Radiation Safety Officer
Sadara Chemicals Company
Total years of experience :24 years, 9 Months
Site Radiation Safety Officer handling site-wide licensing requirements and ensuring organization compliance with the regulatory authority's regulations and instructions in ionizing radiation protection.
• Handling the implementation and support of Industrial Hygiene related issue in the plants in accordance and compliance with SHEM-12 management system of SABIC. IH issues such as illumination, chemical exposure sampling and monitoring, noise, ionizing radiation, HAZCOM, carcinogen control, and heat and cold stress. • Maintaining all necessary forms, records, industrial hygiene programs, handling procedures, emergency plans, etc. in accordance with SABIC and regulatory authority’s guidelines. • Handling various safety topics training courses such as: new hires safety induction, injury prevention, radiation safety, defensive driving …etc. • Perform HSE walk-around tasks on assigned SADAF plants (EthylBenzeneStyrene & Salt Plant). • Support plants in conducting Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Risk Assessments. And identifying potential risks and mitigation measures/action plans. • Permanent RCA/investigation team member of assigned plants.
• Handling the initiation and processing of Ma’aden Radiation Practice License and preparing all necessary forms, records, radiation protection programs, handling procedures, emergency plans, etc.
• Obtained the company Radiation Practice License from the regulatory authority, KACST.
• Handling various safety topics training courses such as: new hires Safety Induction, Injury Prevention, Radiation Safety, Defensive Driving, SHEM…etc.
• Coordinator of Safety Health & Env. Management system ensuring SHEM 14 elements are implemented and routinely reviewed and planning and participating in audits.
• Perform HSE walk through at all MPC plants (Ammonia, Sulfuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Di-ammonium Phosphate and PAU) and performing surveys such as radiation, noise, illumination ...etc.
• Attended NEBOSH International General Certificate training course in Dubai and passed consequent exams and practical assessment and became certified.
• Attended Defensive Driving Course train the trainers provided by American National Safety Council (NSC) and certified.
Converted to a regular Saudi Aramco employee handling same job responsibilities listed in previous employer field.
Was recruited to work for the Safety and Industrial Security Department in Saudi Aramco to handle radiation safety and compliance issues concerning x-ray screening systems and Explosives Vapor Detectors (contain sealed beta emitting Ni-63 radionuclide) under the possession of the department.
Created an inventory and a soft and hard copy filing system for the x-ray screening systems and the EVDs and collected all necessary documents to be in compliance with Environmental Protection Department / Radiation Protection Unit of S. Aramco and the regulatory authority (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology).
Created an annual schedule for site visits to x-ray screening systems spread all over the kingdom to conduct a radiation leak inspection for each system.
With the help and support of Research and Development Cetner at Saudi Aramco, created a procedure of taking the contamination wipe samples for the NI-63 sources contained within the Explosives Vapor Detectors that is to be performed once every six months to comply with Saudi Aramco standards and regulatory authority.
Ordering and controlling radiation survey meters and keeping a record of calibration reports.
Attended NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials) workshop that was organized by Saudi Aramco Radiation Protection Unit on the 20th & 21st Of May, 2006.
Provide Lithological Measurements and Logs While Drilling to Saudi ARAMCO.
Lead Technician on ROP (Rate Of Penetration) and formation Gamma while drilling jobs and 2nd technician on Formation Evaluation while drilling jobs ( Jobs in which special logging tools are run to provide formation Gamma, Resistivity, Porosity, Density, Photo Electric effect, Pressure…while drilling to insure the well is drilled in the correct formation zone).
Job includes rigging up MWD/LWD unit by powering up, wiring and connecting various sensors such as; Pressure sensors, depth tracking sensors, drill string weight indicator sensors, pumps strokes counters…etc. and building the tools required to be picked up and run for the job according to drilling parameters ( Flow Rate, Mud Weight, drill bit nozzles total flow area…).
Load and extract sources in and out of Nuclear Tools used to evaluate formation Porosity and density after conducting all necessary measures and precautions to minimize Radiation exposure to rig personnel and our selves.
Shoot Surveys at different stations while drilling to verify well path.
ARAMCO Courses: Helicopter Safety and Rig Pass Course with High Achievement and Excellent Result Certificate (Attended at ARAMCO Contractor Training Center).
General Safety Courses: Environmental Awareness, Substance Abuse, Blood Borne Pathogens, Body Ergonomics, Fire Prevention and Control, H2S, Radiation Safety for Supervisors-Engineers, Job Safety Analysis, Lithium Battery Safe Handling, Explosives General Awareness-Non Users, Fall Protection, Electrical Safety, ...etc.
Representing The Wellpath, Physical Geology, Steering The Wellpath To The Target, Logs And Presentation, Managing Magnetic Interference, Measuring Surveys, Petroleum Geology, Rock and Fluid Properties, Comparing Survey Reports, Directional Surveying, Evaluation Tools, Exploration Methods, Logging While Drilling 1, Positive and Negative Pulse Telemetry.
Updating and maintaining radioactive sources list by performing regular inventories of source pits and storage areas.
Applying and processing all export/import permits of radioactive materials.
Providing TLD badges to all radiation workers in the facility and Keeping track of dosimetery quarterly.
Conducting basic radiation safety presentations to radiation workers.
Updating and documenting wipe tests for sources on a regular basis.
Updating and documenting Calibrations of radiation survey meters.
Making reports of radiation incidents when occur and reporting to regulatory authority (KACST).
Conducting radiation surveys on sources pits and storage area quarterly.
Created a radiation incidence ERP for the base.
Responsible of various QHSE action items in the base like;
Updating Drive Rite reports (Driving monitoring scoring software)
A trainer of SIPP (Schlumberger Injury Prevention Programme)
Updating and posting different QHSE reports (AAR, LTIR, Safety figures, number of RIRs by location, action items closures, etc…)
Creating ERPs and conducting drills (lost source, lost man, fire, …etc)
Member of LPT (Loss Prevention Team) in year 2001.
Participated in various audits like: QSHE, SIPP, Journey Management, Environmental, LPT…etc.
Booking employees for all QHSE courses.
Attended the following QHSE courses: SIPP trainers course, Basic Fire Fighting, Basic First Aid and CPR, Defensive Driving, Journey Management, Electrical Safety, Environment Awareness, Emergency Response, PPE, IT security…. etc).
Worked in the investment department dealing with company’s stocks in New York stock market.
Worked with company's programmer to design a program to keep track of shares daily transactions and activity.
Browsed the internet for news on different companies to predict their shares tendency in the market.
Performed different types of aircraft maintenance practices. Including jet engines oil change, fueling, round check of airplanes, interior minor repairs, cockpit gauges check and some airplane sheet metal work observance.
Worked as a teller and made all related transactions like deposits, withdrawals, AC to AC transfers, and cashing checks.
Worked in the telex transfer department and filled out all needed forms and made queries for transfers' confirmations with banks abroad.
Worked in the checks collection section where I would go over different banks checks and look for discrepancies and incorrect electronic bank codes.
Attended a Radiation Safety Principles course held at the Research Center for Applied Sciences and passed the KFUPM’s Radiation Safety Officer Exam. I then applied for KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology) exam to become a certified RSO by the regulatory authority and passed it. Now holding a RSO certificate from KACST.
Aviation Technology student with a scholarship from Saudi Airlines.
Completed a comprehensive English course and was awarded a certificate of completion from the institute. I took the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and made a score of 587.
Majored in Mechanical Engineering for two semesters. Most courses were major related; for example: Plant Service, metallurgy, Production Technology Drawing, Industrial safety, Static & Strength of Materials, and Machine Elements on top of general studies courses.
Systems Engineering for five semesters and was an honor student in the preparatory year. Transcript attached.
Degree of excellence.