Val M. Estrada Email & Phone Number

United States

Western Region

Seven western states. Manager Driver Safety Instructors work directly under me, in addition to 25 Team Safety Instructors, I train the trainer and oversee. Hold safety meetings, bi-monthly Business Skype meetings with Corporate VPs, Operation Leaders, and HR Business Partners. Operation, warehouse, and shop visits/audits, support and to keep Ruan's standardization.Building and maintaining a safety culture and work with disgruntled dispatchers/drivers, union members with their CBA, government agencies and providing technical expertise on regulatory issues and training/evaluating employees, team building, coaching, DISC Behavioral Analysis, analyzing metrics and review incident trends to better help operations and team members and aiding regarding the proper management and investigate accidents to identify their causes and find ways to prevent them in the future. And assist in the training process with emphasis on hours of service, driver qualification, vehicle inspections, conduct audits at Ruan's shops under 29 CFR, new hire orientation, CalEPA, Cal IIPP, EPA, MSHA, OSHA, FMCSA, DOT, CVSA, JSA reviews, Update California Environmental Reporting System and train non-CDL yard hostler. Inspect above ground tanks and evaluate the environment, equipment, and processes in working areas to ensure compliance with government safety regulations and industry standards. Identify potentially hazardous biological, chemical materials and collect samples of them for analysis.Recommend changes to protect workers and educate employees on how to prevent health problems through safety training programs. Reviewing operation incident frequencies, trends, conduct root cause analysis, and determine proper training to mitigate future incidents by investigating causes incidents such as preventablerecordable accidents, , lost time personal injuries, all violations of company policy DQ files and Driver Expirations,Random drug, and or alcohol quarterly test. Ensure all OSHA 300 logs

Southern California

Traveled to different client sites (companies) to build and maintain strong relationships with owners and operations personnel to implement and manage complex. I worked under tight deadlines with minimal direction in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that demands high quality, creativity, and consistency. When I was developing proactive systems to ensure compliance with: Environmental Protection Agency (CALEPA), OSHA, CERS, ARB, and FMCSA Transportation Safety regulations, Alternative Energy, Transportation, Department of (DOT, CALTRANS), California Coastal Commission, Cool California, Occupational Safety, Health Appeals Board (DIR, OSHAB), Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, Water Resources Control Board, State (WRCB) to name a few of government agencies I have worked in the past. Maintained clients (Company's) compliance for Federal, State, and local agencies, OSHA & Transportation inspection, and evaluate the environment, equipment, and processes in working areas to ensure compliance with government safety regulations and industry standards. Set goals to protect the employees, customers, and the environment. Ensured effective and sustainable implementation of regulatory and Company requirements at each of the types of equipment and terminal assets. Review pending and upcoming changes to all government agencies' regulations to ensure the Company's prepared future compliance requirements. Develop and communicate impact summaries of future regulatory changes to EH&S Leadership and Operations Management. Complete and submit all required Federal and State OSHA compliance reports. Assist EH&S, Operations, & Engineering staff regarding technical guidance, permitting, project development and implementation, One-Call & Incident Notification/Response, and other routine compliance issues and requests. Conduct incident investigations, root-cause analysis, follow-up, and closure of action items and leverage learning across the organization.

La Puente, Ca

EHS/Claims for 2 Materials Recycling Facility,9 different yards of 950 employees, 800 power units, by developing EHS policies, forms, manuals, procedures, as well as review, update and evaluate the effectiveness of current programs, policies, procedures. Lead & manage all facility EHS programs, systems to ensure worker safety, compliance to USDOL OSHA Regs, Emphasis Programs, US EPA, State regulatory agencies. Operate with credibility as EHS technical expert, implement EHS solutions. Identifying waste materials, training others on the proper guidelines to follow, conducting risk assest on hazmaterials. Evaluate & coordinate storage & handling of hazwaste. Lead efforts to clean up contaminated soil or water, compile reports of safety performance, departments, present them to higher-level Management. Coach, lead, mentor, develop managers, supervisors, employees to achieve EHS objectives, individual employee EHS knowledge, developed implement training programs to ensure workers are current EHS knowledge. Iimplement EHS practices, procedures, metrics, systems, structures to align with best practices for USDOL OSHA, US EPA, and similar regulations, conducted Plant EHS audits, assesses Plant for EHS Risks. Identify, implement changes to mitigate risk, improve the facility EHS programs, increase the effectiveness of EHS programs. Responsible timely & accurate completion of EHS, USDOL OSHA, US EPA, and similar regulatory reports, logs, & forms. Weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual EHS reports, document, communicate applicable EHS metrics and benchmarks. Responsible for the Management of the site SDS. Support US DOT, Hazmat shipping directives. I aligned EHS initiatives with the EHS and Company Compliance directives, programs, Reviewed applicable Capital Projects ensure meet all EHS standards & requirements. Challenge violations in the court, Worker's Comp,return to work programs, clinic evaluations, and first doctors reporting. Investigate, determine the root-cause

Santa Ana, Ca

Safety and Claims of 185 employees, 200 power units by developing safety forms, manuals, and procedures, as well as review, evaluate the effectiveness of current programs, policies, procedures. Coordinate Claims programs for Property, Casualty Losses, internal claims administration, fight traffic court tickets. Assist Worker's compensation administration, well as OSHA 300 administrative compliance to include but not limited to 300 logs. Investigated accidents, incidents, work-related injuries, determining the cause of incidents; recommend corrective action, follow up to ensure work taken. Coordinate the administration of internal claims files, spreadsheet files as they relate to property, casualty claims liability. Prepared submits accident-related compliance forms, maintains files, enters in the system. I worked with customers to understand their safety expectations.Trained & developed comprehensive programs for employees and supervisors in "Defensive Driving" with SMITH SYSTEM and "Safe Work Methods." THINK SAFE, ACT SAFE, BE SAFE SYSTEM—performed driver road checks of driver performance. Review new equipment/modifications to existing equipment for compliance. Conducted in-depth research on Safety, Compliance,operations metrics, deliver data insights to the owner to inform program decisions audits or inspections to comply with regulations. Manage safety committee meetings effectively, developed safety training classes, materials, post-accident, refresher safety training topics for the new hire, train supervisors in proper methods of incident investigations, safety inspections, compliance with safety laws, regulations. Prepare reports for internal use regulatory agencies. Train employees, deliver. Ensure logs are updated. Determine type of regulatory agency permit required, maintain, update permits. Provide updates & review environmental and safety regulations. Identify gaps between proposed regulations, practices and recommend actions to ensure compliance.

South Gate, Ca

Dispatch and manage 450 plus driver/tractor on the weekend of uptime and make capacity availability by maintaining seated truck count, accurate. Driver PTA’s, and maintaining tractor uptime, build loads for fleet that. Assigned drivers to freight so exceed utilization expectations. Ensure that fuel and routing compliance departments, Utilization expectations of the fleet manages driver performance by building relationships with drivers, establishing company performance objectives with drivers and monitoring performance, and taking proper disciplinary action — promoted safe operations by monitoring and ensuring the driver's participation in all safety-related. I also trained drivers in HOS compliance, HAZMAT, HVL/Homeland Security Compliance, and drug testing compliance. Ensure the fleet achieves revenue miles. Ensure the fleet drivers meet availability goals. Ensure the fleet's on-time percentage goals. Ensure the fleet's driver retention goals. Ensure the fleet's safety compliance goals. Implements new policies and procedures

Anaheim, Ca

Managed daily operations: billing, deposits, and monthly to yearly reports regularly. Acquired new business accounts and maintained existing accounts. Interacted with mechanics, vendors, drivers, and brokers' daily bases, driven locally, national and in Canadian deliveries and pick-ups, trained drivers to drive tractor-trailers locally, nationally, and how to correctly log pertinent information required by Department of Transportation (DOT) laws.

Bachelor'S Degree, Global Logistics Specialist®

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Associate'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

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Certified, Environmental Health And Safety Professional

Certificate Program, Certified Safety Professional, Hazwoper, Safety Management System, Deck Barge Safety

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