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Commerce, California, United States

-Oversee staff of 3 safety supervisors.-Develop, manage, and oversee safety-related policies and procedures, identify and communicate rotating emphasis areas-Act as main terminal contact for health, safety, training, and related procedures/policies, act as main liaison with external agencies (Cal/OSHA, SCAQMD, AAR, FRA)-Develop effective relationships with staff and customers through sound personnel decisions, assessing customer needs, promoting collaboration, clear communication, and providing feedback/recognition-Manage EHS management system, including incident management with root cause investigations, compliance tasks, EHS audits, risk assessments, and workers' compensation-Serve as subject matter expert and lead in executing site safety/risk/waste management initiatives aligned with corporate strategy-Collaborate with corporate safety leadership to address terminal health and safety issues-Conduct spot checks/reviews on completed audits and vehicle condition reports to ensure accuracy and follow-up actions-Direct and oversee entire incident/injury reporting process, providing feedback to Safety and Operations teams to ensure timely completion of corrective actions-Maintain safety files, accident/injury logs, and training documentation, including Cal/OSHA 300-Utilize injury/claims analysis reports to identify trends and opportunities for safety improvement. -Reduced YoY OSHA recordable injuries by 33%, accidents by 40%.Exercise a variety of influence tactics, communication strategies, and soft skills to achieve program buy-in from local staff of 1000 employees, managers, and supervisors.

- Oversee staff of 5-10 medical personnel (physicians, nurses, medics, technicians). -Allocate resources (supplies, vehicles) and personnel to meet needs of department and of community served.- Serve as liaison with external resources (ambulance services, medevac, other hospitals).- Conduct department-wide inspections and training for fire, safety, and HAZMAT codecompliance. Assist in accident investigations as necessary; recommend changes to policy as applicable. - Led department through 2016 OSHA inspection (0 faults found); led facility through 2017 OSHA inspection (0 faults found).- Oversee driver training for 500 personnel. Review maintenance records for vehicle fleet; inspect vehicles and contents (emergency equipment); manage accident investigations. Reduced preventable accident rate to 0% (2016,2017).- Consolidated policies from multiple institutions and jurisdictions into single regulatory document; document was adopted by base command, and by multiple state institutions.- Train personnel in CPR, ergonomics, public speaking, and negotiating.

Fort Hood, Texas, United States

- Managed team of 5. Set schedules for 24/7 operation. Managed departmental budget; reduced expenditures by 40% from previous year. Managed departmental resources (hardware, pharmaceuticals). Improved patient outcome to zero fatality rate. Served technical community of 400.- Ran HAZMAT handling program. Ran HAZMAT education initiative and population health initiative.

Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States

- Led team of 4 medical personnel serving population of 300-600.- Directed and participated in daily medical operations: preventive care, emergency field care, basic first aid instruction. Managed administrative tasks: onboarding new personnel, supply management.- Designed and implemented new employee inprocessing program (3300 individuals/year); reduced inprocessing time from seven days to one.- Designed and implemented hearing conservation program; reduced noise-induced injuries by 90%.