J. C. Marcano, CSP, PMP Safety Manager

juanche77@msn.com Cell (972) 330-3838

SUMMARY Safety Professional with ample Plant Management experience who drives assurance through the application of Continuous Improvement and Lean Management principles. Thought Leader who successfully influences and inspires outstanding performance. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Director of Risk Management & Safety (Employee Solutions LLC, 2014 – Present)

Develop and provide technical and administrative direction on all regional Health, Safety, and Environment decisions, which bear critical importance to overall strategic objectives and profitability within Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas operations.

Key point of escalation for accidents and incidents reporting and ensure appropriate measures implemented to minimize future risk.

Execute surveys, inspections, audits and interviews of temporary employees, and clients’ personnel at worksites; and

assessing their level of compliance to established policies and procedures. Subsequently, provide direct input and/or

proposals to the development of disciplinary procedures or other corrective measures as necessary.

Serve as the point of contact and manage all communications with the appropriate Federal, State and local agencies, and

work with those agencies to address any corrective action requirements at client sites.

Administer the Work Comp Program (Non-subscriber) by providing tactical and technical leadership for claim professionals specializing in the management and resolution of highest exposure claims due to legal and medical complexity.

Identify Client site HSE training needs, develop appropriate resources, and execute training sessions for the work force and management staff as required.

Distribution Center Manager (Standard Supply Distributing,  2009 - 2014)

Manage a team of 55 employees and oversee the daily operations of customer consignment accounts, shipping & receiving and transfers to 15 Texas Branches.

Efficiently, and proactively manage internal DOT processes, ensuring compliance with Local, State and Federal regulations.

Identify company safety training opportunities to develop and monitor implementation to ensure highest impact. Conduct periodic safety audits of facilities and jobsites to ensure compliance with organizational safety policies and procedures.

Plan, implement, and execute Lean transformation Kaizen events, improving the operations performance and productivity rate.

Represent the organization during labor disputes with Texas Workforce Commission unemployment, discrimination and harassment claims.  

Plant Manager/Safety Manager (Holland Marble Company, 2001-2009)

Responsible for site operations, process improvement coordination, maintenance engineering, project management, and personnel relations.

Apply Lean initiatives to drive Continuous Improvements and maximize employee contributions to a safe work environment and preventative maintenance. Conduct weekly briefings with Safety Team where safety concerns are brought up and corrective actions are generated.

Establish, implement and enforce safety and environmental policies to meet OSHA, TCEQ and EPA’s standards. Create and enforce the HAZCOM Program, SOP’s, Contingency Action Program, Injury/incident report records, Accident Prevention, and Investigation reporting.

Realize action plans and teams to drive effectiveness for specific performance indicators in safety, labor efficiencies, quality, material yield, on-time delivery, scrap, etc.

  EDUCATION

Certified Safety Professional (CSP) – Board of Certified Safety Professionals (2015)

Six Sigma Green Belt (SSGB) – Simplilearn (2014)

Theory of Constraints (Lean Tools) – University of Tennessee (2013) Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) – Project Management Institute (2008)

Texas Chapter member of The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and National Safety Council (NSC).

Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude) – University of North Texas. (1999)

Multilingual: English, Spanish, French and Italian.