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Ferro Corporation was purchased along with two other companies by an equity firm and merged to form Vibrantz Technologies. Ferro Corporation was renamed Vibrantz Corporation. Management structure at site levels did not change. EHS Roles and Responsibilities remained the same as in previous years.

Direct and advise US Sites regarding EHS activities to ensure the safety of employees, contractors and EHS compliance at the site. • Implemented effective EHS programs and policies for assigned sites.• Integral in the creation of strong safety cultures that engaged employees throughout the organization resulting in improved safety performance resulting in several years of zero recordable injuries.• Coordinated the development of safety and environmental policies, processes, and procedures ensuring ongoing compliance with local, site and federal governmental regulatory requirements.• Provided EHS Leadership to Site Management teams and operations to imbed knowledge necessary to maintain active understanding of regulatory requirements.• Managed site safety and environmental training sessions for new and current employees to maintain a high level of understanding of EHS topics related to site activities.• Provided TSCA and DOT/Hazardous Materials transportation compliance related information to R&D preventing regulatory delays during new product introduction.• Reviewed all new chemicals for relevant EHS requirements prior to introduction to site. • Lead incident investigations.• Managed environmental exposure programs including chemical, noise, respiratory, and air for all assigned sites.• Ensured timely compliant completion of all required local, state, and federal EHS reports including but not limited to storm water, SPDES/NPDES, RCRA, SARA, TRI, Hazardous waste reduction plans. • Responsible for air, waste, water permit compliance resulting in zero Notice of Violation citations.• Lead Penn Yan NY site safety program that resulted in 2,000,000 hours without a lost time injury. (7 years)• Prior number of hours w/o lost time was 1,000,000.• Worked closely with the Corporate Product Stewardship Group to ensure the safe and compliant introduction of new raw materials and products at site level.

Responsible for the effective management of multiple manufacturing site’s Environmental, Health and Safety programs and processes. • Responsible for Site environmental and safety regulatory programs including but not limited to waste disposal, EPA & OSHA required training, incident reviews, air permitting, and water discharges.• Coordinated site safety and environmental processes to reduce or eliminate occupational injuries, environmental incidents, and financial expenses.• Performed environmental, health and safety management system and compliance assessments at Penn Yan Site and other company locations as necessary.• Assessed new products and projects for potential EH&S impact on plant's R&D and production operations.• Compiled and submitted all Federal, State, and Local environmental and safety reports.• Led Behavioral Based Safety implementation process. Program is currently active

Consult on Environmental and Safety issues to assure compliance with regulatory directives.

Consulted on Environmental and Safety issues to assure Kodak and non-Kodak tenants of the facility-maintained compliance with Regulatory and Corporate directives. Directly responsible for ensuring that all Kodak employees and Contractors comply with applicable safety and environmental requirements during multiple building decommissioning and demolition activities.• Created and automated an Excel based chemical data management process which reduced time and increased accuracy of the regulatory reporting. Data assembly and reporting time was reduced from seven weeks to approximately two days for a department that utilized in excess of 1000 separate products. Data management process also assisted in managing OSHA Hazard Communication compliance.• Designed and implemented EH&S programs for a variety of business units without existing programs, resulting in demonstrated compliance with Environmental and OSHA requirements.• Provided corporate environmental support to variety of non-Kodak companies residing on Kodak property assuring their compliance with Kodak and Regulatory requirements.• Member of EHS Team responsible for decommissioning multiple buildings prior to demolitionment.

Managed all environmental reporting and waste management activities for a 1,500+ employee, chemically intensive manufacturing organization while continuing the implementation of Statistical Quality Techniques and Product Control. Consulted as Safety, Environmental topic specialist on variety of Compliance and Management System Audits Divisional Representative on a team that culminated in a Kodak registration recommendation to the ISO 14000 Environmental Management System.