My primary responsibilities were:*Field observation and auditing of working projects;*Safety program administration and implementation;*Regulatory compliance;*Health monitoring and advisement;*Data compilation and analysis;*General leadership and management;*Behavior Based Safety Observation Program management;*Safe Work Practice Manual management and compliance updating;While employed by Envent Corp., a company supplying mobile gas and liquid hydrocarbon and waste remediation. My role was as the Gulf Coast Health and Safety Supervisor and Manager, and I was tasked with performing audits, both at the shop and in the field, compliance paperwork, safety program administration, training, and overall safety supervision at an administration level.

Standby rescue services during refinery maintenance and confined space rescue instruction.

Working for Airgas as a seasonal employee in the safety and rescue field, it was my responsibility to prepare for and perform as needed confined space and high angle rescues, and safety services. This is primarily third party, serving as a contractor for companies that do not have the ability or resources to do for themselves. These services include air sampling and monitoring, permit writing, safety observations and interventions, EMS services, rescue standby, confined space monitoring, high angle rescue, etc.Some of my recent projects included….Conoco Phillips – COP Fractionators (Mont Bellevue, Texas) Calcasieu Refining Company (Lake Charles, Louisiana) Conoco Phillips – Lost Cabin (Lysite, Wyoming) Huntsman Chemical – Conroe Operations (Conroe, Texas)Western Refining – Gallup Operations (Gallup, NM) Xcel Energy – Rocky Mountain Energy Center ( Hudson, CO) Huntsman Chemical – Dayton Operations (Dayton, Texas) Chevron - Hawaii Operations (Honolulu, Hawaii) CF Industries – (Verdigris, Oklahoma) Rain Cii Carbon – (Lake Charles, Louisiana) United States Border Patrol – ( Del Rio, TX)

Working in the field as a Field Safety Coordinator, subcontracted out to Targa Resources as their 3rd party on-site safety representative for construction. My primary role was to monitor contractor personnel and interact with contractor safety leaders, construction superintendents, construction foremen, and laborers to ensure that their policies and actions were in line with established Targa policies and procedures concerning safety, as well as to serve as the final authority on any safety question or topic that might arise. Served as the site safety representative and EMS for a dock demolition project with emphasis on zero loss of containments, zero environmental impact, OSHA compliance, job and employee supervision, and First Responder EMS due to the remote location.

1981-1986 Hired as a Chemical Plant Operator in the Magnesium Production unit where I manufactured and cast magnesium ingots. 1986-1992 Worked in a process unit producing Anhydrous HCl and other Chlorinated Products. 1992-1993 Worked in a unit producing Toluene Diisocyanate. 1993-2012 Worked in the Dow Fire Department as a full time, paid firefighter and medic. Began as an Emergency Care Attendant (ECA), moving up via additional training to Emergency Medical Technician (both EMT-Basic and EMT-Intermediate) finally stopping at Paramedic (EMT-P) in 1997. For my last nine years in the Dow Fire Department, I was a Day Shift Lead Firefighter. I was responsible for interacting with the Fire Protection Maintenance Contractor (Webb-Murray, Firetrol, Simplex Grinnell, Viking, etc.) approving and overseeing repairs, doing acceptance testing on new fire protection systems, and maintaining records of compliance testing. I also was responsible for the ordering of supplies and equipment, maintaining compliance paperwork, conducting training and drills, maintaining all fire equipment and apparatus, performing safety audits, and interacting with various persons both internally and external to the company. I was the face of the Fire Department to most outsiders. I also worked with the medical department and was responsible for the ordering of all drugs and supplies, as well as I was in charge of the creation, updating, approval, and implementation of all EMS protocols. During my time as Lead Firefighter it was my responsibility to manage and have oversight of contractor safety leads during turnaround projects to ensure Dow, OSHA, and governmental compliance, as well as direct Dow’s part of their safety program, conduct audits, hold investigations, and do BBP observations.