
Forrest Ray, director of environmental well being and security at Manson Construction
Seattle headquartered Manson Construction Co. has named Forrest Ray as its new director of environmental well being and security, efficient January 1, 2023.
Ray, who has been with Manson for 12 years, will proceed to be based mostly on the firm’s Jacksonville, Fla., workplace and can journey extensively throughout all areas to attach with Manson personnel.
Ray joined Manson in 2011 as a civil building area engineer after graduating from Georgia Southern University the place he studied building administration. He later transferred to Manson’s dredging group, becoming a member of tasks such because the JAXPORT upkeep dredging undertaking in Jacksonville and the Craney Island Eastward Expansion undertaking in Norfolk, Va.
In 2014, Ray moved into a security specialist function and he has been instrumental in supporting Manson’s sturdy security tradition, most just lately as the corporate’s Gulf & East Coast EHS senior supervisor.
Ray believes that good communication on a routine foundation is vital to implementing security measures and bettering thesafety tradition at Manson.
“Hearing from various people in the field is invaluable and really helps us hone in on how we can help improve our safety program and make it work for all of our employees,” he says.
Ray’s preliminary goal can be to achieve suggestions from undertaking groups and different workers on points of Manson’s security program which can be working properly, in addition to alternatives for enchancment.
“I want everyone at Manson to have a positive and proactive safety experience with a continuous and open conversation,” he says.
Ray takes over for Dave Howard, who’s retiring anf will help within the transition till his final day with Manson, scheduled for March 7.