JOSEPH FREDDIE
Lafayette,LA
Summary
Demonstrated safety specialist with extensive experience in developing and implementing effective safety training programs and audits. Committed to enhancing compliance with OSHA regulations while prioritizing worker safety and productivity. Seeking a role that enables further professional growth and impactful contributions.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Safety Professional
Plant Yates
Newnan, Georgia
08.2025 - 11.2025
- Developed and implemented safety training programs for all staff members.
- Conducted regular safety audits to identify potential hazards in the facility.
- Collaborated with management to establish safety policies and procedures.
Safety professional
Day & Zimmermann
Nebraska, IN
02.2023 - 06.2025
- Implemented and enforced strict safety protocols and procedures on construction sites to ensure compliance with OSHA regulations
- Conducted regular safety inspections and audits, identifying and addressing potential hazards and risks
- Led safety training sessions for site personnel, covering topics such as fall protection, hazard communication, and emergency response
- Coordinated and conducted safety drills and emergency evacuation procedures to enhance site preparedness
- Conducted safety meetings with site workers to communicate safety policies, procedures, and expectations
Safety Specialist/Shipyard Inspector
Ameri-Force/Nassco
Seattle, WA
09.2017 - 02.2023
- Inspect, test, and evaluate workplace environments, equipment, and practices to ensure that they follow safety standards and government regulations
- Prepare written reports on their findings
- Design and implement workplace processes and procedures that help protect workers from hazardous work conditions
Safety Coordinator for Construction of Refineries
CB&I
Hackberry, LA
07.2012 - 08.2017
- Identify and evaluate hazardous conditions and practices in the workplace
- Perform construction site and communication building safety inspections and prepare comprehensive reports highlighting findings and recommendations
- Develop mitigation plans for identified risks and coordinate the implementation of required controls
- Measure and evaluate the effectiveness of the hazard control system, policies, and procedures.
- Prepare safety orientations, safety training, and job site inspection checklist
- Investigate traffic safety violations, develop trend analysis and recommend action plan that will minimize/eliminate such violations
- Conduct safety Management committee meetings (SMC).
HSE Coordinator/Downhole Technician
SCHLUMBERGER Offshore&Land Base Drilling
Lafayette, LA
01.2008 - 02.2012
- Attend and document offshore pre-shift safety meetings
- Perform and document stop-work actions as needed
- Prepare reports for business unit and EHS regarding contractor performance
- Perform pad site/drill site observation and reviews and document corrective actions
- Organize hazard hunts, document resolution of found issues
- Perform presentation and training on site-specific safety orientation
- Verify contractor compliance with written EHS program and regulatory reporting documents
- Monitor and report on contractor safety targets
- Assist business unit and EHS in performing contractor evaluations
- Verification contractor has training in place for scope of work (H2S, Well control, Hazcom)
- Perform a weekly 'sampling' review of contractors' JSA's
- Participate in investigation and follow-up of incidents/accidents; prepare notifications/reports for communication of significant incidents to company project/functional management per project incident reporting procedures
- Communicate EHS expectations to contractors, third-party contractors and rig personnel
- Review and document all Incidents and near misses, communicate these to the BU and EHS, assist in developing corrective actions as needed
- Diagnosed mechanical problems and determined solutions to correct concerns.
- Monitored, inspected or tested mechanical equipment.
- Conducted failure analyses, documented results and recommended corrective actions.
- Operated pressure pumps according to manufacturer specifications and safety rules.
HSE Coordinator /For Land /Offshore Drilling
Halliburton Energy Services
Lafayette, LA
05.2003 - 12.2007
- Established best practices in workplace safety and environmental quality programs with corrective action plans.
- Perform JSA audits
- Conducted safety meetings to improve offshore daily activities
- Conducted safety briefings at beginning offshore shifts to inform crews of daily task safety hazards.
- Checked and calibrated H2S monitor equipment for safety checks for confined space entry.
- Supervised safe handling, storage and disposal of hazardous materials.
P&A Rigger on the Decommissioning of Old Wellheads
Tetra Technologies
Lafayette, LA
04.1998 - 04.2003
- Possesses extensive knowledge of the various wellbore components including tubing/casing details.
- Understands a wellbore schematic and can explain the well plugging process.
- Knows the purpose and requirements of cement plug placement and the importance of accurate fluid displacements (volumetrics).
- Identify and describe the function of wellhead components including valves, gauges and pressure ratings.
Education
Bachelors - Occupational Health And Safety
Lafayette Sr. High School
Lafayette, LASkills
- Internal audits
- CPR Communication skills
- Forklift
- Root cause analysis
- Employee orientation
- Computer networking
- Assembly
- Rigging
- Risk assessment
- OSHA compliance
- Safety audits
- Incident investigation
- Construction safety
- Team leadership
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Time management
- Personal protective equipment
- Vehicle safety
- Confined space entry
Certification
NCCER Certification
Personal Information
Willing To Relocate: Anywhere
Timeline
Safety Professional
Plant Yates
08.2025 - 11.2025
Safety professional
Day & Zimmermann
02.2023 - 06.2025
Safety Specialist/Shipyard Inspector
Ameri-Force/Nassco
09.2017 - 02.2023
Safety Coordinator for Construction of Refineries
CB&I
07.2012 - 08.2017
HSE Coordinator/Downhole Technician
SCHLUMBERGER Offshore&Land Base Drilling
01.2008 - 02.2012
HSE Coordinator /For Land /Offshore Drilling
Halliburton Energy Services
05.2003 - 12.2007
P&A Rigger on the Decommissioning of Old Wellheads
Tetra Technologies
04.1998 - 04.2003
Bachelors - Occupational Health And Safety
Lafayette Sr. High School