Gowtham Natarajan, Environmental Engineer

Gowtham Natarajan

Environmental Engineer

Egis Group

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Environmental Management
Experience
10 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :10 years, 7 Months

Environmental Engineer at Egis Group
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since February 2023

• Manage the Environmental aspects of the 40 mega projects.
• Lead and assist the HSE/Environmental Managers & HSE/Environmental Engineers from the Supervision Consultants and Contractors for managing the environmental aspects of the projects.
• Review Construction Environmental Management Plans & Consultant Environmental Management Plans and coordination with Authority for approval process.
• Leads Project Environmental Kick-Off Meeting.
• Formulate procedures for the implementation of Environmental Management System.
• Assist the Projects to secure the Environmental Permits from Ministry of Environment & Climate Change.

• Leads and participate in Contractor/Consultant Key Personnel proposed Environmental candidates interview, assessment & approval.
• Assist Consultant/Contractor in closing and communicating NCR’s.
• Develop and/or review Environmental alerts & bulletins
• Perform monthly statistical analysis and identify Environmental trends
• Review and document the monthly Environmental reports
• Advise the HSE Manager on matters of continual improvement for Environment
• Conduct Environmental audits & inspections to all projects assigned and attend progress meetings to provide guidance on the environmental requirements.
• Conduct Environmental and Sustainability assessment to all the projects.
• Prepare letter and circular for project implementation and/or work instructions Consolidate Environmental reports and provides expert analysis for improvement
• Review contractor/consultant Monthly Environmental Reports
• Conduct KPI Assessments on the Supervision Consultants
• Review Environmental Statistics submitted by Construction Contractors and Supervision Consultants
• Liaise with project team representatives for any Environmental related incidents and ensure that the reporting protocols are being followed.
• Lead or assist on any environmental incident investigation to ensure that the root cause are properly controlled, mitigated and analyzed.

Environmental Engineer at Boom General Contractors W.L.L
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2021 to February 2023

Key Projects:
• TPQ Infrastructure upgrade works of Pearl Qatar
• FACC Beautification projects, ASHGHAL
• FALI multiple beach projects, Qatar
• Design and Built of 3 Plaza at Qatar Cultural Museum District
JOB DESCRIPTIONS
• Responsible for overseeing the Environmental performance, developing strategies, implementing and monitoring the environmental strategies.
• Preparation and review of technical reports such as Construction Environmental management plan (CEMP), Sustainability plan and Waste management plan.
• Auditing, analysing and collating environmental performance data and reporting information to internal staff, clients and regulatory bodies.
• Implementation of local legislation, permit application procedures in compliance with legal

requirement.
• Coordination with client, consultant and subcontractors and implementing the procedures and practices in line with requirements.
• Implementation of resources and energy conservation measures, monitoring energy and water consumption, assessing business decisions for sustainability and identifying opportunities for increasing energy and water efficiency.
• Carrying out Ambient Air quality, point source air emissions, noise and vibration monitoring.
• Oversee waste management (incudes solid and water both hazardous and non-hazardous waste) with regards to segregation, reusing, coordinating with approved subcontractors for recycling, safe removal, handling, transportation and disposal.
• Preparation and submission of environmental permit applications and its related support documents and subsequent follow up with regulatory bodies for its approval/renewal
• Carrying out compliance check for the implementation of environmental procedures with respect to the national and the international environmental laws, regulations and standards
• Carrying out Environmental audits as per ISO 14001:2015 to meet the organizational EMS requirements.
• Plan and coordinate the oil spill containment and the proper disposal of contaminated sand and other hazardous waste generated.
• Environmental data analysis, interpretation and reporting
• Setting sustainability goals and working towards its objectives to meet the set targets such as efficient resources utilization by increasing the awareness about resource depletion and by taking initiatives for promoting reuse and recycling of the resources among workforce
• Preparation of Environmental Risk Register,
• Implementation of the environmental requirements at construction site and monitoring and documentation of the compliance procedures.

Environmental Manager at Marbu Contracting Company
  • Qatar - Doha
  • March 2020 to April 2021

Key Project:
• Roads & Infrastructure in southwest Muaither (DW044-P02)

Roles and responsibility includes,
• Preparation of Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) in coordination with 3rd party consultant for the project and obtaining approval from ASHGAL
• Preparation of Sustainability plan and waste management plan
• Preparation of the Environmental Permit application and monitoring the Permit requirements and compliance with respect to permit condition and national regulations.
• Comply with the national regulations and MME requirements.
• Prepare, update, and implement the various environmental management plans viz., Spill Emergency Response Plan, Solid Waste Management Plan, and Dust Suppression and Control

Plan.
• Attending weekly and monthly meetings, recording non-conformances if any and rectifying it
• Preparing daily, weekly and monthly environmental reports.
• Conducting ambient air quality monitoring, noise and vibration monitoring.
• Conducting internal EMS audit and lead the third-party audits.
• Following up with environmental NCRs and observation reports for immediate rectification.
• Conducting environmental training and Toolbox talks.
• Environmental performance monitoring and review of the subcontractor.

Environmental Engineer at Boom Construction Company
  • Qatar - Doha
  • July 2017 to March 2020

• Construction of Al-Khufoos Street (P029-C1) - Project Value: QAR 450 Million
• Roads & Infrastructure in West Muaither (DW002-P03) - Project Value: QAR 489 Million
• Construction and Upgrade of Al Rayyan Road (P07) - Project Value: QAR 1.05 Billion

The role performed in site projects (P029-C1-Al Khufoos street project, Construction and Upgrade of Al Rayyan Road (P07) & Roads & Infrastructure in West Muaither-DW002-P03) are,
• Preparation of Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) for the project and obtaining approval from ASHGAL
• Preparation of Sustainability plan and waste management plan
• Preparation of the Environmental Permit application and monitoring the Permit requirements and compliance with respect to permit condition and national regulations.
• Waste management (incudes solid and water both hazardous and nonhazardous waste) with regards to segregation, reusing, coordinating with approved subcontractors for recycling, safe removal, handling, transportation and disposal.
• Monitoring and managing the environmental aspects of the project.
• Implementing the Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) for the project.
• Comply with the national regulations and MME requirements.
• Prepare, update, and implement the various environmental management plans viz., Spill Emergency Response Plan, Solid Waste Management Plan, and Dust Suppression and Control Plan.
• Attending weekly and monthly meetings, recording non-conformances if any and rectifying it
• Preparing daily, weekly and monthly environmental reports.
• Conducting ambient air quality monitoring, noise and vibration monitoring.
• Conducting internal EMS audit and lead the third-party audits.
• Following up with environmental NCRs and observation reports for immediate rectification.
• Conducting environmental training and Toolbox talks.
• Environmental performance monitoring and review of the subcontractor.

Environmental Engineer at Qatar Design Consortium
  • Qatar - Doha
  • February 2016 to July 2017

The role performed in office projects are,
• Preparation of scope of work report by reviewing the technology/ process and the information provided by
the client
• Preparation of EIA report as per the requirement of the project supported with authenticated secondary data.
• Co-ordination with client and team members for Baseline Monitoring & other related information.
• Assist the Team Leader in preparation of model inputs to run the air modeling.
The role performed in office projects are,
• Preparation of scope of work report by reviewing the technology/ process and the information provided by
the client
• Preparation of EIA report as per the requirement of the project supported with authenticated secondary data.
• Co-ordination with client and team members for Baseline Monitoring & other related information.
• Assist the Team Leader in preparation of model inputs to run the air modeling.
• Preparing the Environmental Permit application for projects.
• Carried out air dispersion model studies using AERMOD.
• Preparing the Environmental Permit application for projects.
The role performed in site projects are,
Overall responsibility to monitor and manage the environmental aspects of the project such as,
• Preparing the Environmental Permit application for project components and monitor the Permit
requirements.
• Implementing the Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) for the project.
• Comply with the national regulations and MME requirements.
• Prepare, update, and implement the various environmental management plans viz., Spill Emergency
Response Plan, Solid Waste Management Plan, and Dust Suppression and Control Plan.
• Conduct monthly environmental audit with the project PMC.
• Carry out Environmental Risk Assessment for the scheduled project works and propose mitigation
measures.
• Attend weekly and monthly meetings, record non-conformance and rectify the concern.
• Develop Environmental Aspect & impact register for construction sites
• Conduct initial and periodic inspections of project equipment and machines.
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly environmental reports.
• Conduct internal audit and lead the third party audits.
• Follow up environmental NCRs and observation reports for immediate rectification.
• Provide environmental training, conduct workshops, and capacity building of staff.
• Environmental performance monitoring and review of the subcontract.
• Develop and implement the Solid Waste Management Plan for the project

Environmental Engineer at ABC Technolabs India Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Chennai
  • January 2015 to February 2016

Roles & responsibilities carried out are as follows,
• Co-ordination with client & monitoring team for Baseline Monitoring & other related information.
• Preparing, checking & reviewing of EIA Report, Form 1 & 1A, prefeasibility report and conceptual plan.
• To get Environmental Clearance from MoEF&CC /SEIAA
• Preparation of Application for Consent to Establish, Operate and Renewal under Water prevention and
control of pollution act, 1974; air pollution and control of pollution act, 1981.
• To obtain CTE & CTO for projects from SPCB.
• Compliance report preparation for EC, CTE, & CTO conditions.

Environmental Engineer at J.M. Environet Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Jaipur
  • October 2013 to December 2014

Environmental scientist, was being a part of team carrying out environmental impact assessment studies and
environmental auditing and carried out environmental impact assessment studies and auditing for reputed
organizations.
Roles & responsibilities carried out are as follows,
• Co-ordination with client & monitoring team for Baseline Monitoring & other related information.
• Preparing, checking & reviewing of EIA Report, Form 1 & 1A, prefeasibility report and conceptual plan.
• To get Environmental Clearance from MoEF&CC /SEIAA

Education

Master's degree, Environmental Management
  • at Anna university, Chennai
  • April 2013

AS a part of my higher studies, I got an opportunity to learn and have a exposure on some of the Key aspects of environment, such as Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental management System, Sustainable Development, Design of treatment plants, basics in air dispersion studies, Risk management, Environmental auditing, etc.,

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Anna University
  • April 2011

AS a part of my education, I got an opportunity to learn and have a exposure on some of the Key aspects of civil engineering and groom myself.

Specialties & Skills

Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Auditing
Air Quality Modelling

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Tamil
Native Speaker
Malayalam
Intermediate