Experienced Safety and Health Counsel
Brad Giles, P.E., CSP
"Leadership drives culture, culture drives safety."
Brad Giles is the Principal of Bradley Giles & Associates, LLC, providing experienced safety counsel. With over 40 years of industry experience, he is a senior, strategic executive leader, possessing significant international experience, with a broad range of insight into all aspects of operations and safety management.
He has actively participated in the mining, construction, engineering, defense and program management industries. Giles has been elected to several leadership positions within the safety professional organizations. He is recognized for developing cutting edge approaches, creating and implementing best practices and developing young professionals. He is known for his experiences developing and improving workplace safety cultures and sharing that knowledge.
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Possessing significant industry leadership and recognition, Mr. Giles initiated the first National Alliance with Federal OSHA and a private company, focusing on mentoring of subcontractors and joint training efforts with OSHA personnel. Other noteworthy efforts include: attainment of the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) STAR designation at four Department of Energy sites, seven in the Department of Labor, and attained approval as the fifth company (first Engineering & Construction) for a division wide “Corporate Pilot VPP” Program.
ABOUT
CAREER OVERVIEW
Mr. Giles previously served as Senior Vice President of Safety, Health and Environment for AECOM's Energy, Infrastructure and Industrial Construction Operating Group. Within the scope of those operations, the organization employee a workforce of more than 40,000 individuals and generated in excess of $4 billion in annual revenues. He held a similar position with legacy companies URS Corporation and Washington Group. In this role, he initiated the first alliance between the federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and a private company. He also was instrumental in helping the company become the first engineering and construction company approved under OSHA’s Corporate Voluntary Protection Program. During his tenure, 375 of the company’s projects qualified for the President’s Award for Safety Excellence, attaining over 750 million hours without a days away injury. Earlier, Mr. Giles served as the Morrison Knudsen Corporate Safety Director and Corporate Safety Manager, specializing in the health, safety and training aspects of projects. As Safety Manager during construction of the Denver International Airport, Mr. Giles was named Safety Professional of the Year by the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE).
From Left to Right
Former Idaho Governor Butch Otter, Community Service Safety Award Recipient Bob Kohnke, and Bradley Giles
EXPERT WITNESS&INDUSTRY LEADER
"I am uniquely qualified through education and experience in the industrial safety realm across a broad spectrum of industries to provide expert witness testimony. I am thoroughly familiar with regulatory safety standards, consensus standards and common safety practices. A detailed resume and bio are available for specific experiences and an executive profile. You may view my resume here."
Possessing a thorough knowledge of pertinent environmental safety and health codes and capable of effectively applying this information while performing tasks such as program formulation, review of contract specifications, review of bid proposals and interpretation of applicable regulations and work practices for management and engineering staffs.
With several published several technical papers and articles for professional journals and associations, Brad is recognized as an expert in his field. As such, he has taught Safety in Design Symposiums at Harvard University. In addition to teaching, he sponsored participation in the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) Certification Program for over 2,500 supervisors and managers.
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