Experience

Park Derochie

• Canada
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Corporate Safety Advisor

  • May 2015 - Present

  Supporting field supervisors and project managers in safety program for Coatings (painting), Insulators, Metalizing, Fireproofing and Scaffolding divisions. Influencing safety culture improvements. Creating internal safety training programs. Updating safety manual. Creating weekly safety bulletin. Supporting supervisors in incident investigation. Attend, create topics and present at safety meetings. Conduct behavior based observations. Work with supervisors to support them in doing BBO's. COR auditor through ACSA.



ATCO Electric

• Canada
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Health and Safety Coordinator

  • Aug 2012 - May 2015

  Audit coordinator for Transmission division focused audit evaluating the safety leadership plans. External COR audit organizer for Transmission locations across Alberta working with Distribution to achieve a good sample of locations and workers to interview. Conducted focused audit of Vegreville warehouse group . ATCO Group Health, Safety and Environment audit host Mar, 2014. Subcontractor Health and Safety Program Audit /Assessments -evaluating contractor’s safety program Assist Managers with development of Safety Leadership Plans, Provide support for incident investigation, and work with HSEWG team members to implement action items from meetings Created and Presented relevant topics at safety meetings for procurement group, maintenance, operations and warehouse groups Worked with team to create an updated Contractor Safety Management training program Trainer duties: Facilitator SME -Job Safety Planning, Incident Investigation, Workplace Observations, Contractor Safety Management, Fall Protection, Elevated Work Platform Locations: Health and Safety support for Transmission Maintenance, Operations Materials Management/ Warehouse, Fleet and Facilities. Achievement: Developed a dysfunctional group with little safety into a group with a safety first always attitude. Worked with materials management/warehouse team in Vegreville to increase safety compliance and improve safety culture from nothing but workers desire to stay safe to a safer location with equipment, ERP, PPE and procedures to create an atmosphere where “Safety First Always” is achievable.



Clark Builders

• Canada
• Construction
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Safety Coordinator, Trainer

  • Mar 2009 - Nov 2012

  Safety coordinator duties include: Site inspection, conducting safety meetings, safety stats, meeting with Project Mangers, Superintendents and subcontractors, reviewing hazards and updating, writing site specific procedures, reviewing safe work plans, follow up on corrective actions following incidents and site inspections, reviewing maintenance records for equipment and claims management. Sub-trade start up meetings and follow to ensure they are following OHS and company safety manual as part of Prime contractor duties. Addressing client/worker safety for any work that involves scope creep. A member of the ‘Joint Workplace Health and Safety Committee’. The safety representative at Shell for client meetings. Trainer duties include: Fall protection end user training, Aerial work platform training, Supervisor orientation, New worker orientations. Locations: Shell Scotford, Commonwealth Community Recreation Center, Mayfair Village, ATCO Nisku, Boyle Street Renaissance Achievement: Commonwealth site was visited >5 times by OHS and was used as an example of what a safe site could look like, to train new officers.



AECOM – Earthtec – Strathcona Composting facility

• Occupational Health, Safety Coordinator III

  • Oct 2008 - Feb 2009

  AECOM – Earthtec – Strathcona Composting facility- Occupational Health, Safety Coordinator III Duties include – Site inspection, conducting safety meetings, safety stats, meeting with Project Mangers, Superintendents and subcontractors, reviewing hazards and updating, writing site specific procedures, reviewing safe work plans, follow up on corrective actions following incidents and site inspections. Review of maintenance and inspection logs on equipment. Assist in preparation for COR audit. Approve confined space entry permit requests. Update Emergency response procedure. Training employees in Hearing conservation, Respiratory protection, Blood borne pathogens, WHMIS, New worker orientation and arranging for outside training.



Mobile Industrial Health Services / AAA Precision Mobile Health Services

• Edmonton, Canada Area

• Manager / Owner

  • Sep 1995 - Jun 2007

  Duties include - Set up Edmonton Occupational Health division, purchasing equipment, hiring and supervising workers, lead contact for clients, creating bidding packages, training workers, statistical tracking, conducting tests (drug, alcohol, hearing, lung function, respirator fit quantitative and qualitative, blood pressure, integrity testing, blood collection etc.), Working with new company to merge services. Set up new location in Grand Prairie (hire and work with manger to set up). Travel to Grand Prairie, Fort McMurray, Peace River and Fort St. John as part of Regional Manager Duties. Plan conduct and attend monthly regional meetings