Joshua Kerr
Griffith,IN
Summary
Seasoned Safety Manager with comprehensive background in creating and implementing safety policies across diverse sectors including construction, railroad, manufacturing, and food supply chain. Strengths include strong analytical skills, strategic planning, and team leadership. Demonstrated success in reducing workplace accidents and improving overall employee safety. Highly skilled in conducting risk assessments and developing targeted training programs to foster a culture of safety awareness.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Division Safety Manager
Stevens Engineers and Constructors
Hobart , IN
02.2022 - 12.2024
- Traveled to all projects to conduct audits, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards.
- Inspection of the work site to identify hazards and, in a timely manner, proffer corrective actions and preventable measures, including equipment, tools, or the use of PPE.
- Coordinate safety coverage for projects, including internal personnel and qualifying outside vendors.
- Prepare site HSE plans, method statements, risk assessments, emergency response procedures, LOTO, work-at-heights procedures, incident and accident reporting protocols, confined space qualifications, excavation plans, hot work procedures, lift plans for crane work, and any other HSE documents to submit for client approval.
- Oversee incident and near-miss investigations to establish root and contributing causes, corrective actions, preventative measures, lessons learned, trainings, and incident review meetings to eliminate repeat occurrences.
- Confirm the implementation of corrective actions, the preparation of the incident report, and the lessons learned safety flashes for toolbox talks.
- Maintain the OSHA 300 log.
- Record documentation of daily JSAs, record-keeping, and metrics according to corporate guidelines.
- Submit a weekly safety scorecard showing project-by-project documentation, audit, and inspection compliance.
- Arranged and conducted employee safety training programs, including new-hire safety orientation, client/site safety, fall protection, confined space, fire watch, in addition to a yearly safety summit and two mini summits during the year.
- Conduct meetings with consultants, subcontractors, and clients on compliance issues and resolution.
Site Safety Supervisor
Stevens Engineers and Constructors
Hobart, IN
10.2017 - 02.2022
- Conduct induction for all new employees of the company and subcontractors with a new-hire safety orientation.
- Gave supplemental training on LOTO, fall protection, hot work, confined space, and pertinent safety issues facing our employees.
- Performed and documented routine job safety analyses and inspections of personnel and the job site to ensure that good housekeeping and safety compliance were maintained throughout the working period, in accordance with the health and safety plans.
- Lead post-incident and near-miss investigations, set corrective actions, and develop incident reports.
- Verify proper LOTO and safety paperwork (JSA, work authorization, permits, equipment inspections, etc.) is completed daily.
- Ensure monthly and quarterly inspections completed on equipment including tools, extinguishers, and rigging.
- Verify fire extinguishers' expiry dates, and ensure they are deployed in easily accessible locations in line with project safety requirements.
- Monitoring and conducting daily safety huddles and weekly toolbox talks with supervision and the workforce on-site prior to the start of the workday.
- Assuring the use of the proper PPE, such as a safety harness, hard hat, safety shoes, safety glasses, ear plugs, and FR clothing.
- Serve as an on-site resource to identify safety hazards, recommend technical solutions, carry out risk assessments, and enforce preventative measures.
- Participate in weekly safety conference calls, discussing project safety compliance and shared learning.
Freight Team Associate
Home Depot
Lake Geneva, WI
07.2016 - 10.2017
- Ensure the store is stocked and ready for business each day.
- Unload trucks and move material from receiving throughout the store.
- Safely operate forklifts to move palletized and bulk-loaded materials to their floor locations.
- Perform critical functions to maintain proper on-hand counts and pricing for customers.
- Provide excellent customer service for frequent, direct customer interactions.
- Ensure accurate inventory.
Safety Specialist - 1st Post Graduate Position
Premier Fall Protection
Union Grove, WI
07.2011 - 07.2016
- Conducted onsite inspections, certifications, and training yearly for over 150 clients throughout the U.S. and across a wide variety of industry types and environments to ensure OSHA compliance.
- Maintained, organized, produced documentation, and created database records of all inspections.
- Performed thorough site evaluations and provided clear recommendations for clients' facilities to meet standards.
- Provided prescriptive solutions for any implementation and logistical issues to anticipate and meet broad needs.
- Performed most assignments independently, including keeping timesheets, expense reports, etc.
Laboratory Technician
Cardinal Health
Waukegan, IL
03.2009 - 08.2010
- Determined package integrity using drop tests, shake tables, die testing, and other methods.
- Prepared calculations for conducting statistical analysis of test results. Managed time effectively to perform multiple studies concurrently, and delivered detailed reports for final analysis.
- Prepared equipment calibration schedules, and kept accurate records.
- Collaborated with, and assisted, coworkers with studies and equipment use.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Pensacola Christian College
Pensacola, FL12-2010
Skills
- Risk Assessment
- Hazard Identification
- Report preparation
- Safety Training
- Incident response
- Incident investigation
- Root Cause Analysis
- Oral presentation
- Proficient in MS Office Suite
- Basic IT Proficiency
- Safety Audits
- Regulations and compliance
- Safety program development
- Compliance management
- Developing training programs
Affiliations
- Board Member Griffith Youth Baseball
- Corporate Secretary Dyer Baptist Church
Certification
- OSHA 510
- OSHA 30
- NSC Incident Investigation with Root Cause
- NSC Job Safety Analysis
- Cliffs Core training
- USS Safety Training
- Fall Protection Competent Person
- Supervisory Drug and Alcohol Training
Timeline
Division Safety Manager
Stevens Engineers and Constructors
02.2022 - 12.2024
Site Safety Supervisor
Stevens Engineers and Constructors
10.2017 - 02.2022
Freight Team Associate
Home Depot
07.2016 - 10.2017
Safety Specialist - 1st Post Graduate Position
Premier Fall Protection
07.2011 - 07.2016
Laboratory Technician
Cardinal Health
03.2009 - 08.2010
- OSHA 510
- OSHA 30
- NSC Incident Investigation with Root Cause
- NSC Job Safety Analysis
- Cliffs Core training
- USS Safety Training
- Fall Protection Competent Person
- Supervisory Drug and Alcohol Training
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Pensacola Christian College
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