Michael Van Meter
Greenwood,IN
Summary
Seeking a position to use current skills, knowledge, talents, and experiences to have an immediate impact while securing opportunities to grow and develop to reach career goals. The best way to change a safety culture is to lead by example. In 9 years with AT& T, a strong foundation was leveraged as a Customer Services Specialist technician, and advanced to the role of Associate Director Manager of EH&S, excelling in upholding the highest safety standards. Strong leadership consistently drove the team to achieve exceptional performance, earning multiple recognitions. Managing projects focused solely on developing and implementing safety solutions, resulting in a year-over-year reduction in personal injury incidents.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Director-Env/Health/Safety
AT&T
01.2021 - Current
- Ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and Local regulations
- Oversee company training programs regarding hazardous material handling, emergency response, industrial hygiene, DOT, compliance
- Responsible for environmental compliance in multiple regions for environmental laws, regulations, and ordinances
- Conduct formal site assessments
- Ensure appropriate corrective action is taken concerning Environmental, Health, and Safety hazards
- Provide guidance to subordinates to achieve performance goals and expectations
- Establish and recommend changes to policies which affect the organization
- Regulatory interaction with senior management involving matters between functional areas, other company divisions or units, or customers and the company
- Manage through subordinate supervisors, the coordination of activities of a section or department with responsibility for results in terms of costs, method, and employees
- Influences decisions regarding the hiring, firing, disciplinary action, promotional activity, and pay decisions for subordinates
- Have a 24/7 responsibility to respond to emergency situations.
Manager of Network Services
AT&T
01.2021 - 01.2021
- Lead my team on Safety First concept
- My team accomplished an incident free year, while meeting Efficiency, and Quality standards
- Isolated issues, communicated, trained, coached, and held my team accountable to standards when necessary
- Effectively communicated expectations
- Detailed record keeping of work activities
- Effective discipline when necessary to correct behaviors, up to termination
- Numerous times my team held the highest ranking in the Midwest region on VOC, WIFI assessments, Smart Home Manager, and true testing.
I&R, Customer Services Specialist
AT&T
01.2015 - 01.2021
- Met and exceeded the required Efficiency, Quality, and Dispatch Completion standards
- Fiber cable troubleshooting, repair and installation and fiber related equipment
- Isolate and correct any applicable inside and outside wiring issues
- Installation of network infrastructure of hardware and software related services
- Detailed record keeping of work activities
- Top Quality workmanship with first call resolutions
- Maintained high safety standards.
Underground Electrical Mine Foreman
Elk Creek Coal Mines
01.2007 - 01.2015
- Increased Productive while maintaining high safety standards
- Lead strategic product control efforts increasing profitability by 14%
- Lead fabrication project manager with 20 employees
- Managed project to ensure all staff were compliance with the new PPE standards
- Cut stockroom waste by 65%
- Lead project new and current employees
- Managed Benchmarks for local and abroad projects.
Education
Certified Fiber Optic Splicer -
Fiber Optic Association
AAS Mine Electrician -
Madisonville Community College
Skills
- Computer proficiency
- Leadership experience
- Communication skills
- Organizational know-how
- People skills
- Collaboration talent
- Problem-solving abilities
- Adaptability
Certification
MCSE
MCP
CNA
CCNA
A+
Network+
Kentucky Colonel
Achievements
• IEFS UV High Performer 2016/2017
• Making A Difference 2017
• Director performance award 2019
• U-Connect award 2021
• U-connect award 2022
Timeline
Associate Director-Env/Health/Safety
AT&T
01.2021 - Current
Manager of Network Services
AT&T
01.2021 - 01.2021
I&R, Customer Services Specialist
AT&T
01.2015 - 01.2021
Underground Electrical Mine Foreman
Elk Creek Coal Mines
01.2007 - 01.2015
Certified Fiber Optic Splicer -
Fiber Optic Association
AAS Mine Electrician -
Madisonville Community College
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