Matt S. James CHST

858 17 Mile Dr.

Pacific Grove, CA 93950

Cell (831) 333-6190

 

●   Certified Health and Safety Technician CHST ●   World Safety Organization Certified Safety Specialist  WSO-CSS ●   OSHA 10/30 hour Trainer   ● Army Corps of Engineer QC Certified ●  Industrial and Commercial Construction  Site Inspections   ●   Industrial Power Facility Construction Site Inspections   ●   Environmental Compliance Certified  (SWPPP & Air Quality Control)   ●   Certified OSHA 500 Course  

●   Hazwoper Certified

 

A high energy professional with a passion for personal and organizational safety results. Enjoying utilizing acquired knowledge to teach and monitor others to achieve 100% safety compliance and superior loss control results where OSHA and company objectives are critical. Qualified in all aspects of safety and risk control management. Highly computer proficient.

 

CAREER EXPERIENCE

 

 

 

             SAFETY MANAGER LEVEL V/ SUPERINTENDENT / ALTERNATE QC MANAGER

Held one or more contract positions for the following companies:

T. Simons Inc. / Shimmick Skanska / Global Engineering / DMC Construction Inc.

Army Corps of Engineers – Presidio of Monterey, CA

Bay Area Rapid Transit BART –Fremont, CA

Department of Reclamation – Folsom, CA 

2008 – Present

 

Recruited by federal government general contractors to manage their safety programs and act as the superintendent in the field and administratively for Army Corps of Engineers and government funded projects. Projects included multiple barracks renovations, energy conservation investment program (ECIP) projects, refurbishing historic military buildings, mass transit facilities and large water storage projects. Developed and managed all emergency procedures for all companies. Projects ranged from $500k-$120 million with as many has 250 internal field craftsman and 20-40 subcontractors. Managed personal, schedules, educated and enforced all Fed OSHA, Cal/OSHA and EM-385 standards on all projects while maintaining an injury free, 100% safety compliant sites.  Worked closely with insurance carriers related to the projects to help maintain acceptable insurance premiums. Achieved over 1500 consecutive days without a lost time accident.

 

 

SAFETY SPECIALIST/ ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTOR

Huff Construction Company – Modesto, CA 2006 – 2008

 

Recruited by this leading commercial general contractor to manage their safety and environmental program for both the field and administration in California, Arizona and Washington states. Projects scope reflected project values upward of $15-$20 million with as many has 60 internal field craftsman and 25-50 subcontractors. The main objective was zero accidents while maintaining100% OSHA and EPA compliance. Key achievements for this company included ……

 

·         Set up and maintained the company website to track all accidents, training and safety violations allowing project managers and superintendents to remotely monitor their safety performance.

·         Utilized OSHA 500 certification to eliminate third party training expenses. Personally trained all in-house Construction Superintendents, Foremen and Carpenters

·         Created a Safety Incentive Program for both administrative and field employees that recognized acceptable and unacceptable safety performance

·         Created and implemented individual site inspection forms and processes for on-going site inspections

·         Educated Superintendents regarding environmental compliance requirements and monitored all job sites to ensure compliant results. Storm Water Environmental Protection Plans (SWEPP)

·         Created Injury and Illness Prevention Programs (IIPP) manuals for multiple states

 

 

  

PROJECT ENGINEER/SAFETY ENGINEER

Fluor Daniel International, Inc.

Seattle, WA / Portland, OR / Ironton, OH /Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, TX/

Aliso Viejo, Moss Landing CA  - 2000 – 2005

 

Originally recruited in 2000 by Fluor Global Services as Project Engineer to build and maintain a 72-mile fiber optic network, which was linked to a global fiber optic network. Ensured all Fluor and Level (3) QA/QC and safety policies were adhered to during the duration of the project. Due to my past military operations experience, was promoted to…

 

Project/OSP Engineer Responsible for the engineering and inspection of outside plant construction projects and Level (3) Point of Presence (POP) facilities (Inside Plant).  Performed daily field engineering tasks to include the design of conduit routes and building laterals requiring drafting as builts, surveying manholes and assisting with estimating change orders.

 

In 2002 accepted the promotional challenge to travel and perform in the capacity of Project Engineer and Safety Engineer for the Fluor Daniel Telecommunications and Power Divisions - Nextel Facilities Maintenance and Duke Energy Projects. Some key achievements in these multiple company divisions were….

 

 

·         Developed a baseline for Fluor Daniel to present to Nextel executives so they could analyze where Nextel is spending their money regarding maintainance and trouble calls.  So they could identify their problem areas. This information was taken from three different markets containing over 2000 cell sites each.  Southern California, Texas and Florida.

·         Provided Nextel executives a detail coherent analyses and executive summary with detailed graphs and charts regarding the reasons and costs of all trouble calls and routine maintenance in all three major markets so any trends and anomalies between the markets could be identified. Allowing future projections on costs to be determined.

·         Developed and implemented work processes for preventive maintenance for over 3000 cell sites

·         Assisted in the development and implementation of Safety & Health programs while supervising construction on two $650 million 1240/1060 megawatt Duke Energy co-generation power facilities with over 2000 multiple craft employees on site.

·         Conducted joint QA/QC audits with the client to ensure the subcontractor is meeting the high quality standards set by Fluor regarding Duke Energy and Nextel’s chemical, electrical, mechanical and petroleum systems.

·         Primary point of contact for all emergency and routine maintenance, including work approvals and site access information.

·         Ensuried100% proper placement of Nortel/Siecor and Pirelli Fiber Optic cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MILITARY AND OTHER SPECIAL SKILLS

 

U.S. ARMY

COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST   July 1996 to December 1999

 

U.S. ARMY SECRET CLEARANCE Projects, Augusta, Georgia/South Korea/Tacoma, Washington

 

Responsible for setting up complete communication networks (RF GTE MOBILE SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT) on a daily basis for a variety of organizations ranging from hospitals to command centers.   Supervised crews that were an integral part of a large communications network and provided 24 hour uninterrupted service.  Installed equipment in various building erections and vehicle mobile units.  Maintained a current Department of Defense (DOD) secret clearance.

 

EDUCATION

·         University of Maryland, Modesto Junior College, Architecture/General Education, CA, Korea, and Europe (1994 - 1999)

 

·         Diploma, Ceres High School, Ceres, CA

 

SPECIAL TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

 

QC Certification Army Corps of Engineers                                          1/12

Competent Person Fall Protection                                                        12/11

Competent Person Excavations                                                        12/11

Asbestos Supervisor Certification                                                        11/10

Zurich Job Hazard Analysis Program                                          9/10

Zurich Fleet Safety                                                                                    6/09

Cal/OSHA Heat Illness Prevention Training                                          6/09

Crane Safety Awareness                                                                      4/09

Scaffold Commercial and Residential Safety                                        4/09

Hearing Conservation                                                                      4/09

Silica Dust Safety                                                                                    4/09

Cal/OSHA Construction Fall Protection                                          4/09

HAZWOPER 40 Hour                                                                       7/07

Regulation VIII Dust Control Training                                          7/07

SWPPP Inspection Training                                                                      6/07

Competent Person Excavating/Trenching Training                            5/07

Cal/OSHA Class III Asbestos/Mold Training                            5/07

CPR and First Aid Training                                                              6/07

OSHA 500 Train the Trainer course                                                        4/03 and 11/07

Leadership Solutions for Effective Supervision                            3/03

OSHA 30-hour 1926 CFR Construction Safety                            1/03

Duke Fluor Daniel EPC Environmental Training                            5/02

Fluor Rigging Safety                                                                      1/02

Fluor Safety Certified Construction Supervision Program              11/01

US West Ladder Safety                                                                       5/00

US West Broadband Circuit Provisioning                                          5/00

US ARMY Wire Systems Installer School                                          11/96

US ARMY Combat Lifesaver Course                                                1/97

 

ASSOCIATIONS

·         World Safety Organization-Certified Safety Specialist WSO-CSS              2003-Present

·         Certified Health and Safety Technician CHST                                          2011-Present