Dennis Osmer
Senior EHS Consultant
QUALIFICATIONS
Mr. Osmer has over 40 years of industrial experience. The last
7 years of his career he was the World Wide Head of Health,
Safety, Environment and Emergency Management at CIBA Vision
(a business unit of Novartis).There, he was responsible for
the HSE activities for all of CVs operations (14 supply chain
sites, 37 sales & marketing group companies, 11,000 employees
on 3 continents). He has a pragmatic approach to developing
and implementing HSE strategy which balances employee safety,
environmental protection and business needs. He is a recognized
expert with a track record of delivering performance.
His most recent activities were with Pandemic Preparedness,
energy efficiency improvements, auditing, due diligence, new
site start-up and HSE strategies for world class performance.
While with a different business unit, he was the deputy chief
of an industrial brigade and part of a community outreach program.
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
- Emergency preparedness
- Emergency & crisis management
- Development
of compliance & world class HSE systems
- Development of
policies & guidelines
- Auditing -- HSE Best practice /
systems / due diligence
- Accident reduction systems
- Incident investigation
- Expert Witness
EDUCATION
- BA in Mathematics Fairleigh Dickinson
University
- MBA in general management & finance from Fairleigh
Dickinson University
EXPERIENCE
- Conducted multiple level risk analysis
to identify and institute hazard abatement measures which
reduced risk
and improved operational
effectiveness.
- Strategic planning for HSE initiatives to develop
world class, high performance HSE capabilities.
- Business Unit
representative to coordinating committee of parent company
that reviewed, debated and finally agreed to global
strategy, objectives, & priorities
- Original and effective
solutions to HSE issues – modeled
to meet the balance of HSE & Business needs.
- Instituted
results driven safety culture thru collaboration with internal
customers.
- Established a customer focused HSE organization
- Developed
a system to define, collect and analysis key HSE data.
- Operated
an intern program with UGA’s Environmental
Health Science College
- Established local emergency preparedness
at multiple sites and trained teams.
- Established a global
crisis management and communication system & lead
teams thru several events.
- Developed and conducted emergency
response & crisis management
exercises with local emergency responders.
- Established a
global auditing system to ensure local compliance and world
class HSE practices.
- Conducted due diligence auditing for
acquisitions and site closure assessments.
- Conducted audits
of TSDFs and key raw material suppliers
- Established systems
for root cause investigation and corrective action tracking.
- Developed
and implemented comprehensive global systems for accident
reduction (LTIR of 0.07)
- Instituted accident reduction systems,
which resulted in lower worker’s comp cost from $3MM
per year to less than $200k per year, at an Atlanta location.
- Negotiated
various air and water permits.
- Lead development of water conservation
systems (reuse, optimized use, & recycling) that lead
to greater than 700,000 gallons per day savings.
- Managed remediation
of a site with historic soil contamination. With a risk based
approach, saved over $7MM versus typical “remove
and burn” method.
- Established global Industrial Hygiene
programs.
- Managed studies on toxicity of new chemicals for
use in industrial settings.
- Established internal Occupational
Exposure Limits.
- Provided training to employees and senior
management on various HSE topics.
- Initiated business continuity
management systems.
- Supported a VPP Star site program & assisted
with gap analysis at other sites to initiate the application
process.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- ASSE – American
Society of Safety Engineers
- AIHA – American Industrial
Hygiene Association
- IAEM – International Association
of Emergency Managers
- NFPA – National Fire Protection
Association
email: dennis@ehsprogress.com
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