Ken Daigle
Principal, Industrial Hygiene & Safety, Citadel EHS
A little bit about Ken…
Mr. Daigle began his career as an engineer in the Oil & Gas industry in 1989 working at numerous manufacturing sites, providing engineering support to inspection, projects, operations and maintenance. In 1999 he led as series of corporate initiatives to improve safety performance and risk assessment processes across the nation. In this position he also provided consulting services and training to both internal and external clients, specializing in risk assessment, hazard analysis, occupational health and safety, compliance auditing and incident investigation.
In 2005 he became the Health, Safety and Security Manager at the Shell Los Angeles Refinery before joining BP three years later as the Safety and Medical Services Manager of the BP Carson Refinery. In 2011, Ken moved to BP’s corporate Safety & Operational Risk organization as the Group Director of Safety Management before serving as the Vice-President of Safety in BP’s corporate offices until 2018. In this role, he led a team of Technical Authorities and a network of more than 2500 safety professionals who provide their expertise to support sustainable performance improvement in occupational health and safety management processes throughout all of BP’s operations in 72 countries around the world.
In 2019, Mr. Daigle joined Citadel as Principal, Industrial Hygiene and Safety, and is focused on delivering technical consulting service offerings aimed at helping our clients effectively manage risk and improve their overall health, safety and business performance. For the past six months, he has focused on developing pandemic response plans and conducting site assessments in support of clients’ efforts to reduce their COVID-19 risk. He created the Citadel 5-Dimensions framework that is used to systematically evaluate an organization’s COVID-19 risk management plan and identify practical controls to reduce exposures.