Safety Professional

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature; minors in Science, Spanish and Creative Writing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Held positions of progressive leadership, leading to promotions as journeyman, lead man, foreman and supervisor. Worked in many environments for respected employers.  Selected responsibilities and experiences listed below.  Complete work history upon request: 

11/21/19 to Current: restoring vintage motorcycles, while awaiting the next safety contract.

Safety Representative; H and H Group Holdings; Solar Plant Generator Installation; Electrical Service Generation, Service and Wiring; Marshalltown, Iowa

07/29/2019 to current (last day will be 11/21/2019)

Installation audits of 6 Mega Watt Solar Plant; responsible for all new hire orientation and on-site training; field observations; silica process safe work procedures, cartridge and diaphragm respirators; writing safe work procedures reports; first aid, fire safety, vehicle inspection reports and job hazard analysis accountability; entering installation phase of solar array panels; one-on-one field coaching; daily leading of stretch and flex; weekly leading of Monday extended safety meeting; safety supervision of vac-truck hydro-excavating; responsible for PPE inventory; responsible for vehicle fleet management/maintenance with rental companies: generators, Lulls, UTVs, skid steers; and forklifts; administration of environmental spill kits and spill reports; barricades, environmental of slurry pond/supervision of silt fence and run-off excess/soil erosion from excavated mud and heavy rainfall run-off; responsible for calling for all evacuations, monitoring and record keeping for lightning stand-downs/alerts and for calling the all clear (10 miles out); responsible for vehicle delivery entry/exit and coordination of vehicle log for solar plant/turbine security gate/badge keeping authorization – part of the federal power grid; as the general contractor safaety rep, was responsible for safety compliance enforcement of all other on-site subcontracting companies, including excavation, electrical, engineering and IT

Safety Representative, Northwest Executive Resource/Oregon Energy Group, Municipal High Rise Electrical; Service Voltage and Wiring; Portland Oregon

02/07/2019 to 04/24/2019 (Still on active list; they have said that they will re-hire me when a job opens)

Field audits of electrical crews in all aspects of two civil high rise projects in government projects; the walkaround inspections entail all aspects of high rise building safety, with an emphasis on electrical component and service installation, 7600 feeder; 480v temporary power; distributed to 277v, 240v and 120v maintenance/office power; monitoring wind speed, fall protection, compliant building/fire safety, electrical cable routing, cable tray placement, LOTO compliance; PPE ordering/supplying

Safety Coordinator, AEP Auburn Clipper Loop; Transmission Electrical Lines

10/29/2018 to 12/08/2018

Field safety oversight; training for site-specific orientation, AEP policy, Electrical Transmission overview and Substation protocol;, daily digital crew audits; ordering safety equipment; environmental spill and investigative reports; high voltage code and regulation enforcement for distribution voltage from 7200 volts to 345kv, with extensive aerial work in both cranes and insulated bucket trucks; induction guarding from adjacent power lines, and extensive removal of older municipal-based power lines in the Auburn, Indiana metropolitan and downtown areas; diigger derricks and re-installation of distribution underbuild; traffic control safety across major highways, in conjunction with highway patrol and additional traffic safety subcontractor; rolling-slow-down was conducted in dark hours with DPS, using lighting trees and multiple vehicle/police coordination; extensive railroad/traffic coordination; certified on this job, in Root Analysis training

Safety Coordinator: AE Com Turbine Generator; Beloit, Wisconsin:

06/04/2018 to 09/17/2018

Field safety co-oversight of 700 plus craftsmen; reponsible for all onboarding and ongoing training for site specific general training; aresponsible for additional specific training and on-site certification in Hexavalent Chrome; Respirable Silica; Respirator Protection; Fall Protection, Confined Space and Aerial/Scissor Lifts; field coaching; liaison between piping/steamfitter/carpentry superintendents and rank and file craftsmen in all aspects of field coaching and compliance interaction,.

Safety Coordinator:  Henkels and McCoy  Transmission Power Lines:  Madison, Wisconsin:  11/27/2017 to 04/13/2018)

Safety team oversight of 150 to 200 people; 180 mile transmission wire installation; audits of three-phase double bundle wire-pulling crews, auditing dead-ending, catching off, clipping, jumpering, helicopter spacing and static;    wrecking out and removal of 69k power lines, and installation of 345kv power lines; hot crossings up to 138 kv; moderate induction; very hilly, woody terrain, requiring track vehicles; heavy environmental compliance,  swamp/marshlands habitats; organic farm preservation; new-hire/site specific safety training; field coaching; photos and digital safety audits; helicopter oversight with Erickson, Heli-Service, Heli-Quest, and Crux helicopter crews; joint venture with ATC as client, and Aerotek as hiring entity; field audits; work in 25 below farenheit with skilled union crews..

Safety Coordinator:  Team Power Group, LLC;  Transmission Power Lines:  Vicksburg, Mississippi :  05/16/2017 to 09/20/2017

Team oversight of 120 to 150 men; 60 mile transmission line pull; and wrecking out and removal of 69k power lines, and installment of 115 kv to 230 kv power lines next to hot 500 kv line; heavy induction; very hilly, woody terrain, requiring track vehicles; rural, wooded area, in hilly,  swamp/marshlands habitats; contributor to daily safety meetings; daily photos and safety audits; aerial work with Air2 helicopter crews; joint venture with Entergy as client, and Overland Corporation as joint management; daily work with pole grounding crew including cadwelds, anodes, track hoe excavations and backfill.

Audio Visual Technician Contractor:  JSAV, Rhino AV, AMP Inc, AV., Quest AV, VTS AV , Media Productions AV:  12/07/2016  to Present

Venues:  Hilton Americas; Woodlands Marriot; George R. Brown Convention Center; NRG Stadium for Superbowl 51,  Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Minute Maid (Houston Astros) Stadium.  Safely set up, run shows, and tear down lighting, audio, video and scenic on large stages and ballrooms for live events; termination of feeder cable, video SDI, HDMI, Cat 5; audio XLR, NL4, NL8;; lighting DNX, leprecauns, Lekos and par uplighting; scenic carpentry and assembly; install large plasma screen and projection, inspection of three-phase voltage and active local speaker transformer and wireless equipment; welding and fabrication

Safety Coordinator:  T and D Solutions: Safety Coordinator of 69kv and 138kv transmission lines and substations in Kenedy, Texas, Eagle Ford Shale area:  10/07/2016 to 12/06/2016 {short-term assignment to finish a previous project, honorable reduction of force; client AEP)

Daily tailboard meetings and field enforcement of all applicable electrical safety for removing old 69kv and pulling new 69kv and 138kv conductor, using V-groove and Condux pullers and tensioners

Oversight of removal 70-year old distribution poles; using progressive relief of tension/chain hoist/grip methods in critical, highly congestion inner city residential housing and businesses

Vigilance for grounding procedures and install in high security prison areas

Enforcement of traffic safety signs for overhead work in remote rural areas and some traffic-heavy freeway areas

Inspection of rigging, blanket and guts cover over live 69k transmission lines and live 12k distribution lines and termination within several live substations; watchfulness over several gated, locked and isolated live subststions

Checking for safe removal and transport of old, wooden poles and environmentally safe disposal; grid security and SCADA communication; safe handling of one outage/dispatcher-led standown (not our culpability) in a residential distribution grid that tied into our transmission tie-in

Safe crane and digger derrick rigging and critical lift operations

Safety Auditor; Willbros/Chapman Construction; Safety Auditing of 69kv to 220kv substations; Orlando and Leesburg, Florida; 10/15/15 to 12/15/15 (short-term audit, honorable reduction of force; client:  Duke Power)

Daily tailboard meetings on various topics

Monitoring of electric fields and voltage indication as well as testing for microwave overage

Inspection of rigging and routing of  trinway insulation on feeder cables

Checking all stages and facets of Coupled Capacitor Voltage Transformer installation

Sniffing of excavations and trenches to check for explosive and poisonous gases

Vigilance for ground procedures on substation under-cages and perimeter protection for grid security

Various Contracting:  AV Tech for AMP, Inc.; Metal Fabrication for NOW Specialty Products; Motorcycle Mechanic for Gearhead Motorcycles  and Scooters; Carpentry and Mechanical Contracting. various; Field Clerk/Payroll for the Project Superintendent for North Houston Power and Light; Plainview Texas;  06/19/15 to 10/15/15

Safety Coordinator; Southeast Power Corporation; Austin, Texas; 01/09/15 to 06/19/15 (Client Lower Colorado River Authority LCRA)

Daily safety training based on the most critical  to least risk, management methods

Enforcement of grounding and induction safeguards to industry best practices

Fire extinguisher and first aid kit re-certification and logging; 

Co-enforcement of crane, bucket truck, work truck, front-end loaders, backhoes and general fleet maintenance via DVIR and Crane Books; and visual inspections; investigative enforcement

General safety oversight with 345kv, 138kv electrical transmission lines and helicopter flight crews in hazardous transportation and flight conditions; Notification to Airmen for congested area flight hazards

Rigging enforcement and critical lift inspections

In short; continuous vigilance to ultimately change habitual thought patterns

Project Manager; Corpus Optima; Management Consulting to Big 6 Oil and Gas, Woodlands Texas; 10/09/14 to 01/08/15;; honorable and approved leave of absence  with open contract to return after completion of safety jobs

Marketing/IT/Multi-sourcing automation, repository and branding/imaging development.

Production IT macro- and micro-process analysis; bio-corporation integration

Lean, Scrum, SPC, TQM, Six Sigma, Opex Oil and Gas; tight oil production analysis and work culture (super performance) researched and applied transformation; organization as bio-system

Oil and gas process, and cultural control; content/curriculum tailoring

Clients: Exxon-Mobil, Shell, Conoco-Phillips; Oceaneering Inc., Norriseal, etc.

Right-hand man/assitant to CEO; analysis of TQM and management theory and field consulting curriculum; review of seminar and on-site management content

Safety Coordinator; Stream Construction, Corpus Christi, Texas: 03/14 to 03/14 (three-week, short-term concrete pour for a project manager friend of mine; honorable layoff reduction of force) Client Trafigura Refinery

Hands on safety supervision of civil cement crew; road pavement in highly explosive petrochemical sea port.

Speaker/Leader at daily safety meetings addressing immediate hazards

Established “safety first, but production, a very close second” policy to stop production/safety rivalry

Bilingual Training of a 20 to 30 man crew who were new to safety

Continuous monitoring of LEL, control panel, and flashback hazards in vicinity of Naphtha and Butane vessels

Responsible for ordering safety equipment and working one-on-one with project managers

Safety Coordinator:  Electrical Transmission and Distribution, Mastec Inc., Morehead City, North Carolina; 12/13 to 03/14  (Short-term assignment for same managers as Vealmoor Project; honorable layoff; Client Duke Power)

Conductivity and amperage drop testing of grounds; continuity testing and inspection/waxing and re-certification of shotgun sticks; hot-glove rotation and testing, saved literally thousands of dollar  on equipment grounds and hot sticks

Promoted team liaison between production and safety with logistics, materials acquisition and warehousing

Helped to instigate a “no harassment” policy, which was a problem when I got there

Oversight of highly congested distribution lines

Crane and digger derrick enforcement

Safety Coordinator: Electrical Transmission, Mastec Inc., Vealmoor, Texas; 05/13 to  09/13 Client:  Isolux, WET joint venture; short-term project; honorable layoff; asked to next project

Liaison to helicopter crew, as it performed clipping and static installations with suspended linemen

Supported electrical operations of wind turbine power transmission,  335kv, and about 100 crane/bucket/digger derrick trucks, wind energy substation tie-ins

Learned local environmental restrictions/spill kit rules; spacer buggy technology quickly and assumed co-supervisory responsibilities of crew 200 to 300 people, including helicopter crew

Specially requested to research and report on applicable electrical safety for gas-powered spacer buggies brought in at the end of the project.

Established grounding standards on towers; avoided killer bee situation by quick thinking; one heart attack case taken safely and quickly to the hospital

Responsible for training all new recruits, as well as for maintaining the AV and IT equipment

Worked with road crews to keep traffic barricades,  digging hazards and barricades

Millwright and/or Pipefitting, Seven Electrical (Turbine) Generator Projects, TIC – various states

Field installation off GE, Westinghouse and Siemens turbine generators; last projects in 2013, Bryan, Texas

Peaker and Main Units; oil, gas and steam

Government Projects

Top Secret Clearance, Moscow Russia: construction demolition, carpentry and equipment operator

Center for Public Policy with Department of Technology, University of Houston, (Sinopec Chinese oil delegates); Carpenter work in Kandajar, Afghanistan

Other High Voltage/Industrial/Construction Experience

Contractor since February 2009 for  high voltage audio, lighting and video AV Tech at Reliant Stadium, Toyota Center, etc.

16 refineries; caustic, explosive, toxic, radioactive, H2S crude, petrochemical, asphyxiation; extreme hot or cold product, temperature process control, maintenance and new construction millwright and pipefitting

Machine Builder of robots and automated assembly lines for Daimler Chrysler, Tecumseh and Ingersoll Rand

Carpenter, Geneva Convention Card, Kandajar Afghanistan, 2004, Moscow Russia 1997

Business/Office Experience

Associate Management Consultant, trainer and curriculum development for 25 hospitals

Newspaper Reporter 1980 to 1990: health, education, defense, genetic engineering, urban issues, feature stories and general assignment reporter; twice promoted to senior reporter position

Manager of Desktop Publishing Department at Kinko’s Copies (Now FedEX/Kinkos or FedEx Office)

Section manager of Yamaha motorcycle division at Union Motorcycle Salvage; parts sales/inventory 

Fleet Manager/Transportation Director and Program Coordinator for Global UniSource continuing education company; hosting of mid and upper level Chinese delegates

English professor, three universities in Chelyabinsk, Russia; cross cultural musician six nights a week.

• -Excellent Human Relations capabilities and office Computer/Systems/Software proficiency;
• -50 to 60 wpm typing
• -Good at safety reports and analysis; trained in TQM/Teams/Management Consulting
• -Adept at Learning New Technologies 
• -Payroll up to 100 people

Able to teach (public speaking)

Spanish; some basic Russian