Employment Objective
To obtain a position as a Safety and Health Professional, which provides me with the opportunity to utilize my education, skills and experience to implement a proactive and effective safety, health and loss control program.
Education
12/92 B. S. in Occupational Health and Safety Management - Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
12/89 A. S. in Business Administration - Butler County Community College of Pennsylvania
OSHA Certified Outreach Construction Trainer for OSHA 30 and 10 hour courses.
Experience
Safety Consultant
3/11- Present, Project Safety Manger Consultant for Burchick Construction Company Inc. for exterior rehabilitation project for the Bank of New York Mellon building, a 55 story building located in downtown Pittsburgh, PA.
10/10 – 3/11,Safety Consultant with Eaton Corporation for the National Grid substation upgrade and rebuild for the City of Buffalo, New York.
6/10-Present, River Salvage Inc.- Safety Manager Consultant for a marine construction/salvage, equipment/barge leasing, marine towing/leasing, heavy marine lifts, marine piling/cells and marine crane rental company. Projects include private construction companies and Army Corp of Engineer projects. ISNetworld account Administartion
6/10- Present, Northeast Energy Management Inc.-Safety Management Consultant for a midstream Marcellus Shale drilling, piping and site preparation company providing services throughout Pennsylvania.
ISNetworld account Administartion
Joseph B. Fay Company
5/09- 6/10, Project Safety Manager on a United States Army Corp of Engineers, EM-385, 55 million dollar project replacing eight dam gates on the first lock and dam on the Ohio River, Emsworth Lock and Dam in Western, PA.
Safety Consultant
11/06- 5/09, Safety consulting and training services for contractors and subcontractors.
Sargent Electric Company, 12/08-5/09, Safety Manager Consultant on two FGD Scrubbers Units for coal fired power plants in Western PA. The projects consist of 520 journeymen electricians.
Burchick Construction Company, 9/07- 8/08, Project Safety Consultant
Safety consultant for a 20 million dollar renovation, Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) for the new UPMC Children’s Hospital Medical Office Building. Burchick Construction Company is a direct hire general contractor for the commercial construction project.
Sachs Electric Company, 11/06- 8/07, Project Safety Consultant
Safety consultant for electrical installation package at the AEP Cardinal Power Plant FGD Retrofit project for Black & Veatch Engineering and Construction Management. Direct hire workforce exceeded 325 journeyman electricians. Project complete 8//07
Clark Construction Group, LLC, 10/03-10/06
Safety Manager
National General Builder, Construction Management and Direct Hire Construction Company
Responsibilities: Overall direction and control of safety, health, loss control, training, general liability and workers compensation for large scale construction projects over 85 million dollars in value in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC. Reason for leaving- family member diagnosed with terminal illness.
Turner Construction Company, 8/00-9/03,
Business Unit Director of Safety & Loss Control
General Building, Construction Management and Direct Hire Construction Company
Responsibilities: Overall responsibility of safety, health, loss control, training, general liability and workers compensation for projects originating from the Pittsburgh Business Unit territory. Pittsburgh Business Unit-includes offices in Pittsburgh, PA and Buffalo, NY. Reason for leaving, downsizing of business unit
Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Conway PA, 11/99- 8/00
Conductor-Railroad Freight Carrier
Responsibilities: Organization and movement of customer freight for transportation from Conway railroad yard. Reason for leaving, return to safety profession.
ICF Kaiser Engineers and Constructors, 5/96-5/99
Safety and Health Supervisor
Engineering, construction management, facilities management, environmental investigations and remediation company for private industry and government projects.
Responsibilities: Project specific safety and health plan development, project safety management, OSHA technical support, employee safety and health training, development of project specific safety and health plans, project industrial hygiene compliance, administration of employee medical monitoring program, safety and health supervision for projects generated from the Pittsburgh, PA office and safety support for eastern United States satellite offices. Reason for leaving, company bankruptcy
North Star Steel Ohio (NSSO), 8/94-9/95,
Manager of Safety and Security Department
Seamless steel pipe producer, 450 employees
Responsibilities: Plant safety, security, fire protection and industrial hygiene management, OSHA compliance, safety and health training, contractor evaluation and safety compliance, management of plant medical services. Supervisor of plant nurse, four people EMT staff and four-person security staff. NSSO employed approximately 450 hourly personnel and maintained an on site contractor staff of 200 personnel daily. Reason for leaving, unethical business safety practices
ARMCO Advanced Materials Company, 10/92-8/94
Contract Safety and Health Engineer
Stainless and electrical coil steel producer, 1500 employees
Responsibilities: Plant wide safety and OSHA compliance support, administration and training of the plant hazard communication program, accident investigation, supervisory training of the company's Accident Prevention Fundamentals (APF) safety and health program, ergonomic evaluations of manufacturing process, new and summer hire employee safety orientations, department safety and health auditing, industrial hygiene exposure monitoring and compliance, administration and maintenance of plant industrial hygiene equipment.
Organization Membership
American Society of Safety Engineers
Seminars
01/11 USACE Level 4 Qualified
02/11 NAVFAC EM-385 1-1 Level 1 Exam Certification
08/10 OSHA 500 Outreach Construction Trainer
04/10 NCCO Crane Operator Exam Course – 40 hrs.
06/09 Competent Person Training for Excavation/Trenches
06/09 Amick Rigging training
01/09 NFPA 70E Arc Flash
11/08 Zurich/Maxum Crane Training
04/05 OSHA 500 Outreach Construction Trainer
01/99 ASSE Construction Safety Updates - 8 hours
0 6/98 Hazardous Material Handling- DOT 49 CFR - 8 hours
12/98 Asbestos Building Inspector Refresher Training Course - 8 hours
03/98 OSHA/HAZWOPER Refresher Training - 8 hours
02/98 Asbestos Inspector Refresher Training Course - 8 hours
06/97 Lead Abatement – Core Training Course -16 hours
03/97 OSHA/HAZWOPER Refresher Training - 8 hours
0 2/97 Asbestos Inspector – Initial Training Course - 24 hours
10/94 International Loss Control Institute Training/Cargill - 24 hours
Commercial Construction Experience
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