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Cynthia DiMeglio

Middlebury,CT

Summary

Versatile EH&S Senior Manager with 20+ years of Environment, Health and safety experience in a manufacturing environment. Skilled at leading teams, embracing change, strategizing, implementing and overseeing key improvements to build a strong management system, ensure regulatory compliance, build a positive safety culture by engaging the workforce, and drive business efficiency. Pursuing new professional challenges with a growth-oriented company.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior ESH Manager, RMS Enterprise

Lockheed Martin Corporation
05.2018 - Current
  • Led team of eighteen ESH professionals responsible for strategizing, implementing and developing common key ESH programs and initiatives to strengthen ESH compliance and management systems and meet Target Zero and Go Green metrics across both represented and non-represented sites.
  • Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale achieving consistent 95% favorable approval on company-wide culture surveys.
  • Implemented effective and comprehensive communication plan including ESH Minutes/Alerts, best practices, videos, and RMS wide monthly communication meeting.
  • Developed a comprehensive Compliance/Assurance program to include self-assessments, peer assessments, internal auditing programs, and third-party audits to ensure compliance.
  • Expanded Incident Review Committee across RMS, added a Serious Incident and Fatality (SIF) management process, and improved nature and type of incidents in corporate tool which all improved the effectiveness of the incident investigation process.
  • Increased the number of ISO 14001/45001 registered sites by 45% (five sites to nine).
  • Strengthened a comprehensive ergonomics program resulting in the implementation of over XX ergo projects saving XX in cost avoidance over X years, enhanced ergonomic job management tool (EJMS) risk assessment tool for the quantitative measurement of ergonomic risk.
  • Provided a five-year strategy to implement new common system tools that included tracking metrics, developing standard work, training and driving accountability to achieve challenging objectives and align with digital transformation objectives.
  • Reviewed and trended incident data including injuries, close calls, environmental releases, risk assessments to develop focused risk reduction implementation plans across the enterprise.
  • Reduced recordable incident rate and severity rate by 50% over the past five years by implementing an effective return to work program, continuous improvement events, and programs that effectively target risk.
  • Implemented key performance indicator (KPI) dashboard report to track leading and lagging indicators across the lines of businesses within RMS, drive performance and ensure leadership accountability.
  • Represent RMS on Operational Leadership Team (OLT) and collaborate with LM Corporate EHS team and other LM Business Areas to implement strategies and initiatives as directed by the LM Leadership council.
  • Lead ESH talent development initiative for Lockheed Martin which included a career development guidance document, website, and skills matrix tool and mentoring.

Manager, EH&S Programs

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
11.2015 - 05.2018
  • Led a team of eight EH&S professionals that managed the following programs: Injury and Illness Management (includes OSHA Recordkeeping), Ergonomics, Corporate metrics, Procedures, ESH Training, Safety Engineering, Workers Compensation and Human and Organizational Performance
  • Developed, implemented and led a comprehensive incident management committee (IRC) to drive effective preventative and corrective actions to address underlying issues, and drive accountability.
  • Built ergonomics program to include a quantitative risk assessment tool (EJMS), a rotational engineer program, training for engineers, and an ergonomic assessment request process. In addition, secured a dedicated ergonomic resource to drive the implementation of the program.
  • Developed collaborative strategy for injury management working with Operations. Prepared an enterprise action plan for injury reduction that addressed risks, leading injury drivers and aligned with corporate goals.
  • Served as International Trade Compliance (ITC) Focal for the ESH organization.
  • Led Human and organizational performance (HOP) initiative and Business Leadership Training program

Manager, EH&S Training

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
02.2011 - 11.2015
  • Developed the strategy for managing ESH training across the company including assigning training to over 15K employees using the LMS, creating automated risk and compliance-based assignment profiles and curricula and implementing a standardized job assessment tool.
  • Created customized web-based training content for all levels of employees.
  • Led Corporate United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Training Team established to share information and resources and standardize approach to using the LMS across the corporation.
  • Certified Team Lead to perform UTC Assurance Review management system audits.
  • Developed an ESH career development guidance document and program for ESH professionals

EH&S Specialist (Contracted)

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
01.2010 - 02.2011
  • Established standard work for employees assigned job restrictions due to injuries (light duty) that included a job bank tool to assist line supervisors to accommodate employees with work-related medical restrictions.
  • Managed EH&S procedure update process through the development of management review team.
  • Improved inspection program by developing and implementing custom department-specific inspections based on risk and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Supervised and mentored summer interns as they worked on several highly visible EH&S projects.

Senior Environmental Engineer

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
09.1998 - 03.2002
  • Served as subject matter expert (SME) on environmental regulations and policies and provided support directly to top level management within the Overhaul & Repair and Spares & Operations centers.
  • Provided tools and guidance to the manufacturing employees to assist them in implementing compliance procedures.
  • Performed regular compliance audits and inspections, prepared audit reports, and recommended and implemented corrective actions to management to ensure regulatory and corporate compliance.
  • Developed procedures and training to comply with regulations including but not limited; to preparing annual emissions summaries for off-site plants, compliance with SWPPP, GPLPE recordkeeping, PM-10 emissions reports, hazardous and regulated waste disposal, UST program, solvent management plan, NPDES and SPDES permit compliance.
  • Conducted risk-based management system audits and inspections.

Environmental Health and Safety Engineer

Fire-Lite Alarms, A Honeywell Company
02.1995 - 09.1998
  • Established, managed, and performed all safety and environmental responsibilities to conform to regulatory requirements including procedure writing and implementation, preparing audit and inspection reports, training, corrective action implementation and root cause analysis, leading safety committees and communications.
  • Attended monthly corporate meetings to present debrief on the compliance posture and programs implemented at the Connecticut site.
  • Implemented and developed EH&S risk assessments for all major departments in the facility.
  • Led numerous teams to reduce the risks and improve environmental performance and incident rates.
  • Established the corporate disaster recovery plan.

Environment, Health & Safety Engineer

United Tool & Die Company
11.1993 - 02.1995

Education

Master of Science - Environmental Education

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT
05.2000

Bachelor of Science - Natural Resource Management & Engineering

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
05.1993

Skills

    Management/Supervisory (12 years)

    Data-Driven Decision-Making

    Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis

    Influencing and Negotiating

    Budgeting & Resource Management

    Regulatory Safety and Environmental Compliance

    ISO 45001/14001 Management Systems

    Talent & Career Development

    Program, Procedure & Training Management

    Workers Compensation/Return to Work Programs

    Metrics-Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)

    Excellent Presentation & Communication Skills

    Human & Organizational Performance (HOP)

Additional Information

Member, U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 207 Env Mgmt (TAG 207) (2023)

ISO 14001/45001 Lead Auditor Certification (2020-Present)

LM RMS High Potential Talent Pool Selected Participant (2020-2023)

Presenter, Applied Ergonomics Conference (2020, 2021)

Presenter, Lockheed Martin “Redefine The Line” Engineering Symposium (2019)

NAEM NexGen Leader Award (2019)

Six Sigma, Greenbelt (2017)

Lockheed Martin ESH Excellence Award Recipient (2017, 2018, 2019)

Lockheed Martin Focused Mentoring Participant (2018)

E-Learning Instructional Design (2012)

Employee of the Year Award (1998)

CBIA Award of Commendation Safety Success Award (1997)

Department of the Year Award (1996)

Safety Leadership Award (1996)

CBIA Award of Excellence, Safety Success Award (1996)

Timeline

Senior ESH Manager, RMS Enterprise

Lockheed Martin Corporation
05.2018 - Current

Manager, EH&S Programs

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
11.2015 - 05.2018

Manager, EH&S Training

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
02.2011 - 11.2015

EH&S Specialist (Contracted)

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
01.2010 - 02.2011

Senior Environmental Engineer

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
09.1998 - 03.2002

Environmental Health and Safety Engineer

Fire-Lite Alarms, A Honeywell Company
02.1995 - 09.1998

Environment, Health & Safety Engineer

United Tool & Die Company
11.1993 - 02.1995

Master of Science - Environmental Education

Southern Connecticut State University

Bachelor of Science - Natural Resource Management & Engineering

University of Connecticut
Cynthia DiMeglio