PROFESSIONAL INTRODUCTION
Dear Sirs,
I am 13 year veteran safety professional seeking a stable position where I can continue my career and educational goals and continue to make a difference in the workplace for my employer. I have been a safety professional since 1996 and am seeking a position with you with an extensive background managing a variety of different safety environments such as power and manufacturing plants; the oil exploration industry and construction. I began my career in safety after suffering an on the job injury in the oil exploration industry that landed me in the hospital for 23 months while working as a rough neck. My safety manger of that company included me in my injury investigation and incorporated my ideas in their future accident prevention techniques through engineering controls. They encouraged me to turn this into a positive opportunity by pursuing a degree in occupational safety and health technology where they could utilize me as a consultant. I also received my Emergency Medical Technicians license, became a certified MSHA instructor and learned Spanish. I am now pursuing my graduate degree in Occupational Safety and Health Engineering with an emphasis in Human Resources and Environmental Engineering from Columbia Southern University of Alabama via correspondence. I have completed 133 hours of this 274-degree program and plan to finish in May of 2012. I will take the Board Certified Construction Safety and Health exam in May and the Certified Safety Professional exam in November and receive my board certifications as a CHST and CSP this year. I believe that I will make an excellent asset to your company with my current knowledge and experience along with the knowledge and credentials that I will gain in the next 36 months.
My career has led me all over most recently overseeing the $2.8 billion Revel Resort and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey for Tishman who is the construction manager for the Revel Entertainment. Due to a slowing economy Revel has decided to slow construction for the project and this is why I am actively seeking a position with your company. Previous to working with Tishman I supervised a $1.5 billion power plant where the project successfully achieved three million man-hours from April of 2007 to March of 2008 without a lost time accident, which has never been recorded in that short an amount of time in the history of tracking accidents in the work place according to OSHA and the ASSE. I have supervised as many as 30 other safety professionals on past projects. I have worked on cement plants, an airport terminal, a wind generating power station, three traditional power plants, 40 miles of 24 inch pipe line and the steel erection of the Arizona Cardinals new $450 million dollar NFL stadium. I feel I have been in my profession long enough that I would be one heck of an asset to your organization.
Most importantly I want to be in an environment where I can make a difference where innovative safety programs are taken seriously and everyone is actively envolved in the safety program and the safety department is seen as an asset to help maintain productivity with a solution oriented attitude in preventing accidents. If you have any questions or know of someone who could benefited from my expertise please feel free to forward this on to them
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Robert Micheal Howell Jr.
Regional Safety Manager/Senior Safety Manager/Project Safety Manager
* Objective: Results-focused thirteen year veteran OCIP Safety Specialist eager to contribute expertise in Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Program Development/Administration, Training, and Operations toward supporting the employer in maximizing safety performance through Safety Analysis, Behavior Based Safety Program and Solution Oriented Strategic Safety Planning
* Large Scale Project Safety Leadership: As a member of management teams with well-known corporations on several high profile 100 million and multi billion-dollar project. Corporations and projects include: Tishman, Kiewit, Casey Ind. and Schuff Steel and projects like the Arizona Cardinal Stadium, IEEC Power Plant for GE, Revel Casino, Echelon Casino and Resort and Anchorage International Airport expansion. CAREER TRACK: Professional growth through such positions as Corporate Safety Director, Senior Safety Manager, Project Safety Manager and Safety Consultant.
* Safety Program Development/Implementation: Utilized management expertise gained over the past 13 years from within major corporations to develop successful programs for both small and large-scale workplaces. Proven track record of decreasing incidents and developing cultures through innovative programs that fall under varying different safety oversight genres including the EPA, MSHA and OSHA.
* Proven Record All Across Major Project Functions: Strategically formulate, develop and driven nationwide bi-lingual (English/Spanish) projects to execute proactive safety programs; have implemented programs throughout 11 US states. Vigilantly seeking ways to be innovative when it comes to developing proactive programs that include workers at all levels to create a culture of safety. Possess rich and varied experience and have consistently exceeded company objectives achieved through implementing programs that have seen a significant saving to projects thus increasing the corporate shareholders bottom line and protecting company assets.
* Associate Degree Occupational Safety Health Technology Odessa College - May 2000
* Actively Pursuing a Graduate Degree in Occupational Safety & Environmental Engineering Columbia Southern University
* OSHA 500 Instructor OSHA Institute, Denver, Colorado and University of California, San Diego - February 2005, 2007
* MSHA Instructor Part 46 & 48 - Rocky Mountain Geological & Safety Educational Institute in Denver, Colorado - July 2000
* Emergency Medical Technician Odessa College - May 2000
* HAZWOPER Instructor Odessa College December 1997
Selected Achievements & Skills
* Orchestrated a project turnaround and reduced project injury pay out by fifty percent. Recruited as a safety manager (2005-2006) by Casey Industrial and proved my skill invaluable for the training of new safety recruits. Was promoted to Sr. Safety Manager and asked to turn around a project and help implement a behavior based program that would create a proactive safety culture where a 51% decrease in claims cost was achieved in under ninety days.
* Developed a specialized job hazard analysis to help aid in hazard recognition. Served as Safety Manager with Kiewit Construction Company overseeing the building of a casino in California (2003-2004), a construction company with the lowest incident record in the country and this offered me an opportunity to work in an environment that encouraged ingenuity. Developed a task analysis on redundant operation that incorporated pictures and bullet points to identify hazards and quality control items thus giving supervisors a visual aid to help keep their employees aware of work process hazards. We were so successful in venture that our project was awarded the safest in the Pacific district.
* As Corporate Safety Director of Western Industrial Inc. (2000-2001) when recruited Western Industrial Inc., was using a safety program borrowed from their client whose program was sited for deficiency. Was charged with improving the program and undertook additional safety training and created a corporate MSHA safety program that when audited was the only program from nine companies not sited by auditors for training or program implementation.
* Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Highly personable and capable of working with other safety professionals and supervisory staff. Proficient in solving problems and implementing solutions under a tight deadline. Hands-on safety professional capable of efficiently adapting to any work environment presented. Able to efficiently manage other safety professionals, all of a companies risks and a departmental budget.
Career Overview/Entrepreneurial Experience
* Tishman Corporation of New Jersey & Nevada Present Site Safety Manager
* Van Ert Electric Company Inc. 2007 - 2008 Senior Safety Manager GEs IEEC Power Plant
* Casey Industrial 2005 - 2006 Senior Safety Manager
* Schuff Steel Company 2004-2005 Site Safety Coordinator for the Arizona NFL Stadium Project
* Texas Wind Power 2003-2004 Project Safety Coordinator/Consultant $171 million wind farm
* Kiewit Pacific Building Company 2002-2003 Assistant Project Safety Coordinator
* Saulsbury Industries 2001-2002 Site Safety Coordinator
* Western Industrial Inc. 2000-2001 Corporate Safety Director
* Rod Ric Drilling Corporation 1999-2000 Corporate Personnel and Safety Director
* DBA Howell Safety Consulting 1996-2009 Owner/Safety Professional
|
