SAFETY ENGINEER (Secondment)
Oil Sector Services Company, Kuwait, Contract to Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation, Kuwait.
Total years of experience :33 years, 1 month
• Managing Contractors at Site. Site Verification Visit to Identify Hazards.
• On Job Training (OJT) for KNPC Staff and the level of Contract supervisor and above.
• Conduct Work Permit Audit for all Critical jobs at Site.
• Member of Risk Assessment Team to carry out Risk Assessment for all Critical jobs.
• Member of Joint Safety Inspection team to conduct safety tour to different KNPC refineries.
• To issue Safety Certificate for Vehicles and Equipment that is used in refinery.
• Participate in Monthly Divisional HSE Communication meetings and communicate HSE Statistical Date.
• Coordinate with Emergency Dispatch Centre (EDC) during Emergency.
• Act as Assembly Point Coordinator (APC) during Emergency Evacuation.
• Investigate accidents/incidents and generate incident report, communicating to all concerned.
• To Generate Behavior Based Safety (BBS) report after interacting with contractors at site.
• Participate and act as an Incident Commander for mock drills conducted in refinery.
• Observe and recommend safety suggestions, forward recommendations to the respective Asset Custodian and Unit Head on “HSE Improvement Form” generated by KNPC Employees.
• Permit issuer for Non-Operational areas in refinery.
• Conduct Gas test for both atmospheric and Inter entry to Confined space and provide recommendations.
• Inspect location, and sign for excavation authorization notification detailing safety precautions on behalf of Safety and Fire Department, KNPC.
• Clearing Project Modification Request (PMR) & Business Opportunities Proposal for plant modification.
• Member of Work Permit Compliance Audit Team (WPCAT).
• Approved by KOC (S&EK) as “Safety Engineer” for “Fire and Gas Maintenance “Contract with Bader-Al-Mulla Contracting Co, Kuwait for Kuwait Oil Company (South & East Kuwait).
• Monitored the implementation of KOC-Health Safety Environment Management System (HSEMS) and ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 procedures of company
• Responsible for Hazard Identification thro Safety Inspection, Site Verification Visits
• Led the Safety Audit Team,
• Successfully completed a 6 month project on "Ahmadi Gas Leak Rectification Work" in the residential area in Ahmadi, Kuwait with 120 laborers and 7 Safety Officers.
• Implementation of ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 procedures of company.
1. Provide required safety services to the clients during plant construction and help assure the existing safety program was followed.
2. Provide assistance to assure all onsite workers are properly trained for the tasks they are performing, in so doing helping to keep loss time incidents to the minimum.
3. Monitor critical and Tandem Lifting operations
4. Administration duties and payroll sign ups.
5. Keep close communication with clients and update with any and all happenings regarding safety issues onsite
6. Field safety monitoring.
7. Moniter Hot, Cold, confined Space and Excavation Permits.
8. Monitor Fire watch performance and assist them on Welding and cutting work.
• Analysed and applied launch sites safety regulations for each project,
• Realized safety analysis and hazard analysis (including identification of hazard controls),
• Verified safety requirements and hazard controls implementation.
• Worked with specialists in diverse environments,
• Validated technical solutions to comply with applicable safety requirements.
• Vehicle, equipment, and machinery safety inspections
• Observe site activities, maintain a safe work environment. Performed daily walk-through for safety inspections of the facilities including fire systems. Documented and photographed findings and compiled and presented statistical data on safety activities to EH&S Director. Coordinated the installation of fire extinguishers where necessary.
• Investigated accidents and injuries. Documented the injuries; detailed the events leading to, during, and after the accident; and made recommendations to fix hazards.
• Identified, recommended, and implemented ergonomic changes to reduce health and safety hazards. Worked with ergonomist to redesign employee work areas.
• Maintained Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on chemicals used in the workplace.
• Mock training for employees at regular interval to ensure employees vigil to encounter any untoward incidents.
• Maintained and performed weekly and quarterly inspections of the fire pumps and systems and identified the need for routine maintenance. Ordered charts and equipment for proper maintenance and established regular testing schedules.
• Investigated ergonomic and forklift accidents and incidents and recommended corrective action to line management. Initiated meetings with management to recommend OSHA and general safety improvements for lift drivers.
• Managing overall plant operations with a view to ensure timely accomplishments of production targets within the time and cost parameters. Effective resource planning for optimizing man & machine utilization, reducing wastes for enhancing productivity and profitability
• Monitoring Aerobic and Anaerobic sewage and waste water treatment operation there by limiting the BOD and COD limits as per norms of Pollution control boards.
• Perform audits at the Sewerage Treatment Plant and provide recommendations on corrective actions; authorized to immediately halt work activities if deemed unsafe; assists in regular safety audits of the plant and provide recommendations on corrective actions.
• Investigates causes of industrial accidents or injuries to develop solutions to minimize or prevent recurrence. Interact with QSE Department to ensure the organization is aware of accidents and appropriate corrective action is implemented.
• Preparing layouts for project as per the process and material flow needs. Foreseeing performance bottlenecks and taking corrective measures to avoid the same. Administering site preparations, mobilization of contractors for carrying out erection activities. Erection, commissioning of equipments, providing utility services to the equipment.
• Maintaining quality standards for the in plant production, ensuring stringent adherence to quality standards, norms & practices, identifying gaps and taking corrective action.
Personal Profile:
IRCA Approved Lead auditors course on occupational health and safety. The course includes methodology of monitoring such as designing OH&S Policy, Planning, Implementation and operation, Checking and corrective action, Management Review and scope of continual improvement in order to protect the employees for a risk free environment to work without Injury and fatality.
World recognized International general certificate in occupational safety and health. Level 3 qualification for safety professional and the course is eligible for Membership as Tech IOSH and eligibility as Associate Member IIRSM
Study related to Industrial Safety in General and special mention on HOT WORK , COLD WORK , CONFINED SPACE WORK AND EXCAVATION WORK, PERMIT SYSTEM, PROACTIVE AND ACTIVE INSPECTION, SAFETY SAMPLING, RISK ASSESSMENT, HAZARD IDENTIFICATION.
Specalization in Chemical Engineering, Petrochemical and polimer technlogy