Atiqure Rahman, GM (HR, Engineering & Compliance) and Project Manager

Atiqure Rahman

GM (HR, Engineering & Compliance) and Project Manager

NPM Apparels Ltd

Location
Bangladesh - Dhaka
Education
Master's degree, MBA In Human Resources
Experience
15 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 1 Months

GM (HR, Engineering & Compliance) and Project Manager at NPM Apparels Ltd
  • Bangladesh - Dhaka
  • My current job since April 2021

NPM Apparels is a LEED Gold certified woven garments factory which serves reputed customers around the globe. As a GM (HR, Engineering & Compliance) and project Manager of the factory, I have the below responsibilities:

1. Monitor, Supervise & Control overall HR, Engineering & Compliance team.
2. Overall project construction management of new projects of the group including vendor management, preparing project budget & estimation, manage local stakeholders and ensure proper execution of the project following well planned timeline.
3. Planning, budgeting, developing, updating and implementing different policies and procedures pertaining to the strategies of HR, Engineering & Compliance.
4. Preparing to face different compliance audits (ACCORD, RSC, BSCI, BCI, Social, Technical, CT PAT & QMS) Etc .
4. Coordinate with top management and shoulder responsibilities.
5. Improve the operational systems and policies, develop MIS/ reporting system.
6. Play a significant role in long-term planning, including an initiative geared toward operational excellence.
7. Selection & Recruitment proficiency: ensure appropriate recruitment action plan to support talent sourcing. Manage the recruiting process to attract and hire qualified candidates for position vacancies within the company.
8. Responsible for ensuring healthy workplace maintaining efficient operation of Safety, Hygiene and Environment.
9. To maintain the LEED certification of the building.

Regional HR & Compliance Manager at N Brown Group
  • Bangladesh - Dhaka
  • December 2015 to April 2021

N Brown Group is one of the UK's leading digital fashion retailer with 5 leading brands: JD Williams, Simply Be, Jacamo, ambrose Wilson and Home Essentials. Being the Part of the businesses Senior Leadership Team supporting the ambition to be a World Class Digital Retail by driving and implementing an ESG strategy to move N Brown beyond compliance, adding value to the business by developing the supply chain to be more compliant, sustainable, efficient and innovative. Key Role:
1. Maintaining a trustworthy, safe and transparent supply base covering over 500 factories in 20 countries. Support the leadership team to develop & implement the Environment Social Governance (ESG) and Ethical Trade Strategy.
3. Designing and implementing the global ethical trade and sustainability programme. Supporting the business through the generation of Sustainability and Ethical Trade reports. Full responsible for managing 42 factories ACCORD audits.
4. Managing external stakeholder relationships such as UN Global Compact, Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) and Accord.
5. Writing and continually updating company policies to remain in line with evolving legislation and industry best practice.
6. Conducting ethical audits in our global supply chain and regularly visit our factories to assess standards. Ensures the company is compliant with a multitude of global legislations.
7. Driving projects on environmental sustainability and global complex Human Rights issues by engaging with industry experts and external stakeholders.

Lead Auditor at DNV GL
  • Bangladesh - Dhaka
  • November 2013 to November 2015

DNV GL was founded on 1864 and is an independent expert in risk management and quality assurance. I worked as a lead auditor under their Certification services in Kolkata, India office and my key areas of work were:

1. Conducted more than 200 audits on various standards e.g: BSCI, SMETA, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, SA8000 both in Bangladesh & India
2. Conducted social & technical audits on buyer CoC. Scheduling audits & reporting
3. Involved in consultation work for factory preparation for ACCORD

Manager HR, Admin & Compliance at Sonia & Sweaters Ltd
  • Bangladesh - Dhaka
  • December 2011 to October 2013

Sonia Group has 4 factory units of sweater production factories in Bangladesh and I was responsible to lead the HR, Admin & Compliance department. My Key activities & achievement are:
1. Lead an engineering team to prepare the group factories for ACCORD / ALLIANCE audits.
2. Develop HR policies and guidelines, and ensure that they are compiled by all supervisors and employees.
3. Develop and implement structured benefits and compensation systems in line of company's policies and industry practices and ensure compliance within the company.
4. Conducting internal audits of factories. Developing & planning the training activities.
5. Design and develop revised organization structure as per requirement of the organization. Plan to re-arrange people within the organization in order to get maximum efficiency.
6. Lead a team to prepare working environments in accordance with social compliance standards as well as Sedex, BSCI, WRAP & ISO's requirements.
7. Key person in sustainable safety management programme and chemical management programme

Engineer and H&S Coordinator at Aggreko
  • Bangladesh - Dhaka
  • May 2009 to November 2011

I started my career in a power plant of Agreeko International, a leading service provider in power sector globally. My regular responsibility was to operation & maintenance of power plant machineries & equipment, generating power reports, inventory management, facility management etc. Key role was to coordinate the H&S management in the power plant, Incident reporting & accident investigation, training the incumbents on fire safety etc.

Education

Master's degree, MBA In Human Resources
  • at University of Dhaka
  • April 2015
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET)
  • May 2009

My GPA is 3.52 and I secured 10th position among 120 students in my department.

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Jalalabad Cantonment Public School & College
  • May 2004

Specialties & Skills

Power Plant Operations
Plant Maintenance
Microsoft Office
Client Co ordination
Reporting
Teamwork
Communication
MS Office
Engineering Management

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Bengali
Expert

Memberships

Institution of Engineers Bangladesh
  • Member
  • July 2012

Training and Certifications

OHSAS 18001:2007 Standard, Auditing Management & Quality (Training)
Training Institute:
Quality Asia Gulf
Date Attended:
December 2013
Duration:
40 hours
IRCA certified Lead Auditor Course on "ISO 9001:2008 (QMS)" (Training)
Training Institute:
Bureau Veritas
Date Attended:
February 2013
Duration:
40 hours
SA8000 Advance Auditor Training Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Social Accountability International
Date Attended:
November 2014
Duration:
24 hours
SA8000:2008 standard, Social Compliance, Management system audit (Training)
Training Institute:
Social Accountability International
Date Attended:
August 2014
Duration:
40 hours
ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor Transition Course (Training)
Training Institute:
DNV GL
Date Attended:
September 2015
Duration:
24 hours
ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Transition Course (Training)
Training Institute:
DNV GL
Date Attended:
September 2015
Duration:
24 hours
ISO 14001:2004 Lead Auditor Course (Training)
Training Institute:
DNV GL
Date Attended:
April 2015
Duration:
40 hours
BSCI Auditor Upgrade Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Social Accountability International
Date Attended:
September 2015
Duration:
24 hours
Higg Index FEM (Training)
Training Institute:
SAC
Date Attended:
December 2019
Duration:
16 hours
Chemical Management (Training)
Training Institute:
ZDHC
Date Attended:
April 2021
Duration:
16 hours

Hobbies

  • Travelling
    I have travelled 9 countries so far. I love to get to know new people & cultures.