Experience

Industrial Coatings

• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• EH&S Manager

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  • EHS manager for a site of over 200 employees including production, maintenance and onsite research and development. • Responsible for management of onsite nurse and primary contact for case management for all employee injuries. • In charge of site security including managing a third-party security team onsite. • Manages hazardous waste process for the facility ensuring that waste is properly profiled and coordinates the scheduling disposal with external TSDF provider. • Responsible for site environmental permits including Title V, Stormwater and Wastewater. • Manages Covid cases for all employees who develop symptoms. • Started a monthly safety training process incorporating in person and online safety training to accommodate all plant team members. • Updated the facilities emergency action plan and trained all new, updated procedures to entire plant staff. Show less



Owens Corning

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. EHS Leader

  • Sep 2021 - Apr 2022

  •Manage the EHS team at the Gastonia site and developing team members into better safety leaders. • Supported another site by helping create a new Lockout Tagout process for one production line to simplify and reduce lockout errors. • Supported multiple sites by assisting with daily activities and mentoring team members. • Worked with external consulting firm to create a synthetic minor air permit renewal application. • Implementing COVID-19 protocols that have helped successfully lead the facility to zero cases transmitted internally. • Working with HR team to report and manage COVID-19 cases for all employees at the site. • Setup several initiatives to keep safety relevant and fresh so that all employees were aware of daily safety requirements. • Worked with the maintenance department to create a list of preventative maintenance inspections for vital safety equipment to identify deteriorating equipment before it fails. • Created and trained out a new hazard identification process that increased hazard reporting and helped eliminate hazards that were identified. Show less

• EHS Leader

  • Mar 2020 - Sep 2021

  • Led plant production to 1+ year recordable free. The first time in plant history. • Responsible for wastewater compliance, including the completion of wastewater renewal application and ongoing interaction with local regulators. • Responsible for all air compliance for a synthetic minor facility including quarterly and annual reporting. • Responsible for all solid waste removal at the site and worked to set up a new waste disposal vendor at our site to reduce cost. • Technical lead for new million-dollar wastewater equalization tank and wastewater upgrade project. • Reduced the highest safety risks at the facility by leading cross functional teams and increasing production by reducing downtime. • Assisted another facility as they installed a new manufacturing line and created a Lockout Tagout process from scratch. • Collaborated with external contractors to create innovative technology to reduce human and forklift interactions. • Implemented total productive maintenance EHS pillar and obtained experience engaging other pillar teams to accomplish plant wide safety goals. Show less

• EHS Specialist

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Performed EHS leader responsibilities starting in July of 2019 for a facility of 100 employees including an onsite research and development team. • Participated in an internal EHS audit and have continued to drive EHS by correcting audit findings and engaging other team members to assist in closing audit findings. • Oversaw all EHS responsibilities for a $750,000 project from design safety reviews to overseeing groups of contractors during instillation. • Oversaw the site instillation and commissioning of a multimillion-dollar project and gained international experience by dealing with international manufactures and contractors. • Visual management integration in daily management process, Total Productive Maintenance, and corrective action closer. • Used human performance skills to investigate incidents and determine root causes, create corrective actions, and close out actions to reduce risk. • Conducted hands on training with all new employees along with managing annual refresher trainings for all 100 employees on site. • Involved on a cross functional team that created a new risk ranking tool that is now used by all Owens Corning facilities. Show less

• EHS Leadership Program

  • Jul 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Conducted incident investigations using root cause analysis techniques to help identify and correct hazards. • Helped create new Lockout/Tagout process for one production line to simplify the process, decrease user error, and speed up Lockout/Tagout procedure. •Spent 3 months working as a front-line leader responsible for day to day productions of 3 manufacturing lines and supervised 35 employees. •Implemented a new process involving maintenance and operations to plan downtimes in a safe and more efficient manner. •Assisted in the review process for a new Title V permit. • Participated in a global Kizan event to reduce slippery surfaces amongst different facilities. Show less



Owens Corning

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• EHS Intern

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

  • Assisted in the creation of an emergency response team that responded to all kind of incidents. • Update the security of the plant by overseeing a project to rekey the whole facility and created a new plant wide security program. • Set up and tested for crystalline silica in the batch house to monitor the progress of the dust free project that was going on. • Worked with Fastenal to create a first aid vending machine to ensure that proper first aid equipment is always accessible and help decrease cost of first aid equipment. Show less



Owens Corning

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• EHS Intern

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  •Responsible for all safety aspects of one of their insulation production lines •Performed a guarding evaluation on more than 1000 guards located on one of their residential insulation lines •Facilitated the communication of face shields’ locations along with designating proper storage areas within the plant •Evaluated Confined Space Program and ensured it met corporate standards •Improved the incident investigation process in order to better root causes •Responsible for all safety aspects of one of their insulation production lines •Performed a guarding evaluation on more than 1000 guards located on one of their residential insulation lines •Facilitated the communication of face shields’ locations along with designating proper storage areas within the plant •Evaluated Confined Space Program and ensured it met corporate standards •Improved the incident investigation process in order to better root causes



GE

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer EHS Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  •Supervised entire warehouse for several shifts throughout the summer. •Evaluated several areas of the warehouse for ergonomic risk and assisted in improvement of the facility’s overall safety requirements. •Assisted in the preparation of documents and procedures to ready the facility for the VPP audit. •Oversaw the installation of new equipment and helped developed new processes to best utilize this equipment. •Completed several presentations for GE's Ergo cup competition Show less



Chelsea Building Products, Inc.

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Worker

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  •Assisted with maintenance and repair of equipment within the facility. •Operated machinery and dollies associated with product production. •Hands-on experience in handling various types of machinery. •Assisted with maintenance and repair of equipment within the facility. •Operated machinery and dollies associated with product production. •Hands-on experience in handling various types of machinery.



RIVERVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Custodian

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2013

  Worked a summer custodian for several summers while in high school. Well-trained in most manners of large-scale industrial cleaning. Contributed to a team of custodians responsible for cleaning Riverview School District facilities. Worked a summer custodian for several summers while in high school. Well-trained in most manners of large-scale industrial cleaning. Contributed to a team of custodians responsible for cleaning Riverview School District facilities.