This document provides a summary of Keith B. Shirley's qualifications and experience. It outlines his objective of seeking a position utilizing his 30+ years of safety experience. His strengths include leadership, problem solving, communication skills, and strategic thinking. He has extensive safety certifications and experience as a Health and Safety Manager and Environmental, Safety, and Health Specialist at two companies. He has a proven track record of developing best practices to improve safety performance and compliance.

1. Keith B. Shirley
1210 Caliber Crossing
Prattville, Alabama 36067
334-365-8760 (home)
Objective: Seeking a position that utilizes my skills as a results-oriented professional with safety,
ergonomics, regulatory compliance and leadership experience. Particular strengths include:
• 30+ years of pro-active safety culture development
 Respected leader and mentor.
• Effective negotiator with strong problem solving skills.
• Good interpersonal skills exhibited across all levels of an organization.
• Strategic thinker with a proven ability to develop “best practices” that yield maximum
results
 Demonstrated work history of safety performance improvement
 Ability to function well in a matrix reporting organization
 Strong written and oral communication skills
 Ability to manage multiple and/or conflicting issues/priorities
 Ability to act as strategic partner for the business
Education George C. Wallace Community College, Selma, Alabama
Major: Fire Science (Certificate) May 1993 GPA 3.6/4.0
Columbia Southern University
Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, April 2010, GPA: 3.79/4.0
Major: Occupational Safety & Health
Minor: Fire Science
Certifications: OSHA VPP Special Government Employee, Fire Fighter I instructor, Hazardous
Materials Specialist, OSHA 10 & 30 hour certifications for both 1910 (general industry) and 1926
(construction), Confined Space Rescue instructor, trenching & excavation instructor, Industrial
Hygiene sampling techniques, RCRA, environmental sampling and lab analysis techniques, Grade
IV Alabama Waste Water Treatment, Statistical Process Control of activated sludge treatment
systems, Fire protection inspection and maintenance.
Experience:
July 2010 – Present
International Paper – Riverdale facility Selma, Alabama
780 personnel Pulp and paper facility
Health & Safety Manager
 Plan, direct and manage the safety & health programs (including safety, health, industrial
hygiene, fire prevention & Protection, transportation safety) for the facility to ensure that
the facility is aware of, and in compliance with, applicable regulatory & company
requirements
 Manage the Health Services organization including 5 full time nurses and 4 PRN
 Personal involvement with mill personnel to encourage safe behaviors and to audit,
identify, and correct safety violations and deficiencies
 Manage the 64 member Emergency Response Team and Emergency Operation Center
 Oversee the contract security team

2.  Represent facility’s business interests during enterprise strategy, goal, and
policy/program development activities
 Cross-functional coordination to ensure SH&E issues are communicated and addressed
 Represent the facility during regulatory agency inspections/audits
 Approve personal protective equipment for applicability
 Develop site-specific procedures to implement corporate policies and applicable
regulatory safety & health requirements
 Prepare regulatory submittals or coordinate/supervise their completion on behalf of the
facility
 Review/Approve all hazardous chemicals utilized by the mill
 Incident/accident response oversight, investigation & reporting
February 1985 – July 2010
General Electric
350 person chemical facility
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• Environmental, Safety, And Health Specialist
o Design, implementation, training, and audit of all safe work practices including life
critical policies related to
▪ Confined Space Entry
▪ Control of Hazardous Energy (LOTO)
▪ Hot-work
▪ Line Opening
• Lead Contact for OSHA VPP efforts
o Designated a STAR facility in 1993
o Provide mentoring activities for sister facilities in obtaining STAR status
o Provide mentoring activities for local facilities in OSHA VPP process
• Safety Specialist for contract personnel
o Perform routine audits of field activities for compliance assurance
o Contractor population has exceeded 750 during large projects and annual
maintenance outages
• Site lead for Behavioral BasedSafety Program
o Designed, trained and implemented BBS program
o Provided translation and adoption of the process for sister facilities
o Provided community outreach activities for local manufacturers in adopting the
process
• Ergonomic Assessment Committee chair
• Provide safety reviews for Process Safety Management (PSM 1910.119)
o Participate in Management of Change process (MOC)
 Lead Process Hazard and Operability studies and re-evaluations
 Fire Safety Technician
 Performed routine inspection, maintenance, repair, and testing for various fire
protection systems for the facility
▪ Sprinkler systems including dry pipe, wet, deluge and pre-action
▪ Halon total flood systems
▪ 3 centrifugal fire pumps
▪ Numerous valves, hydrants, and assorted equipment
▪ Operation and maintenance for emergency Response equipment
• 2 Class “A” pumpers
• Heavy rescue vehicle

3. • Hazardous material response vehicle
• Wildfire suppression vehicle
• Emergency Response Team Trainer
 Provided emergency response training for personnel involved with emergency
response.
 Certified Fire Fighter Instructor
 Fire fighting
 High angle rescue
 Confined Space rescue
 Hazardous materials response and mitigation
 Provided training, audits, policy design and implementation for safe work practices
for facility.
Summary:
Good work ethic
Communication Skills
Leadership Skills
Advanced computer skills
Commitment to project completion
Ability to implement new programs/processes and commitment to project completion.
Ability and desire to improve safety, environmental and health processes and programs.