Summary
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Work History
Education
Skills
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Honors Awards
Accomplishments
Certification
Bi-lingual English and Spanish
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Gabriel Guzman

HSSE Manager
Greenville,TX

Summary

Environmental, Health and Safety Director with over 13 years experience in safety, risk, and worker injury management. Extensive experience in regional and multi-site management of 1,000+ employee rosters. Knowledge of union and non-union work environments with cross training in human resource management. Experience in state workers compensation insurance as well as non-subscriber insurances. Excellent Team player focused on developing strong safety and working with all level of an organization. A bilingual self-starter, reliable and responsible team player who possess a wide array of skills.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

Health Safety Security and Environmental Manager

Pegasus Foods Inc
Rockwall, TX
04.2022 - Current
  • Maintained financial responsibility for construction, engineering, operations and cost tracking.
  • Coordinated completion of permit applications and designs.
  • Read, analyzed and interpreted business documents, technical procedures and governmental regulations.
  • Prepared notifications and responses to regulatory inspections.
  • Served as technical consultant on environmental policies to maintain regulatory compliance.
  • Investigated accidents and analyzed root causes to develop corrective action plans, while managing and maintaining the company's workers' compensation program.
  • Conducted air quality, waste, and storm water monitoring and analysis of air and water pollutants.
  • Interpreted test data to determine whether contamination existed in accordance with environmental laws.

Sr. Regional EHS and Risk Manager

SBM Management
Dallas, TX
06.2013 - 04.2022
  • Provide EHS, Safety Training, Regulatory Compliance, and Risk Management support for Regional Operations consisting of 10 states within the continental U.S., Puerto Rico and Costa Rico
  • Customers consist of Industry Leaders in the Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas Sectors
  • Support Divisional Managers in creating and executing a clear strategic direction for a strong safety culture and providing resources for continuous improvement through incident investigation, trend analysis, and site reviews with operation teams
  • This includes a team approach through hands on coaching and mentoring
  • Ensure compliance and program development with company and governmental requirements for health, safety, and environment
  • This includes knowledge and understanding of OSHA, DOT, EPA, NFPA, and Life Safety Code
  • Support World-Class Safety Results 2018- Recordable Rate YTD - .84 - Industry average - 3.5/ Lost Time Case Rate YTD - .27 - Industry average 1.7/ DART Rate YTD -.64 – Industry average - 2.4
  • Team member of company’s Accident Investigation Team in reviewing accidents & applying root causes and corrective action plans
  • Support loss control processes and claims management in GL, WC, and AL claims
  • Lead project transition work when starting with new customers to develop safety culture
  • Identifying and eliminating risk, creating custom safety systems and create strong safety cultures
  • Enact behavioral based safety practices to create and maintain a safety value within the operation
  • Represent and Support Company in Notice of Violation issues with governmental agencies and support operations on all RFPs, bids work analysis for EHS requirements.
  • Identified accident causes and optimal prevention strategies by conducting thorough investigations and analyses.
  • Developed and implemented safety policies and procedures to promote workplace safety.
  • Encouraged stakeholders to approach assessments analytically and offer unique insights to bring new understanding to risk management programs.
  • Developed short-term goals and long-term strategic plans to improve risk control and mitigation.

Sr. Regional EHS and Risk Director

GCA Services Corporation
Garland
04.2008 - 06.2013
  • Responsible for planning, implementation and administration of all Safety and Environmental Functions for regional area consisting of 12 states with a total of 480 locations and 7,441 employees
  • Responsible for all safety training for new and existing employees for responsible region
  • Responsible for risk management of region
  • Maintain and oversee Worker’s Compensation and Non-Subscriber Injury Benefits Program
  • Responsible for post-accident investigations and work-related injury management
  • Promoted from Manger to Director within 2 years for a larger geographical area with additional facilities and employees.
  • Identified accident causes and optimal prevention strategies by conducting thorough investigations and analyses.
  • Educated employees on hazardous waste management, emergency response and safe work practices.
  • Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.
  • Managed daily operations while overseeing multiple locations to foster increased productivity.

Quality/EHS Coordinator

Williamson Printing Corporation
Dallas
10.2006 - 04.2008
  • Responsible for planning, implementation and administration of all Safety and Environmental Functions for a 500 employee: OSHA polices & procedures and Worker’s Compensation
  • Maintained DOT Driver Safety Program
  • Managed multi-departments within the company including: Quality Management, Environmental, and Safety
  • Oversaw the Safety Department for Williamson Printing, Williamson Express Printing, Williamson Magic Mailer Printing
  • Responsible for the safety of a 500+ employees at combined facility
  • Maintained the ISO 9001 and 14001 Quality Management Systems for the company
  • Responsible for Risk Management Program for entire corporation.

Education

Certified Safety Health Official -

Texas A & M University – TEEX Program

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North Texas Fire Academy

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Independent Electrical Contractor Institute

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Methodist Medical Center EMT

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Texas A&M University Texas Engineering Extension Service Fire Protection Training Division

Skills

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Affiliations

  • American Society of Safety Professionals Member since 1998 – M
  • National Safety Council

Honors Awards

EHS Today – SBM Management, LP- 2014 America’s Safest Companies

Featured in EHS Daily Advisor Magazine October 2023 issue -Faces of EHS article

Accomplishments

  • Achieved 80% reduction in safety insurance claims in 2022 &2023 by overseeing the company worker compensation program with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Documented and resolved Environmental Wastewater issues which led to zero Notice of Violations from municipality.
  • Achieved Dropped company's TRIR rate by 62% by completing aggressive investigations and root cause analysis of injuries with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Achieved 60% revamp of company's PSM program through effectively helping with outstanding environmental items and compliance.

Certification

Certified Safety and Health Official-General Industry Training

Bi-lingual English and Spanish

Proficient in Spanish as to read, write, and speak. Through work experience in other countries  was able to learn different dialects of the language from South American to Caribbean Spanish.

Timeline

Health Safety Security and Environmental Manager

Pegasus Foods Inc
04.2022 - Current

Certified Safety and Health Official-Construction

02-2020

Certified Safety and Health Official-General Industry Training

12-2018

Sr. Regional EHS and Risk Manager

SBM Management
06.2013 - 04.2022

Sr. Regional EHS and Risk Director

GCA Services Corporation
04.2008 - 06.2013

Quality/EHS Coordinator

Williamson Printing Corporation
10.2006 - 04.2008

Certified Safety Health Official -

Texas A & M University – TEEX Program

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North Texas Fire Academy

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Independent Electrical Contractor Institute

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Methodist Medical Center EMT

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Texas A&M University Texas Engineering Extension Service Fire Protection Training Division
Gabriel GuzmanHSSE Manager