Aaron Joseph
Houston,TEXAS
Summary
I'm a safety professional with over 10 years of Safety, Health and Environmental experience upholding company policies and procedures. Understanding chain of command has enable me to communicate at all levels with upper management as well as the workforce on a day to day basis. I uphold OSHA, NFPA as well as EPA guidelines ensuring company compliance. I've been responsible for managing large scale crews, conducting new hire orientations as well as mentoring short service employees (SSE). I'm qualified to run Mass Morning Safety Meetings, as well as act as a liaison to clients as well as upper management and communicate in multicultural environments. I'm passionate about safety and my goal is to execute the upmost professionalism on each assigned task to positively affect the safety culture.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
FIELD SAFETY TECH
JT THORPE
01.2025 - 06.2025
- Conducted daily shift handovers with Field Safety counterparts.
- Received updates on potential injuries and accidents.
- Passed out daily Yellow Cards. Where employees were able to identify hazards and correct hazards.
- Regularly performed Mass Monday Meetings. These safety restart meetings were an effective way for the project to communicate specifics alerts and information to the entire project. I was one a hand full of Safety Professionals willing to present the Monday meetings.
- Reviewing crews in my assigned units daily working instructions, Job Safety Analysis (JSAs) Standard (STAs)
- Reviewing job scopes and associated documentation assigned to the work:
- - Safety Data Sheets (SDS) review
- - Crane Critical Lifting Plans review
- - Rescue Plan review
- - Ventilation Plan review
- Evaluated critical work and requested permits from construction supervisors.
- - Hot Work Permits
- - Cold Work Permits
- - Confined Space Work Permits
- Conducting initial atmospheric testing prior to opening Hot work and Confined space permits.
- Managing permits on a 12hr cycle or on a shift basis.
- In the event an incident or accident occurred I immediately responded to the location to determine the nature of an incident or accident.
- Acted as a first responder and assisted injured employees until the Onsite ERT arrived.
- Conducted incident investigation after the emergency was complete to determine the root cause of the incident.
- Clients & Locations: Koch Oklahoma, North Dakota, OCI Beaumont
Confined Space/ Fire Watch Foreman
Night Hawk Safety Services
12.2023 - 11.2024
- Supervise and coordinate teams of 10+ hole watch and fire watch personnel during refinery shutdowns and turnarounds.
- Ensure all team members are properly trained and equipped for confined space and hot work operations.
- Conduct daily safety briefings and enforce compliance with OSHA regulations and client-specific safety policies.
- Work closely with safety managers and permit writers to verify all necessary documentation and controls are in place.
- Maintain logs, permits, and real-time status of all confined space activities.
- Acted as lead watch during confined space and hot work operations at chemical plants and power stations.
- Conducted air monitoring, initiated rescue protocols, and ensured immediate access to fire extinguishing equipment.
- Trained new hires on proper PPE use, radio communication, and emergency procedures.
- Reported safety incidents and near-misses, recommending corrective actions.
Safety Attendant Foreman / Lead
JCL Safety Services
11.2016 - 03.2022
- Supervise and coordinate teams of 10+ hole watch and fire watch personnel during refinery shutdowns and turnarounds.
- Ensure all team members are properly trained and equipped for confined space and hot work operations.
- Conduct daily safety briefings and enforce compliance with OSHA regulations and client-specific safety policies.
- Work closely with safety managers and permit writers to verify all necessary documentation and controls are in place.
- Maintain logs, permits, and real-time status of all confined space activities.
- Acted as lead watch during confined space and hot work operations at chemical plants and power stations.
- Conducted air monitoring, initiated rescue protocols, and ensured immediate access to fire extinguishing equipment.
- Trained new hires on proper PPE use, radio communication, and emergency procedures.
- Reported safety incidents and near-misses, recommending corrective actions.
Education
High School - undefined
Galena Park High School
01.2011
Skills
Job Hazard Analyses
Communication
Training
Manufacturing Safety
Excell
Power Point
Risk Assessment
OSHA
Root Cause Analysis
Employee Onboarding
- Safety Software
Certification
- NCCER, CSSS, CSST FIELD SAFETY TECHNOLOGY CERTIFIED
- SITE SAFETY MANAGEMENT RISK
- MANAGEMENT INCIDENT
- INVESTIGATION TARPROOT
- 5WHY’S EMERGENCY RESPONSE
- MANAGEMENT OSHA 30
- FIRST AID CPR Certified
- BASIC PLUS
- CONFINED SPACE, FIREWATCH, BOTTLE WATCH CERTIFIED
Timeline
FIELD SAFETY TECH
JT THORPE
01.2025 - 06.2025
Confined Space/ Fire Watch Foreman
Night Hawk Safety Services
12.2023 - 11.2024
Safety Attendant Foreman / Lead
JCL Safety Services
11.2016 - 03.2022
High School - undefined
Galena Park High School