Mr. McCormick

Resourceful Industrial Hygienist who consistently meets and exceeds productivity goals. Proven capacity to provide excellent service for clients in a wide range of industries. Maintains a high level of professionalism, patience and efficiency to ensure services are being performed in accordance with federal, state and client requirements.

Industrial Hygienist GS-12 - United States Navy - Colts Neck, NJ & Fort Worth, TX

(2018-12)

• Performs industrial hygiene inspections, surveys and evaluations individually or as part of a team. Assesses work practices to identify the population at risk and detect violations of Public Health standards (OSHA, DoD, Naval Command)
• Evaluates and reviews industrial hygiene related aspects of research on new or rare chemicals for which toxicity data is not available or for which there are no standards to use as guidelines.
• Assess the need for quantitative determination of problems in ventilation; air contamination; noise and other physical stressors.
• Prepares written reports of IH survey findings including health hazards identified, exposure monitoring required and controls recommended.
• Maintains, calibrates, and selects appropriate equipment and conducts or oversees sampling. Evaluates the results of sampling performed independently or with the assistance of technicians.
• Provides on-the-job technical guidance to junior Industrial Hygienists and Industrial Hygiene Technicians in carrying out inspections, surveys and sampling.
• Provides instructions, training, and advice to other professional employees of the agency. May discuss, in general terms, possible abatement procedures.
• Conducts walk-through of worksite, noting which operations could constitute potential health hazards, conducts sampling where ceiling limits have been established and determines where to resample on a subsequent visits.
• Consults with management officials and employee representatives concerning the nature and purpose of the inspection and the procedures which will be followed.
• Upon completion of survey, conducts closing conference with management, advising them of preliminary findings, explaining their right to contest the citations, and informing them of the requirement to post citations
• Evaluates the results of sampling performed independently or with the assistance of technicians

Industrial Hygienist GS-12 - Department of Veteran Affairs - Brooklyn, NY

(2017-04 - 2018-12)

• Manages an industrial hygiene program including area and personal monitoring, recordkeeping, medical surveillance, respiratory protection programs, hazardous materials and waste handling
• Conducts inspections and surveys to identify potential health hazards and presence of hazardous conditions including laboratories, operating rooms, food processing, maintenance work and construction areas
• Reviews hazardous chemical disposal techniques in clinical laboratories, research laboratories and other areas to ensure compliance with established federal, state and local regulations
• Establishes programs for medical surveillance of employees exposed to specific hazardous materials or physical hazards including recommending measures for eliminating or reducing hazard exposures
• Evaluates work processes and procedure to ensure a safe work environment as well as compliance with established federal, state, and local regulations
• Identifies engineering controls, administrative controls, use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to control or eliminate identified hazards

Industrial Hygienist - Bureau Veritas - Edison, NJ

(2015-09 - 2017-04)

• Performed industrial hygiene exposure assessments, including respirable particulate exposure, noise monitoring, heat stress, and industrial solvent exposure.
• Consulted with clients regarding industrial hygiene monitoring needs.
• Performed personal and area air monitoring for a wide range of chemical and biological exposures and had results analyzed using appropriate OSHA / EPA sampling methods. Interpreted the data gathered from the assessment and designed appropriate corrective recommendations. Prepared written reports in a timely manner for review to management for submission to clients following completion of projects
• Responsible for the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene as it relates to exposure assessment and evaluation of controls for occupational safety and health hazards.
• Provided onsite monitoring and consultation to clients, program and process control review, assistance with program management and compliance, and determination of adequacy of control implementations.
• Asbestos building inspection, air sampling for various contaminants in industrial as well as residential settings.
• Performed asbestos bulk surveys at commercial and manufacturing sites.
• Assisted clients with exposure assessment remediation plans
• Interpreted analytical results and provided client with written reports following the completion of a project
• Major projects have included aerospace manufacturing physical hazard risk assessments, bottling industrial hygiene program management and exposure assessment, environmental management and performance conformity assessments, oil and gas exposure control efficacy assessments, and utility company exposure assessment program management and time critical response activities.

Environmental Health & Safety Supervisor - ACV Enviro. - Rahway, NJ

(2014-06 - 2015-09)

• Perform audits daily and insure that employees understand and implement correct health and safety practices; this includes inspecting and auditing permits, Job Safety Analysis reports, confined space entry logs, air monitoring statistics, personal protective equipment and client requirements.
• Conduct site level training as needed to reinforce proper safety procedures in accordance with both the client’s and corporate policies.
• Coordinate, track and document various training and medical surveillance requirements.
• Conducted daily toolbox safety meetings with field employees and assisted operations managers with safety needs and supplies.
• Recommend, review, write and edit site specific Health and Safety Plans
• Experience working in process facilities, utilities and power plants, following the rules and safety regulations and stressing safe working habits to all contractors prior to and during project. Investigate all accidents and incidents including the timely submission of all reports utilizing proper fact finding techniques. Insure corrective and preventive measures are established and completed
• Developed various inspection programs in accordance with OSHA regulations, responsible for implementation and enforcement of these programs for all service locations.

Mail Handler - USPS - Kearny, NJ

(1999-06 - 2014-07)

• Required to comply with OSHA standards on workplace safety
• Utilized Ergonomics when physically transporting heavy equipment
• Learned concepts of teamwork and communication amongst coworkers with the expressed goal of meeting deadlines

M.S. - Occupational Health and Safety - Columbia Southern University (2018-12)

B.S. - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health concentration - Rutgers University (2015-10)