·               A.S. in General Health Science,

BYU Idaho, Rexburg ID

·               M.S.P.H. in Industrial Hygiene, In Progress

University of Utah, School of Medicine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

HSET Safety Specialist

ASRC Energy Services - Kuparuk, North Slope, Alaska. Feb 2014 to Jan 2015

VPP site with Current RIR of 0.53

·               Operations and maintenance safety support of ~300 employees.

·               Responsible for and accomplished a full range of safety inspections/audits, documentation, training and communication on a 2x2 week rotation working 7 days a week, 12-14 hours a day across the Kuparuk oil field.

·               Responsible for safety permitting/oversight for the Operations and Maintenance Services work groups including scaffold and line-lift, electrical and instrumentation, heavy equipment and cranes, civil and below grade work, welder/pipe fitters, drill rig prep, pipe insulation, and product valving.  

·               Responsible for incident investigations involving injuries, traffic accidents, equipment damage and environmental spills.

·               Incident investigation evidence input into the IMPACT incident management system.

·               Documentation of investigations in incident reports, TapRooT investigations and release the information field wide in Toolbox First Reports, Lessons Learned reports, site specific directives and Job Hazard Analysis.

·               Develop safety training and presentations to comply with federal, state and local regulations and client guidelines.

·               Permit issue and approvals for various programs including hotwork, confined space, lifting/rigging, trenching and others.

Shift Safety Supervisor/Safety Engineering Technologist

URS Federal Services – TOCDF, Tooele UT from 2004 to 2014.

VPP Star Site with RIR at 0.58 at project closure.

·               Shift operations and maintenance safety support of ~ 115 employees.

·               Safety oversight of field activities/operations for compliance with DOA and OSHA for VX/GB nerve agents, mustard blister agent and general industry.

·               Emergency response support for HAZMAT, decon, heavy and high angle rescue teams.

·               Permit issue and approvals for various programs including hotwork, confined space, lifting/rigging, trenching and others.

·               Work package building/review and approvals for JHA/JSA hazard analysis and control.

·               Perform operation/inspections in multiple levels of PPE to include fully encapsulated Level-A ensembles.

·               Industrial Hygiene site and personnel surveys for noise, mercury, radiation and other gases and vapors.

·               Develop and update safety documents and procedures.

·               Accident and near-miss investigations and other audits.

·               Job hazard analysis and walk-down in support of the work package development.

·               Alternate Operations/Safety Supervisor.

Health and Safety/Environmental Scientist

CCI Environmental Consulting from 2003 to 2004

·         Health and Safety Manager– Health and safety inspections and assessments for equipment, site and office, health and safety tailgate briefs.

·               Mold/asbestos Abatement Hygienist – Industrial hygiene consultant for insurance clients for sampling, detection and abatement of mold and asbestos health issues.

·               Emissions Compliance Environmental Scientist – Emissions compliance sampling tests, pollutant and source gas parameter measurements in a wide variety of industries.  Quality control reporting reviews.   

Health and Safety/Environmental Scientist

The RETEC Group, Inc. (Remediation Technologies) from 1999 to 2003

·               Health and Safety Manager – Health and safety inspections and audits, ergonomic evaluations, MSDS management and hazardous materials inventories, respirator fit tests.

·               Environmental Scientist - Reporting for clients including health and safety plans and standard operating procedures, sampling event analysis.  Retrieval and analysis of environmental soil and groundwater field data. Conducted Phase I site assessments.

·               Site Manager - Operations/Maintenance of environmental CERCLA, SARA III, RCRA and other regulated spill sites.  Responsible for engineering, installation and trouble-shooting of remediation support equipment - petroleum/water pneumatic, electric pumping devices at the Tesoro Refinery.  Provided oversight of subcontractor surveying, drilling and construction work.

(Internships) Industrial Hygiene, Health and Safety/ Environmental and HAZMAT Demolition Technician  

Barrick Goldstrike Inc. and Teleflex Defense Systems, from 1993 to 1999   

·               Industrial Hygiene Technician - Managed general workplace sampling curriculum for noise, heavy metals and respirable dust for open pit mine facility.

·               Health and Safety Technician - Instructed HAZCOM training and proper use of safety equipment.  Performed safety inspections and respirator fit tests for employees.  Managed chemical inventory tracking database.

·               Environmental/HAZMAT Technician - Demolition and hazardous waste remediation of a large metal plating facility.  Light and heavy equipment use.  Completed shipping labels, POTW and Air Quality permits.

CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING

-Current ASP and OHST Certifications through the BCSP. -     Certified UA/BAT Collector.

-Certified Red Cross CPR/AED/First Aid-     Scaffolding Competent Person

-OHMART Radiation Safety training.-     40 Hr HAZMAT Incident Response certification

-Annual site OSHA/RCRA certification-     32 Hr MSHA Training for open pit mining

-Former EMT 1994-1997 National Registry-     Groundwater and Soil Sampling certification

-Method 9 VEO (visible emissions observation) Certification-     Arc Flash Safety training

-Fall Protection Competent Person - Capital Safety/DBI SALA 2005

-Certified Quality Auditor – Alpha Quality Consulting, December 2010

-Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations, Certified through (IFSAC) March 2011

-Hazardous Materials Technician, Certified through (IFSAC) February 2012

-Subject of a favorably adjudicated Govt. Personnel Security Investigation (NAC) in 2005.

Computer based training:

-Microsoft Office Suite software

-Maximo (Work Control/Planning Program) software program

-IMPACT Incident Investigation software program

-TapRooT Incident Investigation 5 day team leader course software program.

INTERESTS:

·               Skilled in woodworking, mechanics, and power tools

·               Wilderness survival and self-sufficiency emergency preparedness.

·               Eagle Scout

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

·   Current Scout Master for Troop 712 of Tooele Utah

·   Completed two years of volunteer service; leadership and training roles.