Safety Manager

Safety Manager — Vanguard Manufacturing

Columbus, OH | January 2024 – Present

• Led comprehensive EHS audits across 3 industrial plants with 300+ personnel, identifying and correcting 165+ physical hazards to ensure 100% OSHA regulatory compliance.
• Redesigned lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) safety protocols and conducted training sessions for 140 machine operators, reducing machinery incident rates by 42% in 12 months.
• Managed a departmental safety budget of $150,000, negotiating contract terms with personal protective equipment vendors to lower annual procurement costs by 19%.
• Investigated 14 near-miss and injury occurrences, implementing preventative safety actions that lowered workers' compensation claims by 30% and improved response time.

Safety Specialist — Apex Logistics Group

Cincinnati, OH | August 2021 – December 2023

• Conducted weekly safety inspections of a 200,000-square-foot distribution hub, resolving 95+ regulatory compliance infractions and maintaining zero-accident milestones.
• Developed and delivered safety onboarding training for 250+ logistics staff, reducing new-hire incident rates during their first 90 days of employment by 35%.
• Chaired the monthly safety advisory council, expanding floor hazard reports by 45% and getting 15 capital safety enhancement recommendations funded and completed.
• Maintained federal OSHA 300, 300A, and 301 compliance logs with 100% precision, ensuring audit readiness and submitting reports 15 days before the regulatory deadline.

OSHA 1910 Compliance, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), Hazard Communication (HazCom), Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Lock-out/Tag-out (LOTO), Root Cause Analysis, Accident Investigation, Safety Auditing, Industrial Hygiene, Emergency Action Plans, OSHA 300 Log Maintenance, SafetyCulture, Gensuite, Intelex

EHS Software Integration

Role: Safety Manager

Tools: SafetyCulture, MS Project, SharePoint

Configured and deployed digital incident tracking software across 3 sites, reducing reporting lag time by 48% and improving data accuracy by 30%.

Pedestrian Safety Redesign

Role: Safety Specialist

Tools: AutoCAD, MS Excel, SafetyCulture

Engineered physical separator pathways and light alert systems, eliminating forklift-to-pedestrian near-misses over a 12-month evaluation window.

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) (2023)
• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) (2021)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Professional)
• Volunteer Work: First-aid and CPR instructor for local community center (2022-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice