Joshua F. Simmons
Williston
Summary
Dynamic Safety Manager with a proven track record int he construction industry, specializing in incident investigations and root cause analysis. Expert in OSHA compliance and risk mitigation, fostering a culture of safety. Recognized for enhancing operational reliability and delivering impactful safety training, ensuring worker wellbeing and organizational success.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Safety Manager
KS Industries LLC
Williston
02.2025 - Current
- Evaluate, interpret, and deliver leading indicators to company and customer.
- Conducted incident investigations to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
Performed root cause analysis (RCA) to enhance operational reliability.
Utilized cause mapping techniques with company stakeholders to improve problem resolution.
Collaborated with customers during investigations to ensure comprehensive understanding of issues. - Facilitate case care management ensuring employee wellbeing while safeguarding company interests.
- Review OSHA standards to uphold company compliance as regulations change.
- Evaluate and enhance safety systems and training as gaps arise while fostering a robust safety culture.
- Conduct and assess audits and observations derived from site visits and field work, then collaborate with team to implement necessary corrective actions.
SSHE Specialist III
Applied Consulting
Williston
11.2023 - 02.2025
- Conducted regular safety inspections and audits on ExxonMobil Oil & Gas facilities to ensure compliance with OSHA, P.S.M.S. (Personnel Safety Management System), and company safety standards.
- Reviewed and held contractors accountable to their site-specific safety programs and procedures.
- Coached individuals in the field on the importance of implementing safeguards continuously throughout high-risk tasks and ensuring their effectiveness before beginning work.
- Conducted the P.S.M.S. and safety standards training for ExxonMobil employees and contractors.
- Captured safety observations and submitted them into our KPA database to review trends and to recognize contractors for exceptional behaviors or actions.
- Collaborated with engineering, construction, and contractor teams to access potential hazards and recommend risk mitigation strategies for new projects and high-risk activities.
- During my tenure at ExxonMobil, I conducted KPA observations that were frequently highlighted by upper management in company newsletters and email chains. These important safety observations served as key discussion points for future conversations and coaching moments across all teams.
- I played an instrumental role in achieving the distinction of Back-to-Back ExxonMobil Process Safety Management System (PSMS) Champions for 2023 and 2024. Notably, we attained over 7.5 million man-hours without any life-altering injuries or fatalities.
- Recognized for best utilization of 'Safety in the Moment' through ExxonMobil Global Projects.
Pipe General Foreman
Samuel EPC
Carlsbad
06.2023 - 11.2023
- Helped workers complete tasks with hands-on assistance at job locations.
- Met challenging production schedules with strong attention to site conditions, team operations and project demands.
- Maintained code compliance for all jobs with strict conformance to quality standards.
- Held production and procedural meetings to further advance the job in a safe and efficient manner.
- Assigned workers tasks and schedules for specific jobs based on individual strengths.
Pipe Foreman
Samuel EPC
Reno
03.2023 - 06.2023
- Conduct quality inspections, implement corrective actions, and maintain strict adherence to project quality standards.
- Promoted worksite safety and adherence to OSHA protocols.
- Supervised crew and subcontractor performance and provided consistent feedback.
- Delegated responsibilities to crew members and contractors based on project requirements.
- Collaborated with project managers, engineers, and clients to interpret blueprints, resolve design discrepancies, and ensure project specifications are met.
- Managed individual workers to complete tasks on schedule and on budget.
- Analyzed problems and recommended solutions, boosting productivity and output.
- Responsible for conducting meetings for a team regarding workplace safety and efficiency.
Pipe Foreman
G.A. West
Kingsport
01.2023 - 03.2023
- Met challenging production schedules with strong attention to site conditions, team operations and project demands.
- Lead and supervise industrial construction projects, overseeing a team of numerous workers and subcontractors.
- Delegated responsibilities to crew members and contractors based on project requirements.
- Read specifications to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
- Managed individual workers to complete tasks on schedule and on budget.
- Analyzed problems and recommended solutions, boosting productivity and output.
Pipe Welder
Specialty Welding and Turnaround Services (S.W.A.T.)
Great Falls
10.2022 - 10.2022
- Prevented safety hazards with safe equipment operation and following procedures.
- Assisted in metal preparation, cutting, and grinding operations to ensure clean and precise weld joints.
- Achieved ideal fit, arranging and aligning parts prior to assembly.
- Completed skilled welds in flat, vertical, overhead and tight positions with different metals and alloys.
- Completed difficult welds during an emergency shutdown to pass the x ray criteria per spec.
Pipe Welder
Southern ACME Corporation
McGehee
10.2022 - 10.2022
- Prepped dutchman to install into the tube and water walls of the boiler.
- Identify and mitigate the potential hazards of entering the confined space.
- Welded alloys using appropriate techniques to ensure optimal weld quality was achieved.
- Multiple mirror welds.
Pipe Welder
Southern ACME Corporation
Paris
10.2022 - 10.2022
- Cut and remove manholes in the skin of the boiler to correct leaking tubes.
- Completed strenuous mirror welds in short time frames.
- Inspected welds to ensure they met the quality control standards.
Pipe Welder/Fitter
Turner Industries
Pensacola
04.2022 - 10.2022
- Reduced installation errors, verifying specifications through concise blueprint, isometric, and P & ID drawings.
- Achieved ideal fit, arranging and aligning parts prior to assembly.
- Completed skilled welds in multiple positions with different metals and alloys.
- Operated pipe-threading equipment, hand tools and power tools while obeying safety guidelines.
- Mitigated risk by performing work in compliance with company safety policies and current good manufacturing practices.
- Built pipe spools per isometric drawing measurements, installed per elevation.
- Fabricated and installed supports.
Pipe Welder/Fitter
G.A. West
Louisville
01.2022 - 04.2022
- Built an expansion to an acid unit for Chemours Chemical, involving multiple lift plans and difficult assignments.
- Field-verified each isometric drawing measurement, then proceeded to build.
- Once built, all the iron, piping, equipment, and instrumentation are installed per that unit.
Pipe Welder/Fitter
G.A. West
Anniston
09.2021 - 12.2021
- Worked an 8-week outage demoing old, existing pipe to install with new.
- Field verified and pulled measurements for new routing of new pipe installation.
- Prepped and fabricated each individual spool to be a bolt up.
- Torqued each bolt up per the spec, tying into various pumps and tanks.
Pipe Welder/Fitter
G.A. West
San Antonio
06.2021 - 09.2021
- Built a methane compressor station for Republic landfill.
- Pulled hard measurements and verified coordinates for piping spools.
- Installed tanks full of carbon media pellets.
- Produced good quality carbon/stainless welds to be shot at 100% x-ray.
- Bolted and torqued numerous flanges, also setting many pumps, tanks, and equipment.
Pipe Welder/Fitter
G.A. West
Louisville
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Fabricated and installed carbon piping from pulling hard measurements off existing iron.
- Welded a 6010-downhill procedure per each buttweld, followed with a 7018 uphill cap.
- Set multiple meter skids, pumps, and equipment.
Pipe Foreman
Wood Group
St. James
02.2020 - 10.2020
- Delegated responsibilities to crew members and contractors based on project requirements.
- Analyzed problems and recommended solutions, boosting productivity and output.
- Read specifications to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
- Managed individual workers to complete tasks on schedule and on budget.
- Constructed more efficient work plans with upper management.
Pipe Welder
Yates Construction
Vicksburg
12.2019 - 12.2019
- Installed schedule 10 stainless into a pipe rack with multiple tie ins.
- Pulled measurements in the field to fabricate socket weld gas lines.
Pipe Welder/Fitter
CCSI
Pensacola
11.2019 - 12.2019
- Fabricated and installed vacuum piping over a pipe bridge.
- Rerouted multiple air lines.
- Completed tasks in a timely manner.
Pipe Welder/Fitter
Amcon Industrial
Hartwell
09.2019 - 10.2019
- Fabricated multiple straight runs for an underground drain.
- Set each straight run into the trench for backfilling.
- Fabricated and installed multiple platforms.
- Pulled measurements and fabricated multiple steam and gas lines for a package boiler.
- Fabricated sanitary stainless spools.
Pipe Welder/Fitter
Austin Industrial
St. James
06.2019 - 09.2019
- Prepped and welded heavy wall j bevel chrome while under half face respirator.
- Preheated each joint per spec parameter.
- Used multiple chain falls and come along to bull rig piping into the rack.
- Pulled and verified measurements per shop fabricated spools before installation and corrected if needed.
- Welded many bimetal processes per spec.
Pipe Welder/Fitter
G.A. West
Sparks
04.2019 - 06.2019
- Welded and fabricated spools to bolt up to tanks then torqued to final torque rating.
- Pulled many hard measurements for rolling offsets.
- Poured grout for each pipe and pump pier.
Pipe Welder
Yates Construction
Lockhaven
03.2019 - 04.2019
- Welded multiple alloys in strenuous positions.
- Pulled hard measurements for each line ran in the rack to each tie in.
- Obeyed safety guidelines while on the jobsite.
- Planned each individual task to ensure that the work generated was done in an efficient manner.
Pipe Welder
G.A. West
Rincon
01.2019 - 03.2019
- Verified elevation with transit per flying pipe into pipe supports.
- Prepped and fabricated multiple tie in spools.
- Completed quality welds to complete x-ray.
- Field routed CPVC acid line.
Pipe Welder
G.A. West
Pensacola
11.2018 - 12.2018
- Made multiple diameter/alloy buttwelds and socket welds.
- Fabricated many supports and pipe spools.
- Threaded and screwed carbon screw pipe.
- Conducted live line buttweld tie ins.
Pipe Welder
Amcon Industrial
Fairburn
05.2018 - 11.2018
- Completed job tasks in an efficient manner to maintain the given deadlines.
- Followed safety protocol.
- Fabricated pipe/platforms and installed per drawings.
Pipe Welder
Saulsbury Industrial
Florence
02.2018 - 04.2018
- Demoed curtains out of the turning veins of a precept.
- Flew in and set modules on top of the powerhouse.
- Connected perforated plate using mig procedure.
Pipe Welder
Midsouth Mechanical
Education
Welding Technology -
NWF State College
Niceville, Florida05.2016
Bachelor of Science - Occupational Health And Safety
Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, ALSkills
- RCA/RCFA
- TWIC
- Risk Screening/Hazard Identification
- Hazard Prevention/Mitigation with Hierarchy of Controls
- Site Supervision/Management
- Emergency Response Coordination
- Worker Safety Training
- Incident Investigation Reporting
- Construction Safety Management
Certification
- OSHA 10 & OSHA 30
- 32 Accredited NCCER Trainings
References
- Austin Dorrell, (701)339-5834
- Carl Price, (936)346-2673
- Justin Rognstad, (218)368-9499
- Shawn Atwood, (607)372-4355
- Matthew Cukjati, (850)377-2358
- Richard Brown, (479)633-1162
Timeline
Safety Manager
KS Industries LLC
02.2025 - Current
SSHE Specialist III
Applied Consulting
11.2023 - 02.2025
Pipe General Foreman
Samuel EPC
06.2023 - 11.2023
Pipe Foreman
Samuel EPC
03.2023 - 06.2023
Pipe Foreman
G.A. West
01.2023 - 03.2023
Pipe Welder
Specialty Welding and Turnaround Services (S.W.A.T.)
10.2022 - 10.2022
Pipe Welder
Southern ACME Corporation
10.2022 - 10.2022
Pipe Welder
Southern ACME Corporation
10.2022 - 10.2022
Pipe Welder/Fitter
Turner Industries
04.2022 - 10.2022
Pipe Welder/Fitter
G.A. West
01.2022 - 04.2022
Pipe Welder/Fitter
G.A. West
09.2021 - 12.2021
Pipe Welder/Fitter
G.A. West
06.2021 - 09.2021
Pipe Welder/Fitter
G.A. West
01.2021 - 06.2021
Pipe Foreman
Wood Group
02.2020 - 10.2020
Pipe Welder
Yates Construction
12.2019 - 12.2019
Pipe Welder/Fitter
CCSI
11.2019 - 12.2019
Pipe Welder/Fitter
Amcon Industrial
09.2019 - 10.2019
Pipe Welder/Fitter
Austin Industrial
06.2019 - 09.2019
Pipe Welder/Fitter
G.A. West
04.2019 - 06.2019
Pipe Welder
Yates Construction
03.2019 - 04.2019
Pipe Welder
G.A. West
01.2019 - 03.2019
Pipe Welder
G.A. West
11.2018 - 12.2018
Pipe Welder
Amcon Industrial
05.2018 - 11.2018
Pipe Welder
Saulsbury Industrial
02.2018 - 04.2018
Pipe Welder
Midsouth Mechanical
Welding Technology -
NWF State College
Bachelor of Science - Occupational Health And Safety
Columbia Southern University
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