Madeline M. Hill
Ladonia,TX
Summary
Goal-driven Safety Professional whose primary focus is to aid in successfully implementing the company's Safety & Health Management System at the project level. Since graduating college, I have worked for one of the leading safety companies in the construction industry on the largest water reclamation dam project in Northeastern Texas (Lake Ralph Hall), and other critical projects. My focus is on a relationship-based safety culture that targets the elimination of serious injuries or fatalities (SIF) in construction. Years of experience includes Dam Concrete Structures, Roadway, Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE), Gravity Walls, Foundation - Structures, Underground - Utilities, Finish Work, Earth Moving - Hauling Operations, Drainage and Paving Operations.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Safety Manager
Austin Bridge and Road
Dallas, TX
06.2025 - Current
- On this Project, overseeing safety compliance for construction of 8 new direct-connector bridges, replacing 4 existing flyovers, and adding 4 additional connectors to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion. Managing safety protocols across 25 bridges and a modernized interchange configuration, ensuring adherence to OSHA and company standards. Conducting site audits, hazard analysis, and implementing proactive measures to maintain zero-incident performance.
- $530M interchange reconstruction project for TXDOT. a major mobility and safety improvement for one of North Texas’ most traveled corridors. The project will enhance regional connectivity by creating a more efficient system-to-system link between two critical highways.
Safety Manager
Granite Construction Company
Houston, TX
01.2025 - 06.2025
- On this project, oversee the work of subcontractors Sendro and Farmer Brother. Inspecting subcontractor's job sites and batch plant facilities to detect potential health hazards and put corrective measures immediately into effect. Conducting site audits, JHA development, Confine Space inspection, Trench and Excavation permits. Finding safety challenges, incident reviews/investigations, ordering and supplying safety materials, and managing safety tracking of leading indicators
- $89 million subcontract by United Airlines and Manhattan Construction as part of the overall United Airlines Terminal B Airside Transformation program, a $2 billion initiative funded by United Airlines and the City of Houston (Houston Airport System). The project will be included in Granite's second-quarter CAP.
Safety Manager
Granite Construction Company
Honey Grove, Texas
05.2021 - 06.2025
- On this project, inspected job sites and facilities to detect potential health hazards and put corrective measures immediately into effect. conducting site audits, developing JHAs and solutions to safety challenges, incident reviews/investigations, ordering and supplying safety materials, and managing safety tracking of leading indicators. Three years without OSHA Recordable 300,000-man hours.
- $160 million contract, the Leon Hurse Dam project is a component of the overall Lake Ralph Hall project which will be one of Texas’ newest lakes and one of the state’s largest water projects in the last 30 years. The project will provide crucial water for an area whose population is projected to increase nearly fivefold in the next 50 years. Granite is responsible for building a new earthen dam, and pertinent structural, electrical, mechanical, and architectural facilities, anticipated to provide 45 million gallons per day of water for people in Collin, Denton, and Fannin counties as one of Texas’ newest dams. The scope of work is comprised of the construction of a new 2.3-mile-long, 108-foot-tall zoned earthen embankment dam including a 705-foot long, 104-foot-tall roller compacted concrete and cast-in-place (CIP) concrete spillway with a 120-foot-wide labyrinth weir overflow section, an excavated earthen emergency spillway, a CIP concrete intake structure including screens, sluice gates, stop logs, and a vertical lift bridge crane, a CIP concrete valve vault structure housing, and approximately 1,800 feet of new 72-inch diameter mortar lined steel pipeline. This project has developed and maintained a strong safety culture, performing 2.7 million man-hours of work with a 0.5 RIR and a 0.07 LTC.
Safety Manager I
Granite Construction Company
Crandall, TX
08.2024 - 02.2025
- Daily task Inspected job sites and facilities to detect potential health hazards and put corrective measures immediately into effect. Facilitated meetings with upper management and executives to discuss ways that safety could be improved.
- Developed and implemented safety programs.
- Granite Construction Company is working on a $57 million project in Crandall, TX, involving US Highway 175. This project includes the construction of a new frontage road on the south side of US 175 between FM 148 and CR 4106 and converting the existing two-way frontage road on the north side to one-way operation.
Safety Specialist 3
Granite Construction Company
Idaho Falls, Idaho
01.2023 - 05.2023
- Company Overview: This $175 million project is for the concrete placement construction of a naval spent fuel handling facility, operating under NQA1 Quality Standards. The scope of work includes providing all labor, equipment, and materials to backfill the excavation site from bedrock to the elevation supporting superstructure foundations. The backfill will consist of approximately 10 million pounds of rebar and 350,000 cubic yards of concrete materials. This project has developed and maintained a very strong safety culture, performing 2.7 million manhours of work with a 0.5 RIR and a 0.07 LTC. On this project I spent most of my time in the field working hand in hand with our craft employees, conducting site audits, developing JHAs and solutions to safety challenges, incident reviews/investigations, ordering and supplying safety materials, and managing safety tracking of leading indicators.
Safety Specialist
Granite Construction Company
Lewisville, Texas
05.2021 - 09.2021
- Company Overview: This $39.1 Million project includes the construction of upstream embankment modifications, crest road improvements, conduit filters, waterline relocations, seepage collection systems, installation manholes, roadway system, and associated work. Included complying with OSHA 1926 standards, EM385-1-1 standards, and multiple company safety policies such as the Army Corps of Engineers and USACE Dam policies, conducting site safety meetings and training, confined space monitoring, hot work monitoring, site inspections, completing accident and incident investigations, trenching and excavation inspections, and communicating all job hazard analysis and activity hazard analysis to all site workers. Two years without OSHA Recordable 250,000-man hours.
Safety Intern
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
11.2019 - 05.2021
- Duties required daily and monthly inspection of all 46 campus buildings, conducting hands-on training for staff and students on campus, restructuring of the fire extinguisher protocol for aviation planes, building a chemical exposure plan for the Southeastern Safety Manual, and updating the paper filling system for the Southeastern Safety Department.
Education
B.S. - Occupational Safety and Health
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Durant, OK05.2021
Associate of Science - Agriculture
Murray State College
Tishomingo05.2019
Highschool Diploma -
Milburn High School
Milburn, OK05.2017
Skills
- Regulations and compliance
- Lock out tag out programs
- Safety policy writing
- Environmental protection processes
- Accident investigation
- Safety auditing
Affiliations
- Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, 2015
- Oklahoma Maine-Anjou Board Member, 2016
- Future Farmer American, 2014
- Board Certified Safety Professionals, 2020
- American Society of Safety Professionals, 2020
- Granite Resource and Opportunity for Women, 2021
Certification
- BCSP GSP
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction
- OSHA 10-Hour Construction
- NQA-1 Trained
- 3M Fall Protection Competent Person Trained
- Certified Rigger and Signaler
- OSH301 Excavation, Trenching, and Soil Mechanics
- First Aid/CPR
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- OSHA Record keeping
- GHS and OSHA Hazardous Communication
- Leading with Charters
- Extreme Ownership
Additional Information
Letters of Professional Recommendation available upon request
Timeline
Safety Manager
Austin Bridge and Road
06.2025 - Current
Safety Manager
Granite Construction Company
01.2025 - 06.2025
Safety Manager I
Granite Construction Company
08.2024 - 02.2025
Safety Specialist 3
Granite Construction Company
01.2023 - 05.2023
Safety Manager
Granite Construction Company
05.2021 - 06.2025
Safety Specialist
Granite Construction Company
05.2021 - 09.2021
Safety Intern
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
11.2019 - 05.2021
B.S. - Occupational Safety and Health
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Associate of Science - Agriculture
Murray State College
Highschool Diploma -
Milburn High School