Victor is a health and safety (H&S;) professional with over 25 years experience managing and evaluating H&S; programs. He has served on the Department of Energys (DOE) Compliance Assessment Teams (CAT), and has worked for the Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Victor has an excellent record with the development of new and upgrading existing H&S; programs, accident and injury prevention programs, and hazard recognition. Victor is a highly motivated and self-directed, with strong influencing and leadership skills. A natural leader in all areas, Victor strives to build teamwork and spirit, while delivering world-class H&S; performance. His background includes Industrial Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Workers Compensation, Aerospace Production, Aviation Safety, Organization and Administration of Safety Programs, Oil & Gas Safety, Construction Safety, Safety Engineering and Accident Investigation.
Resume:
Victor Brandt MS, CHCM Virginia Beach, VA Montgomery, TX
Home 936-689-5049 FAX 610-523-0487 E-mail: victorbrandt[at]live.com
Summary: Safety and Health (S&H;) professional with Masters of Science degree and over 20 years experience developing, managing and evaluating S&H; programs. Excellent record in developing new and upgrading existing safety and health programs, accident and injury prevention, and hazard recognition. A natural leader in all areas of my life, I have been an excellent manager in all companies that I have worked for. Building teamwork, spirit, saving companies money and developing world class safety and health programs seems to be my expertise.
Day & Zimmerman July 2008 December 2009 Regional Safety Manager Nuclear
Perform diverse duties in the area of safety management, technical knowledge and develop working relationships with company and client personnel. Support the implementation of the company safety management system focusing on continuous improvement. Provides safety expertise to Day & Zimmerman personnel in order to reduce the potential for accident, injury or property damage. Serves as safety support to Day & Zimmerman work sites. Inspects the organizations facilities to detect existing or potential accident and health hazards, determine corrective or preventative measures where indicated, and follows up to ensure measures have been implemented.
Conducts safety orientation and training to assure compliance with site, local, state and federal laws and guidelines (OSHA 500 and 501 certified instructor).
Investigates accidents, incidents and near misses (both property and personal) and suggest methods to be implemented to help reduce potential for recurrence. Continue development of managerial skills in recruiting, placing and supervising field safety personnel. Responds to site emergency needs and function as an integral team member with client and site. Develops, plans and implements written programs, policy and procedures.
Responsible for performing work in accordance with the Companys Code of Ethics and Standards of Business Conduct. Exceptional communications skills and skillfully able to interact with and influence executive management.
Alliant Energy EPC, LLC. WindConnect February 2007 October 2008 Health, Safety, Security and Environmental Manager
Responsible for developing, designing, and managing the overall Health, Safety, Security and Environmental (HSSE) programs (including policy and procedures) for the WindConnect business unit. Performed onsite audits of all safety aspects of heavy construction in compliance of project health and safety programs and applicable regulations. Recommendations are made to correct unsafe work practices, safety equipment, etc. and will have the authority to stop work upon observing unsafe conditions threatening life or property. Supervises, hire and train the Site Health and Safety Managers. Addition responsibilities include, responding to request for proposals, sub-contractor oversight, review sub-contractor safety and health program and determine adequacy safety record before hire. Maintained adequate staff to ensure coverage over a large geographical region (currently 7 states) and expanding rapidly.
Entegee Contracted to Boston Scientific, Miami Technical Center (Medical Device Manufacturer) Sept, 2006 February 2007 EH&S; Engineering Professional
Provided a full range of EH&S; service to the Project Horizon team and to the Director of EH&S; and Facilities. I was responsible for providing Boston Scientific staff information and a working level knowledge of problem identification, solving, and decision making techniques. I wrote programs to assist them with accident investigations including the application of problem analysis techniques such as: Conducting investigations; Fact finding; Reporting; Tracking to closure; Follow-up; and Corrective Action Implementation; Root cause analysis; Causal factor analysis; Change analysis; and Barrier analysis;
Lead in the assessment of the sites implementation of Environment, Health and Safety operations, including: Machine Guarding; Lockout/Tagout; Confined Space Entry; Hazard Communication; Chemical Handling; Laboratory Safety; Ventilation Systems; Laser Systems; Radiation operations; Equipment Safety; among others.
I provided guidance on how to integrate safety into management and work practices to accomplish mission objectives, while ensuring worker health and safety, and the protection of the environment. I also provided them with guidance and mentoring on how to effectively communicate technical safety expectations and issues.
North American Contract Employee Services 2006-2006 North Valmy Power Plant, Valmy, NV & Colstrip, MT Safety Consultant The North Valmy power plant consists of two 250 megawatt, (Colstrip 850 megawatts) coal-fired steam-electric generation facilities. There are two units with one cooling tower unit each. Each plant consists of a coal-fired boiler, a turbine-generator unit, a bag house for particulate control, a 500 foot stack, a mechanical-draft cooling tower, and a water supply. Additionally there is a coal storage, supply and handling system; five lined evaporation ponds for wastewater disposal; a fire protection system; a landfill for ash disposal; rail facilities; roads; transmission facilities; a warehouse and a main administration building.
Responsible for providing technical safety and health oversight of the construction and modifications to the boiler and furnace repairs and modifications. Including clearances, high work, rigging, welding, cutting, PPE, confined space entry, hot work permits, and scaffolding.
RCS Corporation 2005-2006 Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV. 89144 Senior Engineering Professional
- Review Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) documents to determine applicability with Bechtel SAIC Company, LCC (BSC) contract. -Made entry of selected documents into the BSC Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS). -Assist in determining appropriate BSC Responsible Area Owners (RAO) and subsequently make assignments of requirements. -Develop a Baseline Needs Assessment and Gap Analysis to include a list of requirements needing implementing procedures. -Identified, documented and coached BSC on additional effort necessary to achieve compliance with safety and health requirements documents. Including identifying applicable requirements and identifying procedures or documents that require development or change to bring the site into compliance with 10 CFR 851. DOE Operations and Conduct of Operation, Corrective Actions of assessments and audits.
Trident Products Inc. 2002-2004 Vista, CA 92081-8424 Corporate Director of Safety, Health, Environment, and Training.
-Accountable for all operational activities. Accountable for all ES&H; strategic planning and ES&H; corporate development related activities.
- Responsible for Worker Compensation Program. Large Tool and Die, Parts and materials warehousing. -As the Director of the Environment, Health, Safety and Training Division, for Trident Products Inc., -Responsible for a wide variety of internal cross-cutting assignments. -Full technical knowledge for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating employee schedules. -Full technical knowledge for preparing cost estimates for accomplishing work items, specifications or request, including labor cost, material, and service required for ES&H; related issues. -ES&H; technical expert. -Accomplished ES&H; Trainer -Wrote and implemented procedures and standards for performance of Operations functions and ES&H; functions.
-Prepared annual Operations and ES&H; budget. -Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action. -Extremely effective at planning and organizing my work to meet schedules and timelines in an environment with constantly changing priorities -Expert at identifying and implementing programs that address potential safety hazards and related business risks.
-Streamlined functional departments to maximize business functions and minimize potential hazards and risks. -Developed planed, implemented and monitored corporate guidelines and procedures to administer safety and loss control, Fire safety, Emergency response programs and agreements, CAL OSHA, Federal OSHA, and responsible for communications with all regulatory agencies -Expert at reading, implementing and interpreting Federal Regulations as well as, State, City, County and other Regulatory Agency requirements and guidelines.
International Boundary and Water Commission United States and Mexico, United States Section El Paso, TX 1998-2002 Headquarters Safety and Occupational Health Manager
-Served as the environment, safety and occupational health advisor to the Presidential Appointed, United States Commissioner, John Bernal. -Developed and justified operating expenditures including staffing requirements. -Researched and reviewed new federal safety and health regulations, as well as industry consensus standards, provide interpretations of new safety and health legislation and recommend adoption of standards. -Develop policies and procedures, standards and controls to meet, or exceed, the requirements of legislation. -Conducted performance appraisal to all collateral duty ES&H; staff. -Responsible for an organization engaged in widely dispersed and diversified activities over a large geographic area (1995 miles) with 13 vastly diverse locations. Strategic and motivational leader with an unbroken record of reversing poor safety performance and achieving strong and sustainable production, quality, and safety improvements within multi-site operations. -Developed and implemented policies and programs to protect buildings, property and to ensure the personal safety of employees and visitors from all types of hazards. -Expert accident investigator to determine root causes. -Assured compliance with federal and state OSHA requirements and consensus standards for U.S. and Mexican facilities. -Conducted all ES&H; training. -Expert auditor. -Accomplished at working with the terms of local and national labor agreements. Responsible for Worker Compensation Program, VPP, and Fleet Operations.
-Analyzed losses assessed trends, determined relationships and correlations among safety-related variables. -Prepared reports presentations on analyses of safety health and environmental loss prevention topics. -Provided executive management leadership to the EH&S; Division team members and was the EH&S; technical expert to the Divisions approximate 16 EH&S; collateral duty professionals, and technicians, as well as other management and employees.
-Chairman of the IBWC wide Environmental, Health & Safety Council and Chairman of the Executive ES&H; Council. -Managed all administrative aspects of the EH&S; Division: Budget, Information Technology, Space Planning, Human Resources, and Administrative Services, internal communications as well as shared resources. -Lead and managed all cross-functional aspects of EH&S; processes such as EH&S; standards selection, incident reporting, investigations and trending, EH&S; policy, Assurance, EH&S; performance metrics, EH&S; Coordinator and Committee, internal permits and authorizations, Crisis Management Team and strategic and annual planning. -Maintained periodic field presence to increase visibility for EH&S; programs, and authored an Agency monthly Safety news letter.
-Responsibilities included, oversight of subordinate employees, assisting in the management of the company safety program in conformance with the Department of Energy's Yucca Mountain Safety Program, DOE Orders, MSHA and OSHA Regulations. -Conducted field audits and formal inspections for compliance. Investigated and reported all accidents and incidents. Reviewed and developed new safety procedures and lesson plans pertaining to site-specific requirements. Conducted required risk assessments (RA), job safety analysis (JSA's). DOE Operations and Conduct of Operation, Corrective Actions of assessments and audits.
-Responsibilities included management, direction, and development of the RSL ES&H; program. -Responsible for providing substantial high-level contributions in EH&S; and other program areas and interfaced with senior and middle levels of management within Bechtel Nevada and the Department of Energy. Developed VPP application -This key position contributes to the formulation and direction of programs that enhance the preeminence of the organization. -The Remote Sensing Laboratory is stewards of a National Trust for a world-renowned scientific R&D; organization. -Provided specialized EH&S; services that include: industrial hygiene, radiation protection, environmental protection, waste management, medical services, safety engineering, property protection, emergency operations and life safety fire protection, warehousing of National Assets, interagency emergency response agreements, as well as Classified research across a wide range of scientific disciplines. -Reduced the total injury rate 83% and the recordable injury rate 72% during a six-year period of responsibility for the RSL ES&H; program.
-Directed and managed multiple functional areas at this multi site establishment, including; Industrial Safety (General Industry Safety, Construction Safety, Machine Guarding, Public Safety, Risk Management, Systems Safety, Ground Aviation Safety, Fleet and Traffic Safety (DOT issues), Fire Protection, Emergency Preparedness, ES&H; Training) Industrial Hygiene (Asbestos, Noise, Air Contaminants, Ventilation, Radiation Safety, Health Physics, Laser Safety, Respiratory Protection, Confined Spaces, Hazard communications, Ergonomics),Biological Safety (Hantavirus, Rabies, Plague, Blood Borne Pathogens, and Environmental Compliance (RCRA, CERCLA, SARA, CAA, CWA, TSCA, and SDWA). -Responsible for providing safety and health oversight to the Bechtel Nevada's National Security Response Mission. DOE Operations and Conduct of Operation, Corrective Actions of assessments and audits.
The National Security Response Mission is responsible for supporting the United States Government National Security Response activities. The focus of the Mission is on emergency response to weapons of mass destruction; counter-terrorism; non- and counter- proliferation of weapons of mass destruction at the National level; and force, facility, and critical infrastructure protection.
U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA, Anchorage, Alaska; Calumet City and Belleville, Illinois Washington, DC 20210 1983-1990 Sr. Safety and Occupational Health Specialist
Served as, acting Area Director, in the absence of, the Anchorage Office Area Director. Responsible for enforcement of the OSHA Act. Assisted subordinate staff members as required in the application, implementation, and interpretation of OSHA standards. Conducted comprehensive safety inspections of Federal agencies, including Elmendorf AFB, Fort Richardson, and the National Park Service. Have conducted over 800 OSHA inspections throughout the United States, while working for OSHA (approximately 450 general industry establishments and 350 construction establishments). Senior safety expert on the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
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EDUCATION: Central Missouri State University Warrensburg, MO 64093 USA M.S. Industrial Safety B.S. Industrial Safety CHCM #2622
JOB-RELATED TRAINING COURSES:
Day & Zimmermann:
Code of Ethics and Standards of Business Conduct, July 2008
OSHA Training:
Initial Compliance Course for Safety Officers 1983 Full Service Area Office Training Services Orientation 1984 OSHA Trainer Course 1984 Excavation, Trenching & Soil Mechanics 1984 Electrical Standards 1985 Accident Investigation 1987 Safety and Health for Oil and Gas Well Operations 1989 OSHA #501; Trainer Course in Occupational Safety & Health for the General Industry 2000 OSHA #500; Trainer Course in Occupational Safety & Health for the Construction Industry 2001
U. S. Department Of Energy Training
Compliance Assessment Program 1991 Accident Response Group Orientation (ARG) 1993 Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC-93) Exercise 1993 DOE Accident Investigation Workshop 1994 Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment 1994 Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (Handshake One) Exercise (Nevada Test Site) 1994 Hazardous Materials Transportation Training (National Safety Council, DOE, DOT) 1994 Nuclear Emergency Search Team Exercise (Mirage Gold) 1994 DOE Compliance/Self Assessment 1991 Conduct of Operations 1991 Radiological Worker II 1996
National Safety Council Training
Beyond Behavior Modification; Whats New In Safety Motivation 1992 Introduction to Industrial Hygiene for Safety Personnel 1993 Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene 1995 Successful Management Techniques in Safety 1995 High Impact Methods for Delivering Safety Training 1995 OSHA's Revised Respiratory Protection Standard 1998 Coaching the Lift Truck Operator Train the Trainer 1999 Job Safety Analysis Identifying & Controlling Hazards 2000 Accident Investigation 2000 Incident Investigation: A Management Approach 2000 Impossible People & Poor Performance: Removing Barriers for Safe Performance 2000
Mobile Cranes, Overhead Cranes & Rigging Considerations 1989
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Training
Assertive Communications 1989
Department Of Labor Training
Effective Report Writing 1984 Time Management For Professionals 1990 Compensation Specialists In The Federal Employees' Compensation Act 1999
University Of Southern California Training
Aviation Safety Program Management 1991
EG&G; Energy Measurements Training
Procedure Writing Workshop 1991 Emergency Action Team Training 1992 Environmental Awareness 1991 Fire Extinguisher 1993 Hazard Communications Training 1993 Hazardous Waste Minimization Training 1992 Quality Improvement 1991 Quality Assurance Awareness Training 1992 Initial Security Briefing 1991 Comprehensive Security Briefing 1991 Refresher Security Briefing 1993 Nuclear Emergency Search Team (NEST) Emergency Response Training 1991 Lockout/Tagout Training Initial 1991 Bomb Search Training 1991 Air Crew Emergency Training 1991 Radiation Orientation Training For airborne Personnel 1991 Stress Management 1992 Blood borne Pathogens Training 1993
Bechtel Nevada Training
Lift Truck Operators Safety Course 1996
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Training
Demonstration Workshop of an Integrated Emergency Response 1991
Institute for Applied Management and Law Training
Environmental, Health and Safety Law 1994
Government Institutes Training
Fundamentals of Nevada Environmental Law 1993
American Red Cross
Adult CPR 1985 Adult CPR 1997 Standard First Aid 1985 Standard First Aid 1997
American Management Association Training
Interpersonal Skills 2000
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory Training
Process Safety Management 1993 Process Hazard Analysis Workshop 1993
JOB-RELATED SKILLS:
Safety professional with Masters of Science degree and twenty one years experience managing and evaluating S&H; programs. Excellent record in developing and upgrading existing S&H; programs, accident and injury prevention, and hazard recognition.
Capabilities include:
At the special request of the Department of Energy (DOE), served on the DOEs Compliance Assessment Teams (CAT). Expert at the Development and implementation of occupational safety and health programs. Perform as key expert on special assignments to OSHA, in court as well as field compliance activities. Recognize, evaluate, and control industrial machinery hazards, equipment hazards, and working conditions to insure compliance with DOE, federal, state, and local regulations (OSHA, EPA, ANSI, NFPA, ACGIH, NIOSH, United States Air Force and United States Army Regulations, among others). Expert accident investigator.
Computer Skills:
Microsoft Window, starting with Windows 286 - Windows XP Microsoft Office Suite, 20 years experience, including MS Word, MS Project, MS Access, MS Front Page, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Power Point, Office Tools, expert user Microsoft Works, advanced user Epicor Vista Advanced user Corel Draw, intermediate user Corel Word Perfect Suite, advanced user Omni Page, advanced user McAfee, advanced user Act 2000, intermediate user Policies Now, intermediate user Pattys Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, advanced user Adobe Acrobat, advanced user Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop CS, intermediate user Adobe Illustrator version10, intermediate user Adobe Premiere version 6.5, intermediate user Adobe Image Ready, advanced user Lotus Notes, advanced user Lotus 123, beginner user WinZip Internet research, expert
JOB-RELATED CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES:
Certified Hazard Control Manager, Master Level #2622 Certified Blaster Certified Fork Lift Instructor Certified OSHA General Industry Outreach Trainer (OSHA 501 course). Certified OSHA Construction Industry Outreach Trainer (OSHA 500 course).
JOB-RELATED HONORS, AWARDS, MEMBERSHIPS, ETC.:
Trident Products, CEOs Award for Outstanding Performance - 2003 IBWC Service Award - 2000 IBWC, Commissioner's Award - 1999 EG&G; Energy Measurements, General Manager's Vision Award - 1994 DOL Service Award - 1988 American Society of Safety Engineers National Safety Council Human Factors Society National Fire Protection Association American Industrial Hygiene Association National Safety Management Society
