Brian Ekman Email & Phone Number

Arlington Heights, Illinois

Facilitate monthly safety committee meetings with clientsComplete job site and facility inspections and reports in both General Industry & Construction Provide employee training and development on a variety of safety topicsMaintain OSHA Logs & online ITA submissions for all clientsConduct incident investigations and implement corrective actions based on.

Chicago, Illinois

• Responsible for assisting in the overall management and implementation of F.H. Paschen's Risk Management Program at the Midway Security Checkpoint Expansion project ($100 million-dollar project) and the 95th/Dan Ryan.
• Conduct daily jobsite safety audits while providing recommendations for hazard abatement.
• Create and submit daily safety reports with pictures of identified hazards and the corrective actions taken.
• Maintain and organize all safety related documentation and forms for the project.
• Investigate accidents and/or near misses that occurred on the project and prepare a report of findings.
• Present and facilitate site specific safety orientations/training to each new hire on the job sites.

Chicago, Illinois

• (Contract Position)Inspected homes under construction to verify they were in accordance with program quality specifications and act as a liaison between the homeowner, the contractor, and the Residential Sound.
• Completed daily progress reports and quality reports for each home under construction.
• Managed and enforced quality standards for each home under construction. Alerted project manager and contractor of any quality violations and recommended process improvements.
• Inspected materials and initiated change orders, deletions, and proposals of materials.
• Obtained HVAC ductwork quantities and generated poundage reports utilizing QuoteSoft (computer program).
• Conducted punch-list inspections with the contractor and homeowner.

Greater Chicago Area

• Responsible for the overall management and implementation of IHC’s Risk Management Program at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant project and job site. ($250 million-dollar project)
• Conduct daily job site inspections, safety audits, and accident investigations (If needed).
• Present and facilitate site specific safety orientations and trainings to each new hire on the job site
• Maintain and manage the onsite safety equipment inventory and make purchases as necessary.

• Facilitated and assisted in the overall management of Kroeschell’s risk and safety programs.
• Actively participated in safety audits, safety training, and compliance & incident investigations.
• Managed and assisted in all safety operations at the Nicor job located in Naperville (Summer 2015)
• Reformatted and created a new set of safety talks (Toolbox Talks) for the upcoming years.
• Organized and created new personalized Lockout Tagout tags for over 100 employees in Operations.

• Assisted in the pickup and disposal of hazardous waste produced by campus laboratories.
• Created a new General Lab SOP for the Chemistry and Engineering Departments
• Took inventory of hazardous organic and in-organic chemicals.
• Performed safety audits on campus laboratories.
• Shadowed lab safety training sessions and assisted in demonstrations of safe lab practices and emergency management situations.