Fire and Safety Inspector/Supervisor
Almarai Co. Riyadh, KSA
Total years of experience :18 years, 4 Months
Ensure proper coordination of all Safety related concerns/issues to all contractors and escalate any safety issues arising from the work site to responsible contractors Safety personnel advising and recommending them immediate closure utilizing the recommended corrective actions.
Controlled documents such as Equipment Inspections (Third party Certifications), Site Safety Inductions, Weekly Safety Reports, and releases Weekly Site Safety Minutes of Meetings.
Monitored and prevented potential workplace safety hazards through routine inspections and training; accurate and up-to-date documentation of policies, procedures, and data; and investigations into accidents, injuries, and unsafe conditions.
Supervised contractor’s TBT’s prior to work and points out some issues regarding the workplace safety requirements. Conduct training to workers required for a specific activity which pose major hazards to workers such as work at heights, confined space, hotwork, etc.
Provides coaching and assistance to line managers and contractor’s Safety personnel during self audits.
Demonstrated knowledge of and ensured compliance with international and local health and safety standards and waste disposal regulations. Reduced accidents and injuries and increased response and recovery time by establishing solid policies and procedures.
Co-Headed Weekly group site Walkthroughs participated by all contractors’ Safety personnel and construction teams. Consolidated findings into a written report and recommends corrective actions. Walkthrough findings are being discussed during the weekly Safety meeting for corrective actions and closures and minutes of meeting are being sent out.
Conducted regular site inspection and monitoring inspecting each activity if PTW’s have been secured and all requirements written on the permit are being observed. Recommends work stoppage for any safety deviations and advice immediate rectifications before work commences.
Ensures proper coordination to Civil, Electrical and Mechanical team managers on each activity conducted especially for excavation activities on areas where underground utilities exists.
Reviewed and approves RAMS submitted by contractors prior to start of each activity. Ensured that Identified Hazards on the Risk Assessment has been reduced to acceptable levels.
Consolidated contractors Weekly Safety reports and updated project’s Hazard Recognition chart in order to design a program that will reduce or eliminate re-occurrence of the same hazard on site.
Compiled and maintained personnel and equipment records including training, inductions, equipment and operator’s inspection, warning letters and accident/incident reports. Created a program to maintain company required documents for all equipments and operators to ensure compliance with standards. Advised contractors to coordinate with accredited certifying bodies on the recertification of equipment and equipment operators as necessary to maintain licensure and company requirements compliance.
Monitored and prevented potential workplace hazards through routine inspections and training; accurate and up-to-date documentation of policies, procedures, and data; investigations into accidents, incidents, injuries and unsafe conditions.
Ensures that the resources and practices of the site ESH are safe and adequate to enable required standards to be achieved.
Ensure that the company has, at all times, the capability and resources to operate and work safely.
ERT and Fire Protection System program owner. Handles the inspections of fire protection systems and schedules activities of the Emergency Response Team.
The site is also directed towards ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certification. Helped in the preparation of documents and processes to successfully meet all the elements necessary to gain certification from recognized third party auditing firm.
Ensure reliability of the fire detection, alarm, and suppression system (FDASS). Worked with contractors and service providers in meeting the design requirement and operational parameters of the FDASS enabling a dependable notification and loss prevention process.
Supported the ongoing TI Clark Bump Expansion project to garnering the points necessary for a gold certification for the Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) as established by the United States Green Building Council.
Conducts regular Safety inspections to the operations, construction and manufacturing areas to inspect the overall safety of the site from the use of PPE’s, PTW’s, LOTO, machine guards and interlocks etc. Issues immediate work stoppage for any activity found to be conducted in an unsafe manner/condition and recommends corrective actions and proper control measures to eliminate hazards at work.
Helped in developing various safety and health programs in line with the Company’s corporate ESH requirements. Alongside the development of programs is the establishment of safety scorecards to track the overall safety performance of the site versus corporate ESH requirements.
Promote the commitment necessary for achieving complete stakeholder and customer satisfaction.
Conducts monthly inspection of fire protection equipments (fire extinguishers, wall hydrants, fire hydrants) and supervise the weekly testing of the fire pump.
Helped develop an array of safety programs in line with the projects at hand. Such programs resulted to a Zero recordable and lost day case.
Tasked to strictly review and sign work permits coming from contractors prior to the start of any works inside the company.
Conducts assistance in the Industrial Hygiene Monitoring. (Noise/Illumination, Water Sampling for Bacteriological Tests, WEM etc.)
Ensure that all incidents are promptly reported and investigated according to the site procedures. Recommend and define actions to prevent reoccurrence and assign responsible persons to take the actions within the agreed time scale.
Coordinate the training and general activities of Emergency Plan Procedures and Basic ESH training/induction for all new employees. Provide feedback on the effectiveness of all auctioned training activities and update procedures if appropriate.
Maintain an up-to-date file for accidents, incidents and Hazard reports for the site. Follow up for the agree actions/closures and update progress.
Advised and enforced proper and timely use of all personal protective equipments to all employees and personnel requiring them the use of proper PPE’s for the right job.
Coordinate with other departments in developing their safety rules and procedures and ensure proper implementation.
Coordinates activities relating to safety at all working locations and construction groups.
Supervise all construction activities such as excavation, erection, concrete pouring, crane and heavy equipment operations, hot work and cold work operations.
Informing all members of the establishment of the status, requirements and codes of practice for safe-working, of procedures already adopted and of the provision and use of personal protective equipment (PPE), and to ensure their observance and proper use; to arrange for the reporting and investigation of incidents with a view to further preventive measures or the dissemination of information to others.
Ensure the availability of work permits prior to start of any work and prepared RAMS for every critical activity to be submitted to the client for review and approval.
Reporting of all unsafe conditions and unsafe acts and provides counsel for safe procedures and requirements.
Planned and directed regular safety inspections and conducts accident/incident investigations including near misses and recommended actions and solutions to prevent its reoccurrence.
Reviewed procedure for compliance with applicable laws and safety codes and relate to the clients safety requirements and procedures.
Secured and renewed specific permit, lock out/tag out permit, confined space entry permit, work activity notification, overhead permit, hot work permit etc.
Issued regular reports showing safety performance and accident trends.
Assist with the preparation and presentation of safety training programs in accordance with the client’s safety policies and procedures.
Operations and maintenance of textile production machineries in accordance to safety to the site’s safety policy and procedures.
Planned and directed regular programs of safety inspections.
Issued regular reports showing Safety performance and accident trends.
Promotion of safety awareness, safety campaign and devising safety training and education for staff and employees.
Carrying out regular Unsafe Act/Condition Audits to quickly identify hazards at the jobsite with corrective actions to re-instate facility integrity to sustain safety and healthful working environment and meet the HSE targets on safe practices.
Conducts incident/accident investigations, reports, records and evaluates, develops and reviews the company safety policy.
Reporting of all unsafe conditions and unsafe acts and provide counsel for safe procedures and requirements. Creating awareness of the hazards associated with the use of radioactive materials, carcinogens (cancer inducers), toxic chemicals and other aspect of occupational health hazards and dissemination of this information.
Coordinate with engineering departments on cross-functional activities relating to their safety.
Prepares weekly reports indicating Hazard Identifications for the week including accident/incident reports, safety statistics and safety records for the week.
Participate on research studies on matter involving safety and recommends measures and procedures to prevent or eliminate unsafe working conditions and procedures.
Has been the Autonomous Maintenance leader which had led to increased performance reliability and zero unplanned breakdowns of key manufacturing equipments.
Oversee site field works and coordinate activities with different stakeholders in the event of potential disruption of the machine operations.
Practices and monitors Safety rules and regulations at all times in the work area.
Conducts regular safety inspection on the jobsite to ensure that the construction personnel are carrying out with the established safety policy, rules and regulations.
Conducts monthly inspection of the fire fighting tools and equipments.
Provide barricade and safety signage at all places in the construction site in order to give awareness to employees of the hazards on a specific area.
Requires all employees to wear proper personal protective equipments all the time while inside the vicinity of the construction site.
Conducts toolbox meeting before the start of the job and ensure the availability of work permits prior to the start of any job.
Monitors proper housekeeping and cleaning of the work area including furniture, tools, equipments, machineries, vehicles and supplies.
Coordinate permit requirements prior to the start of any job.
Attended safety meetings presided by the client and imposed to the company safety procedures.
Ensure that all the client’s safety requirements are being observed within the organization.
Led housekeeping team, as required by the client, in keeping the work area’s general housekeeping issues eliminating the potential cause of fire hazards and other unsafe events that may be caused by poor housekeeping.
graduate with diploma