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Cedar Rapids, IA, US

Williamsburg, Iowa, United States

Williamsburg, Iowa

Amana, Iowa

• Responsible for Environmental, Health Safety & Security (EHS&S) functions for The Whirlpool Amana manufacturing facility with 3,200+ employees.
• Lead operations to best practice and best in class for safety efforts, World Class Manufacturing – SAFETY (Specialist) and ENVIRONMENTAL (Lead).
• Manage plant safety training programs for all levels of the operation.
• Ensure OSHA compliance, respond to OSHA inquiries and perform safety audits.
• Establish, maintain and update safety and ergonomic databases.
• Act as a liaison and plant representative with corporate and governmental agencies.

Williamsburg, IA

• Responsible for Environmental, Health Safety & Security (EHS&S) functions for farming equipment manufacturing with 925+ employees. Responsibilities include leading EHS&S efforts, Workers' Comp.,DOT, Security, strategic.
• 2014 - Hazard Control Award by the Iowa-Illinois Safety Council
• 2013 - Bronze Award by the Iowa-Illinois Safety Council
• Enhanced CCTV Security Systems
• Incident rate and lost time rate reductions by 50%
• Reduction of Workers' Comp costs by 54% - Experience Mod.55%

West Liberty, IA

• As a Director of Safety & Health, I was responsible for the continuous development of Safety Policies, Procedures and Safety Programs and its effective implementation by:
• Developing and providing technical and administrative direction.
• Overseeing and enforcing compliance with all OSHA, PSM and DOT Regulations.
• Reviewing internal safety policies and practices.
• Preparing training topics to meet OSHA, EPA/DNR, and DOT requirements.
• Closing Workers Compensation issues or occurrences.

• Responsible for the Environmental, Health, and Safety functions for ceramic manufacturing facility with 263 full time regular employees. Functions include: safety compliance, training and development, loss prevention.
• Awarded the Excellence in Star
• Awarded the OSHA VPP Star Recognition
• Total incident rate of.39%
• Total Lost Time Rate at 0%
• Implemented BBS Program

• Responsible for safety and security functions for food processing facility with 435 full time regular employees. Functions include: Safety compliance, training and development, Loss prevention, and workers’.
• Case management to prevent lost time and minimize expenses (self insured)
• Enhanced employee training program
• Achieved Excellence in Safety Award from Tyson
• Achieved best DART rate out of 39 Tyson facilities

Responsible for human resource functions for food processing facility with 425 full time regular employees. Functions include: interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; performance appraisals, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Recruited, interviewed, tested, and.

El Paso, San Franicisco, Reno, Lousiville, Toranto And Cd. Juarez

• Responsible for human resource, safety and security functions for international, multi-location DVD Manufacturing and Distribution Company with over 700 full time and up to 500 temporary employees in El Paso, Texas.
• Opening the Canadian facility in Toronto, including negotiating temporary services agreement, establishing employee benefits package, ensure compliance with Canadian labor laws.
• Lowered Experience Modification rating for Mediacopy from 372% to 87% within 5 years.
• Responded and defended EEOC charges for Mediacopy.Specialties:
• Compensation, benefits, and job analysis
• Training and development

El Paso, Texas Area

Responsible for safety and security functions for multi-location apparel manufacturing company with over 1100 employees in El Paso, Texas. Functions included: safety compliance, training and development, loss prevention, and program development and implementation. Other duties included: facility inspections, workers’ compensation management, and link.

Mba

Master of Business Administration Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management Human Resource Management Professional Certificate

Graduate Certificate Program In Agricultural Safety & Health