Employee Advisory Committee

Committee Chair:

Steve Hudson

Committee Members:

• Alex Bame, Housing Carpenter, 453-7458
• Darrin Brookhouse, Building Automation Electrician, 453-5694
• Erik Finney, Grounds Department, 453-8185
• Steve Hudson, Building Maintenance Painter, 453-4903
• John O'Leary, Building Maintenance Plumber, 453-8189
• Marc Salmo, Construction Management 453-1037
• Eric Schuler, Building Services, 453-5163
• Cyndy Green, Ex-Officio, PSO Administration, 453-1357 

Meetings:

Meetings are held on the second Wednesaday each month at 9:30 am in the PSO conference room. 

Outstanding Employee Recognition:

The Employee Outstanding Achievement Recognition Program is a function of the PSO Employee Advisory Committee. The purpose of the program is to recognize PSO employees for outstanding achievement in the following three categories:

• job performance
  the degree of work performance above and beyond the call of duty based on the nominee's current job duties and responsibilities

• effective cost-saving work incentives
  the degree of cost-savings, either in dollars, efficiency, or time; the suggestion or idea resulted in for the department which has been appropriately documneted and verified by PSO management

• good samaritan acts either in the workplace or the community
  the importance of a good Samaritan or humanitarian act performed by a PSO employee that occurred either in the workplace or in the community.

Program Overview:

This program will become effective upon approval of the operating guidelines, policies, and procedures.

• Employee of the Quarter - Employees who have not been chosen for outstanding achievement during previous months of current year will be eligible to be nominated and selected Employee of the Quarter. The quarterly recipient will be chosen in March, June, September, and December.
• Selected Recipient - Will receive a letter of congratulations from the Chair of the EAC and be awarded a $50 gift certificate from the University Bookstore in the Student Center.
• The recipient will be spotlighted in the PSO digital display and the Employee Advisory Committee's posted flyer.
• Employee of the Year - Recipient will receive a letter of congratulations from the Chair of the EAC and be awarded a $200 gift certificate from the University Bookstore. The recipient's name will also be added to the Employee of the Year wall plaque.

Nominations:

• Any PSO employee can be nominated for this award except the current members of the PSO Employee Advisory Committee, and anyone reporting directly to the Director of Plant and Service Operations.
• Any employee or staff member employed by SIU Carbondale can nominate employees of Plant and Service Operations.
• Nominations must be handwritten or typed and can be submitted to any member of the Employee Advisory Committee or submitted in any of the PSO suggestion boxes. Nomination forms will be available for use but will not be required. No verbal nominations will be accepted. The nomination form may be found below.
• The nomination must contain a statement of WHY the employee is being nominated and provide examples to justify the nomination.

Selections:

• Nominations will be received and reviewed by the EAC. The recipient for the award will be the sole decision of the EAC.
• All nominations will be evaluated and compared among the pool of nominations received during the year. The EAC ex-officio will contact the employee and the employee's department supervisor announcing the winning recipient.
• An Employee of the Quarter cannot be renominated for a period of five years.
• The PSO Employee Advisory Committee will select the Employee of the Year from that year's Employee of the Quarter recipients.

The Student Employee Outstanding Achievement Recognition Program is a function of the Plant and Service Operations Employee Advisory Committee. The purpose of the program is to recognize PSO student employees for outstanding achievement to the degree of work performance above and beyond the call of duty based on the nominee's current job duties and responsibilities.

Program Overview:

This program will become effective upon approval of the operating guidelines, policies, and procedures.

• Student Employee - The recipient will be chosen in mid-Fall and mid-Spring semesters.
• Selected Recipient - Will receive a letter of congratulations from the Chair of the EAC and be awarded a $25.00 gift certificate from the Director, Brad Dillard.

Program Funding:

Continuation of the funding for awards is contingent upon availability of funding.

Nominations:

• Any current PSO student employee can be nominated for this award.
• Nominations must be handwritten or typed and can be submitted to any member of the EAC or any of the PSO Suggestion Boxes. Nomination forms will be available for use but will not be required. No verbal nominations will be accepted. The nomination form may be found below.
• The nomination must contain a statement of WHY the student employee is being nominated and provide examples to justify the nomination.

Selections:

• Nominations will be received and reviewed by the EAC. The recipient for the award will be the sole decision of the EAC.
• The EAC ex-officio will contact the student employee and the employee's department supervisor announcing the winning recipient.

Nomination Form

Award Recipients