Omar Lopez Email & Phone Number

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

• Developed a new HSE Management System that allowed all employees to access HSE documents, Incident Reporting, Root Cause investigation, CA and PA, Contractors Management, Hazard Communication, and Permit to Work. • Oversees HSE and ESG plans, playbooks, processes, and procedures. • Develop and recommend preventative and improvement measures to ensure the enhancement of related programs. • Oversee the preparation, submission, and other requirements regarding environmental permits and registrations for APR sites. Generate and track HSE performance metrics.• When necessary, represent APR Energy to regulatory agencies during compliance inspections. Evaluate current HSE programs and activities to ensure compliance with all APR Energy and local government-related regulations. • Guide and promote safe work performance by developing proactive HSE systems, policies, and procedures; create safety and environmental campaigns, communications, and recognitions in line with APR Energy strategies; and conduct onsite and remote training for the Plant and Corporate staff.• Lead a team of HSE professionals that oscillate from five to eight individuals in various locations worldwide.• Coordinate with plant staff and HSE coordinators to conduct legal compliance audits, write and update procedures, provide HSE training, and conduct periodic plant inspections and audits.• Enforce audit requirements to ensure compliance with safety, occupational safety, and environmental regulations. • Review subcontractor safety programs to ensure subcontractor programs comply with corporate, OSHA, or client safety regulations. • Conduct and review incident investigations, ensure corrective and preventive actions are appropriate, completed timely, and lessons learned communicated. • Interact with the team on projects in Bangladesh, Australia, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic. Employed through June 2024.

Sayreville, Nj, Us

Manage the strategic direction of the corporate safety program while ensuring compliance with all state, local, global, and other safety codes and regulations. • Managed EHS performance of approximately 3000 employees globally as well as 13 Direct Report EHS Manager on each facility which allowed us to reach a synergy with other departments sharing the HSE responsibility. • Served as a Subject Matter Expert for Six Sigma Project by included on the projects a 5S exercise that allowed to eliminate ergonomic risk, it reduced the WC cost in $25K• Developed and implemented safety-training through a new Learning management System (LMS), including Hazard Communication, Hazard Recognition, CPR, Claims Management, and various safety related topics. The safety-training ensured compliance with all local state and federal regulations.• Conducted site audits using the ISO 14001 & 45001 standard as base line, which generated Corrective and Preventive actions that were monitored for completion on a monthly basis.

Hauppauge, New York, Us

Led the development, implementation, and improvement of Global policies, programs and initiatives to drive the culture of safety throughout the organization. Created and implemented Global EHS goals and objectives in alignment with the company and operational goal and objectives. • Sustained Behavior Base Safety and ensured consistency, compliance, and EH&S continuous improvement across the organization through overseeing global metrics, auditing, and key indicators.• Partnered with the leadership team and key stakeholders to ensure compliance with country, states, and local regulation on facilities in China, Germany, UK, Mexico and USA; served as advisor for Korea and Japan sites.• Commended for providing pivotal leadership to EHS audits through regular pre-audit checklist, providing EHS consultation, creating global environment sustainability KPI, and ensuring all new projects obtained all required authorizations/permits.

Farmingale, Nj, Us

Partnered with leadership at all levels to set EHS strategies, annual goals, and execute guidelines for achieving safety-focused culture across Global operations. Analyzed performance, safety issues and trends, investigated OSHA incidents, and supported environmental management systems. Delivered various English and Spanish training sessions related to safety, prevention, and organizational techniques. Coordinated hiring of EHS coordinator for each site and coordinated inventory control for the warehouse. Again, much too long. • Worked with local teams, provided training and reviewed standards as well as updated all HSE documentation to meet local regulations. Ultimate result was the successful completion of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications on 13 sites. • Created programs to meet all International, local, and corporate requirements.• Led risk management, influencing safety culture and driving continuous improvement initiatives. • Implemented and effectively managed REACH, R Ohs, Conflict of Minerals, and EICC standard application for the organization. • Served as the main resource for citations/investigations from external entities on all sites worldwide. Acted as company representative with regulatory agencies, EX after an OSHA compliance event, specifically reduced a fine from $150K to $12K.

Drove operations in New Jersey, two sites in Pennsylvania, one site in Ohio, and two sites in Mexico by developing and deploying corporate health and safety management system, policies, and procedures. Directed all aspects of health and safety management activities, training and recordkeeping systems, and implementation of EH&S risk management framework.• Enforced a safety-focused culture, promoting integration into all aspects of project lifecycles and business.• Key Principal Advisor on EH&S and Promoter of implementation and integration of best practices throughout organizational facilities.• Developed programs to meet all local and federal requirements, reduce lost-time incidents to zero, and coordinated all environmental remediation needed for site after closure• Hired and trained EHS coordinator for each site and served as EHS advisor for upper-level management.