Experience

PBF Energy

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager - Health, Safety & Environmental

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Drive improvement in health, safety, process safety, environmental, emergency response and security programs throughout the organization.

• Process Safety Manager / Safety Engineer

  • Oct 2011 - Jan 2017

  Responsible for compliance with OSHA’s PSM standard, EPA’s RMP rule and DNREC's Accidental Release Prevention Regulation.• Supervise activities of PSM Department members including PSM Engineer and United Steel Workers (USW) PSM Rep.• Coordinate Regulatory Audits, Agency Inspections and Insurance Risk Surveys; act as liaison for multiple State and Federal agencies including EPA, DNREC and USCG.• Serve as team leader and team member for incident investigations. Trained in USW Triangle of Prevention (TOP) and TapRooT® Incident Investigation methodologies.• Coordinate Risk Management Committee. Participate with multi-disciplinary team to evaluate and mitigate risk associated with new, unusual or high risk operations, deviations from design standards or unit operating envelopes, and deviations from procedures.• Responsible for operability of the site’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) as well as coordination of drills / exercises and training of EOC Team members. Familiar with FEMAs, NIMS and ICS protocols and have served as Liaison Officer and Safety Officer for EOC activations. • Active member of Refinery Fire Brigade, HazMat Team, Oil Spill Response Team and Vertical/Confined Space Rescue Team.Safety Engineer (Oct '11-Nov '13)Field safety contact and member of area Business Team (Waste Water Treatment, Sulfur Recovery, Oil Movements / Blending, Power Plant and Utilities), pre-planning for high risk jobs, routine field auditing, procedure development and training refinery employees and contractors. Familiar with OSHA Occupational Safety regulations and refinery policies and procedures governing Hot Work and Safe Work Permitting, Lock-out / Tag-out, Confined Space Entry, PPE, Respiratory Protection (including use of Fresh Air), Hazard Communication, Electrical Safety, Fall Protection, among others.



DuPont

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Coordinator

  • Mar 2010 - Oct 2011

  Responsible for NPDES and RCRA compliance at DuPont Chambers Works Secure Environmental Treatment (SET). Responsible for NPDES and RCRA compliance at DuPont Chambers Works Secure Environmental Treatment (SET).



Valero

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Environmental Engineer / Process Safety Engineer

  • Feb 2001 - Mar 2010

  Valero career consists of various roles in EHS departments at Delaware CIty and Paulsboro Refineries including compliance activities related to OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, NPDES, PCB TMDLs, CWA 316(b), Stormwater Pollution Prevention, Groundwater Allocation and Remediation, RCRA and SPCC. Also serve as WWTP Process Engineer for performance monitoring, process troubleshooting and upset response. Valero career consists of various roles in EHS departments at Delaware CIty and Paulsboro Refineries including compliance activities related to OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, NPDES, PCB TMDLs, CWA 316(b), Stormwater Pollution Prevention, Groundwater Allocation and Remediation, RCRA and SPCC. Also serve as WWTP Process Engineer for performance monitoring, process troubleshooting and upset response.



BetzDearborn (a Division of Hercules, Inc.)

• Site Supervisor / Water and Waste Water Consultant

  • 1997 - 2001

  Served as Site Supervisor for specialty chemical application business at Valero Refining Company – New Jersey. Supervised activities of BetzDearborn team members servicing process and water additives. Responsibilities included servicing chemical applications and providing technical support to applications in the refinery WWTP, utility plant boilers, water pretreatment and demineralization systems, cooling towers, refinery process and finished product additives. Served as Site Supervisor for specialty chemical application business at Valero Refining Company – New Jersey. Supervised activities of BetzDearborn team members servicing process and water additives. Responsibilities included servicing chemical applications and providing technical support to applications in the refinery WWTP, utility plant boilers, water pretreatment and demineralization systems, cooling towers, refinery process and finished product additives.



Marine Corps Recruiting

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Recon Signals Intellegence / Ground Electronics Warfare / Cryptologic Technician (MOS 2621)

  • 1987 - 1991

  Completed two Mediterranean tours including participation in Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm and Operation Sharp Edge (Liberian conflict and evacuation). Completed two Mediterranean tours including participation in Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm and Operation Sharp Edge (Liberian conflict and evacuation).