Efrem Williams
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
Trusted Safety Engineer skillful in securing employee wellbeing at job sites and providing consumer safety via detailed documentation. Offering 8 years of comprehensive experience conducting and creating safety training, completing workplace audits and inspections and implementing health and safety procedures. Certified in Occupational Safety and Health.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Safety Engineer
Harvest Technical
03.2023 - 09.2023
- Conducted daily safety meetings
- Provided technical expertise in hazard identification, risk assessment, and control implementation for complex projects.
- Monitored the effectiveness of safety initiatives through regular data analysis and recommended adjustments as needed.
- Stopping work and resolving noncompliance
- Employee training, and orientation for new hires
- Organization of the operator certifications of employees
- Participate in weekly safety audits
- First contact for injured employees.
- Assisted in worksite incident investigations, helping to determine cause and fault to ascertain liability.
SSHO
Atherton Construction/Canyon Electric
03.2022 - 09.2022
- Perform daily safety inspections to include PPE, tools, and equipment
- Improved emergency response times with the development of effective emergency action plans.
- Monitoring work to ensure compliance with prescribed work plans
- Employee training, and orientation for new hires
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Organization of the operator certifications of employees
- Prepare daily safety reports
- Ensure compliance with COVID-19 guidelines
- Developed customized safety policies and procedures for unique work environments, resulting in a safer workplace overall.
- Streamlined incident reporting processes to facilitate swift resolution and prevent future occurrences.
SSHO/Owner
JCI Construction
01.2019 - 05.2021
- Prepare activity and hazard analysis and develop hazard controls
- Perform daily safety inspections to include PPE, tools, and equipment
- Hired trained, and managed a high-performing team of employees dedicated to achieving company goals.
- Monitoring work to ensure compliance with prescribed work plans
- Stopping work and resolving noncompliance
- Organization of the operator certifications of employees
- Prepare daily safety reports
- Conducted daily safety meetings
- Ensure Compliance with COVID-19 guidelines
- Manage HAZCOM and SDS for the site.
- Oversaw daily operations, ensuring all tasks were completed accurately and efficiently by team members.
EHS Consultant
Safety Pros
01.2018 - 06.2018
- Review of work plans at the start of each day
- Prepare activity hazard analysis and develop hazard controls
- Trained & instructed workers on safe work practices for all tasks to which they are assigned
- Ensured crew had a thorough understanding and participated in organizing pre-task plans
- Monitor job site for unsafe conditions and performed immediate correction if any unsafe action was found
- Conducted pre-task meetings to include a post job review of the day's activities
- Participated in fact finding, root cause analysis and the implementation of corrective actions associated with injury or incident investigations
- Assisted with development, implementation and continuous improvement of EHS management system processes.
- Conducted safety walks to ensure workers wore proper PPE according to company and site policies
- Kept files of; safety orientations, toolbox talks, equipment inspection reports, documentation of the entry into a confined space, and the SDS for the material used on site.
- Provided guidance on environmental permitting processes, ensuring timely submission of required documentation to relevant authorities.
- Developed comprehensive job hazard analyses that resulted in significant reductions in workplace incidents.
- Conducted gap analyses on existing EHS programs, recommending and implementing improvements where necessary.
EHS Consultant
Integrated Safety Concepts
04.2017 - 11.2017
- Review of work plans at the start of each day
- Prepare activity hazard analysis and develop hazard controls
- Conducting the daily safety meetings
- Perform daily, safety inspections to include PPE, tools, and equipment
- Monitor job site for unsafe conditions and performed immediate correction if any unsafe action was found
- Monitoring work to ensure compliance with prescribed work plans
- Prepare daily safety reports of the condition of jobsite and the activities within.
SSHO
North American Drillers
06.2016 - 04.2017
- Monitor job site for unsafe conditions
- Conducted daily meetings to include a review of the day's activities
- Also participated in fact finding, root cause analysis and the implementation of corrective actions associated with injury/Incident investigations
- Orientated new employees on site specific safety plans
- Kept files of; safety orientations, toolbox talks, equipment inspection reports, documentation of confined space.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Mitigated environmental risks through the development and enforcement of comprehensive EHS policies and procedures.
- Increased efficiency in waste management processes by identifying opportunities for recycling and waste reduction initiatives.
- Served as the primary point of contact for all EHS-related inquiries, fostering a culture of transparency and open communication regarding safety concerns.
Education
M.S. - Occupational Safety & Health
Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, ALSkills
- Industrial hygiene
- Workplace inspections
- Construction safety
- Behavior-Based Safety
- Hazard Identification
- Electrical Safety
- Lockout and tagout procedures
- Safety Auditing
- Safety Training
- Accident investigation
- Safety engineering
- Risk Assessments
- Occupational health
- Confined Space Entry
- Incident Reporting
- Work Process Analysis
- Program Management
- Gap analysis
- MSDS knowledge
- Noise control
- On-Site Inspection Performance
- Material and Equipment Testing
- Workplace Safety
- Active Listening
- Safety optimization
- Analytical Thinking
Certificateslicenses
- GSP Certification (Graduate Safety Practitioner) BCSP
- CHST Certification (Construction Health and Safety Technician) BCSP
- OSHA 500 & 510
- First aid/CPR/AED
Experience
8+
Timeline
Safety Engineer
Harvest Technical
03.2023 - 09.2023
SSHO
Atherton Construction/Canyon Electric
03.2022 - 09.2022
SSHO/Owner
JCI Construction
01.2019 - 05.2021
EHS Consultant
Safety Pros
01.2018 - 06.2018
EHS Consultant
Integrated Safety Concepts
04.2017 - 11.2017
SSHO
North American Drillers
06.2016 - 04.2017
M.S. - Occupational Safety & Health
Columbia Southern University
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