wp9f4e32@westpost.net P.O. Box 2181, Pasco, WA 509-942-9460 Senior Engineer / Safety, Health & Quality Professional providing 18 years of te chnical safety and health over site expertise to ensure accident prevention and hazard control criteria are addressed from start to finish. Identified hazards and reviewed hazard controls, identified opportunities for continuous improvemen t and provided Safety and Health training. Analyzed and participated in procedu re development. Facilitated employee involvement, encouraged worker feedback an d recognized exemplary practices and exceptional project contributions. EDUCATION: * Bachelor of Science, Safety and Health Management, Central WA University * Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, University of Washington * Post Graduate, MS coursework (no degree)- Psychology, Eastern WA University * Industrial Hygiene Seminar - Harvard School of Public Health PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS: * ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, #2327 (1992-2003) * Accident Investigator (DOE, and ASSE Trained) * OSHA Authorized Construction Outreach Trainer * OSHA Authorized General Industry Outreach Trainer * Senior Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers * NQA-1 Auditor & Certified Lead Auditor, Westinghouse Hanford * Board Certified Safety Professional, #16565 - (CSP) * Past Chair, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Richland Sect ion * Board Certified Professional Environmental Auditor - Health and Safety, (BEAC #722) * Safety & Health Specialist Certificate, OSHA Region X Training Institute, Uni versity of WA Safety Specialist, Ascendent Engineers: 2009 to Feb 2010: Perform management as sessments, technical inspections, analyze & participate in procedure development and updates. Facilitate employee involvement in S&H improvements, encourage wo rker feedback, & recognize exemplary practices and exceptional project contribut ions. Identify opportunities for continuous improvement & enhanced accident pre vention initiatives. Member of Excavation procedure development team . Safety Professional, National Securities Tech, 2003 to 2007: Provide Safety and Health technical support to the National Security Tech. Ops & Facility Manageme nt team. Work scope includes 400+ facilities including Waste Management Comple x, 3 Laboratories, Heavy Duty & Craft construction shops, Maintenance shops, Med ical Services, Fire Stations, Cafeteria, and Administration Buildings. * Perform Management Assessments, Formal Workplace Inspections, and Beneficial Occupancy Inspections. * Review, research, walk down, develop hazard mitigation plans; participate in safety meetings, work planning and activities. * Coordinated and prepared the NTS site-wide Confined Space Inventory. Commend ed by John Howanitz, NTS AGM and a Spot Award was presented by Ken McGlothlin, G eneral Facilities Manager, March 2004. * Reviewed the Hankins site-wide Roofing Project Work Package. Developed and re ported potential hazard concerns. "Potential hazard pro-active identification" Spot Award presented by BN ES&H Manager Joe Honea, May 2005. . * Received Spot Award for special review of construction Work Packages for prop er classification, Oct. 2005. * Was awarded NTS Safety Incentive & Recognition Monthly Award - $500 Digital Camera. Certified Safety Professional and Certified Safety & Health Auditor, FLUOR Hanfo rd, 2001 to 2003: Provided technical support for the Fast Flux Test Facility Bre eder Reactor executive management team, first line supervisors and employees to achieve continuous safety improvement, promote accident prevention, and ensure c ontractual and regulatory compliance. Cognizant safety authority for several a ccident prevention programs and facilities including: substations, electrical di stribution system, emergency generator, supporting facilities, confined space en try, excavation, fall protection, machine guarding, and subcontractor oversight. * Organized arc flash hazard mitigation training sessions at FFTF and promoted the full implementation of an arc flash program per NFPA70E (Electrical Safety) criteria. * Delivered Psychology of Safety training session to the Safety Council stressi ng: Management Leadership, Employee involvement, Hazard Identification, Hazard Control, and Training.
Fast Flux Test Facility Breeder Reactor, FLUOR Hanford (Continued)
* Led the 2001 and 2002 annual project Hazardous Energy Control program review and assessment. * Member of the Hanford Electrical Safety Committee and a charter member of the Hanford Hazardous Energy Committee. * Identified hazards, specified hazard controls, specified and approved safety criteria for the AJHA analysis process. * Reviewed and approved technical procedures, detailed engineering design drawi ngs, work packages, and performed workplace hazard identification walk downs wit h craft and supervisors, participated in pre-job and post-job meetings. * Planned, and led 20 project baseline Safety, Fire Protection and OSHA assessm ents. Both performance and compliance based criteria were evaluated. * FFTF received national acclaim in 2002 when the project was awarded the covet ed DOE/OSHA " SAFETY STAR." Safety and Health Engineer, Babcock & Wilcox/FLUOR Hanford, 6/99 to 1/2001: Resp onsibility entailed implementing and managing the safety and health program for the high level cesium 137 and strontium 90 encapsulation storage facility. Recruited by the Senior Director of B&W/FLUOR. * Conducted annual program assessments: Confined Spaces, Respiratory Protection , Electrical Safety and Fire Protection. * Organized and led the annual General Industry OSHA compliance assessment and safety/health performance review. Assembled an integrated team consisting of ma nagement, crafts, and, technical employees. * Performed work package review/approvals and automated job hazard analysis (AJ HA). * Hazard Assessor for the Emergency Response Team. * Conducted safety and health hazard surveillances of facility programs, equipm ent & process activities at least monthly. * Initiated monthly accident prevention safety bulletins. Topics included: Ladd er Safety, Fall Protection, Heat Stress, Hearing Protection, Electrical PPE, and Lessons Learned. Deployed hazard ID suggestion forms for employee input. * Conducted noise exposure surveys, illumination surveys; and routine IH monito ring including: LEL (flammable gases), oxygen, toxics and carbon monoxide exposu re. * The Hanford Facility Evaluation Board audit team recognized the WESF Safety a nd Health program as one of Hanfords best in calendar year 2000. Senior Engineer and Lead Auditor: Lockheed Martin, Tank Waste Remediation Syste m (TWRS), 3/97 to 6/99: Lockheed Martin Hanford initiated a project wide assessment of the Tank Waste Re mediation project in late 1996 after receiving the Hanford contract. Rust Inc. performed an Electrical program assessment. I delivered the close out audit rep ort to the Lockheed Sr. staff. Link Hall Lockheed President, requested that I j oin Lockheed's Tank Waste Remediation System corporate Industrial Safety and Hea lth team. I assisted the Safety and Health manager implement and administer the TWRS Safety program serving 750 employees. Responsibilities included: * TWRS Safety program cognizant authority for several accident prevention progr ams including: - Internal audits - Machine Guarding - Subcontractor Management - Hand & Power Tools - Electrical Safety - Scaffolding - Fall Protection - Hazardous Energy Control/LO-TO * Planned & led site-wide TWRS assessments including: Subcontractor Fabricatio n Shops, Hazard Communications, Chemical Storage, Compressed Gas Storage and Use , Electrical Safety, Configuration Management, Subcontractor Work Activities and Hazardous Energy Control. * Member of Hanford Project site-wide accident investigation team. Performed i n depth research of a subcontractor high voltage crane accident. Developed casu al factors and root cause deficiency report for Fluor management and DOE. * Organized an independent accident investigation team. Investigation team dev eloped time line, casual factors, and root causes for an in-depth analysis of no n Lockheed construction crane boom incident impacting a 13.8 kV transmission lin e. * Received Special DOE award for Tank Farm Remediation Project Team Work. Safety Professional, Analytical Labs, Rust Engineering/FLUOR Hanford, 3/96 to 3/ 97: Assisted the EH&S manager achieve safe operations & Industrial Safety regul atory compliance for two Department of Energy Hanford Nuclear Analytical Laborat ories. * Provided Industrial Safety review of laboratory work packages, hazard identifi cation and control, work site evaluation, job control documentation, attended pr e and post job meetings and provided task specific lessons learned. * Resolved Industrial Safety concerns, issues, occurrences and noncompliances. * Reviewed laboratory procedures and incorporated hazard mitigation and control techniques and guidance. * Reviewed engineering design documents, facility modification packages, and ma intenance and operations procedures. * Scheduled, performed and documented Industrial Safety performance & compliance based surveillances of programs, facilities, equipment, work activities and pra ctices. Westinghouse Integrated Audit Assessment Team Senior Engineer and Lead Auditor: Westinghouse Hanford, Integrated Audit Assess ment (IAA)- Safety Compliance Assurance, 4/94 to 3/96: Planned, led, managed an d conducted, independent site-wide Safety and Health assessments at the Hanford DOE project Westinghouse Integrated Audit Assessment Team (Continued). (16,000 employees) to ensure that projects, work activities, nuclear operations and remediation work was conducted in accordance with OSHA, DOE and consensus in dustry standards. * conducted formal integrated audit/appraisals annually of Safety and Health sc opes. Projects included: Safety and Health programs, chemical process operatio ns, hazardous waste sites, constructions sites, laboratories, & Nuclear Reactors . * Accident investigation team member. Investigation team developed time line, casual factors, and root causes for an in-depth analysis of a hydrogen gas arc i ncident at a Waste Remediation site. Quality Assurance Auditor/Senior Quality Specialist: Westinghouse Hanford, Audi t Program Administration-Integrated Audit Committee, 8/89 to 4/94: Planned Qual ity audits, and established schedules, staffing, prepared audit program manageme nt reports and developed performance indicators. Performed Quality Assurance au dits and surveillances for the Hanford Project site including: engineering, oper ations and maintenance organizations (16,000 employees). * Scopes included: Hanford hazardous waste sites, engineering organizations, c onfiguration management, design control, hazardous chemical storage, and Lockout /Tagout. * 1993 Elected and approved by Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Board as an IEEE Senior Member (only 8% of the membership receive this honor). Elected to all IEEE Richland Section offices and served as president in 1991. * Team member Division Nominee for the WHC Quality Achievement Award. The team developed the charter and proposed the organizational structure of an Integrate d Audit Assessment (IAA) organization. Westinghouse Hanford executive management approved the IAA charter and some 250 audit/surveillances at Hanford were reduc ed to 16 annual facility/project specific integrated (ESH&Q and Rad Con) assessm ents. Prior to 1989: Project Manager Computer Centers: Project Manager for Seattle First, Branch Bank fast-track computer construction projects. Managed Design, Construction and In spection of 30 branch bank projects. Scoped Boeing Computer Services (BCS) dual Cray computer center raceway & fire detection layout for the new facilities (20 0,000 sq. ft. each). Prepared electrical distribution system time & material es timates for BCS management negotiations with the Bellevue dual Cray general cont ractor. Provided NFPA computer code review. Designed & inspected IBM installat ions for Boeing Everett 767 & Renton computer expansion programs. Principal Electrical Designer: Scoped, designed, & verified complex electrical first-time fast track Nuclear projects. This entailed design calculations (powe r, control, lighting, grounding and fire detection, and suppression), scheduling design, layout, material specification, design verification, review of vendor s ubmittals, construction management and consultation with vendors and clients. D esigned BPA substation modifications, 13.8 kV substations and 600 volt electrica l distribution systems, and wrote construction specifications. Prepared detaile d engineering designs of fire detection & fire suppression systems for Nuclear c ontrol rooms and computer centers, including BCS dual Cray computers, telephony switching centers and North Slope petroleum processing facilities. Contract Administration: Solicited bids & recommended bid awards, prepared time & material construction contracts, management schedules & progress reports. Co ordinated fast-track computer installation subcontracts. Prepared financial rep orts & payrolls. Inspection: Assembled code compliance documentation for Nuclear Reactor heat exc hanger high pressure primary and secondary coolant loops. Inspected and field v erified projects for compliance with project engineering standards, construction specifications, National Electrical Codes, NFPA computer facility code, enginee ring drawings, certified vendor information, Federal and Consensus Industry Stan dards. Estimating: Prepared construction time and material estimates for state of the art industrial electrical systems: 480 volt power distribution, motor control c enters, lighting, computer centers and computer center modifications. TECHNICAL TRAINING SAMPLES - Safety & Health course work at Central WA Universi ty is not included * Supervisors Orientation to OSHA * Laser Safety * OSHA Construction Safety * Fire Suppression, Fenwal * DOE OSHA S&H Conference, 1993/2002 * MORT Accident Investigation DOE * First Aid Certification * Incident (Accident) Investigation ASSE TECHNICAL TRAINING SAMPLES (Continued) * Mgrs. Safety & Health Training * Fall Protection Safety * Hoisting and Rigging Theory & Practicum * Accident Investigation CWU * Lock and Tag * Fire Detection Systems, Fenwal * Hazardous Waste Generator Safety * Hazardous Waste Operations for Mgrs. * 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Worker Cert. * Risk Evaluation Codes and Standards * National Electrical Code Grounding (WHC) * Overcurrent Protection, Art Freund, EC and M * Electrical Design Calculations, Electric League * National Electrical Code (NFPA 70 & 70E) * OSHA Electrical Standards, 1995 * Electrical Inspectors Grounding Seminar * Petro-Chemical Facility Design Standard, RP540 * Electrical Inspectors Training, J. Stallcup * High Risk Electrical Safety * National Electrical Code Changes (NFPA) OSHA Standards * OSHA General Industry Safety 1994 * OSHA Construction Safety 1994 * OSHA Electrical Standards 1995 * OSHA General Industry Trainer 2001 * OSHA Construction Refresher 2001 * OSHA Confined Space Standard 2001 * OSHA HAZWOPER (29 CFR 1910.120) * OSHA Electrical Safety, J. Stallcup * OSHA Guide To Industrial Hygiene 2001 * OSHA Principals of Ergonomics 2001 * OSHA Construction Trainer 2004 * OSHA Machine Guarding Standard, 2005 * OSHA General Industry Trainer, 2005 Quality Assurance, Quality Assessment & Environmental * Statistics (Honors), UW *Software Quality Assurance * Advanced Statistics Post Grad, EWU * Lead Auditor Methodology * Audit Report Writing, WSU * Effectiveness Verification * Managers Conduct of Operations * Design Control Methodology * ISO 9000 Lead Auditor, QPI * Environmental Auditing * Intro to Environmental Oversight * Surveillance Methodology * Root Cause Analysis I, II * Audit Methods * DOE QA Requirements and NQA-1 * QA Design and Procurement * Self Assessment for Supervisors * Quality Engineer Certification Training, Geo. WA Univ. DC * Environmental Laws and Evaluation * Environmental Quality Assurance AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS * United Way Vintner Club Member * National Fire Protection Association * American Society of Quality Member * Kadlec Hospital Foundation Donor * American Society of Safety Engineers Professional * United Way Project Funding Evaluation Team Member 2002 * Hanford Worker Electrical Safety Board, 1995 to 2003 * Chair, IEEE Special Awards, Mid-Columbia Science/Engineering Fair * Hanford Hazardous Energy Technical Review Board, Charter Member * Chair, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Richland Sect, 1991 * WHC Quality Achievement Award Team Division Nominee, Integrated Audits * Elected Sr. Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1993 * NMA Outstanding Service Award 1988, 1989, 1992; Booster Committee member 9 yr s * National Management Association (NMA), 18 years, (member of the month Dec, 19 93)