Chemical, Radiation Safety Expert Consultant ResumeThis associate has experience in health and safety services, OSHA VPP support, identification and prioritization of exposure groups, and job safety analyses. Further experience includes industrial hygiene surveys, indoor air quality assessments, and microbial contamination identification and control.
This consultant also specializes in ionizing radiation, EMF and laser safety consulting as well as help with construction safety and hazardous materials handling.
Additional areas of expertise and experience include construction safety audits, chemical and radiation safety, safety audits and radiation surveys, and radioactive and hazardous waste. This expert’s background also includes worker safety training and respiratory protection programs.
This consultant has demonstrated specific expertise relative to evaluation of worker exposures to various chemicals, noise, radiation and asbestos. Additional expertise includes design of asbestos removal projects, production and product quality improvement, solvent recovery monitoring, and industrial hygiene assessments. The consultant has worked with cadmium, lead, and arsenic cleanups as well as indoor air quality studies and remediation. Further specialization includes hazardous materials survey and risk assessment, transport and storage of radioactive materials, removal of lead-based paint, and clean room contamination.
Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.
Providing expertise in environmental health and safety, industrial hygiene, radiation safety, asbestos removal, and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.
Owner and Operations Manager, Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Consulting firm
Managed firm operations and provided client management and multidisciplinary technical consulting to large industrial, commercial and institutional clients. Major projects included providing comprehensive health and safety services for major corporate research and development facility, with a major part of the work associated with OSHA VPP program maintenance. Provided various EHS services for research facility in Corning, NY. Activities included OSHA VPP support, identification and prioritization of exposure groups, job safety analyses, industrial hygiene surveys, indoor air quality assessments, and microbial contamination identification and control. Provided as-needed EHS services for major aeronautics and electronics systems firm. Work included ionizing radiation, EMF and laser safety consulting as well as help with construction safety and hazardous materials handling. Performed construction safety audits at power plants in Niagara Falls, Massena, and Gilboa, NY.
Senior Member, Industrial Hygiene Group, Galson Corporation
Was responsible for ensuring that projects were completed successfully, on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with all applicable regulations. Successfully managed hundreds of projects, supervising as many as 20 technicians.
Radiation Safety Officer, Syracuse University
Was responsible for implementing the day-to-day operations of the Chemical and Radiation Safety Program. Conducted safety audits and radiation surveys, collected and disposed of radioactive and hazardous waste, provided worker safety training and over-site of the respiratory protection program. Was responsible for ensuring compliance with all the requirements of Radiation Licenses. This included maintaining dosimetry programs, inventory control, wipe testing, employee training, and working with government agencies during inspections and when amendments to the license were required.
Radiation Safety Officer, Galson Consulting
Conducted studies to evaluate worker exposures to various chemicals, noise, radiation and asbestos. Worked with engineers and architects in designing asbestos removal projects to facilitate renovation and construction work. Also was responsible for radiation license compliance, including maintaining dosimetry programs, inventory control, wipe testing, employee training, and working with government agencies during inspections and when amendments to the license were required.
Research Chemist, E.I. duPont, Towanda, PA
Worked with engineers to develop methods to improve production and product quality. Maintained solvent recovery monitoring equipment, and conducted tests to evaluate worker exposures to methylene chloride. Conducted plant-wide industrial hygiene assessments for a Syracuse compressor manufacturer and a local air-conditioning manufacturer. Managed the cleanup of a glass manufacturer’s facility contaminated with cadmium, lead, and arsenic. Conducted an indoor air quality study for a local school and designed and implemented a plan to remediate amplified levels of bacteria and fungi found in the school. Assisted a Canadian firm and state regulators in the transport and storage of radioactive materials associated with explosion and drug detection equipment. Managed an $800,000 hazardous materials survey and risk assessment for the U.S. Air Force in England, Germany, Italy, and Turkey, and a similar project at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Designed and monitored the removal of lead-based paint from a 250-foot tall radio tower located in a residential neighborhood and adjacent to a local waterway, requiring close coordination with state regulators. Conducted an industrial hygiene assessment for a New York State electric utility to assess worker exposures to contaminants and noise during arc gouging operations. Provided awareness training for 130 employees at a metals processing plant as required by the OSHA Lead in Construction Standard, 29 CFR 1926.62. Identified the source of clean room contamination that was leading to the failure of circuit boards used by a computer equipment manufacturer.