{"id":1116,"date":"2021-09-16T09:43:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T13:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:43:06","slug":"ehs-manager-196640-cosm-coss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/exceptional-talent\/ehs-manager-196640-cosm-coss\/","title":{"rendered":"EHS Manager (196640) COSM, COSS \/ Multi-site Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Confidential Environmental and Safety Manager with 20+ years of experience i<\/strong>n facilitating safety and environmental compliance at multiple site locations for chemical, steel, and manufacturing operations. He has a Bachelors’s in Biology and is a Certified Occupational Safety Manager (COSM) and a Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS).<\/strong> He also has significant plant operations experience in heavy industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has exceeded the industry average safety and environmental performance while creating a sound working environment. He is experienced in permitting on state and federal levels. He is a skilled negotiator who builds strong relationships with regulatory agencies to come into compliance and successfully eliminate and avoid fines.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Extensive success negotiating regulatory, permitting and enforcement matters.
o Successfully improved relationships with agencies after we took over the contracts.
o Eliminated all environmental fines.
o Successfully handled potential violations with underground storage projects.
\u2022 I had full responsibility for leading the EHS and Worker’s Compensation functions in the North American Region.
\u2022 Responsible for Safety and Environmental regulation compliance for four locations with over 900 employees. <\/strong>
\u2022 Decreased the number of total lost workdays by 42%.
\u2022 Decreased the number of incidents with lost workdays by 50%. <\/strong>
\u2022 Supervised the Wastewater Treatment Facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Chemical Plant Operations
\u2022 Machining Operations
\u2022 Heavy Industrial Manufacturing
\u2022 Foundry Operations
\u2022 Manufacturing Plants
\u2022 Construction Operations
\u2022 Warehouse Operations
\u2022 Liaison With State \/ Federal
\u2022 Negotiating Regulatory, Permitting and Enforcement Matters
\u2022 State \/ Federal Reporting
\u2022 Union and Non-Union Environments
\u2022 Reducing Recordables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENVIRONMENTAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Administering MSDS program
\n\u2022 Air Permitting Compliance
\n\u2022 Permitting Modifications
\n\u2022 Change Management
\n\u2022 Chemical Inventory program
\n\u2022 Design Of Plans \/ Programs
\n\u2022 Emergency Response
\n\u2022 Environmental Compliance
\n\u2022 EPA \/ State \/ Local Government regulations
\n\u2022 Hazardous Waste Management
\n\u2022 HAZCOM \/ HAZMAT \/ HAZWOPER
\n\u2022 Identifying compliance gaps
\n\u2022 Internal Audits
\n\u2022 ISO14001 standards
\n\u2022 Managing Exposure Programs
\n\u2022 MSDS
\n\u2022 NPDES permits
\n\u2022 State agency reporting
\n\u2022 Title V Emissions
\n\u2022 TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act) regulations
\n\u2022 Wastewater
\n\u2022 Product Regulatory Information
\n\u2022 Hazardous Waste Management
\n\u2022 Remediation Projects
\n\u2022 MACT Standards
\n\u2022 Clean Air Act Permitting CAA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAFETY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 OSHA Recordkeeping
\n\u2022 Investigating Accidents
\n\u2022 Maintaining Safety Records \/ Metrics
\n\u2022 Organizing \/ Scheduling Safety Meetings
\n\u2022 Conducting PHA Audits
\n\u2022 Lockout \/ Tagout Procedures
\n\u2022 Root Cause Analysis
\n\u2022 Confined Space Safety Standards
\n\u2022 Safety Management Information Systems
\n\u2022 Industrial Hygiene
\n\u2022 Investigating H&S incidents
\n\u2022 Ensuring OSHA Standards
\n\u2022 Developing Safety Training Programs
\n\u2022 Working with State Agencies
\n\u2022 Safety Audits
\n\u2022 Behavior Based Safety
\n\u2022 Process Safety
\n\u2022 Worker’s Compensation
\n\u2022 Near Miss Documentation
\n\u2022 Job hazard Analysis
\n\u2022 Coordinating Fall Protection Program
\n\u2022 Respirator Training
\n\u2022 S.T.O.P. Safety Training Operators Program
\n\u2022 Take Two for Safety Training<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION \/ CERTIFICATIONS \/ TRAINING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology
\u2022 Certified Occupational Safety Manager COSM
\u2022 Certified Occupational Safety Specialist COSS
\u2022 Forklift Train the Trainer
\u2022 ANSUL Fire School
\u2022 Additional Professional Activities
\u2022 Board of Directors, Globe Run RGC
\u2022 Certified Red Cross Instructor
\u2022 40-hour HAZWOPER training
\u2022 Numerous seminars and CE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Confidential Environmental and Safety Manager with 20+ years of experience in facilitating safety and environmental compliance at multiple site locations for chemical, steel, and manufacturing operations. He has a Bachelors’s in Biology and is a Certified Occupational Safety Manager (COSM) and a Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS). He also has significant plant operations experience in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[458,7],"tags":[28,66,132,155,438,439,440,441,455,456],"class_list":["post-1116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ehs","category-exceptional-talent","tag-manufacturing","tag-chemical","tag-foundry","tag-safety","tag-environmental","tag-ehs","tag-epa","tag-osha","tag-regulatory-agencies","tag-recordables"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1119,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions\/1119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}