Safety Coordinator

EDUCATION:

A.S – Business – Columbia Southern University June 2009

B.S.- Occupational Health and Safety – Magna cum laude – Columbia Southern University March 2013

OVERVIEW OF EXPERTISE

Personnel Management:

·         Contractor oversight on EPA cases in Deer Lodge Montana, Phoenix Arizona, and Dallesport Washington ensuring timelines were met, and site safety protocols were established and followed.

·         Trained shallow water pump teams in Gulfport Mississippi during the Deep Water Horizon disaster. Responsible for establishing roles of personnel, site safety procedures, and asset deployment schedules.

·         Managed and trained two new safety and environmental health vessel inspectors from 2011 thru 2013 ~ ensuring they had the skills and knowledge necessary to provide the Coast Guard fleet with complete and accurate safety assessments.

·         Successfully guided and evaluated the administrative personnel at the Pacific Strike Team (National Hazmat Response team) through numerous deployments (including the Deepwater Horizon case) while spending approximately 120 days per year in the field responding to EPA and Coast Guard Cases providing multiple services; such as site safety, medical support, case management, and hazardous material clean-up.

·         Responded to SARA and CERCLA cases being monitored by the EPA

Safety Program Management:

·         Provided safety plans and safety oversight for staging sites and operations during the Katrina and Deepwater responses, along with over 10 other smaller disasters and hazardous material clean-up responses within the United States and U.S. territories between 2004 and 2011.

·         Aided various Coast Guard Unit types (Boat stations, Air stations, Industrial facilities, and Ships) with developing and or the enhancement of written safety instructions ranging from blood borne pathogens to power industrial trucks.

·         Established a Motorcycle Safety Foundation training course at the base in Portsmouth Virginia to ensure our personnel had the opportunity to receive the required training. The performance of this training in-house saved the Coast Guard over 10,000.00 dollars annually when compared to the cost of contracting the training externally.

·         Developed and presented numerous safety-related training programs for a variety of U.S. Coast Guard Unit types.

·         Conducted Sound Level Surveys, air quality sampling for industrial settings, lead and asbestos testing and program management.

OSHA Compliance:

·         12 years experience in providing OSHA compliance inspections to a variety of U.S. Coast Guard units. Providing units with timely feedback, and corrective actions to meet or exceed the standards set by OSHA, ANSI, NFPA, and ACGIH.

·         Accident investigation and review.

·         Administrative program reviews, and development.

·         Environmental inspections: Habitability, Food Service Sanitation, Potable Water, and Waste Water treatment.

Military Service: United States Coast Guard

Current Job (Billet): Senior Chief Health Service Technician

Job Title: Environmental Health and Safety Specialist - Vessel Division

Collateral Assignments: OSHA Compliance, Safety Program Review, Team Manager, and Supply Custodian.

Department: Health Safety and Work Life Vessel Safety Division Oakland, Ca.

Dates: From July 2011 thru today

Salary:  86,000.00 annually

Previous Job Title:  HAZMAT Response Technician / Unit Medic / Chief

Collateral Assignments: Emergency Response, Site Safety Manager, Emergency Medical Technician, Occupational Health Program Manager, Administrative Manager, Vaccinations, Unit Safety Coordinator, Commercial Driver (unit tractor trailers).

Department: Pacific Strike Team Novato, Ca

Dates: From July 2008 thru July 2011

Salary Starting:

Previous Job Title: Shore Safety Specialist / Chief

Collateral Assignments: Emergency Response, Site Safety Manager, OSHA Compliance, Training, and Supply Custodian.

Department: District 5 Safety and Environmental Health Office Portsmouth, Va.

Dates: From June 2004 thru July 2008

Salary Starting:

Previous Job Title:  Independent Duty Corpsman (Ships only medical member)/ Petty Officer First Class

Collateral Assignments: Emergency Medical Technician, Patient Treatment and Diagnosis, Medical Supply Custodian, Pharmaceutical Custodian, Unit Safety Coordinator, Shipboard Sanitation inspections, Water Testing, Junior Officer of the Day.

Department: United States Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC-911) Portsmouth, Va.

Dates: From June 2002 thru July 2004

Salary Starting:

Previous Job Title:  Preventive Medicine Technician / Health Service Technician First Class

Collateral Assignments: Emergency Medical Technician, Patient Treatment and Diagnosis, Unit Safety Coordinator, Shipboard Sanitation inspections, Water Testing, Food Service Sanitation Inspections, Habitability inspections, OSHA compliance, Lead and Asbestos testing, and Safety and Environmental Health training.

Department: United States Coast Guard Rockmore-King Clinic, Kodiak, AK. Preventive Medicine Department.

Dates: From June 1999 thru July 2002

Salary Starting:

SKILLS