Kathryn Ebert Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Area

Manager, Safety and Health, Portland, OR (1994 to Present)• Oversee the safety program for over 4,000 employees in 50 work locations with 5 direct and 12 indirect reports and an annual budget of approximately $1 million.• Develop and perform safety and environmental hazard analyses assuring OSHA/EPA compliance at sites in five states and British Columbia, Canada.• Administer drug and alcohol abuse program including testing mandated by FAA/DOT regulation and company policy.• Manage administration of employee leaves of absences under state, federal, company policy and collective bargaining agreements.• Coordinate activity of corporate leave and disability team. • Serve as a member of the Legal Division staff.• Coordinated Chemical Purchase, Usage and Reduction Program. Accomplishments:• Established an Accident Prevention Program that resulted in fewer employee injuries and insured compliance.• Implemented coordinated workers’ compensation program to reduce costs and improve service to employees.• Upgraded Wellness Program and Hearing Conservation Program.• Created Leave & Disability Administration resource.• Created and implemented pre-employment shared service for use to both Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines which provided improved customer service, streamlined applicant drug testing, fingerprinting and badging and improved regulatory compliance while saving both companies a total of $30,000 annually.• Reduced employee injury rate to meet company’s goal leading to the only qualifying metric for Performance Based Pay in 2008.• Led the first all-Portland employee food bank drive in December 2009 which resulted in the largest single pickup for the Oregon Food Bank to date. Earned second place recognition in system-wide contest through creativity and volume of donations.• Created a team of previously separate programs to enhance customer service while improving regulatory compliance and stabilizing costs.