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Boron, California, United States

As a Senior Advisor at Rio Tinto, I oversee the development and implementation of Rio Tinto's Process Safety Management program, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. I also conduct risk assessments, lead root cause investigations, and provide technical support to enhance safety practices within the organization.Key Achievements:• Directed the development, implementation, and management of a comprehensive Process Safety Management (PSM) program, ensuring compliance with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 and EPA standards.• Conducted risk assessments, Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP), and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR) to identify and mitigate risks.• Oversaw the Management of Change (MoC) process, ensuring all process changes are controlled and documented to prevent operational hazards.• Lead root cause investigations for process safety incidents, developing and implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence while sharing lessons learned across the organization.• Provided technical support to operations, engineering, and maintenance teams, ensuring the integration of safety into process designs and operational practices.• Conducted PSM audits, preparing detailed reports and communicating findings to senior leadership to drive continuous improvement.• Developed and delivered safety training programs to employees, enhancing understanding of process safety protocols and promoting a strong safety culture.

Long Beach, California, United States

In my role as a Senior Advisor at Rio Tinto, I spearheaded major Lean transformation projects, collaborating with leaders and employees to drive efficiency and productivity. By facilitating Kaizen events and training sessions, I identified areas for improvement, resulting in multimillion-dollar savings. Additionally, I successfully turned around a disgruntled union workforce, fostering a positive work environment and sustaining improvements. As the TPS (SPS) integration lead, I trained and coached over 100 employees on system use, ensuring a smooth transition and enhanced operational efficiency.Key Achievements:• Steered major Lean transformation projects, working with company leaders, employees, contractors, and consultants to drive consensus in approaches and improve efficiency and productivity.• Facilitated Kaizen events and training to identify improvement areas and implement projects with multimillion-dollar operational and business improvement savings.• Drove high-level engagement, including the turnaround of a disgruntled union workforce, facilitating ownership participation in transformational processes to sustain improvements and cultivate a positive work environment.• Served as 2023's TPS (SPS) integration lead, training and coaching more than 800 employees on system use.

Long Beach, California, United States

In my role as an Advisor, Supply Chain at Rio Tinto, I supported the Borates business through challenging times, optimizing logistics operations and streamlining processes to drive efficiency and productivity.Key Achievements:• Supported the Borates business through peak COVID-19 disruptions, working closely with the Export, Rail, and Marine Logistics teams to maximize sales and resource utilization despite unprecedented volatility.• Automated legacy S&OP processes, eliminating dependence on spreadsheets and manual business processes. • Developed and automated key performance reporting for drayage, packaging, production, and rail.• Responsible for all specialty Zinc Borate and Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate (DOT) production planning at the daily, weekly, and monthly cadence.

Boron, California

As Coordinator, Trainer, and Supervisor at Rio Tinto in Boron, California, I led capital projects, organized training workshops, and collaborated with senior leadership to support operations.Key Achievements:• Facilitated the department's capital projects. Projects extended from minor plant asset improvements to significant expansions.• Worked closely with plant service teams to improve planned and unplanned maintenance efficiency and safety.• Regularly developed, organized, and presented training workshops to the department's 115 employees.• Successfully developed and implemented a department-wide training platform to track and optimize the quality of each employee's development and safety practices.• Worked closely with Superintendents and Senior Leadership to deliver intuitive support to all operations within Boron.

Boron, California

In my role as Supervisor of Shipping, Rail, and Production Operations at Rio Tinto in Boron, California, I oversaw the coordination of packaging operations, ensuring adherence to stringent health, safety, and environmental standards. By leveraging my expertise in operating packaging equipment, I successfully managed the packaging of a record-breaking 26,000 handling units in 2017. Additionally, I played a key role in maintaining compliance with ISO, OSHA, and MSHA regulations, contributing to the company's reputation for excellence in safety and quality.Key Achievements:• Led more than 115 union employees in various specialty production plants, bulk rail loading, and packing operations.• Managed under Rio Tinto's world-class health, safety, environmental, and quality standards, surpassing the approval of OSHA, MSHA, ISO 9000, and ISO 14000 regulatory guidelines.• Consistently led the workforce to surpass production and loading targets, totaling approximately one million tons each year while maintaining a world-class safety record.• Safely managed large teams in major process safety hazard production plants, including two natural gas-fired furnaces and a specialized fertilizer plant.

Boron, California

In my role as Lead of the Rail Yard and Warehouse at Rio Tinto in Boron, California, I coordinated operations with the largest freight railway network in North America to ensure the safe and timely delivery of bulk shipments. I consistently surpassed loading targets while maintaining a world-class safety record. Additionally, I am highly experienced in operating a variety of heavy equipment, including a diesel locomotive.Key Achievements:• Coordinated operations with the largest freight railway network in North America to secure the safe and timely delivery of bulk shipments.• Consistently surpassed loading targets while maintaining a world-class safety record. • Highly experienced in the operation of a variety of heavy equipment, including a diesel locomotive.• Routinely handled a variety of rolling stock, including boxcars, sulphuric acid tank cars, and hopper cars.• Obtained critical skills needed to safely and efficiently operate in a fast paced shipping/loading environment.• Safely logged over 500 hours operating industry standard Hyster forklifts. Knowledgable in a variety of loading techniques and load patterns to ensure package quality through transit over rail, road, or sea.• Highly experienced in the operation of a variety of packaging equipment at all levels of complexity such as: Haver FFS and rotary packers, Lantech stretch wrappers and superbag/bulk bag direct flow packers. Experience includes all associated control panel operation, minor maintenance and proximities.

Boron, California, United States

As a Maintainer at Rio Tinto's Boric Acid Production Plant in Boron, California, I gained extensive experience operating specialized equipment, such as rotary dissolvers and drum filters, while ensuring the safe handling of hazardous materials like concentrated sulfuric acid and high-pressure steam.Key Achievements:• Experienced in the safe operation of heat exchangers, pumps, valves, belt conveyors, elevators, crushers, screens, screw conveyors, mixers, filtration equipment, steam injectors, steam spargers, dust collectors, level devices, flow meters, and auto valves.• Knowledgeable in proper Lock-Out, Tag-Out, and Try-Out procedures with experience implementing procedures that require over 100 points of isolation. Experience includes all equipment noted in the 1st and 6th bullets.• Regularly completed a variety of logs and inspections ranging from area-specific operational logs to mechanical inspection logs.• Capable of operating forklifts, bobcat/skid-steer loaders, pickup trucks, and mobile lift equipment.• Obtained experience working safely with highly hazardous elements such as concentrated sulfuric acid, hot borate liquors, and high-pressure steam.• Experienced in the operation of specialty equipment such as rotary dissolvers, low-rate thickeners, crystallizers, drum filters, cooling towers, vacuum filter belts, and rotary dryers.• Completed an array of operations-based training modules ranging from ore extraction to process control and management systems.