Safety Director for a 45 Employee Company. Processes include machining, fabrication, hydraulic repair, welding, millwright services, ship repair and maintenance, in-house and on remote sites.
Developed and presented in-house MSHA new miner, annual refresher, experienced miner, task and hazard assessment training.
Also developed and presented OSHA 10 and 30 hour training programs.
Developing Permit required confined space entry training program
Wrote new safety manual, developed extensive hazard assessment programs, and presented GHS/SDS training.
Developed training programs for weekly and monthly safety meetings.
Developed and administered Corporate EHS program.

HR/SAFETY CONSULTANT, PeopleFirst HR Solutions La Crosse WIxxx-xxx-xxxx2
Contract consulting in a variety of HR disciplines with an emphasis on safety.
Developed a safety audit program that is currently being marketed and utilized as a pre-OSHA/MSHA inspection management tool and has proven to both reduce citable offenses as well as expose hazards prior to either an incident or citation.

SAFETY MANAGER, National Technical Group, New Hope MN March 2011
Temporary contract position responsible for transitioning a Contracting Companies people accustomed to operating under OSHA regulations to MSHA regulations during the development of a Nickel mine development site.
Zero citations and zero reportable incidents for the duration of the project

MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR, Cliffs Natural Resources, Ishpeming, MI
8/2006 to 7/ 2009
Day to day oversight of the safety and productivity of crews of Millwrights, Welders, Electricians and Instrument repairers within an iron ore processing facility. Primary operations included, crushing, concentrating, filtration, drying and pelletizing.
I was brought in after this particular plant had experienced 3 deaths over a 2 year span and was assigned to the department with the worst safety record in the facility. During my time there were no more deaths and the department experienced significant improvement in safety performance to the point where within 18 months we were being recognized as the department with the highest rate of improvement and were among the safest departments in the facility.
Developed and delivered, daily, monthly and annual MSHA training courses
Extensive experience in incident investigations, root cause analysis and development of remedial actions.
Safety oversight and intervention/correction of unsafe conditions and actions of multiple outside contractors within mining operations
Conducted monthly safety audits both within a plant and outside tailings, from initial safety inspection, though hazard identification, corrective work order writing and follow up of the corrective actions.
Wrote, modified and presented Safe Work Practice procedures.
Revised Isolation procedures.

VP, OPERATIONS & SAFETY, Mid-Peninsula Contracting, Gwinn, MI
4/2002 to 11/2005
Zero accidents and zero lost time by any employees.
Safety and Operational oversight of a pavement contracting company.
Developed and conducted safety training and onsite audits for multiple highway crews
Wrote, modified and presented Safe Work Practice procedures.
Revised Isolation procedures.
Trained contracting Co. personnel.
Conducted new employee orientation.
Developed and presented new hire safety orientations as well as safety refresher courses.
Developed and coordinated the presentation of task training programs.
Developed and facilitated safety audit programs.
Developed criteria and performed employee evaluations
Developed and presented daily tool box training sessions.
Presented monthly safety meetings.

EDUCATION
Bay de Noc Community College Biology/Ecology
Gwinn High School.
Attended various professional and technical training courses and seminars.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES COMPLETED
OSHA Training Institute Classes:
511 Occupational and Health Standards for Gen. Industry (April 2014)
501 Trainer Course for the General Industry Standard (May 2014)
OTI 2264 Permit-Required Confined Space Entry (Sept 2016)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Dale Carnegie (2007)
Shipyard Competent Person Training (2014)
Business Leadership (2006)
Safe Production (2006)
Group Communications (2007)
Employment Law for Supervisors (2006)
Incident Analysis (2007)
Mine Act (2006)
Task Analysis (2007)
Industrial Hydraulics (2008)
Laser Alignment (2008)
First Aid/CPR/AED (2015)

CERTIFICATIONS/COMPETENCIES
OSHA Authorized General Industry Trainer (2014)
MSHA Certified Trainer (2007)
Permit-Required Confined Space Entry trained (2015)
First Aid/CPR/AED Certified 11/2015
ZIP Training – 2009
Dale Carnegie Graduate – 2007
TWIC Card Holder (2014)
Shipyard Competent Person Designation (2014)
HAZWOPER 40 hr trained (2013)
MS Office Proficient
Ellipse Trained
Chauffer’s license
Heavy Equipment Operator
Firefighter Training