Joseph Johnston, Csp Email & Phone Number

United States

Wylie, TX

• Responsible for the HSE activities of Solid Waste and Maintenance departments with a total of 2001+ employees. The HSE technical resource for 20+ supevisors and managers. Development of procedures, safety processes.
• Development of Metrics to track and understand performance of departments. And work with each department to improve those measures.
• Revamp and update procedures to meet minimum standards. Crane use, Hot work, use of monitoring devices, Confined spaces, and the general overview in the employee safety handbook.
• Solid Waste Accociation of North Amarica Safety Award Sumbitted and awarded the SWANA best safety Improvement and Honerable Mention for Safety Innovation awards for 2021.

Houston, TX

• Work with 4 plant managers and 4 regional managers(including 30+ location managers) to implement a new integrated Safety Management System. Manage and train plant and department managers in their daily safety.
• Development of Metrics to measure the performance of locations and departments. Working with each group to address concerns and enhance safety performance.
• Team Member for Development of a 12 elements integrated safety management system. Working with location and region personnel in the implementation process.

Center TX

Manager of Safety for a union food manufacturing plant and animal growing process. Addressed safety related employee issues based on corporate requirements. Training, inspections, investigations and other corporate initiatives.

Houston, TX

Lead the safety compliance effort for this 75-person fabrication facility, producing downstream equipment, such as low-pressure vessels and pipe racks, for the Natural Gas Industry.

Stafford, TX

• Managed the safety and environmental effort for this fabrication facility with more than 500 employees at 5 manufacturing sites across the Texas Gulf Coast area. Conducted on-site visits for safety training, safety.
• Developed and implemented an online safety training program so all employees, including remote workers, could complete training modules within the time frame required. Result: Met all required training goals within.
• Developed a JSA process involving employees in building the database of information. Result: By encouraging employee involvement in the process, we gained a strong commitment to developing a safety culture at the site.

Houston, TX

• Managed the EHS processes at this cryogenic gas blending and distribution facility with bulk cryogenic storage, specialty gas laboratory, cylinder repair / cylinder filling, a fleet of delivery vehicles, and staff of.
• Trained drivers and local admin personnel on hours of service regulations, to reduce the number of facility violations. Result: The hours of service violations dropped from more than 10 a month to 3 per quarter within.
• Studied the safety data relating to a new corporate vehicle backing process, which required the use of rear view cameras. Existing statistical information and new data demonstrated that the cameras were not helping.
• Developed a system to enforce safety policies and procedures uniformly across all departments. Worked with the Mangers / Supervisors to develop a “points system” for safety violations and total points accrued impacted.
• Developed and implemented an effective small company behavior-based program that included several items: safety incentive plan (that penalized for fudging), an effective safety committee, a near miss/positive.

La Porte TX

• Field Safety Manager (2005 - 2007)Served as the location Field Safety Site Manager for all AbClean employees working at a Shell Oil refinery and chemical manufacturing facility. Managed teams of up to 180 employees.
• Led the post-acquisition integration of the safety management programs for two companies. Selected a team of representatives from each company to review work processes and select best practices moving forward. Result.
• Led the deployment of a client-sponsored multi-contractor safety committee as part of a program to reduce incidents plant-wide. Managed a $20K budget. Result: Achieved a 30% reduction in contractor incidents in first.
• Selected to receive the Houston Business Roundtable’s contractor safety award twice during my tenure. Result: We were awarded gold level year one and best-in-class the following year. Safety Supervisor (2003.
• Developed safety plans for submission to the plant Safety Director.
• Tracked and documented employee training and certification requirements.

Ms, Safety Management

Activities and Societies: President - ASSE Student Chapter

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Safety Management

Activities and Societies: Member Student Chapter ASSE