Andrew Thomas
Ruston,LA
Summary
Dynamic and compassionate professional with a strong background in student advocacy and crisis intervention, honed during my internship at Louisiana Tech University. Proven ability to enhance social-emotional learning and provide effective individual counseling, while fostering positive relationships with diverse student populations. Committed to improving mental health outcomes through tailored support and collaboration.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
School Counseling Intern
Louisiana Tech University
06.2024 - 08.2026
- Regularly met with enrolled students to confirm success and identify problem areas.
- Maintained positive relationships with students, faculty, alumni, and administration.
- Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust, and rapport to deescalate situations.
- Identified and addressed concerns of incoming students and parents.
- Coordinated with outside agencies to determine students receive appropriate services and resources.
Project Safety Manager
Thomas Safety, LLC
01.2023 - 05.2024
- Verified that team members wore personal protective equipment in construction areas.
- Maintained safe and healthful job site while meeting or exceeding standard safety policies.
- Required subcontractors and site visitors to follow safety rules, regulations and OSHA standards.
- Completed at least ten hours of safety continuing education every month.
- Completed at least ten hours of safety continuing education every month.
- Communicated safe methods and procedures to accomplish construction tasks and delivered safety training classes.
- Directed recordkeeping and paperwork preparation in line with OSHA requirements.
- Conducted new employee interviews, orientation and training and provided ongoing monitoring and evaluation.
Safety Specialist
ROW Management, LLC
12.2017 - 11.2022
- Gathered information, prepared reports, and drafted correspondence related to cases.
- Supported audit procedures to check all procedures, processes and work standards.
- Aligned work processes with bodily mechanics to improve job function which reduced workplace repetitive movement injuries by 98 %.
- Escorted inspectors and answered questions about facility operations.
Right of Way Agent
Magellan Midstream Partners, LLC
03.2015 - 10.2018
- Conducted property acquisition negotiations with landowners impacted by transmission line route construction.
- Followed land acquisition and construction permitting schedules to facilitate on-time project completion.
- Interacted with external attorneys and land appraisers to clarify land acquisition parameters.
Right of Way Agent
Gullett and Associates, Inc.
05.2013 - 02.2016
- Synchronized project construction schedules and damage settlement negotiations to minimize project delays.
- Analyzed data from engineering drawings, land surveys and environmental reports to draw conclusions on project impacts.
- Coordinated purchases of power generation facility sites and transmission line easements to enable facility construction.
- Interpreted job schematics and transmission line route documentation to identify land easement requirements.
- Prepared detailed land cost estimates to establish framework for land acquisition.
- Collaborated with project engineering and facility construction personnel on transmission line routes to inform landowner negotiations.
- Identified existing property easements to facilitate transmission line construction process.
- Searched public domain records and private databases to locate property ownership documentation.
Education
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA08-2025
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA05-2014
Bachelor of Science - Geographic Information Systems
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA05-2014
Skills
- Student advocacy
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Special education support
- Social-emotional learning
- Suicide prevention
- Academic advising
- Professional ethics
- Referral coordination
- Individual counseling
- Diverse groups presentations
- Coping strategies
- Therapy and counseling
- Individual and family support
- Policy and procedure improvements
- Listening actively
- Mediation and crisis intervention
- Confidential services
- Group therapy facilitator
- Crisis intervention strategies
- Counseling and therapy
- Alcohol and substance abuse
- Mental health assessments
- Diverse student populations
- Rational problem solving
- Compassionate
- Crisis intervention
- Conflict mediation
- Behavioral assessment
- Conflict resolution
- Group counseling
- Social and emotional health
Timeline
School Counseling Intern
Louisiana Tech University
06.2024 - 08.2026
Project Safety Manager
Thomas Safety, LLC
01.2023 - 05.2024
Safety Specialist
ROW Management, LLC
12.2017 - 11.2022
Right of Way Agent
Magellan Midstream Partners, LLC
03.2015 - 10.2018
Right of Way Agent
Gullett and Associates, Inc.
05.2013 - 02.2016
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
Louisiana Tech University
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
Louisiana Tech University
Bachelor of Science - Geographic Information Systems
Louisiana Tech University
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