Safety Manager Resume Example

• Conduct safety audits of employees in the field, office and industrial sites to insure tasks are being conducted in compliance with industry standards.
• Responsible for Safety, Health, Training & Security for over 200 union linemen, 50 road construction employees to build ROW roads,70 drilling contractor employees working on a 22 mile National Grid Transmission and Substation Project.
• Worked closely with Tennessee Gas Pipeline management team, the drilling companies and National Grid on a successful zero incident project (Over 400 days without a lost time incident).
• Delivered the required safety training and all safety orientation classes to over 800 people, in conjunction with the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Safety Team.
• I developed the HASP (Health & Safety Plan) for the project along with a 30 minute project safety orientation.
• Insure that all tools, equipment, motor vehicles, interior/exterior of all company owned buildings are in compliance with all industry, health, safety and environmental standards.
• Responsible for writing the company's health & safety plans for new projects and updating company safety manuals.
• Conduct safety meetings, annual CPR/First Aid/AED certifications, confined space training, fall protection, hazard communication, ergonomics, lockout/tag out, electrical hazards, defensive driving and job hazard analysis.
• Conduct incident investigations, determine root cause, assign an action plan with re-training if needed and insure that lessons were learned.
• Develop safety presentations for weekly safety meetings and safety orientations for new projects.
• Manage care of injured employees by working with an occupational health care facility and the insurance company to get the employee back to work as soon as possible.
• Coordinate all drug/alcohol testing, pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion and maintain accurate, secure documentation.
• Assisted National Grid Electric Co with joint safety audits of crews during construction projects and during storm restoration.
• Analyzed incident data to identify trends and develop action plans to improve safety.
• Improved company morale by recognizing the employees that consistently showed a strong commitment to safety.
• Started a volunteer safety committee that meet every month to discuss ideas on improving safety and shared concerns or ideas from fellow workers in the field.
• Implemented a near-miss/close call reporting system that encouraged all employees, including management to report all near miss/close calls for the purpose of learning from the incidents.

• Provided Safety Coverage for Storm Response & Storm Restoration Crews in New England and New York.
• Responded to Mutual Aid Storm Restoration from New Jersey to Maine insuring crews worked safely.
• Conducted cpr/first aid, job hazard analysis, lockout tag out, ergonomics, hazard communication, fall protection, electrical hazards, confined space and more.
• Conducted daily safety checks of the project work sites, addressed safety violations and hazardous conditions.
• Analyzed the data from incident reports or close call reports and worked with management to stop any negative safety trends.
• Worked closely with the substation team to insure compliance, assist management in training, incident analysis and action plans.
• Developed a successful liaison team with State Police, local Police agencies and National Grid Security to reduce the theft of copper from the projects work sites.
• Conducted physical security audits of work sites, equipment storage areas, garages, office buildings and parking lots.
• Coordinated efforts to strengthen weak areas of physical security by repairing perimeter fences, improving lighting and removing or trimming vegetation.
• Attended public meetings in various towns affected by the project to answer any questions raised about safety, health or security concerns by the people attending the meetings.
• Accompany OCIP auditors during site inspections of the project and follow up on any corrective actions.
• Responded to calls about public safety concerns and mitigated any hazards found.
• Conducted safety audits on in house crews and all contractors working in substations, transmission projects or distribution work.

Responsible for over 1200 union employees in New England and Metro New York area for Electric Utility Line Clearance contracts on multiple utilities.

I would regularly travel in my coverage area supporting the Safety needs of management in all my assigned regions.

Provide safety training, incident investigations, and field safety audits and conduct joint site visits with the host utility to develop strong trusting relationships.

Respond to incidents for incident analysis support, find root cause, come up with proper corrective action plan and assist management with re-training.

Respond to storm emergencies nationwide to assist the safety team during restoration efforts to accomplish the mission incident free.

Conduct CPR/FA/AED and train employees in fall protection, haz.com, defensive driving, ergonomics, electrical hazards lockout tag out, more.

Monitor incidents or close calls for trends and develop a plan to insure the same type of incident won't occur again.

Assist utility with incident investigations, submit Investigation reports on time and participate in IA meetings.

Write company weekly safety meetings on various topics and write Hot Sheets to communicate recent incidents or to heighten awareness pertaining to storm emergency response or any hot topic that needs to be communicated.

Coordinate security for equipment/ trucks parked in areas of high crime by working with local police and assessing what measures can be utilized to reduce theft or vandalism.

Conduct joint training with local fire departments on aerial rescue by climbing and with bucket trucks, very important in areas with small volunteer departments.

Conducted annual medical flight rescue training, I developed this with the help of Boston Med Flight when crews were working in remote areas and rescue by helicopter would be needed for life threatening events.

Responsible for 20 utility line clearance crews under contract with National Grid Electric in Rhode Island and S.E.

Massachusetts.

Worked closely with utility management to provide a safe, professional work force and maintain a reliable electric system for the utility customers.

Provided all training required to new hires plus veteran employees, CPR/FA, certified flagger/traffic control, electrical hazard awareness training and more.

Responded to storm emergencies in the US and Canada to assist in restoration efforts.

Patrolled electrical circuits per utility management, reported hazardous conditions and damaged equipment.

Supervised crews, provided coaching and conducted employee evaluations yearly of all personnel.

Responded to incidents to gather information for the incident analyses to determine contributing factors and root cause.

I would provide an action plan to upper management and then conduct any re-training or post incident training needed.

Inspected completed work to insure it was done to the specifications required before being billing.

Utility Line Clearance Foreman Arborist

Line clearance for local utility

4 deployments

Patrol Dog Handler

Honorable Discharge