As an employee-owner, subcontractor, or visitor, I will:
Safety is the common denominator of every activity we perform.
At Sargent, we believe that no amount of productivity is worth putting our employee-owners at risk. We prefer managing unsafe conditions and behaviors than managing incidents, which allows us to manage more opportunities.
Cameron is our safety director. Before joining the Sargent family, he worked in various safety roles for companies throughout the Midwest and New England. Cameron enjoys building relationships with employees at every level of our company, and he says that developing trust with each team member is one of the keys to promoting a safe environment. When he’s not working, you can find Cameron enjoying the outdoors.
Before joining the Sargent Safety Team, James was an Environmental Specialist with a Biotechnology company for 16 years. He takes special care to work within the Sargent team of employee-owners, on all levels, to ensure they are executing the tasks at hand in the safest manner possible.
Adam Smith is a dedicated Safety Specialist with a diverse background in law enforcement, transportation safety, and construction. Before joining Sargent, he was a safety specialist at Bison Transportation, ensuring compliance with FMCSA regulations and equipping drivers with necessary PPE and documentation. At Sargent, Adam is committed to maintaining safety across various sites in northern Maine, focusing on compliance with OSHA standards and our employee-owners’ well-being. With an associate degree in conservation law enforcement and experience as a corrections officer, Adam brings a strong foundation in safety and regulations to his role.
Albert Edward is a Safety Specialist at Sargent, bringing over a decade of experience in the industry. Originally from St. Lucia, Albert resides in Greensboro, NC, and works out of our Piedmont Triad office. Before joining Sargent in July 2024, he served as a Safety Coordinator at Precision Walls Inc. Albert’s educational background includes an associate’s degree in construction management from Guilford Tech in North Carolina and multiple OSHA certifications. In his role at Sargent, he is dedicated to fostering a strong safety culture and building mutual trust and respect relationships with workers. Outside work, Albert enjoys fishing, playing and watching soccer, staying active at the gym, listening to music, and spending quality time with family and friends.
Tony Adams, from Bucksport, Maine, joined Sargent in 2019 as the Asphalt Plant’s Asphalt Quality Control Specialist. He brings nearly a decade of construction experience to his new role as a Safety Specialist. Safety is a field he’s long been passionate about—to serve as a resource for Sargent employee-owners. His responsibilities include conducting project site visits, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, providing feedback, and equipping teams with the tools and knowledge needed to work safely. A veteran of the Coast Guard, where he first developed an interest in safety, Tony is dedicated to helping every team member return home safely each day. Outside of work, Tony enjoys spending time with his wife and four children.
Before joining the Sargent team, Tim spent 35 years as a Career and Technical Education teacher, where he taught building trades and OSHA courses, oversaw the CTE department, and ran internship and apprenticeship programs. Drawing on his military background and extensive OSHA training, Tim is eager to work with our crews to maintain a 0% lost-time injury rate. He’s based out of our Ashland, Virginia office and credits teamwork and open communication as keys to a successful safety culture.
Before joining the Sargent team, Lakeisha spent over two years building her safety career, starting as a CSHO with VOSH and most recently serving as a Risk Safety Coordinator for Milestone Technologies, where she managed the company's safety program and oversaw safety operations in data centers. Drawing on her VOSH background and her experience in compliance and regulatory work, Lakeisha is excited to keep learning the construction side of the trade and partner with our superintendents to make sure every crew member goes home safely at the end of the day. She's based out of our Mid-Atlantic region and credits respect and collaboration as the foundation of a strong safety culture.
Evan spent a decade working in safety, compliance, and emergency management across both the public and private sectors, starting in emergency response and moving into training, prevention, and regulatory work. Drawing on that experience along with formal training in safety and emergency management, Evan is focused on translating complex safety requirements into something practical in the field and making safety approachable and sustainable for every crew. He's based out of our Mid-Atlantic region and believes the best safety culture is one that builds people up while keeping them protected.
Wayne came into construction through a four-year apprenticeship with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and worked his way up from Journeyman Carpenter to Foreman to Superintendent before moving into Quality Control and eventually Construction Health and Safety. Most recently, he served as a 3rd Party Health and Safety Resource for Amazon Web Services, supporting multiple data center construction campuses. Wayne joined Sargent in March and is now based at our Mattameade Campus in Woodford, Virginia, where he's focused on working directly with crews, identifying high-risk hazards, and making sure every worker goes home safe.
Marina took a winding road into safety, starting with a Bachelor's in Ecology and Conservation from Boston University and five years in environmental compliance work in Vermont before crossing over to the health and safety side of HSE. Most recently, she served as the Health, Safety, and Environmental Technical Services Manager for a company that built anaerobic digesters on farms across the country, supporting those projects from first shovel in the ground all the way through full gas production. Marina joined Sargent in March and will bounce between our Orono and Farmington offices and project sites across Maine, where she's looking forward to expanding her MSHA knowledge and being a resource our employee-owners can count on.
