SUMMARY

Energetic and self-managing Safety and Health Professional, with a Human Resources background, is seeking both growth and challenge in a Manager Airport Operations Safety position. Functions as a business partner with top executives, Union representatives and a trusted leader/advisor to location management as well as the workforce.

EXPERIENCES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Confidential

• Senior Staff Representative Corporate Ground Safety Program Integration formerly Senior Staff Representative Corporate Ground Safety
• Assisted in the development in the Safety Excellence Program for Subsidiary United Airlines.
• Worked with the Detroit Customer Contact Center to be the first UA facility to achieve the United Safety Excellence Program Levels of Silver, Gold and Platinum.
• In addition, partnered with the DTWCC to prepare and submit the first UA Voluntary Protection Program VPP Application to MIOSHA.
• Mentored Boise BOI to become the second of 4 facilities to attain Silver Level Status in the s-United Safety Excellence Program.
• Represented Safety on the start-up of the Corporate Safety Project Management Team along with other Divisions making recommendations on ground service equipment and the elimination of hazards that could result in co-worker injuries and/or aircraft damages.
• Conducted a number Safety Excellence Compliance Assessments SECAs as a preventative approach for the elimination of hazards. This provided guidance, training and assistance to station and division leadership in their recognition and abatement of occupational hazards to employees to reduce OSHA recordable injuries, lost time injuries as well as aircraft damages. This ensures that the enterprise meets or exceeds established year end targets and to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and corporate safety objectives.
• Through the Safety Excellence Compliance Assessments SECAs , guidance and assistance was provided to leadership and other safety advocates on safety related compliance and regulatory matters through coaching, teaching and educational awareness.
• Prepared and distributed numerous Job Safety Analyses JSAs , with the assistance of various co-workers that is being used by various facilities as part of job orientations and investigations.
• Investigated 2 aircraft damages that became Ground Service Investigations GSIs at ORD and SFO. The report format became the new GSI template for the Safety Department.
• Worked with local leadership to ensure that all Category 1 CAT 1 aircraft damages are fully investigated by location leadership assuring that root causes are identified and preventive actions are implemented to avoid re-occurrences.
• Continues to foster excellence working relationships with Airport Operations AO , Ground Equipment GQ , Quality Assurance QA , and various airport stations. Safety is continuously being viewed as a valuable and credible resource group. The relationships have expanded throughout the year.
• I have become a resource to divisional leadership to affect continual improvement in all areas of safety.
• Taught a number of 10-hour OSHA classes and 30-hour OSHA classes in OSHA General Industry, 29 CFR 1910, Threat Error Management TEM classes, 4 Accident/Incident Investigation classes and 4 Job Safety Analysis classes. Also taught a number of general managers and administrative employees how to calculate the injury rates for OSHA recordable injuries including DART rates for their facilities.
• Partnered with Airport Operations AO on a system-wide accident/incident investigation program. This enables me to work with location leadership in the investigation of all serious co-worker injuries and present the root cause findings to operational senior leadership.
• Developed a number of programs and templates that are being utilized in the United Safety Excellence Program.
• Fostered excellent working relationships with the various Unions at a number of facilities by working with the Union Representatives in a positive way in order to eliminate hazards and ensure that their members go home safely every day.
• Partnered with EWR, CMS and LGA Leadership and Corporate Legal to successfully pass the OSHA Recordkeeping audits that were conducted as a result of OSHA's National Emphasis Program on Recordkeeping. This assisted these locations on compliance matters with an outside regulatory agency.
• Received 2 President's Awards, one from one of my co-workers and the other from the DTWCC for my Safety Leadership and for mentoring DTWCC to become the first UA VPP facility.
• Developed and distributed various safety communications to all levels of management and co-workers.
• Facilitated Safety Committee Meetings

Confidential

Corporate Safety/VPP Manager

• Reviewed a facility's VPP Application in order to ensure acceptance by OSHA. Assisting the facility with any recommendations made by OSHA once it is submitted.
• Assisted and supported facilities with their preparation for their pre-OSHA on-site evaluations for acceptance into OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program.
• Successful in the admission of 30 Georgia-Pacific facilities to VPP Star Status.
• Through my safety and health compliance knowledge and audits, enabled facilities to reduce their workers' compensation costs and employee injuries.
• Represented facilities during their OSHA on-site evaluations acting as a liaison between OSHA and Georgia-Pacific answering questions and assisting the facility in rectifying items that needed correction.
• Confidential advisor to the Plant Management as well as the other management team members, including Division Management.
• Played a major role in Georgia-Pacific becoming accepted as the first Corporate VPP Company by OSHA.
• Performed numerous safety and health OSHA compliance audits/inspections at various plants.
• Became an OSHA Special Government Employee and performed a number of VPP on-site evaluations with OSHA as a compliance team member.
• Worked and mentored with Delta Airlines to become a Corporate VPP Company.
• Mentored a number of internal and external companies to become Star VPP sites.

Confidential

Area Human Resources Manager

• Key leadership position responsible for 10 gypsum wallboard manufacturing facilities.
• Chief spokesperson for 3rd and 4th step grievance handling.
• Assisted in the facilitation of employee involvement teams as well as workforce empowerment initiatives in the areas such as safety, training, and communications.
• Assisted and supported facilities with their acceptance into OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program.
• Handling of EEO and Sexual Harassment complaints.
• Advisor to management for contract negotiations and labor arbitrations.
• Confidential advisor to the Plant Management as well as the other management team members.
• Performed numerous safety and health OSHA compliance audits/inspections at various plants.

Confidential

Human Resources Manager

• Key leadership position responsible for all Human Resources functions for this gypsum wallboard manufacturing facility with 110 employees 85 in 2 unions .
• Chief negotiator for 2 labor contracts which resulted in 4 year terms. Each contract had major contractual language changes to improve management flexibility.
• Directed and facilitated employee involvement teams as well as workforce empowerment initiatives in areas such as safety, training, and communications.
• Performed numerous safety and health OSHA compliance audits/inspections.
• Directed the facility's safety program, including regulatory and compliance
• issues.
• Reduced the Accident Frequency Rate to 0.84 in 1995 down from 5.53 when starting in 1993.
• Introduced and coordinated team based assessments and hiring for all position levels.
• Confidential advisor to the Plant Manager as well as the other management team members trusted advisor to union leaders and the workforce and internal consultant to staff members along with other plant HR facility managers.