Maintaining Safety Readiness for teammates in the Southwest Region: conducting training (confines space, fire extinguishers, Hazwoper, Hazmat, NORM; keeping records and updating profiles.Incident Investigation - injuries, equipment damage, citations, DOT roadside inspections, and near misses.Maintaining Safety Equipment and Facilities - MultiRae Air monitors, MSA 5 gas confined space entry meters, MSA 4 gas personal monitors, BW H2S monitors; annual inspections of other safety equipment: tripods and winches, SCBAs; ordering and stocking PPE and safety supplies.Establishing and maintaining the company's nationwide Safety Management System (SMS), and Learning Management System (LMS) called KPA. Establishing a 24 Hour Hazwoper certificate program, DOT Hazmat Training, and other training; equipment tracking; DOT Permit tracking, Safety Data Sheet (SDS) tracking...

Safety Coordinator for truck drivers working in transportation through the southwest; chemical remediation for clients in Phoenix, hazardous waste technicians at NXP Semiconductors in Chandler, and cleaning pipeline testing instruments for in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), taking Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) readings at oil and gas pipelines to determine worksite precautions for PIG cleaning crews.Safety representative for work at NXP Semiconductors collecting and disposing hazardous waste, replacing scrubber media, decommissioning lines, and neutralizing tanks. Hazards included permit required confined space entry, fall protection, hydrofluoric and sulfuric acid, and Lockout Tagout.Conduct IH monitoring of hazardous chemicals using photoionization detectors, air sampling pumps, and four gas meters for work at a microprocessor factory, frac tanks, and client sites like APS and Univar.Complete permit required confined space entry and tailgate meetings. Conduct incident investigations and root cause analysis and making necessary policy corrections. Write training and policies to meet regulatory and third-party auditor requirements.Onboard new employees by working with Concentra to complete DOT physicals and baseline tests, conducting respirator fit tests, and training on company safety that falls under MSHA, OSHA, and DOT regulations, such as RCRA, Hazwoper, Hazmat, and Hazcom.Maintain paperwork of employee training records and write reports of NORM findings, root cause analysis, incident reports, and company decisions for internal and external use.

Write General Industry and Construction OSHA compliance policies. This includes researching applicable regulations to create safety manual templates and tailor them to client specific needs such as for third party auditor HSE compliance sites like: ISNetworld, PEC, and PICS.Create workplace training programs. They often take the form of: tailgate safety meetings, computer programs, videos, and Learning Management Systems (LMS).Counsel colleagues and clients to help them understand their safety responsibilities. As necessary, research fines and explain how to comply with their abatement directives.Stay current with OSHA regulations and interpretations to explain new developments internally and write blogs and newsletter articles.Provide OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Occupational Safety Training to colleagues so they can speak knowledgeably about the concepts, tools, and vocabulary that safety professional use to keep their employees safe.

I was a substitute teacher at the Yuma High Schools: Yuma High, Cibola, Kofa, and Gila Ridge. This experience taught me how to manage a classroom of high school students and speak in front of a classroom.

Built the Sports section newspaper pages and wrote local sports stories covering the high schools and area sports leagues on a wide variety of sports like: basketball, football, wrestling, bicycling, and mixed martial arts.

Worked on a crew applying textures of different types after the drywall was put up and preparing the surfaces for the painters. Also assisted other crews with additional construction activities such as putting up and taking down scaffolding.

While studying print journalism, I was heavily involved in the college newspaper and spent the last academic year as its editor. 2004 Associated Collegiate Press National Pacemaker winner.