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.
