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Michael L. Osburn

Roebling

Summary


Results-driven Warehouse Safety Manager accustomed to partnering and overseeing operations with strong attention to detail. History of meeting demanding group objectives through employee training, motivation, and performance management. Working knowledge of optimal practices and safety behaviors, injury and risk reduction in a fast paced large scale warehouse environment.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

WHSM L5

Amazon ABE8
01.2022 - Current
  • Self-motivated professional, with a strong ownership and bias for action. Partner with operations and support partners with day-to-day safety operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members to drive safety and compliance with regulatory agencies and Amazon policy. Work effectively in fast-paced environments hire and develop the best and develop and execute continuous improvement injury reduction plans. Continuous safety metrics improvement YoY from 2022-WK22 2025: RIR: -7.714%, LTIR: -1.909%, SIR: -.224% ABE8 Best in Northeast rIXD.
  • Root Cause Analysis Trainer (Incident Analysis: Level 1 IA trainer) drove 100% compliance for Northeast IXD region partnering to train person and virtual trainings
  • STA 4 sites support and train new WHSMs sharing best practices and assisting to bridge gaps in coverage.
  • Projects: Roof snow removal plan ABE8, site Ergomat replacement, step stool revamp, EPJ toe guards, safety vision.


Area Manager (L5)

Amazon Fulfillment Center (AF) EWR4
  • Manage upwards of 150 associates on any given shift in AFE and Stow removing safety, mechanical and personal barriers creating a culture to optimize productivity. Hire and develop the best by maintaining highest standards, associate engagements, motivating personnel, deep diving to identify/remove barriers and continuous training to promote opportunity. Deliver results with continuous WoW improvement in rates improving from 160 to 200 uph pack, while practicing frugality to maintain that bottom line. Monitoring and enforcing safety standards in the department resulting in zero lost time and production on my corner
  • Managed AFE2 Box Suite change-over: organized 30 labor share associates (AA) from different departments to re-label 66 pack station, remove/palletize old boxes for reutilization, restock new boxes. Complete 3 hours ahead of schedule with 18 fewer AAs than planned; saved approximately $4500.00 in labor and had ZERO downtime for AFE operations.
  • Coordinate with four corners of stow and ICQA departments to identify means of creating pallet space on the pallet storage floor; identified cycle counting pallets that were ¼ full would create 25 open spaces per shift, identified 2 personnel per shift per corner, trained them and executed; led to 8% increase in storage space per shift thus increasing pickable volume.
  • Led Cognex scanner alignment on all four corners: coordinate RME, Safety, and AFE1 & 2 to improve ergonomics and reduce injury risk; additionally, expected to improve induct rates and volume by 1% - 3%
  • Monitor metrics to predict staffing needs, training requirements and continue to develop the best; AFE2 maintained optimal number of trained AAs in critical indirect paths enabling to bridge gaps in AFE1 while maintaining AFE2 operational requirements despite attrition.

Emergency Manager

Emergency Management Preparedness
10.2011 - 07.2020
  • Manage staffing, training and resources for scalable operations to include 24 hr continuous operations. Identify, budget, requisition, and account for equipment and supplies used by readiness and contingency teams across the installation; additionally, coordinate with outside agencies for mutual aid agreements. I brief installation leadership of gaps in security, supplies, capabilities, training; additionally, provide risk and costs/benefit analysis. Input, maintain, and review data for status of resources and training system briefed to senior leaders. Establish, coordinate, and maintain annual training plan, prepare and maintain training and supply documentation used to perform trend analysis. Manage assigned technicians and equipment, perform or schedule equipment maintenance, validate and track maintenance and inventory assets providing leadership oversight of operation capability.
  • Coordinate and lead the quarterly Emergency Management Working Group; unit readiness, status of projects, create action items installation partners ensuring all agencies are in unison.
  • Conduct program reviews for 54 units to ensure compliance with applicable guidance, identify discrepancies, provide corrective action and follow-up. Lead team to conduct all-hazards assessment;
  • Ensure sustainability of mission ops: coordinate with unit representatives and brief senior leaders on status of resources, training, budget, safety compliance and manning stats preventing degradation of capabilities ensuring 100% accomplishment

Fire Captain

United States Air Force
01.2013 - 06.2014
  • Manage the staffing of 5 fire stations with 75 firefighter’s military and civilian of various skill levels. Tracked the in-service rate of fire apparatus tools and equipment essential to providing emergency coverage for airfield operations as well as fire and EMS cover area for base population.
  • Oversaw the inventory and maintenance of fire life safety equipment ensuring 100% OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 and NFPA standards were achieved: ladders, fire hoses, rescue tools, fire trucks, ropes, medical kits
  • Certified Mine Safety Appliance (MSA) repair technician responsible for maintenance, repair, testing of 75 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA); 150 MSA Fire Hawk M7 Responder SCBA Mask and 300 MSA 60-minute air bottles. Supply five fire stations and 75 fire fighters with certified life safety equipment for operations.
  • Incident Commander assess the problem, develop action plan and coordinate responding agencies and resources to mitigate hazardous scene and unify efforts improving less than ideal circumstances; compile after actions reports, lessons learned and implement continuous process improvement
  • Fire Inspector create evaluate facility pre-fire plans; inspect/enforce Uniform Building Codes, train facility occupants on fire extinguisher use and proper facility markings/evacuation routes/accountability system; audit occupant training records, hot-work and confine space permits, documented lock-out/tag-out procedures; develop, train, execute and evaluate emergency evacuation drills.

Education

No Degree - Occupational Health And Safety Management

NEBOSH International Diploma
01-2025

BS - Occupational Education

Wayland Baptist University
06-2015

AS - Emergency Management

Community College of the Air Force
01.2013

AS - Fire Science

Community College of the Air Force
01.2003

AS - Criminal Justice

Midland Community College
01.1997

Skills

  • Experienced professional seeking to leverage safety, managerial and program management skills with industry standards and training Has well-honed skills successfully leading and managing small and large teams in demanding conditions Motivated to apply creative and disciplined nature, leveraging technical education, military training, and experiences to foster safe and streamlined operations Has diverse experiences in both leading and managing, resulting in improvements of organizational bottom lines
  • Demonstrated success in:
  • Team building, training and leadership
  • Safety and Environmental Standards
  • Operation and Risk Management
  • Strategic and Critical Thinking
  • Organizational and Resource Management
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Quality Assurance
  • Verbal and Written Communication Skills

Timeline

WHSM L5

Amazon ABE8
01.2022 - Current

Fire Captain

United States Air Force
01.2013 - 06.2014

Emergency Manager

Emergency Management Preparedness
10.2011 - 07.2020

AS - Emergency Management

Community College of the Air Force

AS - Fire Science

Community College of the Air Force

AS - Criminal Justice

Midland Community College

Area Manager (L5)

Amazon Fulfillment Center (AF) EWR4

No Degree - Occupational Health And Safety Management

NEBOSH International Diploma

BS - Occupational Education

Wayland Baptist University

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