Biography, Awards, & Media
Brad Giles Managed Safety for the Construction of Denver International Airport
Code of the West
MY PHILOSOPHY
Live each day with courage
Always take pride in your work
Consistently finish what you start
Do what has to be done
Be tough, but fair
When you make a promise, keep it
Ride for the brand
Talk less and say more
Remember, some things aren't for sale
Know where to draw the line
Brad Giles is Principal of Bradley Giles and Associates, LLP, providing experienced safety counsel. He has over 40 years of industry management experience in environmental, safety, health and security disciplines. His tenure spans Consolidation Coal and Morrison Knudsen with successive companies Washington Group, URS and AECOM for 35 years. He was responsible for the group's comprehensive safety program and served as the executive leader for safety & health professionals and providing functional management for over 2,500 professionals in more than 30 countries. He also served as a Senior Advisor for FDR Safety.
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 Professionals (ASSP).
He was named a Fellow by ASSP - the organizations highest honor and twice awarded the President's Award for his work with the Future Safety Leaders program & young professionals and the ASSP Foundation Distinguished Service Award. Mr Giles was recognized by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) with the Life Time Achievement Award and CSP Award of Excellence
Mr. Giles is President 2021-2022 for ASSP, formerly ASSP Director at Large, President and Ambassador for BCSP, Chairman Nation Construction Safety Executives and a member of the Academic Advisory Board for the Health and Safety Program at Murray State University. He is a registered professional engineer and a Graduate Member of IOSH. In addition, he is a Certified Safety Professional and a Safety Trained Supervisor (STS), helping to sponsor more than 2,500 non-safety professionals for this certification. He was also an instructor twice at the Harvard School of Public Health for the “Safety in Design” Symposium.
Mr. Giles is known for his experience developing and improving workplace safety cultures. He was an early advocate for the Safety Trained Supervisor, crisis management planning, employee engagement, VPP, Safety in Design (Constructability) and Leading Indicators to improve human performance. During his career, he initiated and promoted community safety awareness programs, including Safety Fest of the Great Northwest – providing free safety training to the workforce.
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AWARD WINNING PROFESSIONAL WITH INDUSTRY RECOGNITION
Brad (C) and TKE Fraternity Brothers Rick Kemple & Rand McNally
Brad and His Wife, Linda & Their Gal, Emmy Lou
Brad and Colleagues at American Society of Safety Professionals Conference
Professional Affiliations
President, American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) (2021-2022_
Director at Large, American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) (2015-2018)
Past President, Director, and Ambassador, Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP)
Former Board Trustee, ASSE Foundation
Advisory Board Member, Murray State University
Past Chairman, National Construction Safety Executives
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Industry Recognition
Associated General Contractors (AGC) 2004 and 2008 Construction Safety Excellence
2011 Grand Award CSE
Construction Users Roundtable (CURT)
2011, 2013 and 2015 Construction Industry Safety Excellence Award
2011 and 2012 General President's Associated Maintenance Contractors Safety Award Construction Safety Excellence Award: EHS America's Safest Companies
2004 - Washington Group
2005 - Rust Constructors
2005 - Washington Savannah River Company
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) 2007 - 2014
President's Award (2): Gold Medal (5): Silver Medal (1)
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Education
Masters of Science: Industrial Safety
Bachelor of Science: Education
Southern Illinois University (SIU)
Certifications
Registered Professional Engineer (PE)
Graduate Member, IOSH (GIOSH)
Safety Trained Supervisor (STS)
Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
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Personal Awards
American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Fellow 2010
President's Award 2010 and 2012
Safety Professional of the Year - Construction 1994
Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP)
Award of Excellence - CSP 2016
Lifetime Achievement 2017
BRADLEY GILES & ASSOCIATES
Principal Consultant
2015- Current
Bradley Giles and Associates was founded in 2015, as a small business employer, to provide experienced safety counsel and services to various industries. Brad serves as the Principal for the enterprise and utilizes a group of associates that provide unique backgrounds in the safety, health, environmental and security disciplines. The services they have provided include safety program development & implementation, staffing, expert witness, training, succession planning, executive coaching, program audit and professional development. Clients have included multi billion dollar organizations in construction, manufacturing, mining, commercial nuclear, equipment management and Department of Energy contractors.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SAFETY, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT
Energy, Infrastructure & Industrial Construction Group, AECOM
2014-2015
This position reported to the Office of the President, EIC performing as the construction and mining direct hire, execution discipline. As Senior Vice President, his assignment included the executive management and oversight of a comprehensive safety, health and environmental program and the services provided the Enterprise’s Power, Industrial Process, Civil Construction & Mining, Project Services and Oil & Gas business units in addition to the open shop subsidiary, Rust Constructors. He functioned as a member of the Senior Leadership Team and as the sponsor for the SHE Young Professionals group.
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SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY, HEALTH AND SECURITY
Energy & Construction Division of URS Corporation
2008 – 2014
This position reported to the Office of the President. The Energy & Construction Division operated as one of three independent companies for the URS Corporation performing as the construction, mining, and management execution discipline. Direct reports were the Senior Director of ES&H, Division Safety Training Director and Division (Corporate) Security Director. The Group Safety (ES&H) Directors and staff from the 6 product lines reported administratively to the Senior Vice President. He provided functional supervision of over 400 construction and 2,100 government ES&H professionals and security professionals throughout the US and 30 countries. Each year the Division executed an average of 54 million hours of direct hire domestic work and 85 million hours worldwide for total management performance. From 2000 through 2008, 224 projects were recognized with the President’s Award for Safety Excellence by working in excess of 1 million hours without a Days Away Case. This represents nearly 450 million hours of safe performance on these projects. Of the 400 projects operating in the Division, 85% work each year without an OSHA recordable injury and 95% work without a Days Away Case. Annual Workers’ Compensation costs were reduced by over 80% from 2000.
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CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT OF ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY, HEALTH AND SECURITY
Washington Group International, Boise, Idaho.
2000 – 2008
This position reported to the Office of the Chairman. Specific responsibilities included the establishment of strategic program and policy goals, ES&H performance assurance. Resource planning/development and allocation, regulatory agency/shareholder negotiation and liaison, litigation and proposal support, representations to professional societies/community groups and consultation. Additionally the Business Unit Safety (ES&H) Directors and staffs from the 7 product lines report administratively to the Corporate Vice President, with oversight of the Company’s Substance Abuse Prevention Program that administered over 25,000 tests annually. The Corporate Security Director was a direct report and functionally has managed up to 900 security personnel worldwide. A major endeavor included the consolidation of legacy Morrison Knudsen, Westinghouse and Raytheon E&C Environmental Safety and Health Programs into Washington Group which integrated best practices from each company.
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GROUP DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH
Morrison Knudsen Corporation, Boise, Idaho.
1997 - 2000
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Responsibilities included direction and management of a large ES&H program and technical support function for MK’s integrated Federal Programs, Demilitarization, International Infrastructure, Operations and Maintenance and Buildings Divisions. He provided administrative management for over 250 ES&H professionals associated with the Group. Specific responsibilities include the establishment of strategic program and policy goals, ES&H performance assurance, resource planning and allocation, regulatory agency/stakeholder negotiations and liaison, litigation and proposal support, representation to professional societies and community groups and consultation. These services were provided to Operating Groups involved in remedial investigations, clean-up technology development and implementation, feasibility studies, large-scale remedial construction, facility decommissioning and dismantlement, and facility operations support for the following customer base: Department of Energy, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, USAID, U.S. Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency and Commercial (Alcoa, Shell, Kennecott)
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