Maria Munoz
San Jose,CA
Summary
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGER I have a proven track record of success in developing and implementing comprehensive global environmental. Health safety programs and training management strategies to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the organization's operational process. A highly accomplished, passionate, and solutions-oriented leader with 8+ years of experience and demonstrated success in delivering exceptional results across the environmental health safety team globally. Visionary and mission-focused individual with strong skills in providing strong leadership to the environmental health and safety team to ensure I provide a healthy and safe workplace environment for employees, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. I have demonstrated a history of implementing new ways of thinking and engagement while alternating strategic and tactical perspectives. High-performing professional with substantial experience developing and implementing safety and health programs. Creates safety protocols, conducts hazard assessments and provides education. Strong knowledge of OSHA regulations and committed to promoting industrial hygiene and environmental health. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Global Environmental Health and Safety Manager
Uber Technologies
11.2015 - 06.2024
- Responsible for optimizing a $6 million multi-site operational budget, improving the efficiency of 25 significant offices and 30 Green light hubs worldwide, and ensuring proactive global environmental health and safety programs
- Collaborated with stakeholders, including vendors, clients, and internal teams such as Facility Managers, HR, Legal, Finance, and IT to drive operational efficiency
- Enhanced compliance and safety protocols by working with OSHA and global regulations
- Identified potential risks and developed strong programs and training
- Created a global ergonomic program for 70 countries and over 33,000 employees
- Managed and inspired a team of 25 ergonomists and contractors to support an efficient ergonomic program while fostering a transformative and collaborative culture
- Identified trends and recorded data for metric-driven improvements
- Reduced global ergonomic cost by creating a robust ergonomic program
- Implemented a global ergonomic equipment catalog for the 70 countries and worked with the procurement team to create an ergonomic catalog within Uber Coupa finance system
- Collaborated with the HR and Legal departments to create a comprehensive global medical accommodation program, along with the corresponding policies, procedures, and training for both employees and managers
- Proactively worked with cross-functional teams, including facility managers, HR, and IT, to ensure employees' needs were met before starting their job or returning to work following a medical accommodation, providing them with a sense of reassurance and care
- Collaborated with the design team to ensure that all offices and green light hubs globally met ADA requirements
- Tracked global employment regulations, including worker's comp, medical accommodations, and ergonomics, to ensure compliance in the US, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia
- Collaborated with the workplace team to ensure Uber was incorporating multi-use rooms for employees to utilize for relaxation or religious purposes
- Designed and developed nursing rooms for all Uber spaces
- Developed and implemented the nursing room program globally to ensure that when moms returned from maternity leave, they had a space to lactate.
Environmental Health and Safety Technician
Target cw@Uber
06.2015 - 11.2015
- Managed clients' environmental health and safety programs, policies, and training globally
- Implemented Uber's global emergency response program, policy, and training
- Promoted the emergency program so that employees could join the emergency response team
- Scheduled yearly fire evacuation drills, ensuring preparedness for emergencies
- Created monthly safety moments and tips to distribute to employees via Slack or digital displays across the globe
- Managed First Aid and AED equipment inventory and inspections for auditing purposes globally and training
- Regularly performed workplace safety audits to proactively identify and eliminate hazards, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a safe and secure work environment
- Conducted thorough risk assessments and audits to guarantee adherence to global Environmental Health and Safety standards
- Organized regular monthly Safety Committee Meetings
- Performed a thorough Job Hazard Analysis to ensure the safety of our team and recommended the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) tailored to specific job duties
- This proactive approach is crucial in safeguarding our workforce and minimizing occupational risks of job duties.
Moves and Space & Planning Assistance
Service by Medallion@LinkedIn
10.2011 - 06.2015
- Lead and oversee a wide range of client projects with varying scope and complexity
- Project types encompass new building moves, retrofits, office setups, technology implementations, and standards development
- Projects may span across the US, Europe, Asia, and Latin America
- Ensure project execution and completion adheres to approved specifications, schedules, standards, budgets, and client needs
- Proactive with strong planning and decision-making skills
- Coordinate plans, project information, and schedules with resource departments (communications, purchasing, receiving, fixed asset systems, accounting, etc.)
- Interact with vendors and supporting suppliers
- Provide direction and support to project teams and individuals
- Ability to self-motivate, multi-task, and manage numerous projects simultaneously
- Attention to detail and ability to develop and implement detailed processes
- Strong organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks
- Demonstrate a solutions-oriented approach with the skill to proactively communicate recommendations to the client
- Provide occupancy planning services in support of requested activities - programming, planning analysis, solution development inclusive of space plans, occupancy master plans, furniture layouts, test fits, and block plans
- Establish and maintain relationships with business group managers to understand business requirements, headcount forecast, and space requirements
- Project Managed projects, to include developing scopes, schedules, and budgets for project moves, furniture reconfigurations, new space buildouts
- Collaborate and maintain effective working relationships with PM, FM, and other partner team members on all activities
- Ensures space planning activities are executed in compliance with service line SLAs and client satisfaction targets
- Provides customer interface to validate office vacancies, floor plans, and proper occupancy information.
Office Specialist II
Mainz Brady Group @ City of Santa Clara
01.2001 - 07.2010
- Managed the clients annual capitol and project budgets and vendor contracts to ensure the department did not go over budget or the contracts did not expire
- Also managed the power plant operations
- Provide accounting support for the Electric Power Plant Department; communicate regularly with staff involved in the accounts payable process to ensure compliance of accounts payable policies and procedures which regularly requires the use of good judgment and the interpretation of policies and procedures
- Primary contact for power plant billing issues and coordinates resolution between engineers, managers, technicians, and vendors
- Coordinate efforts for maximum efficiency of timely payment of all invoices; date stamp all invoices, log them, and distribute to responsible staff members on the day of receipt
- Review and match invoices to PeopleSoft purchase order, and/or hard copy purchase order requisition
- Processes purchase order in Financial System for acquisition of all parts, and contracts to support the Electric Department-domestic using PeopleSoft
- Managed the environmental and health vendor to ensure all electric technicians conducted required safety trainings
- Review requisitions for proper allocation of expenditure and GL coding, investigate any exceptions
- Monitor compliance with payment terms, and prepare progress payment
- Reconcile City credit cards and sign off on Bank of America Works System
- Assist with 6 month and annual physical inventories using MP2, MS Excel, SQL Server, and Microsoft Access
- Conduct budget analysis (project expenditures); prepare and monitor budget for power plant division
- Prepare payroll which regularly requires the interpretation of contract guidelines and procedures for IBEW (Electrical Workers), Professional Engineers, Managers, and Administrative employees
- Maintain personnel records including time worked, industrial injury, vacation, sick leave, and similar information
- Assist in data evaluation and database development for overtime tracking reports
- Prepare overtime reports using Access database for management review
- Make travel arrangements (prepare and process travel authorization)
- Manage the Records Management System for the Electric Generation Department
- Provide clerical assistance to others, responding to their appropriate requests for information and/or records
- Coordinate administrative details for meetings by preparing required information material
- Relieve manager's and supervisors of certain administrative matters by following up on projects, and keeping them informed of progress
- Managed power plant air quality permits to ensure they were renewed before the expiration date
- Organize own work by using independent judgment within established guidelines, handle multiple tasks simultaneously, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and perform other duties as assigned.
Education
Abraham Lincoln High School
San Jose, CASkills
- Project Management
- International Environmental and Health Policy and Procedures
- Process Improvements
- Budgets and Request for Proposals
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel and Power Point
- Vendor Management
- Interpersonal Communications
- EHS Insight Software
- Slack
- Workplace inspections
- Hazard Identification
- Ergonomics Evaluation
- Incident Reporting
Educationtraining
- Workplace Ergonomics Certification - National Association of Safety Professionals
- The 30-hour California OSHA Compliance Course - National Seminars Training
- Osha 7505 Introduction to Incident Investigation - Osha Training Center Chabot
Professional Highlights
- Achieved $450,000 in annual savings and reduced ergonomic cost management expenses by 40% through strategic vendor negotiations and management of the ergonomic program utilization.
- Streamlined processes before Uber's IPO by integrating separate services and implementing consistent policies and procedures for global environmental health and safety across 25 large locations worldwide, contributing to a cohesive employee experience. locations globally while contributing to a seamless employee experience.
Languages
Spanish
Full Professional
Timeline
Global Environmental Health and Safety Manager
Uber Technologies
11.2015 - 06.2024
Environmental Health and Safety Technician
Target cw@Uber
06.2015 - 11.2015
Moves and Space & Planning Assistance
Service by Medallion@LinkedIn
10.2011 - 06.2015
Office Specialist II
Mainz Brady Group @ City of Santa Clara
01.2001 - 07.2010
Abraham Lincoln High School