partnerships and building positive rapport with vendors and clients while maintaining costs. Versed in contract negotiations, project estimating, safety compliance and coaching, materials purchasing, team development, and site management.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AEROTEK, Omaha, Nebraska June 2009 – March 2010
Aerotek is a leading employment agency providing technical, professional and industrial recruiting and staffing services.
Safety Professional
Conduct site safety evaluations, new hire orientations, providing direct feedback and coaching to all craft personnel with 100 direct reports at the Syngenta Crop Solutions expansion project. Report to Engineering Manager.
• Mentor new safety observers and foremen, offering advice and assistance in implementing Behavior Based Safety procedures that include a consistent and aggressive accident management plan.
• Attend contractor tailgate and safety meetings to audit delivery, improve content, and broaden impact of contractor leadership.
• Serve as the receiving coordinator for all deliveries of equipment and supplies to the site.
• Attend the weekly contractor coordination meeting pointing out any and all safety trends that were observed the week prior.
• Interact with construction personnel on a dynamic construction site to ensure proper implementation of OSHA and customer safety standards and practices.
• Document and track all contractor incidents and perform all contractor incident investigations.
UGL UNICCO, Blair, Nebraska May 2008 – June 2009
Boston-based UGL Unicco is a premier provider of outsourced facilities services with more than 18,000 employees in North America.
Project Safety and Behavior Coach
Conduct site safety evaluations, providing direct feedback and coaching to all craft personnel with 150 direct reports. Report to Construction Manager.
• Mentor new safety observers and foremen, offering advice and assistance in implementing Behavior Based Safety procedures that include a consistent and aggressive accident management plan.
• Attend contractor tailgate and safety meetings to audit delivery, improve content, and broaden impact of contractor leadership.
• Serve as scaffolding and insulation coordinator, prioritizing all project requests.
• Chair a daily coordination meeting with contractor superintendents documenting safety issues and engineering interferences, and mapping out contractor locations.
• Interact with construction and operations personnel in an operating plant undergoing major expansion to ensure proper implementation of customer safety standards and practices.
• Head a weekly observer meeting with all contractor safety representatives to discuss leadership behaviors, safety trends, and at-risk behaviors.
WEITZ INDUSTRIAL, Omaha, Nebraska July 2007 – May 2008
Founded in 1855, The Weitz Company is a national full-service general contractor, design-builder and construction manager with 25 offices in the U.S. and Guam.
Project Superintendent
Estimated and bid structural steel and major mechanical equipment construction projects with up to 85 direct reports.
• Oversaw, managed, and documented all day-to-day job site activities including OSHA safety compliance.
• Directed field personnel according to the project plan.
• Established effective working relationships with clients and internal team members.
• Coordinated field personnel, subcontractors, and suppliers apprising all of job progress.
• Purchased equipment from vendors and managed the quality and condition of all material deliveries.
• Led the implementation of Behavior Based Safety within assigned construction crews at the NatureWorks LLC expansion project.
NEWELL MACHINERY CO., INC., Hiawatha, Iowa July 2002 – July 2007
Newell Machinery Co., Inc. is a premier supplier of bulk material handling equipment as well as the largest and most experienced union millwright contractor in the State of Iowa.
Project Manager (July 2004– July 2007)
Estimated and bid steel and major mechanical equipment construction contracts with up to 85 direct reports.
• Scheduled employees for various job sites.
• Oversaw, managed, and documented all day-to-day job site activities including OSHA safety compliance.
• Directed field personnel according to the project plan.
• Cultivated relationships with multiple clients in the Midwest region.
• Coordinated field personnel, subcontractors, and suppliers apprising all of job progress.
• Purchased equipment from vendors and managed the quality and condition of all material deliveries.
Millwright Apprentice (July 2002 – July 2004)
Maintained, rebuilt, and constructed bulk material handling equipment in both field and shop environments. Gained experience with Dodge drives, couplings, and bearings as well as several types of conveyance from drag, screw type, belt, and blow line conveyers.
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
United States Army, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, 1997 - 2001
Engineer, Grade E-4
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS
Practical Loss Control Leadership, DNV, 2009
Leadership of Behavior Based Safety, Bill Bernat Consulting, 2008
30 Hour OSHA, 2007
10 Hour OSHA, 2003
CPR Certified
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Proficient with Microsoft Office products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, JDE
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