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This resume shows leadership in health and safety management at Pillsbury production facilities. Employers are interested in your leadership triumphs.

Work Experience

1994 Current, THE PILLSBURY COMPANY

1999 Current, Frozen Breakfast Division

Operations Team Leader
One of four operations team leaders selected for the startup of a $200 million state of the art frozen USDA food facility.
Managed all aspects of production by leading a group of shop floor personnel through the startup of 2 production lines.

+ Initiated the safety foundation for the plant resulting in 600,000 hours of no lost time incidents to date.
+ Supervised 7 maintenance, 2 facilitators and 35 production personnel.
+ Managed the production team to meet and exceed the weekly production volume demand, line efficiency and waste level.
+ Reduced sanitation time from 9 hours to 6 hours and still met the USDA inspection requirements.
+ Installed and trained SAP system to track shop floor production and inventory control.
+ Facilitated the integration of the Total Preventive Maintenance philosophy to the shop floor.
+ Significantly improved communication among team members by conflict resolution.

1995 1999, Baked and Breakfast Division

Regional Health and Safety Manager

Managed all aspects of health and safety for 5 Pillsbury production facilities, each employing over 250 employees.
Reported to the Director of Safety at Pillsbury Headquarters in Minneapolis.

+ Installed and maintained safety programs for the Green Giant, Hungry Jack and Pillsbury brands to ensure compliance
with federal and state safety acts.
+ Advised plant safety coordinators on work related injury cases to avoid litigation and minimize cost.
+ Provided training for safety through effective employee involvement and instituted safety awareness in all 5 facilities.
+ Audited and developed action plans for potential hazardous practices as part of the Process Safety Management system.
+ Campaigned and succeeded in incorporating safety measurements into employees gain sharing program.

1994 1995, Green Giant Division

Health and Safety Coordinator

Facilitated all safety meetings, training, orientation and incident investigation.

+ Reduced the plant incident rate by 40% while reducing workers compensation cost by 25%.
+ Carried out a team driven behavioral based safety process to reduce injury and build team skills.
+ Developed plant emergency response process.

1993 – 1994, MORTON INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED

Health and Safety Coordinator

Held safety meetings, provided training and supervision to all areas of safety and environment

+ Developed and implemented OSHA programs to fit the facility.
+ Created a quarterly safety audit and inspection process.
+ Headed an environmental project to greatly reduce VOC emissions.

Education

1994 Illinois State University, Normal, IL [ City, State ]
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health

Professional Memberships

American Society of Safety Engineers

References

Available upon Request