WILLIE E. HARVEY III
Houston, Texas 77045
**************@*****.***
SUMMARY
• Experienced in environmental issues related to occupational hazards, managing oil/gas projects, construction projects and industrial hygiene measurements
• Thirteen years experience in the management of multi-disciplinary environmental projects
• Implementation of management systems, cost reduction measures, strong analytical problem solving, strategic planning and project management skills; business development by utilizing key performance indicators; start-ups and consolidations
EXPERIENCE
Texas Children's Hospital 08/2009-Present
Team Leader- Engineering/ Facilities Operations/Project Manager
• Provide leadership and guidance in the performance of facilities and operation activities to ensure that the assigned work is completed in a timely manner and meets customer needs in accordance with departmental, hospital and regulatory standards
• Appropriately handles administrative responsibilities in absence of upper management representation
• Formally supervises and ensures competencies and evaluates activities of 12 staff members to include Carpenters, Maintenance Techs, Painters and Temporary Contract Labor
• Accountable for the development, administration, implementation, monitoring and improvement of the health and safety programs and initiatives
• Formally responsible for making recommendations regarding policies associated with the job’s purpose and essential responsibilities
• Ensures all engineering and operational tasks (general, preventive, predictive, etc.) are
Scheduled, dispatched, performed and documented appropriately
• Coordinates, monitors, and evaluates activities of service contracts/vendors in assigned areas
• Ensures effective communication and work flow for responsibilities in assigned areas as demonstrated by maintaining good rapport and cooperative working relationships with internal and external customers. Completes activities in a manner that maximizes effectiveness of the task and minimizes the impact to the customer.
• Follows the departmental communication plan to ensure an accurate understanding and appropriate response to information related to job performance and employee expectations.
• Responsible for coordinating facilities and operations activities on main campus and five satellite locations
• Responsible for managing human capital and financial resources to accomplish
Operational performance while containing costs within budgetary limits by monitoring staffing
and supply utilization
City of Houston 2/2007 to 8/2009
Inspector/ Safety Officer/ Environmental Investigator II/ Project Manager
• Certified Project Manager
• Responsible for ensuring all Utilities Maintenance safety and construction standards were met for grass roots projects, rebuilds, upgrades and replacements projects
• Oversaw preventive maintenance of city vehicles, equipment, and heavy machinery
• Responsible for ensuring all repairs were in accordance with UMB Field Policy Manual and Specification QA/QC
• Conducted incident/occurrence investigations by utilizing failure, mode and effective analysis (FMEA): analyzed contributing factors and root causes, developed corrective action recommendations, implemented training and executed follow-up to prevent reoccurrences
• Responsible for ensuring all applicable Federal, State, Municipal laws for the Clean Water Act were enforced
• Educated and informed corporate and private sectors of applicable laws and rules
• Awarded 40 hr Hazardous Material Certificate
City of Baytown 9/2005 to 5/2006
Storm Water Specialist/Health Inspector
• Performed routine inspections on residential, refineries, chemical facilities, commercial and construction sites
• Ensured sites were within compliance with federal, state and local ordinances
• Inspected sites for illicit discharges and disposals
• Performed health inspections in food preparing sites
• Awarded Health Inspector Certificate
Clean Air Engineering 11/2004 to 04/2005
Environmental Consultant Firm- Field Engineer/Safety Officer
• Supervised and performed air quality testing on different industrial plants to include refineries and various chemical plants for Title V requirement
• Tested for emission regulation compliance with applicable state and/or government
• Investigated and reported findings on emission testing in order to provide solutions to bring any uncovered issues in compliance with regulatory requirements
• Conducted preventive maintenance on equipment prior to the start of each job
• Performed security duties as assigned
Frank Jones & Assoc., INCORPORATED 8/2000 to 11/2004
Environmental Project Manager/HSE
• Supervised and conducted site assessments in order to report environment conditions related to residential, commercial and industrial real estate properties
• Prepared site assessments to assist in the procurement and construction of projects related to grassroots, rebuilds, replacement and upgrades of existing facilities
• Performed laboratory testing of samples to address issues of hazardous and non-hazardous conditions related to health, safety and environmental management
• Developed and standardized written operations and safety policy and procedure programs
• Managed and executed reliability improvement strategic plans (i.e., key performance indicators, continuous safety performance, process flow, training methodology and principles, safety audits)
• Identified soil, water or airborne contaminates and analyzed potential causes for current real estate property conditions
• Prepared summary reports outlining specific environmental conditions as requested by clients for property acquisitions or dispositions
• Investigated pollution, waste handling and disposal to ensure adherence to OSHA, HAZMAT and other regulatory guidelines
• Prepared project plans for abatement of contaminants and provided requirements for applicable material handling equipment, protective clothing, breathing apparatus’ and using other health and safety devices
• Conducted monthly safety meetings
INTERNSHIPS
AQUATERRA 1998
Environmental/ Project Management Internist – Engineering Group
• Conducted site assessments to identify potential waste disposal or dumping problems for start up, upgrades and existing projects
• Performed laboratory testing of soil samples to identify any contaminants, encompassing both hazardous and non-hazardous. Experience in CERCLA/RCRA/Superfund projects
• Analyzed wastewater to assess whether it has been distilled back to usable water
• Developed and prepared plans and safety guidelines for abatement projects
• Reviewed maps of previous development sites and conducted analyses of contaminate
• Performed engineering studies to determine conditions for additional real estate development, refineries, chemical/petrochemical facilities or harmful environmental effects
• Prepared reports with environmental and construction engineering opinions on neutralizing or handling hazardous and non-hazardous waste disposal issues
• Planned and scheduled jobs functions in the different phases of projects
OSCA 1997
Project Manager/Engineering Assistant - Internist
• Performed AutoCAD testing of screws and bolts to ensure they met specific application requirements for on and offshore rigs and ships
• Prepared design drawings and assisted project engineers as requested
• Scheduled and put together different parts of projects, so it would come together as one whole completed grassroots, rebuilds, upgrades project
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science – Environmental Management (B.S.) 2002
Louisiana State University
Texas Women’s University 2011
Masters in Business Administration
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, Access PowerPoint, WordPerfect, AutoCAD V14, Cobalt and project management software applications