Richard Walker
Director, Environmental Health & Safety, Analytical Instruments Group at Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Role
- Director, Environmental Health & Safety, Analytical Instruments Group at Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Location
- Carlsbad, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Richard Walker
Senior environmental, health and safety (EH & S) and sustainability leader with a broad cross-section of knowledge and experience in a variety of industries in global corporate, country corporate, single-site and consulting work environments. Excellent communicator with the ability to effectively interact with and influence people of varying levels and backgrounds, from the C-Suite to the shop floor. Talented strategist and creative problem-solver with the demonstrated ability to perform in crisis situations.
Experience
Director, Environmental Health & Safety, Analytical Instruments Group
May 2019 — Present · Waltham, MA, US
Lead Global EH & S activities for the Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry Division revenue) operating in 15 countries worldwide.• Implemented safety and health programs, procedures, and training to reduce CMD’s recordable injury and illness rate by 40% in two years• Transitioned the division from tracking lagging performance indicators to leading performance indicators• Implemented laboratory safety measures including new chemical review, inventory tracking, improved electrical safety practices, and internal inspections & audits• Led CMD’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including work from home strategy, site infection-prevention measures, vaccination & testing protocols
Education
Illinois Institute of Technology
Master’s Degree, Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor’s Degree, Biology
Skills
- Environmental Compliance
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Occupational Health
- Root Cause Analysis
- Safety Training
- Accident Investigation
- Training
- Crisis Management
- Eh&S Leadership
- Eh&S Compliance
- Behavior Based Safety
- Inspection
- Waste Management
- Emergency Management
- Hazardous Materials Management
- Waste Reduction
- Industrial Safety
- Hazard Identification
- Sustainability
- Iso 14001
- Safety Management Systems
- Process Safety
- Process Improvement
- Risk Assessment
- Process Safety Management
- Iso
- Hazardous Materials
- Environmental Management Systems
- Management
- Hazard Analysis
- Continuous Improvement
- Safety Auditing
- Ergonomics
- Hazwoper
- Ehs
- Workplace Safety
- Workers Compensation
- Industrial Hygiene
- Environmental Auditing
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