health, safety, environment

RESUME

Name: Ross P. Maxwell

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Sugar Land, Texas, 77479

Cell: 281-***-****

Email: ************@********.***

Nationality: U.S. Citizen; Passport No. 131396631

Education: Doctorate of Medicine; American Int’l. School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia: USA

Graduated 1998

Bachelor of Science; Houston Baptist University

Houston, Texas; USA

Major: Chemistry and Biology

Minor: Physics

Graduated 1993

Specialty

Health, Safety, Environment (HSE)

Note: Full spectrum of HSE expertise.

Profile

Through many years of training, professional and personal experiences, I have a unique and thorough understanding of the cause, effect and consequence of illnesses, injuries and diseases that affect humans in all kinds of occupational and non-occupational environments.

Summary of Experience

Professional experience in medicine, health, safety and environmental disciplines

Experience includes:

Occupational/Environmental health;

Industrial Hygiene;

Safety – field safety, office safety, process safety;

Emergency medical management and environmental systems management for a major offshore gas production, transportation and processing facility in the Philippines;

Faculty member of medical school;

Disease research;

Publishing – technical, newsletters, academic and software programs

Professional Experience

2005-2009

HSE Advisor for WorleyParsons Resources and Energy.

Scope of Duties for Health:

Process health hazard management;

Environmental Health hazard management,

Infectious disease management and control,

Health promotions management,

Ergonomics, including repetitive stress injuries;

Scope of Duties for Safety:

Process safety hazard assessments,

Office safety management plan,

Office safety audits,

HSE safety management plans for Southwest Operations;

Scope of Duties for Emergency Response:

Developed first aid and emergency medical protocol,

Liaised with Hermann Memorial medical centers in greater Houston area,

Trained and certified all emergency response team members in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators.

Presented training sessions on basic medical care for emergencies including first aid, CPR, use of automated external defibrillators, bloodborne pathogens, and other courses as a training provider for the American Red Cross;

Developed fire and smoke emergency protocol for all locations in greater Houston area;

Presented training sessions in occupational health and safety including ergonomics, heart disease, stroke, infectious diseases, illnesses, injuries, smoke, fire;

2001 - 2003

HSE Advisor for Fluor-AMEC;

Oversee Occupational Health and Environmental Management System for the HSE department at Fluor-AMEC Philippines Inc.;

Fluor-AMEC is the operations and maintenance contractor for the Malampaya gas to power project in the Philippines. The Malampaya project is the first and only natural gas production project in the Philippines consisting of an offshore production installation, a gas plant and high pressure pipeline systems delivering a constant supply of natural gas to two gas-fired power plants.

General Responsibilities included initiating, implementing and maintaining an occupational health management system. Initiate and implement a health and safety management system in line with OSHAS 18001, develop and maintain an environmental management system based on ISO 14001 (certification 2002). Responsibilities also included management of the medical clinics at the offshore production installation and the onshore gas plant.

Specific duties for Health:

• Creating and maintaining a health management system which included identifying and assessing all health related hazards;

• Create Health Impact Assessment for entire project;

• Monitoring and measuring biological, chemical and physical hazards to health;

• Health surveillance and epidemiology including pre-employment, general employment physical exams, this included the monitoring of biological markers through periodic screening;

• Developed an ergonomic program including stress management;

• First aid and emergency medical competency for health personnel;

• Developed a healthcare strategy for all company personnel and dependents, this included emergency medical procedures for medical care and evacuation throughout the Philippines;

• Introduced medical protocol to be used by local Filipino doctors and nurses to treat Fluor-Amec personnel and dependents;

• Developed a healthcare financial strategy by co-ordinating Fluor-Amec and client Shell health insurance providers with selected hospitals and clinics so that all medical emergencies by project personnel and dependents were covered financially;

• Liaised with local health regulatory agencies including the Philippine Department of Health to ensure compliance with all relevant legislation.

• Established health promotion and site wellness initiatives that elevated production and significantly reduced illness rate and absentee rate.

Specific duties for Environment:

• Developed an environmental management system based on ISO 14001 procedures including identifying, assessing and mitigating all environmental hazards;

• Performed an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the entire project including the offshore platform, onshore gas plant and storage facilities;

• Developed chemical handling procedures for personnel;

• Created and maintained an environmental legislation register which included all relevant Philippine and international legislation;

• Liaised with the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management Bureau.

Specific duties for Safety:

• Responsible for the Hazard and effect management program (HEMP) for the supply base and high-pressure pipelines. The HEMP includes the identification, assessment and control procedures for safety, environment and security hazards using Shell procedures and guidelines.

• Contributed to the HEMP for the offshore platform and onshore gas plant.

• Selected PPE for chemical and hazardous waste handling;

• Liaised with the local fire department in Muntinlupa City to implement emergency fire response and rescue procedures;

• Integrated safety and health management procedures;

1999 - 2001

Medical Doctor / Associate Professor; Georgetown Guyana (sponsored by the American Int’l. School of Medicine; Atlanta, Georgia USA)

Responsibilities as faculty member included teaching, providing medical relief, research;

Medical Curriculum:

Anatomy, Physiology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Virology, Bacteriology, Parasitology, Mycology, and Immunology.

In co-operation with the government of Guyana, worked with local patients, many of whom were stricken with severe infectious diseases such as HIV and hepatitis.

1985 – 1990

Environmental Advisor, technician

Conducted Environmental Impact studies for Golden Engineering

Natural gas and oil recovery projects using CO2 in western Texas and New Mexico;

Studies focused on the northwestern shelf of the Permian Basin including CO2 sequestration and modeling.

These projects were among the first domestic attempts in using CO2 for injection wells

Environmental impact assessments for hazardous waste sites in Texas City

1975 - 1984

Owner, operator of a commercial, residential coatings application business; Managed up to ten crews at one time, contracting to clients such as U.S. Homes, General Homes, Ryland Homes, Royce Homes.

Education

1993 - 1998

Graduate Medical Studies;

Doctor of Medicine, American International School of Medicine

Medical Clerkship 1995-98:

• 17 March 98 - 17 July 98; Internal Medicine, Conyers Medical Clinic, Conyers, Georgia; Dr. Kini; Preceptor

• 17 April 97 - 17 October 97; Obstetrics, Gynecology, Columbia Rosewood Hospital, Houston, Texas; Dr. Thomas; Preceptor

• 17 Feb 97 - 30 Mar 97; Infectious Diseases; Southampton Medical Clinic; Houston, Texas; Dr. Shannon Schrader; Preceptor

• 29 Jan 96 - 22 Mar 96; Pediatrics, Piney Point Pediatric Clinic, Houston, Texas; Dr. Smith; Preceptor

• 14 Oct 95 - 15 Jan 95; Surgery, St. Therese Hospital; Waukegan, Illinois; Dr. M. Gandhi; Preceptor

• 07 Aug 95 - 13 Oct 95; Psychiatry; Linden Oaks Hospital, Naperville, Illinois; Dr. Santucci; Preceptor

• Sept 93 - July 95; Course work;

1990 – 1993

Undergraduate Studies:

Bachelor of Science in Biology, and Chemistry at Houston Baptist University,

Other colleges and universities include:

College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas USA:

University of Houston at Clear Lake, Houston, Texas USA

Tutored students in the fields of anatomy, physiology, chemistry and physics

(Formulated equation based on principle for calculating spring constants). Submitted by physics professor to Physics journal and subsequently published. Also published paper in quantum physics describing the harmonic relationship of the visible spectrum in white light as it is filtered through mediums of different integrity thus separating harmonic waves that have been superimposed, similar to physical sound waves as in musical orchestras.

Chemistry Internship at AMOCO in Texas City, Texas

Biology Internship at Armand Bayou Nature Conserve in Pasadena, Texas specializing in environmental biological sampling

Physics field work consisted of radiation studies at various hazardous waste sites in Galveston County

Additional Skills

Computers

Software: Designed software programs for medicine, and medical websites for other physicians, students and a medical school.

Literature

Medical: Have written several medical manuals for students and physicians, including the “Fast Facts” series - USMLE l and 2, Biochemistry and Physiology.

Technical Writing:

1983, Lockheed, at Nasa in Houston;

Technical manuals used in conjunction with other subcontractors at Nasa.

2006-2008 WorleyParsons in Houston;

Quarterly newsletters for HSE department

Global Health Advisories

Environmental: Galveston county water quality pollution reports and articles

General Interest: Published Music Arts Monthly. This was a monthly magazine devoted to the radio listening audience in the Greater Houston area, specializing in all forms of music and talk radio, with a circulation peaking at 60,000 per month in the 1980’s.

Professional Affiliations

American Chemical Society

National Environmental Health Association

Texas Environmental Health Association

Health Physics Society

Environmental Health Association

American Academy of Environmental Health

American Red Cross

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