Serves as a company leader and resource; develops company safety policies and standards; provides coaching, education and guidance to the office, projects, sites and regional staff on all health & safety and human resource matters; analyzes the various implemented programs at a company wide level and helps develop strategies and focus areas; provides direction and deliverables to the principles regarding various Health & Safety and Human Resource projects and assignments.•Provide guidance and direction to the organization on all health & safety topics; provide guidance to specific questions raised by the projects, properties and site staff; serve as an in-house expert overall. •Develop company safety policy & standards and monitor compliance by the projects & sites•Develop and implement project & site construction safety program - including its five phases (Safety considerations in design & layout, building construction project, equipment installation phase, pre-occupancy safety considerations, and post-occupancy safety considerations); participate / work with project teams and trades, and review all safety aspects. •Interface with staff from various other functions at the company (real estate, legal, risk management, internal audit, security, etc.) and participate in safety considerations & staffing for new projects, addressing specific needs, and provide assistance to them as needed. •Develop, implement and administer company health and safety audit program and COR initiatives •Company recruitment, staff orientation, education and training•Analyze & report on incident statistics, including tracking & forecasting, from all projects & sites.•Participate and provide assistance to the Principles, regarding special assignments, as needed.•Head office facility management & logistics, including maintenance, service and upgrades •Project 'goods & services' inventories, tracking & cost controls initiatives

Increased company efficiency and profitability though professional management• Manage daily operations including employee supervision and material procurement • designing, coordinating and implementing safety awareness and training programs• Liaise/Maintain provincial relationships with distributors, suppliers, sub-contractors, and Ministry of Labour to achieve company goals by providing outstanding service and communication • Responsible for all workplace inspections, policy compliance, work refusals and follow-up reporting (sector specific)• Provided detailed project cost analysis and workforce requirements, relations and solutions • Identify areas of opportunity to streamline processes, recommend and implement continuous improvements in order to deliver operational efficiencies • On site training seminars, safety talks, audits and investigations Accomplishments:• Implemented and led a successful educational training team to Kazakhstan in central Asia for 3 months to upgrade local workforce skills and improve general construction building & safety practices to a level of North American standards • Decreased overall “loss-time” injuries consecutively since 2003, while increasing employee safety knowledge and education

Provided superior customer service through technical support and sales to fountain and mechanical companies, pool builders, other service industries related to the water feature community.• Reviewed drawings and provided cost analysis and breakdown of requirements • Analysis of specified mechanical equipment and hydraulics • Designed fountain layouts, built and tested scale project mock ups • Assisted National Sales Manager with sales presentations • On site trouble shooting and support - for application and installation requiring extensive travel throughout North America • Responsible for conceiving and producing multiple installation manuals for all residential products currently in production • Conducted technical training and sales seminars and videos for installers, regional representatives, distributors and facility staff in the application and installation of products • Presented demonstrations of products at trade shows to multiple industries requiring extensive travel throughout North America • Initiated, compiled and analyzed market research and feedback from designers, clients and installers to promote new product development on trends for application and installation within the industry • Contribute to the profitability of the company recommending and implementing continuous improvements - e.g. Co-developed and introduced several "new" water feature products into current residential line • Liased/maintained accounts with suppliers, specialty technicians in multiple fields, pool builders and sales representatives • Compiled an extensive network of contacts including architects, designers, pool builders, service companies, distributors, landscape and mechanical contractors