Asif Iqbal CSP CMIOSH, Head of EHS

Asif Iqbal CSP CMIOSH

Head of EHS

Siemens Bangladesh

Location
Bangladesh
Education
Master's degree, M.Sc. in Occupational & Process Safety (enrolled)
Experience
19 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 4 Months

Head of EHS at Siemens Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh
  • My current job since May 2019

Company: Germany based Global Energy Technology & Industrial Mfg. company.

Job Responsibilities:
(Additional Responsibility: Security and Quality Management)
- Strengthen & accelerate company’s growth by leading & managing 03 functions - Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), Security and Quality Management (QM) at office, factory & all active project sites across the country.
- Responsible for H&S of~1300 workforce, environmental sustainability & continuity of injury-free businesses, and quality compliance of operations & processes.
- As a member of Country Leadership Team, drive the org. with visible EHSQ leadership, enhance organizational competency by coaching/training, and continually improve by embedding ‘Zero Harm Culture’ into businesses/operations.
- Support/advise Management on EHS/QM strategies; guide & closely work with Business Units & Project Management Team and Factory Management to ensure compliance with global EHS & QM guidelines, local laws & ISO standards.

KEY ACHIEVEMENT.S:
1) Significantly slashed down major accidents in 2020 (38%), 2021 (55%) & 2022 (76%) compared to my joining year 2019 even with higher number of projects & workforce and factory man-hrs.
2) Expanded Factory EHS & QM team and Project EHS Team recruiting competent resources; Upgraded Health Management unit recruiting full-time Doctor & arranging emergency medical devices.

Operational Excellence / HSE Engineer (Gas Plant HSE Lead) at Chevron Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh
  • January 2016 to April 2019

Company: US based global Oil & Gas Company.
Country’s largest Natural Gas producer operating 03 onshore gas plants (total prod: 1800 mil cft /day).

Job Responsibilities:

- On 14/14 rotational duty, led & guided Gas plant HSE Team, safeguarded operations of country’s largest gas plant (prod:1400mil cft/day, 26 wellheads) per Chevron global guidelines to accelerate company growth & sustainability.
- Responsible to implement & verify PTW & SOPs for high-risk jobs - hot work, electrical, energy isolation, confined space work, lifting & rigging, height work, critical gas plant operations & maintenance, shut down maintenance etc.
- As a ‘Process Safety Team member’, played vital role in Risk Management - PHA, HAZOP, PSSR, HAZID, MOC, PSM audit.
- Coordinated HSE & OE external & internal audits; ensured CAPA implementation, review & continual improvement.
- Led / conducted Risk Assessment, BBS programs, HSE training & awareness programs, internal audits/inspections.
- Being ‘Principal Investigator’, led 20+ incident investigation & RCA; ensured timely execution of CAPA recommendations.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

1) Recognition as a ‘Key Contributor’ to Chevron’s record 65mil hours Zero LTI achievement.
2) Significantly reduced Reliability / Process Safety incidents year-on-year via. consistent implementation of CAPA recommendations, HAZOP review, PSSR, MOC process, PSM audits etc. in collaboration with HSE & O&M Team.

Operational Excellence / HSE Engineer (Corporate Safety Lead) at Chevron
  • Bangladesh
  • February 2014 to January 2016

- Based in corporate office, developed Project HSE Plan/SOPs, HSE Guidelines, yearly HSE budget, Emergency Response Plan etc.; prepared the org. for upcoming Global HSE audit in well-coordination with HODs & Gas plant HSE Team.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Efficiently managed to close all actionable CAPA at all 03 gas plants via. cross-functional coordination and robust action plan, resulted in achieving “Excellent” rating in Corporate HSE Audit.

Operational Excellence / HSE Engineer (Gasplant Expansion Project HSE Lead) at Chevron Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh
  • November 2012 to January 2014

- Being the Project HSE Lead for $550m Gas Plant Expansion Project of 1.5Y; achieved serious injury-free project completion by 3000+ workforce Via. a robust risk management in all project phases - civil construction, installation & commissioning.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Awarded by Asia South BU President for completion of 1.5+ years long Bibiyana gas plant expansion project of $550 million carried out by 3000+ contractors with ‘Zero Lost Time Incident’.

Operational Excellence / HSE Lead Specialist (Lead HSE Trainer) at Chevron Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh
  • February 2012 to November 2012

- Established HSE Training Center, developed HSE Training modules, guided / mentored a group of HSE Trainers and collectively delivered HSE training to ~ 3000 contractor workforce of gas plant expansion project within 09 months.

Country HSE Officer at Novartis (Bangladesh) Limited
  • Bangladesh
  • January 2009 to January 2012

Company: Switzerland based global pharmaceutical company.
Reporting Manager: Managing Director (Operational) and Asia-Pacific Regional HSE Head (Functional)

Job Responsibilities:

- Led Country HSE Operations including Manufacturing Plant, Corporate Office, Warehouses & all Sales Centers.
- Facilitated & coordinated HSE meeting, Incident investigation, audit/inspection, training & awareness programs.
- Consistently monitored execution of Permit to Work and Safety Maintenance & Engineering Control program.
- Ensured Environmental compliance - ETP, waste-water quality, solid waste management as per legal requirement.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS :
- Achieved Top HSE KPI results in Asia-Pacific Region sustaining ‘Zero Lost Time Incident’ in 03 consecutive years.
- As an esteemed recognition, nominated as an auditor in a 5-days Global HSE Audit at Sandoz (Novartis) China.
- Exceeded target by drastically reducing ‘Critical Findings’ in Global HSE audits from four (Year 2008) to zero (Year 2011).

Executive, Operations and Planning at CEMEX Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh
  • October 2006 to December 2008

Company: Multinational building materials company.

Job Responsibilities:
- Ensured optimum operations in collaboration with O&M & QC; planned for maintenance, raw materials, inventory etc.

Operations Shift Engineer at CEMEX Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh
  • January 2005 to September 2006

Job Responsibilities:
- Operated, monitored & controlled the production process and parameters at Control Room in shifts.

Education

Master's degree, M.Sc. in Occupational & Process Safety (enrolled)
  • at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
  • March 2024

Program under Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Master's degree, MBA
  • at North South University
  • December 2009

1st Class

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
  • at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
  • November 2004

1st Class

Specialties & Skills

Safety Engineering
Safety Management
Process Safety
Incident Management
Project HSE Management
HSE Training
HSEQ Management of Manufacturing & Process Industry
Safety in Oil & Gas Industry
Hazard Control, Risk Assessment & Risk Management
Process Safety Management
Fire Safety & Emergency Management
Incident Investigation & RCA
ISO 45001 (OHSMS), 14001 (EMS) & 9001(QMS)
HSE & Quality Compliance Audit

Social Profiles

Personal Website
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Languages

English
Expert
Bengali
Native Speaker
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh
  • Professional Member
  • November 2006
Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH), UK
  • Chartered Member (CMIOSH) - Membership no. 229418
  • December 2022

Training and Certifications

Why Tree Incident Investigation & RCA (Training)
Training Institute:
Chevron
Date Attended:
April 2013
Duration:
24 hours
Chartered Safety & Health Professional (Certificate no. 229418) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2022
Training of Trainers (ToT) (Training)
Training Institute:
ITC International Ltd., Singapore
Date Attended:
March 2022
Duration:
16 hours
Lead Auditor on ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System (EMS) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2020
Lead Auditor on ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2015
Management of HSE (Training)
Training Institute:
Sandoz (Novartis) International, Austria
Date Attended:
April 2009
Duration:
32 hours
Participation in a Global Audit as a Co-auditor (Training)
Training Institute:
Sandoz (China) Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Date Attended:
July 2010
Duration:
40 hours
Fundamentals of Petroleum Exploration & Production (Training)
Training Institute:
Chevron
Date Attended:
February 2013
Fire Fighting & Rescue Operation (Training)
Training Institute:
Chevron
Date Attended:
January 2013
Duration:
24 hours
Managing Safe Work (Applied Safety) (Training)
Training Institute:
PetroSkills
Date Attended:
March 2015
Duration:
40 hours
Inherently Safer Design in Process Safety (Training)
Training Institute:
Dr. Sam Mannan, Regents Prof., Texas A&M University, USA
Date Attended:
December 2015
Duration:
16 hours
OSHA 30 hours General Industry (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2014
IOSH Managing Safely (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2015
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2022
Associate Safety Professional (ASP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2021
SITRUST Occupational Health & Safety (Training)
Training Institute:
Siemens India
Date Attended:
September 2019
Duration:
24 hours
The COSHH Risk Assessor Certification™ (Training)
Training Institute:
International Association for Chemical Safety (UK)
Date Attended:
June 2020
Duration:
24 hours
ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management System (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2022
Chevron Operational Excellence Leadership (Training)
Training Institute:
Chevron Corporation, Houston, USA
Date Attended:
March 2014
Duration:
40 hours
TapRoot Incident Investigation (Training)
Training Institute:
Novartis Ciba Vision, Singapore
Date Attended:
February 2011
Duration:
16 hours
Process Safety Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Chevron
Date Attended:
January 2015
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • As a Corporate Trainer/Public Speaker, spreading HSE knowledge among industry professionals
    1) Support country's industry professionals by sharing my HSE knowledge through training/workshops on weekends at different professional learning institutes or other companies while being invited as a Guest Speaker/Trainer, in addition to my salaried job. 2) Guest Faculty @ Directorate of Continuing Education, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
  • Travelling, Music, Movie