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Middleton, Tn, Us

Stanton, Tennessee, United States

• Served as the Safety, Health, and Environmental Lead Manager in establishing the BlueOval SK joint venture (a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and SK On) EV Battery Manufacturing Plant in Stanton, Tennessee. • Built a high-performance team culture through effective leadership techniques such as coaching, mentoring, and empowerment. • Developed Safety, Health, and Environmental standards and procedures for the startup of a joint venture electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions that addressed complex business challenges to stand up a joint venture battery manufacturing facility. • Managed multiple high-priority projects simultaneously, ensuring timely completion of each without compromising quality.

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

• Responsible for the day-to-day Safety operations for 10 High Velocity Centers and Parts Depots for the Customer Service Division of Ford Motor Company located in the East and South regions.• Reviewed production work processes to detect possible safety concerns, drafting corrective measures where appropriate.• Assisted in worksite incident investigations, helping to determine root cause and appropriate corrective actions.• Traveled to 9 cities in 8 different states to perform twice yearly safety audits, providing information and facilities guidance to site safety representatives and site leadership, offering strategies to ensure continuous improvement in safety. • Chaired regular safety committee meetings, fostering a collaborative environment for open dialogue on accident prevention and risk mitigation strategies.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Served as the Plant Safety Engineer (Subject Matter Expert) for an automotive assembly facility.• Provided technical consultancy and advisory services on both technical and non-technical safety topics, including local and national safety regulations.• Communicated new initiatives, standards, regulations, significant incidents, and management directives to both internal and external stakeholders, while cultivating positive relationships with union-represented stakeholders to efficiently coordinate work activities.• Coordinated industrial hygiene efforts, including air sampling and noise monitoring, to evaluate employee exposure levels against established guidelines.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Provide Health and Safety oversight for Automotive Manufacturing Facility in Claycomo, MO. Position involves construction oversight from a safety perspective including equipment design, runoff and launch responsibilities for new and retooled machines in the Assembly and Stamping processes for a new vehicle line launch.

Kansas City Branch

Manage professional unarmed security personnel to provide an array of high-quality security services tailored to meet the demands of individual security operations at client facilities. Responsible for management oversight at 12+ contract security accounts throughout Missouri and Kansas.

Ford Motor Company

Responsible for managing over 20+ Security Officers providing security services to Ford Motor Company, a major automotive manufacturer in the United States. Responsible for the hiring, training and development of the security force at 2 locations in the states of Missouri and Kansas.

Manage a staff of twenty-eight security officers and supervisors. Perform emergency response planning functions as emergency response team coordinator. Oversee compliance with United States Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism shipping requirements. Act as liaison between Ford Motor Company and outside contractors. Organized and provided direct support for Presidential visit in 2007 by President George W. Bush.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Provided asset protection to 1600-acre compound. Provided oversight to four Asset Protection Officers in performance of daily duties. Supported Emergency Response Coordinator and Safety Engineers with the administration of fire protection/life safety systems.

Harrisonville, Mo

As a Military Police Officer, I performed as a team member in support of battlefield operations, installation law and order operations and security of Army resources and installations. Led military police teams in support of battlefield operations and led and supervised small sections in support of security and installation law and order operations.

Performed and supervised the detection, acquisition, location, and identification of foreign communications using signals equipment.Translated, transcribed, and produced summaries of foreign language transmissions in English/target languages.Operated communication equipment for SIGINT tasking, reporting and coordination. Questioned prisoners of war, enemy deserters, and civilian informers in their native languages.

Master Of Science - Ms

Master of Science Occupational Safety & Health degree program provides students with a flexible, relevant, and current curriculum that.

Bachelor Of Arts;, Interdisciplinary-Business Administration

Fire I & Ii, Fire Fighting/ Hazardous Materials/ Emergency Medicine

Police Academy, Police Studies