ROOSEVELT WARD CIH, CSP, QISP
Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety
CERTIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) 11208 CP
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) CSP-32397
EDUCATION
-University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Public Health, Master of Public Health – Environmental Health
-Indiana University, Bloomington, Bachelor of Applied Health Science, Occupational Safety & Health
ASSOCIATIONS
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Industrial Hygiene Monitoring
- Noise Surveys & Ventilation Assessments
- Indoor Air Quality & Environmental Building Assessments - Environmental Remediation & Demolition
- ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems - Industrial Storm Water Compliance
- EHS Program Management and Training
- Noise Surveys & Ventilation Assessments
- Indoor Air Quality & Environmental Building Assessments - Environmental Remediation & Demolition
- ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems - Industrial Storm Water Compliance
- EHS Program Management and Training
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Roosevelt Ward is an ABIH Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), BCSP Certified Safety Professional (CSP) with over 20 years of experience in the environmental, health and safety field.
Mr. Ward started his career as an industrial hygienist consultant and has been focused on anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling risks throughout various industries; specifically chemicals, aerospace and alloys manufacturing, with an emphasis on eliminating injuries, preventing toxic emissions and ensuring regulatory compliance. Mr. Ward spent the latter part of his career as an EHS Manager for companies such as Lincoln Electric, Cherry Aerospace, Ashland Chemicals, and Solvay.
Chemical, biological and physical stressors sampled throughout the course of Mr. Ward’s career consist of noise, heavy metals, volatile organic compounds (air, soil, water), ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, mold, asbestos, lead, aerosols, and IAQ contaminants. As an ISO14001 Certified Lead Auditor, Mr. Ward has hands-on experience establishing, implementing, maintaining and auditing procedures and management systems across various industries. Areas of expertise include occupational safety compliance, environmental remediation, hazardous waste operations, hazard communication, emergency response, industrial storm water compliance, confined space entry, process safety management, and hearing protection.
Mr. Ward has extensive experience completing microbial, asbestos, and lead-based paint environmental building assessments, in addition to project design, abatement oversight and final clearance. Additional experience includes Phase I environmental site assessments, subsequent Phase II environmental media sampling and project management.
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
Searles Valley Minerals - Trona, CA
Project Manager, Mercury Spill Clean-up
October 2008 – May 2009, Mr. Ward was tasked with the role of project manager of a dig-and-haul soil remediation project where a demolition crew toppled over multiple tanks during general demolition at Searles Valley Minerals' plant in the town of Trona, CA. The tank spilled an estimated 180- 200 pounds of highly toxic elemental mercury at the chemical plant. The project scope required Mr. Ward to generate the site safety workplan, provided high-level management of the remediation action plan (RAP), in addition to air monitoring and clearance sampling throughout all phases of site remediation. The Searles Valley Minerals remediation project constitutes the biggest mercury spill in the West in the last three decades, federal officials say.
Project Manager, Mercury Spill Clean-up
October 2008 – May 2009, Mr. Ward was tasked with the role of project manager of a dig-and-haul soil remediation project where a demolition crew toppled over multiple tanks during general demolition at Searles Valley Minerals' plant in the town of Trona, CA. The tank spilled an estimated 180- 200 pounds of highly toxic elemental mercury at the chemical plant. The project scope required Mr. Ward to generate the site safety workplan, provided high-level management of the remediation action plan (RAP), in addition to air monitoring and clearance sampling throughout all phases of site remediation. The Searles Valley Minerals remediation project constitutes the biggest mercury spill in the West in the last three decades, federal officials say.
Nevada Power/Edward Clark Generating Station - Las Vegas, NV
Project Manager/Site Safety Officer, Asbestos Demolition
May 2009 – June 2009, Mr. Ward was tasked with the role of project manager and representative site safety & health officer (SSHO) for the demolition of three (3), 10-story, 1,102-megawatt capacity natural gas-powered generating units at Edward W. Clark Generating Station, located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The demolition scope consisted of complete asbestos abatement oversight of Class I thermal system insulation (TSI) and contaminated soil.
Project Manager/Site Safety Officer, Asbestos Demolition
May 2009 – June 2009, Mr. Ward was tasked with the role of project manager and representative site safety & health officer (SSHO) for the demolition of three (3), 10-story, 1,102-megawatt capacity natural gas-powered generating units at Edward W. Clark Generating Station, located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The demolition scope consisted of complete asbestos abatement oversight of Class I thermal system insulation (TSI) and contaminated soil.
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)/Fort MacArthur – San Pedro, CA
Project Manager, Brownfield Clean-up/Ex-situ Soil Vapor Extraction Remediation
July 2009 - November 2009, under the oversight of California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), which oversees the evaluation and cleanup of proposed school sites, Mr. Ward was tasked with the role of project manager and primarily responsible for the site’s Phase I and II preliminary environmental site assessment and characterization – which relied upon an analysis of more than 1,400 samples of soil and gases within the soil, as required by DTSC. The assessment found elevated levels of lead, arsenic, pesticides, and gases associated with military operations and subsequent fugitive emissions. Mr. Ward was also primarily responsible for executing LAUSD’s Remediation Action Plans (RAP)plan for the remediation, including environmental /sampling and remediation contractor oversight. Mr. Ward also provided high-level asbestos monitoring abatement consulting during demolition of old military buildings present on the site.
Project Manager, Brownfield Clean-up/Ex-situ Soil Vapor Extraction Remediation
July 2009 - November 2009, under the oversight of California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), which oversees the evaluation and cleanup of proposed school sites, Mr. Ward was tasked with the role of project manager and primarily responsible for the site’s Phase I and II preliminary environmental site assessment and characterization – which relied upon an analysis of more than 1,400 samples of soil and gases within the soil, as required by DTSC. The assessment found elevated levels of lead, arsenic, pesticides, and gases associated with military operations and subsequent fugitive emissions. Mr. Ward was also primarily responsible for executing LAUSD’s Remediation Action Plans (RAP)plan for the remediation, including environmental /sampling and remediation contractor oversight. Mr. Ward also provided high-level asbestos monitoring abatement consulting during demolition of old military buildings present on the site.
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)/ Valley Region Elementary School #13 – Los Angeles, CA Project Manager, In-Situ Soil Vapor Extraction Remediation
December 2009 - July 2010, under the oversight of California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), Mr. Ward was tasked with the role executing LAUSD’s Remediation Action Plans (RAP)plan for the demolition of structures and subsequent removal of approximately 20-acres of impacted soil located at the proposed site for the Michelle Obama Elementary School (Valley Region Elementary School #13). The scope of work included the performing the initial Phase I and II preliminary environmental site assessment and characterization, demolition oversight of residential and commercial structures, and subsequent Phase III dig-and-haul and in-situ soil-vapor-extraction remediation and associated on-site environmental monitoring and sampling where elevated concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, PCBs, pesticides, PCE, TCE, lead were identified in the initial site characterization.
December 2009 - July 2010, under the oversight of California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), Mr. Ward was tasked with the role executing LAUSD’s Remediation Action Plans (RAP)plan for the demolition of structures and subsequent removal of approximately 20-acres of impacted soil located at the proposed site for the Michelle Obama Elementary School (Valley Region Elementary School #13). The scope of work included the performing the initial Phase I and II preliminary environmental site assessment and characterization, demolition oversight of residential and commercial structures, and subsequent Phase III dig-and-haul and in-situ soil-vapor-extraction remediation and associated on-site environmental monitoring and sampling where elevated concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, PCBs, pesticides, PCE, TCE, lead were identified in the initial site characterization.