Laurette Simanski
Pooler
Summary
Dynamic Sr. Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager with extensive experience at Maersk Logistics. Expert in ecological policy planning and hazardous materials compliance, successfully reducing incident rates through proactive strategies. Proven ability to manage multiple sites and conduct risk assessments, ensuring regulatory adherence and promoting a culture of safety and environmental stewardship.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Health, Safety and Environmental Manager
Maersk Logistics
04.2019 - Current
- New facility start up, conducting Preliminary impact assessments and recommendations.
- Internal Auditor for ISO 14000 and 45000 with experience in Food Safety and SQF Implementation.
- Prepare and delivered KPI to top Leadership in the Southeast region.
- Managed multiple sites, incident and injury data and record keeping.
- Data management and recordkeeping and analysis.
- Conducted risk assessments for potential environmental impacts, developing mitigation measures to minimize negative effects on local ecosystems.
- Performed site assessments prior to property acquisitions or expansions, examining potential contamination issues that could impact future operations or liabilities associated with historical activities at the site.
- Conducted regular reviews of environmental and safety policies and procedures, updating to reflect changes in industry best practices or regulatory requirements.
Safety Manager and Food Safety Technetium
UNFI, United Natural Foods
04.2017 - 03.2019
- Collaborated with management to develop company-wide safety policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Conducted thorough accident investigations to identify root causes and prevent future occurrences.
- Developed and implemented safety programs.
- Reduced accident rates through proactive hazard identification, analysis, and mitigation strategies.
- Conducted internal SQF Audits and action plan.
- Incident investigation and root cause
Sr. Environmental Manager
PQ Corporation
10.2016 - 04.2017
- 14000 ISO Auditor and Implementation
- Maintained documentation required by the EPA/DEP
- Hazardous Material Management ,
- Developed emergency response plans for addressing accidental releases of hazardous substances or other potential threats to public health or safety.
- Served as a liaison between internal teams and regulatory agencies during inspections or investigations related to environmental matters.
- Conducted risk assessments for potential environmental impacts, developing mitigation measures to minimize negative effects on local ecosystems.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
05-1993
Associate of Arts -
05-1990
Skills
- Ecological Policy Planning
- Effective Waste Management
- Hazardous Materials Compliance
- Regulatory Permitting Expertise
- Workers compensation and reporting
- Assisted East Coast Warehousing
- Industrial hygiene , noise mapping and reporting
- 40 Hazwaste certified and Dangerous good
Accomplishments
- Achieved results by completing and automating reporting database to increase accuracy and efficiency.
- Effectively supported and the East Coast region for over twentyfour months
- Supervised team of 9 staff members.
- Collaborated with cross functional teams in the development of and the successfully start up of 7 new warehouses in the Savannah Ga, area while supporting the Northeast warehouses.
- Documented and resolved audit issues, hazard abatement and incident reduction teams to drive improvement which led to incident reduction
- Achieved automated reporting by developing automated data trackers and dashboard analytics to standardize reported and data for the Executive leadership
- Achieved incident reduction through effectively facilitating action plans and auditing of the process
Certification
- Internal Auditor
- ISO 14000 and 45000 Implementation of systems
- SQF Internal Auditor Certification
- DG and Hazardous goods 40 Certification
- Project Management
- Policy, Program Development
- Recordkeeping expertise
- Development and facilitation of training material
- Incident investigation
Timeline
Sr. Health, Safety and Environmental Manager - Maersk Logistics
04.2019 - Current
Safety Manager and Food Safety Technetium - UNFI, United Natural Foods
04.2017 - 03.2019
Sr. Environmental Manager - PQ Corporation
10.2016 - 04.2017
Plymouth State University - Bachelor of Science,
Greenfield Community College - Associate of Arts,
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