Jawad Sarfraz, Associate Manager Safety, Health & Environment

Jawad Sarfraz

Associate Manager Safety, Health & Environment

SC Johnson

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
Experience
19 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 7 Months

Associate Manager Safety, Health & Environment at SC Johnson
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since May 2014

- Reformed the safety culture of the site by instituting employee-driven, leadership-supported safety, health, and environment process.
- Ensured all safety incidents are timely reported, investigated, and corrective and preventive actions that address root causes are effectively deployed across.
- Ensured the completion third party SHE assessments (Process Hazard Analysis (HAZOP etc.), Arc flash assessment, Hazard area classification, Pressure vessels inspection /hydrotesting etc.) and effective closure of their actions.
- Led occupational health program of employees as per company and local regulatory requirements; closing the loop for Industrial Hygiene assessments: ‘Noise, Ergonomic, chemical exposure, illumination, and heat stress’.
- Delivered more than twenty-five hours of safety, health, and environment trainings annually as part of capability building process.
- Worked in partnership with the maintenance and engineering teams for the contractor safety /prequalification, and high-hazard work authorization.
- Led the site Management of Change (MOC) process using TrackWise software as site MOC process owner.
- Ensured the environmental sustainability, resulting in lower greenhouse gas and waste emissions, as per the established glide path.
- Collaborated with the engineering and maintenance teams to ensure that inspections, testing, preventive maintenance activities associated with safety-critical equipment and applicable high-hazard chemical processes completed timely.
- Maintained ISO-14001 (Environmental Management System) integrated with ISO-9001 (Quality Management System) for the site.
- Meticulously acted as Regional SHE Manager for Africa, CIS, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan from Sep. 2021 to Sep. 2022 and Regional SHE Manager EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) from July 2018 through June 2019.
- Led the compliance assurance process to acquire and sustain the Environmental and Industrial Fire /Safety permits in compliance to regulatory and company requirements.

Executive Engineer Health, Safety & Environment at Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • March 2012 to June 2014

- Acting as Regional SHE Manager for Africa, CIS, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan region managing teams and programs for sites.
- Reformed the safety culture by instituting employee-driven leadership-supported safety processes.
- Delivered 25 hours of safety, health, and environment training as part of capability building process within organization, with 83% participation of teams.
- Acquired and sustained the Environmental and Industrial Fire and Safety permits (GAMEP and MODON) for the site, maintaining the compliance to legal requirement.
- Ensured occupational health of employees as per SC Johnson and local regulatory requirements; timely completion of Industrial Hygiene assessment: ‘Noise, Ergonomic, chemical exposure, illumination, and heat stress’.
- Worked together with the Engineering team to safely manage contractor activities at the site.
- Led and maintained the site Management of Change (MOC) process using TrackWise as site MOC process owner.
- Ensured the site's environmental sustainability, resulting in lower greenhouse gas and waste emissions, as per the established glide path.
- Worked together with site maintenance team to ensure successful inspection, testing, and preventive maintenance of SHE critical machines /equipment.
- Maintained ISO-14001 (Environmental Management System) integrated with ISO-9001 (Quality Management System) for the site.
- Meticulously acted as Regional SHE Manager (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) from July 2018 through June 2019.

Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Officer at Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • December 2010 to March 2012

- Worked together with the Production and Process team for hazard identification and risk assessment of routine oil and gas field operations and Engineering team for Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) for construction activities.
- Ensured that the company's work permit system (PTW) is implemented effectively for routine and non-routine operations, and the employees get trained accordingly.
- Ensured fire teams and their equipment are well prepared and regularly inspected respectively for any emergencies.
- Ensured timely delivery of health and safety training for field staff on company standards, guidelines, emergencies, and fire prevention and control.
- Ensured the environmental sampling and reporting for regulatory compliance from Oil and Gas field and well area.
- Implemented company waste management program and maintained disposal reports as per regulatory requirements.

Manager Health, Safety & Environment at National Development Complex
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • September 2004 to December 2010

- Reviewed critical operations risk assessment and suggested appropriate controls.
- Developed the organization-wide quarterly and annual HSE performance report for review by the leadership team.
- Reviewed and approved the site's significant incident investigations and took corrective and preventive actions.
- Delivered health and safety training to the site operators and safety staff.
- Conducted an internal SHE compliance and conformance audit of multiple work sites.
- Delivered guidance to different departments for development/integrations of ISO 9001, ISO-14001, and OHSAS-18001 management systems.
- Developed and reviewed the Corporate Disaster Management plan, integrating multiple manufacturing sites.
- Led and trained company Search and Rescue teams for disasters and emergencies.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at University Of Engineering And Technology
  • April 2003

Electrical & Electronics

Specialties & Skills

Occupational Health
Environmental
Safety Audits
Industrial Hygiene
Compliance & Conformance Audit
Management of Change
Project Management
Behavior Based Safety
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
Incident Investigation
Problem Solving
Permit to work system
Team Motivation
Safety Management
ISO-14001
ISO-9001
Environmental Sustainability
Industrial Hygiene
Training & Development
Contractor Safety

Languages

English
Expert
Punjabi
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Professional Engineer
  • April 2003
Saudi Engineering Council
  • Engineer
  • June 2014

Training and Certifications

OSHA 30 Hour (Training)
Training Institute:
OSHA Campus USA
IOSH Managing Safely (Training)
Training Institute:
IOSH UK
Associate Safety Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
Board of Certified Safety Professional

Hobbies

  • Travelling
  • Badminton