Michael P. McDermott
Manchester,NH
Summary
Experienced, energetic, and organized individual with a talent for fostering safe and productive work environments. Demonstrated expertise in safety regulations, compliance, risk assessment, and hazard prevention techniques. Committed to implementing effective safety strategies that prioritize the well-being of all team members and minimize workplace incidents. Solid background in steel erection safety protocols with a strong emphasis on planning and implementing means and methods during the steel erection process. Skilled in group communications and interaction, as well as designing, developing, and implementing safety trainings and systems for Ironworkers. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Bluebeam REVU, and other software technical computer skills.
Overview
54
54
years of professional experience
Work History
Safety Manager/Safety Director
James F. Stearns Co. LLP
11.2005 - 01.2025
- Train workers to spot and correct hazards in the workplace through interaction with workers on job sites as well as interactive weekly topic specific safety meetings
- Review and mark-up contract ITB’s, safety scopes, and author task and site specific job hazard analysis trainings and work method statements on steel erection projects
- Manage Safety on multiple high-rise structural steel projects mostly in logistically challenged areas in Boston MA
- (Also, Manhattan and Brooklyn NY. 2010-2019)
- Perform jobsite safety audits on projects to ensure the highest level of safety compliance for all employees and correct non-compliance issues as they arise
- Investigate incidents, injuries and accidents to find solutions to prevent re-occurrence of similar events
- Document the chain of events, root causes, and implement corrective actions to eliminate exposures hazards
- Author weekly toolbox safety trainings for employees, with emphasis on previous week’s activities and solutions for improving workplace safety
- Research and Design the development of fall protection systems and relative safety criteria’s to meet or exceed OSHA 1926.500-503 Subpart M Fall protection construction safety standards
- Create Fall Protection Systems, have them engineered
- Create and design on Bluebeam-Revu drawings of installation grids for perimeter, interior (Passive) and vertical net systems
- Create Site Specific Health and Safety Programs as a guideline and reference manual for projects
- Retrain employees that are found to be deficient in compliance with Site Health and Safety Program
- Troubleshoot and find solutions to all safety issues that arise as needed
- Cooperatively work with General Contractor project management teams and safety personnel to ensure the highest safety standards possible for their projects
- Produce Safety audio/video as well as Power Point Safety presentations for trainings and conferences
Journeyman Ironworker
Ironworkers Local 7
05.1971 - 01.2015
- Forman, General Forman, Job Steward on numerous projects over the course of 35 years in Boston MA and across the United States
- Performing all facets of the Ironworking trade
- Certified Instructor for Local 7 Apprentice Program: developed programs and instructed apprentices on safe work practices, as well as job performance, and all related subject matter
- Elected Chairman of Executive Board Ironworkers Local 7, Boston: played an integral part in collective bargaining and working rules for the Ironworkers, reviewed and managed all requests for contributions from charitable and political foundations
- Planned strategies for procuring market share in the Ironworking industry and all duties required
- Member of Collective Bargaining Team – 2003
- Interim Business Agent for Ironworkers Local 7 Boston, 2003-2005
- Trained over 100 Ironworkers as a OSHA 30 Hour Instructor in construction and issued OSHA 30 Hour Training Cards, 2008-2012
- Trained Ironworkers in MCAD Harassment and Discrimination Awareness
Education
High School -
Holy Cross Cathedral High School
Boston, MAIronworker Apprentice Instructor Training -
University of San Diego
Ironworkers International IMPACT Superintendents Training -
02.2010
OSHA 502 Certified Instructor - OTI
Keene State College
04.2006
Ironworkers International IMPACT Foreman’s Instructor Training -
01.2006
OSHA 500 Certified Instructor - AGC
Keene State College
07.2001
Certification in Organizing Course -
George Meany Labor College
05.1970
Skills
- Incident investigation
- Implementing policies
- Safety program development
- Hazard identification
Timeline
Safety Manager/Safety Director
James F. Stearns Co. LLP
11.2005 - 01.2025
Journeyman Ironworker
Ironworkers Local 7
05.1971 - 01.2015
Ironworker Apprentice Instructor Training -
University of San Diego
Ironworkers International IMPACT Superintendents Training -
OSHA 502 Certified Instructor - OTI
Keene State College
Ironworkers International IMPACT Foreman’s Instructor Training -
OSHA 500 Certified Instructor - AGC
Keene State College
Certification in Organizing Course -
George Meany Labor College
High School -
Holy Cross Cathedral High School
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