Alan McDaniel
La Mesa
Summary
I am a dedicated safety management professional with extensive experience working with owners, owners reps, general contractors, and field personnel on wide ranging projects including industrial, commercial, and utility electric, heavy civil, and government EM-385 projects . After graduating from SDSU with a B.A in Psychology and obtaining my General Electrician Certification, I became interested in a career in safety and have obtained many safety certifications, including my CHST. I have over 12 years of electrical experience and extensive experience working with diverse clients on diverse projects including utility safety through San Diego Gas & Electric, heavy civil/ grading, commercial multi story ground up projects, industrial, and battery energy storage renewable energy projects. I have a passion for working with people to make job sites safer through proactive identification and correction of hazards and have a proven record of seeing projects through to completion with no lost time incidents.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SSHO
R.A. Burch Construction
09.2025 - Current
- I am an SSHO for RA Burch Construction working on multiple military projects ranging from 18-32 million dollars. I work closely with trades, RA Burch management, and military personnel to ensure that AHA’s are submitted and accepted for all definable scopes of work and work is performed per OSHA and EM 385 standards. Safety standards are maintained through proactively walking the site and meeting with foreman to understand scopes of work and identify and correct deficiencies, inspecting all equipment on site, conducting orientations, writing incident reports, and maintaining deficiency logs including a daily safety report to track observations and trends.
Safety Consultant
Safe T Professionals
01.2025 - 08.2025
- I was the Site Safety Manager for Baker Electric at the Ventasso 50 Mega Watt Battery Energy Storage Project. The project consisted of over 100 concrete pads for battery energy storage equipment, deep excavations for the Gen-Tie, medium voltage (MV) direct burial cable installation, power distribution, and the construction of a 69KV substation. I managed all site safety operations, ensured compliance with OSHA and site specific standards and oversaw higher risk activities including crane operations, trenching and shoring, and substation and site energization preparation and LOTO activities. I worked closely with Baker Electric, sub contractors, and the client to ensure safe behaviors and conditions through conducting weekly site safety meetings, observing all crews on site and making corrections when needed, attending all project status meetings with Baker and the client, and conducting incident reports.
Safety Advisor
Professional Safety Solutions
07.2024 - 11.2024
- I was the Safety Advisor for the SDGE/ AM Ortega Stream View Substation rebuild project in San Diego, CA, consisting of heavy civil construction, extensive grading, and 15’ CMU perimeter and retaining walls. I worked to ensure that the General Contractor and all subcontractors worked within SDGE standards, their companies standards, and OSHA regulations. I conducted daily job site audits and worked closely with SDGE and multiple contractors to foster a positive safety culture.
Electrical & Civil Field Safety Observer (FSO) & Electrical Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Icon Utility Services
10.2023 - 05.2024
- I was responsible for observing both civil and electrical crews working on the Strategic Underground Project with SDGE and AECOM. My primary responsibility as the projects electrical SME, was observing the Lineman who were de-energizing overhead primary distribution lines to demo and remove from service, and performing various activities involved with reestablishing power fed underground versus overhead. I observed to ensure that crews were following SDGE, OSHA, NFPA 70E standards, and trench and excavation safe work practices and standards when performing work. I collaborated and worked closely with AECOM and SDGE staff, FCA’s, foreman, superintendents, and safety teams, to foster and improve the safety culture and align policy and procedures with SDGE and OSHA standards.
Safety Coordinator
Sargent Electric
07.2023 - 09.2023
- I managed the safety program at the Melrose Battery Energy Storage System (“BESS”) project . The project consisted of heavy civil construction, grading, extensive cement work, crane picks to set equipment, and expansive electrical. I conducted new hire orientations, conducted job site safety audits and identified and corrected hazards. I ensured that monthly and quarterly inspections were completed on time and that daily equipment inspections were completed by crew members. I inspected trenches and ensured that conditions were safe, oversaw the fall protection program on site, crane lift plans and associated activities, ensured that confined space entry procedures on site were compliant with OSHA and company standards, and ensured all other safety policies and procedures were followed.
Journeyman Electrician
IBEW 569
04.2012 - 06.2023
- I am currently a Journeyman Electrician and have worked for various union contractors through the IBEW 569 Union since April 2012. For each contractor I performed electrician duties on a daily basis ranging from bending and installing EMT, galvanized, and stainless rigid conduit, pulling branch and feeder wire, making up panels, transformers and motors, installing lighting control systems, performing HVAC control work, and installing electric vehicle charging systems. In addition to the following, my role included extensive safety responsibilities for the protection of myself and those underneath me. The following responsibilities included writing JHA's for activities including electrical work, LOTO, confined space entry, trenching and excavating, fall protection, and scaffolding, performing jobsite walks, and identifying and correcting hazards.
Safety Coordinator & Journeyman Electrician
Dynalectric
10.2019 - 05.2020
- I was Dynalectric’s Safety coordinator on the Manchester Navy GAF site. The project consisted of heavy civil and commercial construction on a ground up 12+ story building. I did job site audits, identified and corrected hazards including assessing fall hazards and ensured proper protection was in place, completed site injury and accident reports, maintained safety equipment, and maintained all related safety paperwork. When not performing safety duties, I assisted with electrical.
Safety Engineer
Morrow Meadows
04.2017 - 11.2017
- I managed the safety program at the Carlsbad Energy Center Project, a 500 MW ground up power plant. I conducted on site new hire safety orientations, conducted site specific safety audits and made corrections and recommendations to maintain a safe work environment, facilitated accident/incident investigations to determine cause and corrective action, trained on site personnel on safety procedures and equipment, and maintained all new hire and safety files. I also managed the trenching and underground safety program, fall protection, and confined space program to ensure that all critical activities were performed according to standards.
Education
Bachelors Degree - Psychology
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA01.2009
NFPA 70E Arch Flash Hazard Awareness - undefined
Electrical Training Institute of San Diego, IBEW 569
San Diego, CA08.2024
Confined Space - Permit Required Entrant, Attendant, Competent Certificate - undefined
Pacific Safety Center
San Diego, CA01.2017
NUCA Excavation Safety & Competent Person Training Program - undefined
NUCA
San Diego, CA01.2017
OSHA 510 - undefined
UCSD
San Diego, CA01.2017
Journeyman Inside Wireman Apprenticeship Certificate of Completion - undefined
San Diego Electrical Training Center – IBEW 569
San Diego, CA01.2016
General Electrician Certification - undefined
California Department of Industrial Relations
San Francisco, CA01.2016
Competent Person Certificate Trenching And Excavations - undefined
Trench Shoring Company
Los Angeles, CA01.2016
Competent Person Certificate Fall Protection - undefined
Pacific Safety Center
San Diego, CA01.2016
Skills
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Self-Directed
- Electrical safety and OSHA Standards
- EM-385 standards
- Trench and Excavation Safety
- Fall Protection
- Confined space entry
- management/ owner relations
- Hazard identification & mitigation
- Incident documenting/ reporting & investigations
- Professional writing
Certification
- CHST Certification, Board of Certified Safety Professionals, 2023-07-26
- American Red Cross, CPR, AED, First Aid Certificate: 2023-12-15 - 2025-12-15
- 40 hour EM 385, Oshacademy Occupational Safety & Health Training, 2025-09-09
- San Diego Electrical Training Center- IBEW 569, San Diego, CA – OSHA 30, EM 385, 2025-10-27
Timeline
SSHO
R.A. Burch Construction
09.2025 - Current
Safety Consultant
Safe T Professionals
01.2025 - 08.2025
Safety Advisor
Professional Safety Solutions
07.2024 - 11.2024
Electrical & Civil Field Safety Observer (FSO) & Electrical Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Icon Utility Services
10.2023 - 05.2024
Safety Coordinator
Sargent Electric
07.2023 - 09.2023
Safety Coordinator & Journeyman Electrician
Dynalectric
10.2019 - 05.2020
Safety Engineer
Morrow Meadows
04.2017 - 11.2017
Journeyman Electrician
IBEW 569
04.2012 - 06.2023
NFPA 70E Arch Flash Hazard Awareness - undefined
Electrical Training Institute of San Diego, IBEW 569
Confined Space - Permit Required Entrant, Attendant, Competent Certificate - undefined
Pacific Safety Center
NUCA Excavation Safety & Competent Person Training Program - undefined
NUCA
OSHA 510 - undefined
UCSD
Journeyman Inside Wireman Apprenticeship Certificate of Completion - undefined
San Diego Electrical Training Center – IBEW 569
General Electrician Certification - undefined
California Department of Industrial Relations
Competent Person Certificate Trenching And Excavations - undefined
Trench Shoring Company
Competent Person Certificate Fall Protection - undefined
Pacific Safety Center
Bachelors Degree - Psychology
San Diego State University