Joe Progar

About Joe Progar

An experienced Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) professional in a variety of industrial sectors including, non-ferrous metal and die-casting foundries as well as pressure-sensitive adhesive materials, commercial printing, specialty medical products, process safety management (PSM) and building materials. Seeking a challenging and rewarding position to continue my passion to lead, direct and drive continuous process and employee engagement improvements resulting in world class operations and EHS performance. EHS Experience includes: Safety: corporate EHS and PSM audit processes, process safety management, incident investigations, engineering standards development and implementation, human performance and employee engagement, construction and contractor safety, regulatory compliance, project EHS reviews, fatality and serious injury prevention, tagout, lockout and verification, fall control and prevention, mobile equipment and vehicle pedestrian interface, confined spaces, electrical safety, combustion systems, combustible dusts, molten metal, machine guarding, robot safety, crane and hoist safety, EHS incidents and nonconformance corrective and preventive actions. Health: industrial hygiene, hazardous materials management, qualitative and quantitative exposure assessments, ergonomics, occupational medicine, respiratory protection, hearing conservation and noise control, radiation safety, asbestos management and health hazard controls. Environmental: waste management, water and wastewater, air pollution controls, chemical management, chemical release prevention and reporting procedures, environmental phase I and II\'s and regulatory compliance. EHS Management Systems: policy and commitment, EHS aspects, hazards, risks and impact objectives, legal and other requirements, EHS strategies, objectives, targets and action plans, organizational structure, responsibility and accountability, training, awareness and competence, communications, management system documentation and controls, operational controls, emergency preparedness and response, monitoring and measurement objectives, EHS incidents and nonconformance corrective and preventive actions, records and EHS management systems audits.

Experience

1. Ehs Director

   Associated Materials Innovations

   Mar 2020 — Present · Cuyahoga Falls, OH, US

   Responsible for leadership and direction for strategic initiatives, development, integration and implementation of all EHS & Security related processes in 11 operating locations and 125 distribution centers in NA & Canada.

Education

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Bachelor of Science - (B.S.), Safety Sciences

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Master of Science (M.S.)

• Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University

  The Alcoa Global Leadership Program