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Samuel Auernhamer

Bridgeport,MI

Summary

Trusted Safety Engineer skillful in optimizing employee safety and working conditions on job sites. Offering 1.5 years of comprehensive experience conducting and creating safety training, completing workplace audits and inspections, and implementing health and safety procedures. Certified in GSP, NCCCO, Industrial Storm Water Operator, and CPR/First Aid.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Safety Engineer

Mortenson Construction
05.2022 - Current
  • Supporting / influencing craft and management personnel through all phases of wind turbine construction to maintain proactivity with safety as our top value
  • Collaborate with project managers, superintendents, and subcontractors to address safety concerns, conduct toolbox talks, and facilitate safety training
  • Conducting routine site safety audits to identify potential injuries, non-compliance, deviation from work instruction, and providing recommendations for any corrective action to the team
  • Document and manage all incidents, conducting thorough investigations, and analyzing root causes to prevent repeat occurrences
  • Develop and implement safety programs, training, and procedures for projects, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal safety regulations, and implementing owner goals and requirements to exceed expectations.

Safety Engineering Internship

Mortenson Construction
05.2021 - 08.2021
  • Utilized organizational skills, keeping records and safety-related statistics accurate, and up to date
  • Assisted in site safety inspections, SPCC inspections and conducted SWPPP inspections
  • Communicated trends from inspections to the project team and helped implement corrective actions where needed
  • Helped to implement the site hazard recognition program, eliminating issues before they occurred; working closely with craft personnel to better understand shortcomings and areas to improve
  • Following up with personnel to ensure adequate solutions
  • Took on responsibility of procuring and organizing various PPE so team members doing different jobs had what they needed to safely perform work and had accessibility to it

Laborer

Auernhamer Trenching
- 01.2021
  • Assisted in accurate land mapping and tile placement, utilizing GPS and surveying equipment
  • Installed subsurface agricultural drainage tile connections and managed excavation, ensuring proper drainage system operation
  • Inspected and repaired damaged systems.

Education

B.S. Occupational Safety and Health Management -

Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI
04.2022

Skills

  • Safety Regulations and Compliance
  • Risk Assessments
  • Data Analysis
  • Safety Auditing
  • Development of Site Safety Plans
  • Emergency Response Planning
  • Coordinating Emergency Response Drills
  • Incident Investigation and Analysis
  • Respirator Fit Testing
  • Training: Equipment Safety, Confined Space, Lockout/Tagout, Fall Protection, Tower Rescue, Zero Injury, Rigger and Signalperson
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Accident Investigation

Awards

GSP First Aid/ CPR NCCCO Rigger/ Signalperson Industrially certified storm water operator OSHA 30

Timeline

Safety Engineer

Mortenson Construction
05.2022 - Current

Safety Engineering Internship

Mortenson Construction
05.2021 - 08.2021

Laborer

Auernhamer Trenching
- 01.2021

B.S. Occupational Safety and Health Management -

Grand Valley State University
Samuel Auernhamer