VERA E. JOVANOVIC
Dublin,OH
Summary
Safety professional with focus on compliance regulations. Experienced in cultivating safe and positive work environments to reduce risk, increase morale and promote overall commitment to safety. Focused professional with vast expertise handling root cause investigations, onsite audits, and training.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Corporate Safety Director
ATLAS INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTORS, LLC
COLUMBUS, OHIO
05.2017 - Current
- Experienced with providing health and safety support in laboratory, manufacturing operations, and construction environments
- Regularly travel to conduct safety audits
- Work with insurance companies providing requested information, and assist with inspections.
- Liaison between regulatory agencies and management
- Able to effectively communicate with construction union workers and upper management
- Conduct post-accident investigations, and notifications to regulatory agencies as required
- Provide safety-related training
- Provide Client-required safety training to employees before entering Clients’ sites
- Conduct monthly Safety Team meetings with Division Managers, Foremen, and Supervisors
- Provide monthly safety statistics reports to Division Managers
- Complete client Pre-Qualification Questionnaires
- Write Specific Site Safety Plans
- Continuously update company's Safety Manual
- Manage worker compensation cases and insurance
- Manage contractor management platform sites
- Manage OSHA Record Keeping for all company sites
- Coordinate pre-employment, annual, and post-incident drug testing
- CERTIFICATIONS and AFFILIATIONS
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP) since 2011
- Member of the American Society of Safety Professionals, Central Ohio Chapter 95
Senior Industrial Hygienist
BATTELLE
COLUMBUS, OHIO
01.2012 - 12.2015
- Planned, developed, and implemented industrial health and emergency response procedures for operational organizations
- Conducted risk analysis of hazardous operations and activities, and identified appropriate risk mitigation
- Performed industrial hygiene monitoring
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- Identified industrial health problems, selected appropriate solutions under differing situations, and determined priorities and ensured procedures accomplished desired results
- Helped develop industrial and occupational health and emergency response training programs and coordinated effective and efficient delivery of training to operational staff
- Supported corporate Emergency Management in designing, and conducting emergency response exercises
- Reviewed proposals to identify potential hazards or requirements that may directly affect either the conduct of the work, or have an impact on activities or projects
- Conducted accident and incident investigations and worked with management to identify corrective actions to prevent recurrence
- Provided support to the Advanced Manufacturing Business Line for OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program to maintain certification.
Education
BACHELOR OF ARTS -
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Columbus, OHSkills
- COMPUTER SKILLS Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
Timeline
Corporate Safety Director
ATLAS INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTORS, LLC
05.2017 - Current
Senior Industrial Hygienist
BATTELLE
01.2012 - 12.2015
BACHELOR OF ARTS -
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY