Corey J. Dugan
Senior EHS Specialist
Shawnee,KS
Summary
Dedicated environmental health and safety professional eager to integrate into a dynamic safety culture, bringing expertise in knowledge sharing, tool provision, and training. Committed to fostering a collaborative team environment that prioritizes the balance of safety, quality, and production while instilling core company principles across all levels. Demonstrated proficiency in implementing safety protocols, conducting thorough risk assessments, and ensuring regulatory compliance, complemented by strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Recognized for adaptability to evolving needs and a reliable track record in hazard identification, emergency response planning, and employee training, consistently achieving results while upholding high standards.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Senior EHS Specialist
Cargill Inc.
Kansas City, MO
02.2021 - Current
- Support the plant manager in navigation and implementation of EHS initiatives.
- Partner with regional domain and country environmental, health and safety to support management of site operating permits.
- Support suitable training content and delivery in line with global and regional requirements, conduct gap assessment to identify training needs, adjust curriculum to reflect site specific needs and deliver training.
- Partner with key site or project leaders to integrate and operationalize environmental, health and safety programs and drive culture of safety, compliance and continuous improvement.
- Ensure strong alignment of goals, metrics and targets with plant vision and targets and govern site performance targets together with plant and site leadership team.
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues as appropriate.
- Construction permitting and contractor oversight.
Site Safety Coordinator
Blattner Energy
06.2018 - 08.2020
- Coordinated with estimation team to determine safety budget for each project
- Trained new hires on safety expectations of the company
- Lead daily and weekly safety discussions and planned safety demonstrations
- Inspected facilities, machinery and safety equipment for Company/OSHA/State compliance
- Completed incident investigations, reports and root cause analysis
- Risk and injury management, claims reporting and documentation
- Emergency response planning, documentation and training
- Coordinated specialized training such as: tower climbing safety, rigging and crane inspection, LOTO, and First Aid/CPR/AED.
- Policy development and implementation
- Pre-employment scheduling and testing (union)
- Procurement of necessary PPE and tools Assist in DOT compliance
- Other responsibilities taken on: LEAN advantage member
Education
Bachelor’s - Safety and Environmental Management
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, KS05.2018
Skills
Workplace inspections and hazard identification
Employee training development and delivery
Occupational Health exposure testing
Environmental permit application, monitoring and compliance reporting (Title V, NSPS, SWPP, NRC, Tier II, etc)
Near Miss and Incident RCA and investigation reporting
Emergency action plan training and drill coordination
OSHA compliance
Internal auditing
Employee relation and culture development
Interdepartmental coordination and planning
Certification
OSHA 30: Construction and General Industry
Timeline
Senior EHS Specialist
Cargill Inc.
02.2021 - Current
Site Safety Coordinator
Blattner Energy
06.2018 - 08.2020
Bachelor’s - Safety and Environmental Management
Pittsburg State University