Quann Kizer
Fullerton,CA
Summary
Dynamic Safety Manager with over 12 years of expertise in designing and executing effective safety programs. Skilled in fostering safe and positive work environments that minimize risks while enhancing employee morale and commitment to safety initiatives. A strong advocate for continuous improvement, leveraging industry best practices to drive safety culture and compliance across diverse teams. Committed to ensuring safety remains a top priority while supporting organizational goals and employee well-being.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Safety Director
Tilden-Coil Constructors
Riverside, CA
07.2024 - Current
- Direct and manage corporate safety operations across 40+ active construction projects, including K-12 schools, higher education facilities, public works, stadiums, and commercial developments.
- Lead a team of Safety Managers and coordinate company-wide safety initiatives, regulatory compliance programs, and risk management strategies.
- Develop, implement, and enforce Site-Specific Safety Plans (SSSPs), Injury and Illness Prevention Programs (IIPP), Emergency Action Plans (EAPs), and contractor safety requirements.
- Conduct executive-level project safety reviews, pre-construction safety meetings, and high-risk activity planning for excavation, trenching, crane operations, demolition, confined space entry, and fall protection activities.
- Perform incident investigations involving injuries, utility strikes, property damage, environmental releases, and near misses; identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
- Interface with OSHA, Cal/OSHA, DSA representatives, environmental agencies, and project owners during inspections, audits, and compliance reviews.
- Develop and deliver safety training programs, toolbox talks, supervisor training, and regulatory compliance education for field personnel and subcontractors.
- Conduct quality assurance and quality control inspections to verify construction activities comply with contract documents, specifications, project requirements, and applicable codes.
- Review and audit subcontractor documentation, including permits, inspections, certifications, testing reports, and quality control records.
- Participate in pre-installation meetings to identify quality requirements, critical construction activities, and inspection hold points.
- Verify corrective actions for non-conforming work and track deficiencies through completion.
- Coordinate with project managers, superintendents, inspectors, and design teams to resolve construction quality concerns.
EHS Project Manager
AECOM
San Diego, CA
01.2024 - Current
- Assists in Managing EHS programs and initiatives to meet regulatory requirements and EHS needs of the client account
- Evaluates new and existing programs to assess suitability and the need for changes
- Creates and implements studies to monitor and assess employees' exposure to health risks, and to measure effectiveness of occupational health programs, policies, and procedures
- Proposes and leads implementation of programs to protect employee health and implementing ergonomics
- Ensures employee awareness of occupational health and safety concerns, programs, and regulations by conducting training and presentations
- Implements corrective actions and suspends operations, if required
- Conducts Health, Safety and Environmental Inspections, audits, oversight of contractors, shops, and utilities
EHS Project Manager
Alstom Transportation
Los Angeles, CA (LAX Airport)
01.2022 - 12.2023
- Support Site Management in achieving EHS results
- Drive the implementation of EHS policy on the field according to the Alstom/Region/Country-Cluster guidelines and targets, and the improvement of EHS results in the site
- Advice, help, coach, support operational management in the EHS actions implementation to reach Alstom EHS objectives
- Prepare the local yearly EHS plan consistent with Alstom Transport strategy and objectives
- Mobilize and coordinate with others to meet those objectives and deploy the plan
- Monitor the right deployment of the plan
- Develop Site EHS Management System
- Develop, deploy and maintain the local procedures and tools applicable to the Site specific for EHS Management System in line with Transport& Country/Cluster EHS Management System
- Ensure that Alstom EHS standards and tools (AZDP, TOP_E, Transport Key processes) are deployed at Site level
- EHS Compliance
- Monitor compliance with all relevant statutory, regulatory, contractual and company requirements & propose actions to correct any gap
- Maintain appropriate records and documentation of the Site.
SH&E Project Manager
AECOM
Los Angeles, CA (LAX Airport)
08.2020 - 01.2022
- Under minimal direction supervises personnel engaged in the ES&H functions within the company or on the same project
- Implements policies and procedures to assure awareness of and compliance with ES&H requirements of the organization
- Supervises personnel engaged in monitoring and preventing hazards and diseases that could be present throughout the work sites
- Provides technical leadership and functional guidance to ensure regulatory standards are being enforced
- Ensures that quality control procedures are executed to monitor all aspects of regulations
- Serves in a liaison capacity with the resident contract agency representative and
- Other various agencies engaged in promoting environmental safety and health activities.
Environmental Health and Safety Manager
Creation World Inc
Inglewood, CA (SoFi Stadium)
11.2019 - 08.2020
- Help ensure that federal, state, local laws, regulations, rules, and codes are observed
- Assist in Accident Management
- Perform periodic inspections at each facility
- Coordinate/lead Safety Committee meetings monthly
- Walk each jobsite to identify safety hazards and unsafe conditions and mitigate the situations that are observed
- Coordinate with the Safety Director with development and implementation of Hazardous Material Handling procedure and policies
- Assist the Safety Director with the development and implementation of safety training for new
- Employee orientation and annual required programs
- Identify and evaluate hazardous conditions and practices in the workplace, conduct and
- Coordinate on-site inspections to audit physical conditions and safe work practices
- Assist Subcontractors in the field with management of the safety program implemented by THJV
- Maintain that all operations taking place follow the guidelines instituted by Cal OSHA
- Walk each jobsite and help develop controls for identified hazards, coordinate the implementation of controls from the results of the hazard analysis
- Recommend changes that reflect improved opportunities to eliminate workplace accidents and injuries.
Site Safety Health Officer
Environet Inc.
Honolulu, HI (Pearl Harbor Naval Base)
07.2019 - 10.2019
- Prepare and implement health and safety plans for construction projects
- Act as onsite safety representative for the duration of a given contract
- Serve as the SSHO person of contact to conduct the required site and safety analysis and
- Observations
- Evaluate results and make recommendations as necessary for maintaining compliance with
- Regulatory agencies
- Conduct daily safety and health inspections and maintain a written log which includes
- Area/operation inspected, date of inspection
- Identified hazards, recommended corrective actions, estimated and actual dates of corrections
- Conduct weekly or daily tailgate safety meetings
- Attach safety inspection logs to the contractors’ daily quality control report
- Conduct mishap investigations and complete required reports
- Investigate and resolve health and safety deficiencies
- Walk each jobsite and assist the subcontractors with the Implementation of the safety guidelines
- According to the EM-385-1-1 standard
- Walk each jobsite to identify safety hazards and unsafe conditions and mitigate the situations found
- Walk each jobsite with the project managers to address safety concerns and track Lock-out Tagout sites.
EHS Manager
Rosendin Electric
Inglewood, CA (SoFi Stadium)
01.2019 - 07.2019
- Walk every area and perform frequent audits of all job sites and equipment
- Provide safety expertise in response to all identified deficiencies and requests for safety assistance
- Prepare professional reports, conduct safety briefings with each crew and inform them of safety concerns that have been observed in the field of work
- Act as company spokesperson for all safety issues, and research and answer all safety questions and concerns
- Resolve all safety issues and provide emergency response as needed that arise from customers, employees, and company managers
- Oversee 3000+ employees of various trades, assisting them with safety direction and PPE as needed
- Perform comprehensive, in-depth investigations of all injury and loss incidents, identify all causal factors
- Develop, and implement measures to prevent recurrence, and follow up to ensure long term resolution.
Safety Technician
ASI Operations
Barstow, CA
08.2018 - 01.2019
- Provide site specific, day to day monitoring of maintenance and operation activities
- Maintain safety programs to ensure a safe, healthy, and accident-free work environment
- Maintain a daily field presence including conducting inspections, training, and verifying compliance
- Maintain effective communication with all levels of employees, and management
- Provide/assist in training new employees, rain-day in-services or other areas that have been identified by the Safety Director
- Analyze, and evaluate compliance issues related to field operations and provide information that will assist in developing effective corrective actions to resolve potential problems and unnecessary risks
- Perform daily job walks on the site to identify safety concerns
- Conduct audits on contractors and the work that they are performing to assure that all operations are being conducted in the safest way possible and according to Cal OSHA.
Safety Technician/ Permit Coordinator
Brinderson Constructors Inc
Wilmington, CA
07.2013 - 08.2018
- Inspected job sites for potential safety hazards; Prepped and updated the locations to be a safe environment
- Conduct safety program audits, looking for any changes to the surroundings that can or will cause a hazardous situation
- Write Permits for work on a need to do basis, maintaining that all work be done safely and that a job walkthrough and JHA has been completed and is accurate to the job scope at hand
- Make sure that all hazards that are present before the work begins is mitigated, and that all lock/out, tag/out are applied properly
- Conducted safety audits on various contractors to assure that all operations are being performed according to Cal OSHA regulations
- Walk each area of operations in effort to pinpoint and mitigate any safety concerns found
- Assist subcontractors with safety implementation and with the identification of situations that are not in being conducted in accordance with Cal OSHA regulations.
Safety Advisor
Certified Safety Specialist
League City, TX
06.2010 - 05.2018
- Properly execute and manage safety-related duties
- Fire watch: Monitor all hot work being performed within the refinery
- Enforced a 100% spark containment policy
- Confined Space Attendant: Monitor all work being performed inside of any confined spaces
- Continuously monitor air values with a 4-gas monitor, keep a detailed record of all individuals that enter the confined space, and operate
- Bottle Watch: Stationed at a supplied breathing air source and/or manifold and is responsible for the proper function and regulation of that supplied breathing air system and/or manifold
- Examine all workers and make sure that all PPE requirements are fulfilled
- Review the permit and fill out a detailed job hazard analysis that includes all critical information
- Identify, mitigate, and report all potential safety hazards
- Walk each jobsite and identify safety concerns, once a situation is identified, formulate the means to mitigate the unsafe condition
- Walk the jobsite and audit each contractor’s JHA, assuring that all safety concerns are listed and that a mitigation plan is in place.
- Led safety meetings and training classes to educate workers on safe practices and important policies.
- Inspected worksites, practices, and gear for compliance with established safety standards.
- Check written JSAs and permits for adherence to regulations.
- Enforced safety behaviors in field by delivering mandatory trainings and implementing safety procedures.
- Maintained compliance with relevant safety regulations and protocols.
- Recognized, documented, and advised on removal of hazards.
- Conducted regular safety inspections and audits to identify potential hazards and prevent accidents and injuries.
- Communicated safety performance and progress to management and employees to provide up to date information.
- Monitored workplace activities to determine compliance with safety regulations and standards.
Skills
- Meeting Oversight
- Training Program Development
- Incident Reporting
- Auditing Safety Processes
- LO/TO Programs
- Safety Hazards Analysis
- Implementing Policies
- Environmental Health and Safety
- Accident Investigations
Certification
CHST - Construction Health and Safety Technician: BCSP
CRIS Certification - Expertise in construction risk management and insurance.
QSP – Qualified SWPPP Practitioner
OSHA 510 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
OSHA 500 - Trainer Course for Construction
OSHA 10
OSHA 30
EM385-1-1 - USACE Safety and HealthCompliance Certification (SSHO)
CSST - Construction Site Safety Technician: Construction Site Safety Supervisor (NCCER), Safety Technology (NCCER), Field Safety (NCCER)
233-Hour Oil and Gas Safety and Health Professional (OSHAcademy Certificate Program) , TWIC Card
First Aid, CPR, AED
Timeline
Safety Director
Tilden-Coil Constructors
07.2024 - Current
EHS Project Manager
AECOM
01.2024 - Current
EHS Project Manager
Alstom Transportation
01.2022 - 12.2023
SH&E Project Manager
AECOM
08.2020 - 01.2022
Environmental Health and Safety Manager
Creation World Inc
11.2019 - 08.2020
Site Safety Health Officer
Environet Inc.
07.2019 - 10.2019
EHS Manager
Rosendin Electric
01.2019 - 07.2019
Safety Technician
ASI Operations
08.2018 - 01.2019
Safety Technician/ Permit Coordinator
Brinderson Constructors Inc
07.2013 - 08.2018
Safety Advisor
Certified Safety Specialist
06.2010 - 05.2018