Scott Gilliam
Nortwood,OH
Summary
Focused Health and Safety Manager bringing 20+ years of comprehensive experience minimizing health and safety hazards in Automotive industry by developing and implementing successful health programs. Hardworking professional commended for consistently evaluating current processes to confirm adherence to prescribed laws, standards and company goals. Growth-oriented team player possessing excellent technical and managerial abilities.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Health and Safety Manager
Norplas (Magna)
01.2002 - Current
- 2022 National Safety Council Occupational Excellence Achievement Award recognizes companies, locations or divisions that have reported injuries and illnesses that involved days away from work equal to or less that 50% of BLS rate for their 6-digit NACIS code for calendar year.
- 2022 Th National Safety Council’s Significant Improvement Award recognizes companies, locations and divisions that have minimum 20% reduction in injuries and illnesses that involve days away from work and have maintained or reduced number of fatalities.
- 2022 National Safety Council Milestone Certificate Award for companies, locations and divisions that have recorded least 30 consecutive days without occupational injury or illness that resulted in days away from work in accordance with OSHA record keeping requirements.
- 2022 National Safety Council Corporate Hazard Recognitions Award-Crystal hazard recognition program has demonstrated steady increase in number of hazards reported and corrected each year.
- On Board of Directors of Safety Council of Northwest Ohio, with its network of members, enhances quality of life by providing education programs, and services that improve safety, health, and environment within our community.
Senior Health and Safety Specialist / Manager
Magna Exteriors
01.2018 - 01.2022
- 2021 National Safety Council Occupational Excellence Achievement Award recognizes companies, locations or divisions that have reported injuries and illnesses that involved days away from work equal to or less that 50% of BLS rate for their 6-digit NACIS code for calendar year.
- 2021 National Safety Council’s Significant Improvement Award recognizes companies, locations and divisions that have minimum 20% reduction in injuries and illnesses that involve days away from work and have maintained or reduced number of fatalities.
- 2021 National Safety Council’s Perfect Record Award recognizes companies, locations or divisions that have completed period of at least 12 consecutive months without incurring occupational injury or illness that resulted in days away from work or death.
- 2020 National Safety Council’s Significant Improvement Award recognizes companies, locations and divisions that have minimum 20% reduction in injuries and illnesses that involve days away from work and have maintained or reduced number of fatalities.
- 2019 National Safety Council’s Significant Improvement Award recognizes companies, locations and divisions that have minimum 20% reduction in injuries and illnesses that involve days away from work and have maintained or reduced number of fatalities.
Senior Health and Safety Specialist / Manager
Bridgewater Interiors / Adient
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Implemented several safety improvements and awareness projects with calibration effort between management and UAW employees.
- Achieved 1-year (365) days without recordable injury.
- Every audit internal or external has come back positive without any violations/fines.
- We worked as team to put emphasis on behaviors that are valued and expected of high performing employees to support our vision, mission, and values.
- We did this through Integrity, Customer Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Innovation and Sustainability
- We also focused on Leading/Lagging indicators to fix past and future injury from happing.
Health and Safety Coordinator
Johnson Controls / Adient
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Reduced accident injury within first year by 66% and improved on BOS and Safety Maturity Model Audits scores.
- Worked with several department heads but mostly with C.I Manager and with his help we accomplished following:
- Increased parts packaging.
- Line presentation racking
- Reduced ergonomics risk at each station.
- Reduce landfill consumption by 50%
- Increased 5S in plant by installing cardboard bailer for Special needs adults to run.
- Reduced amount of open worker compensation claims, and cost associated with them.
- Worked closely with Chrysler on World Class Manufacturing (WCM) for safety.
Health and Safety Manager
Odyssey Incorporated
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Responsible for starting up and running complete health and safety program.
- Job Safety Analysis (JSA) to determine hazards and required Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for each job.
- Started safety committee to help promote safety within ranks and to train hourly employees on how to identify hazards.
- Created near miss report and employee suggestion form.
- New employee orientation training along with industrial truck and overhead crane training
- Safety training licenses, manage employee training records, and make sure company and employees stay in compliance with federal, state and local rules and regulations.
- Review wrote and approved all health and safety programs required by federal, state, and local levels.
- Participated in several inspections from risk management, loss control, state of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Waste and Hazardous Material Division (WHMD), Worker Compensation Department, Lake Orion Fire Department and Lake Orion Water Bureau.
- Have passed all inspections without any fines or penalties being assessed while getting great remarks on safety program.
Health and Safety Representative for United Auto Workers (UAW)
Ford Motor Company
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Nominated and elected by peers to represent UAW as their Health and Safety Representative
- Managed two facilities.
- 600 hourly and salary employees under 2.1 million square feet
- Successfully reduced safety trends in Accident/Injury and Illness, which surpassed corporate goals.
- Reduced Accident/Injury and Loss Time Case Rate by 40% in year.
- Coordinated training programs to meet OSHA, TNOSHA, and corporate standards.
- Achieved management style that assured appropriate balance between upper management and hourly workforce.
- Negotiated and executed contracts with Ford Motor Company and United Auto Workers
- Managed two facilities that ran 24 hours day.
- Launched safety and quality incentive program.
- Within eighteen months moved Memphis Parts Division Center from worst ranking for lost Time Case Rate to best ranked in Parts Division of Ford Motor Company.
- Member of ISO 9001 management team.
Warehousing Service Parts Packager
Ford Motor Company
01.2005 - 01.2004
- Started working in Memphis as warehouse service parts packager.
- Received several “Best in Class” quality awards for having best quality and production standards.
- Member of quality committee, to reduce overall performance.
- Increased productivity and quality standards to lead warehousing division of Ford Motor Company
- Incentives program in which, when quality and production standards were obtained t employees received honorary lunch with extended lunch period.
Automotive Assembly production Line
Ford Motor Company
01.2004 - 01.2001
- Started working on assembly line, packaging sheet metal automotive parts.
- Team environment to keep up with fast pace of assembly line.
- Challenged myself by working every position assembly line had to offer.
- Competitive, yet I am team player.
- Nominated to be part of quality team due to my experience, knowledge, and my skill level on assembly line.
Warehousing / Distribution
Ford Motor Company
01.2001 - 01.1997
- Worked several jobs in warehousing operations.
- Drove several different types of machinery from three- and four-wheel forklifts, Drexel’s, tugs, and cherry pickers.
- Trained employees how to operate various vehicles, how to replenish stock, and how to pick and/or ship automotive parts.
- Top three employees for quality and productions standards
- Received several perfect attendance awards.
Packaging Department
Ford Motor Company
01.1997 - 01.1993
- Worked as machine operator on small parts assembly line.
- Set-up different machinery my co-workers needed to package automotive parts.
- Maintained machines throughout day to keep production line running.
- Assembly line that my team and I worked on had highest quality and production numbers in department.
Education
Associate -
Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL06.2024
Skills
- UAW-FORD Ergonomics
- First Aid/CPR and AED Certificated
- Hazard Communication Coordinator Training
- Blueprint for Safety & Health Management System
Certification
- American Heart Association Instructor
- First Aid, CPR, AED, Bloodborne Pathogens
- Proficiency in ISO 14001 and recently updated and approved to the new 2015 standard.
- COSS – Certified Occupational Safety Specialist CERT# 29851838 . Valid through December 31, 2018.
- OSHAS 18001 Internal Auditor
- I-Lead
- Train the Trainer
Volunteer Experience
- Donated time to the Cherry Street Mission 2022-present
- Donated time to the Junior Chariots Annual Wheelchair Basketball Tournament 2015-2021
- Blue Sky project for Safe Passage – re-landscape around home 2015
- Participated in the buddy system for Miracle League baseball 2014-2015
- Blue Sky project for Rockford Therapeutic District – built wheelchair accessible raised garden beds 2014.
- Donated time to the Cherry Street Mission 2012-2013.
- Participated in the buddy system for Miracle League baseball. 2012-2013
- Blue Sky project for Woodlane 2012
- Blue Sky project for camp courageous 2011
Timeline
Senior Health and Safety Specialist / Manager
Magna Exteriors
01.2018 - 01.2022
Senior Health and Safety Specialist / Manager
Bridgewater Interiors / Adient
01.2016 - 01.2018
Health and Safety Coordinator
Johnson Controls / Adient
01.2011 - 01.2013
Health and Safety Manager
Odyssey Incorporated
01.2008 - 01.2011
Health and Safety Representative for United Auto Workers (UAW)
Ford Motor Company
01.2005 - 01.2007
Warehousing Service Parts Packager
Ford Motor Company
01.2005 - 01.2004
Automotive Assembly production Line
Ford Motor Company
01.2004 - 01.2001
Health and Safety Manager
Norplas (Magna)
01.2002 - Current
Warehousing / Distribution
Ford Motor Company
01.2001 - 01.1997
Packaging Department
Ford Motor Company
01.1997 - 01.1993
Associate -
Columbia Southern University
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