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, investigate incidents, safety inspections of physical locations and field inspections of worksites. Manage the maintenance, repair and inspections of fire safety systems.• 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 responsibilities. Develop procedures, processes and training for all safety related processes. Audit each location in meeting requirements under the new processes and assist them in moving forward with the SMS. 40+ indirect reports – location managers with daily safety responsibilities and their technical resource for HSE needs.• 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 audits, industrial hygiene surveys and general environmental issues management. • 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 three months of initiation at a greatly reduced cost of delivery. • 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 220 with a total of 5 locations (1 production and 4 store fronts). Provided safety related assistance for 10 newly-acquired locations. • 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 six months.• 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, and actually making things worse, due to the tight areas the drivers had to go into. Result: driver safety performance improved with changed allowed. Safety and Compliance Manager - (for Texas Welders Supply)Prior to the acquisition by Praxair, managed the complete EH&S program for this major regional distributor / supplier of commercial welding supplies and welding gases. Worked directly with VP Operations and department heads to ensure all safety and regulatory compliance issues were being addressed and documented.• 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 disciplinary actions. This approach allowed the managers to recognize the "bad actors" and gave them the opportunity to change their behaviors. • 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 intervention program for employees.

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 during turnaround operations. • 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: The process was completed with no major morale issues and allowed the acquisition go smoothly from the safety aspect. Our client renewed the contract one year later. • 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 year and a +/- 10% decrease each of the following years. • 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 - 2005)Conducted field audits and safety training. Interacted with customers to coordinate contractor teams.• 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