Steve Cannizzaro
Steve Cannizzaro is a Principal Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Consultant based in Florida with more than 30 years of experience focused on heavy industrial manufacturing and EHS compliance. He helps clients strategically design, implement, and manage programs that address safety, pollution prevention, and energy efficiency.
Specialties
Strategic Compliance Solutions; Integrated Management System Development; Process Hazard Assessments; Pollution Prevention; Industrial Hygiene
Practice Areas
Environmental Management; Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control; Health and Safety; Environmental, Social, and Governance
Education
MS, Sustainability, Wilkes University, 2012; BS, Earth and Environmental Science, Wilkes University, 2006
Registration
ISO 14001 Lead Auditor; ISO 50001 Lead Auditor
Client Service
Steve has more than 20 years of experience with risk management programs (RMPs) and process safety management (PSM). In this capacity, he often helps clients develop audit programs, facilitates process hazard assessments, and the creates customized PSM and RMP training platforms.
Clients seek out Steve to identify unique and streamlined solutions for complex compliance issues. With the benefit of his industrial manufacturing experience, he crafts process and programmatic improvements that minimize downtime and process interruptions. He is a seasoned regulatory compliance audit professional and is well-versed in working with management systems. Steve helped create, implement, and certify four international standards: ISO 14001, ISO 17025, ISO 45001, and ISO 50001.
An experienced lead auditor, Steve has participated in more than 500 audits related to compliance and management systems. As an example, he facilitated and led the corporate-sponsored multimedia environmental health and safety audit program for a Fortune 500 defense contractor, during which time he worked with facility representatives and developed operational specific audit scopes and corrective action plans. His ability to create and implement successful management systems is widely recognized, including being by being invited to present “Enhanced sustainability, employee safety, and greenhouse gas reductions through holistic management system implementation” at the White House.
To serve his colleagues and profession, Steve sits on the steering committee of Geosyntec’s firm-wide internal environmental management practice group and is a member of our Florida branch’s safety council. He enjoys coaching and mentoring practitioners across the firm who seek to gain meaningful EHS experience.
Contact Steve at scannizzaro@geosyntec.com.
