Scott Logue
HSE
North Tustin,CA
Summary
HSE Director and safety consultant with 17 years of experience performing comprehensive risk assessments, on-site safety inspections, analyzing operational processes and documentation to identify risks and compliance deficiencies, physical security, food safety and financial control audits for locations throughout the U.S., Australia, China and the Philippines including theme parks, water parks, animal parks, carnivals, trampoline parks, science museums, family entertainment centers and hotels.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner
Level Up Risk Management
02.2022 - Current
- Enhancing public and workplace safety by conducting comprehensive risk assessments, on-site facility inspections, and implementing necessary corrective actions based on widely accepted standards such as OSHA, ASTM and NFPA.
- Performing insurance company surveys to identify risks for high-risk clients and report on findings, compliance and regulatory concerns, operational observations, and make recommendations for remediation.
- Improved employee health and safety awareness by designing and delivering engaging training programs.
- Operational, maintenance and safety documentation development as well as audits of existing documentation for completeness and regulatory compliance.
- Recent collaborations include Six Flags (TX, CA), the Arizona and Alaska State Fairs, Sky Zone (across US), Urban Air (across US), Massachusetts Office of Public Safety & Inspections, Icon Park (FL), Ocean Park (Hong Kong).
HSE Director
Palace Entertainment (Parques Reunidos)
10.2008 - 12.2021
- Led a team of EHS professionals responsible for maintaining a safe work environment across 21 facilities under stringent regulatory requirements and industry standards.
- Enhanced safety culture by developing and implementing comprehensive EHS programs and policies.
- Reduced workplace accidents by conducting thorough risk assessments and providing employee training on proper safety procedures.
- Participated in industry conferences, workshops, and seminars to stay abreast of emerging trends and best practices in the field of environmental health and safety management.
- Spearheaded incident investigations following any accidents or near-misses, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Monitored workplace activities to determine compliance with safety regulations and standards.
- Conducted safety audits and inspections to identify workplace hazards and deficiencies.
- Developed and implemented safety policies and procedures to promote workplace safety.
- Researched and devised new safety initiatives and strategies to improve safety performance.
- Managed an effective deployment of 2020 COVID-19 policies, procedures and materials allowing all parks to open on time for the season.
- Instructed classes in operational safety for several years at AIMS, an amusement safety industry certification organization, and for Pennsylvania's Amusement Rides & Attractions division.
- Developed a methodology to detect credit card fraud that led to an FBI investigation and arrest.
Internal Audit Manager / Business Process Analyst
Unisen, Inc. (Star Trac Fitness)
06.2006 - 10.2008
- Achieved additional refurbished sales of $1M in 2008 by developing and documenting a new RMA process which reduced holding, scrap, freight and write-off costs while providing a perpetual inventory system that sales personnel in the field could access to create sales orders for refurbished equipment.
- Documented and flow-charted internal processes throughout the company preparing management level reports on where inefficiencies occurred or where financial or operational controls were compromised or missing.
- Reduced costs, improved process efficiencies and documented many processes in accounting, receiving, shipping, purchasing, sales, order fulfillment, production planning, leasing and credit and collections.
- Increased employee capital by training employees on the effective use of MS Visio including the design of a universal process improvement template they could use within their own departments.
- Reduced department silos through strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Received every quarterly personal performance-based bonus.
- Reported directly to CFO and Board of Directors.
Sarbanes-Oxley Manager
Microsemi, Inc.
10.2002 - 06.2006
- Primary lead to the corporate Director of Internal Audit in the grassroots evolution of Microsemi's SOX initiative, including the responsibility to develop the first desktop procedures in MS Word and Excel which became the corporate template.
- Assembled and managed a SOX team of consultants to assist auditors in building walk-through narratives, control tests and remediation.
- Analyzed existing processes, interviewed process owners, established key controls and assisted in materiality risk analysis using MS Excel and Visio.
- Adapted continuously due to initially limited §404 guidance, changing E&Y and PwC audit guidance, various pronouncements, internal research, and continuous internal process re-evaluation to minimize redundancy and concurrency issues across multiple divisions.
- Involved in the design of the ‘Accelerator' software with an outside vendor which became the internal web-based control matrix to show the financial statement significant account relationship to key risks, controls, and control attributes.
- Managed on-site project team, collaborating daily with internal (E&Y) and external (PwC) auditors for a successful implementation of SOX at the Garden Grove manufacturing division.
- Achieved a 98% audit pass rate during testing of 243 internal controls with only three negligible exceptions and no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses.
- Established and trained personnel on a web-based workspace for the year-two SOX Project Team which provided a tracking and document management system for internal control narratives, a change management database and a knowledge sharing resource library for PCAOB and external/internal audit communications.
Audit Associate
KPMG LLP
04.1998 - 02.2002
- Prepared and edited invoices for tax, audit and consulting services rendered.
- Managed Accounts Receivable and reviewed A/R aging reports with Managers and Partners to collect outstanding invoices.
- Improved the A/R process and reduced time spent editing invoices by improving the invoice template and streamlining the approval procedure, eliminating repetitive and time consuming steps.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
California State University Long Beach
Long BeachSkills
- Risk Assessments
- Safety/Operational Inspections
- Site Inspections
- Accident Investigations
- Root Cause Analysis
- Simulated OSHA Inspections
- Vulnerability Assessments
- Access Control
- F&B Safety and Compliance
- PPE
- Incident Reporting/Trend Analysis
- Environmental Reporting
- Safety/Emergency Policies
- Heat Illness Prevention
- Injury and Illness Prevention
- Job Hazard Assessments
- Operator Procedure Manuals
- AIMS Safety Class Instructor
- PA Amusement Ride Instructor
- Built Online Training Modules
- Built Training Pathways
Certification
OSHA Certification
AIMS Associate Ride Inspector Certification
Affiliations
- AIMS International Class Instructor
- Pennsylvania Dept of Amusement Rides & Attractions Class Instructor
- Foothill Communities Association Board of Directors Director of Communication
- Foothills Sentry Column Contributor
RVing, Reading, Researching, Backpacking, Cycling
As a cyclist, my adventures include over a thousand miles of organized events in Alaska, Canada, and the U.S. Originally a backpacker climbing the mountains of California and now the owner of an RV spending time on the road and in campgrounds with my family all over the country. A steady reader, my nonfiction topics of interest involve submarines, historic 18th century naval battles and the great pioneers of the west.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Owner
Level Up Risk Management
02.2022 - Current
HSE Director
Palace Entertainment (Parques Reunidos)
10.2008 - 12.2021
Internal Audit Manager / Business Process Analyst
Unisen, Inc. (Star Trac Fitness)
06.2006 - 10.2008
Sarbanes-Oxley Manager
Microsemi, Inc.
10.2002 - 06.2006
Audit Associate
KPMG LLP
04.1998 - 02.2002
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
California State University Long Beach
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