Health and Safety and Social Compliance Consultant
Self Employed
Total years of experience :20 years, 3 Months
Conducting health and safety audits and inspections for different areas of industry,
Providing dangerous goods safety advisor solutions for organisations,
Creating social compliance and ethical monitoring solutions for supply chains.
Reviewed refinery vehicle and traffic management applications in accordance with legal legislation,
Sat up vehicle tracking system in coordination with driver performance reviewing standard,
Established driver monthly reward and punishment standard according to driver evaluation system,
Implemented and organizing driver safe driving training,
Created refinery road safety procedures and traffic management plan,
Monitored and reported outsourced personnel service driver behaviors,
Established Safe Pass Management System for all vehicles entering facilities,
Prepared Road Risk Analysis between refineries and the nearest districts,
Identified organizational road safety hazards and created risk matrixes designed for refinery specific road and traffic safety according to ISO 45001 and ISO 39001 standards.
Responsible for managing reporting activities of road safety team with 21 staff working on site according to OHSAS 18001 standards,
Attended road safety staff recruitment interviews,
Developed and implementing induction and HSE trainings of road safety staff,
Ensured spot checks and vehicle inspections are done effectively in accordance with road safety procedures,
Prepared road safety meetings,
Implemented road safety audits in cooperation with pipeline H&S team through project sites,
Organised road safety reports such as journey management, speed violations, spot checks prepared by team members,
Prepared road safety toolbox topics and awareness posters regarding pipeline driving safety,
Carried out pipeline specific driver induction training for new employees,
Attended root cause analysis and pipeline traffic accident investigations.
Short company profile: Acapet is the road transport contractor of Shell, Exxon, BP, OMV in Turkey,
Responsible to ensure implementation of HSSE management & ADR regulations for dangerous goods road transport operations (including JET A-1, LPG and other fuels),
Ensured the application and implementation of policy, standards and systems in the organisation,
Developed and implemented and following up in-company HSSE driver training program that covers 15 training modules,
Organised outsourced driver training (dangerous goods ADR training, defensive driving, anti skid - anti rollover, first aid, fire safety) and followed up training matrix,
Prepared weekly toolbox meetings and monthly HSSE meetings,
Participated HSSE meetings with front line staff (supervisors and drivers),
Monitored driver medical assessments and drug tests,
Analyzed driver competency checks and preparing action plans regarding common faults,
Led accident investigations and carried out root cause analysis,
Developed and monitored road transport emergency drill scenarios covering response activities regarding rollovers, fires, spills with environmental effects, hijacks, terrorist attacks, LPG BLEVE etc.,
Analyzed and prepared corrective action plans regarding near miss reports,
Recorded necessary data into Shell and other customer’s incident management databases,
Evaluated and followed up risk assessment schemes based on OHSAS 18001,
Defined and implemented MOC (management of change) plans,
Participated and prepared HAZID studies,
Evaluated and documenting mandatory hazardous waste management plans,
Carried out internal HSSE audits according to OIMS system through 7 different operation centers of the company,
Prepared necessary action plans according to Shell, BP, OMV and Exxonmobil audit findings,
Monitored and organised vehicle safe pass checks (TUV SUD) including hydrostatic tank tests,
Translated necessary foreign Road Transport Vehicle Requirements in order to maintain full compliance of tank trucks,
Prepared and updated journey management plans,
Monitored IVMS records and prepared actions plans regarding Shell Life Saving Rule prevention,
Prepared HSSE key performance indicators and reporting to local and global customers (Shell, Exxon Mobil, BP, OMV, THYOpet)
Conducted project based labor audits "on behalf of "Morrisons" Supermarkets for fruit picker workers and fruit packing factories in Turkey
Assessed supplier practices in the context of applicable national labor and contractual laws, ETI base code and ILO, UN guidelines
Reviewed significant aspects of supplier’s operational practices in terms of human rights, occupational health and safety, compensation, hours of work, employee protection and welfare
Provided consultancy regarding Turkish Labor Law and employment rules.
As a part of JOIN project, conducted social compliance and ethical audits based on SA 8000 and SEDEX standard within textile workshops and factories in Turkey with the FWF team,
Implemented audits with Fair Labor Organisation,
Worked on a special research project about implementation of complaint procedures within textile factories in Turkey.
Invited to “Going Beyond Social Auditing International Seminar, Brussels, June 2007” as the only social compliance auditor representative from Turkey (funded by EU).
Performed social compliance audits based on SMETA,
Conducted factory assessments (HSEQ), pre shipment inspections and container loading checks according to ISO 2859 and AQL sampling standard, performed C-TPAT audits,
Completed inspections within a wide area of industry: Domestic appliances for Philco and Schaub Lorenz, conveyor belt parts for Renold France, galvanized steel towers for Elecnor SA, carbon steel parts for Industrias Lekue, factory production control for Schlumberger etc.
Working as an auditor all around Turkey for monitoring and improvement of conditions in supplier/subcontractor factories of H&M,
Carried out regular occupational health and safety, environment and social compliance audits partly based on SA 8000, UN, ILO conventions and Turkish labor law (working conditions, health & safety, wages, working hours, freedom of association, preventing child labor),
Prepared documentation regarding on the violation and corrective measures,
Monitored waste water treatment systems and chemicals used by suppliers,
Worked as a project responsible for two major projects: Waste water treatment in textile wash units - Effect of sandblasting on workers
Coordinated various types of training for suppliers about social compliance, waste water treatment and sandblasting issues,
Prepared training materials about HSE issues for suppliers.
Responsible for hiring decisions, maintaining a full staff of management and sales associates,
Supervising 13 full time employees,
Analysing sales figures,
Maintaining stock control, optimization of inventory turnover,
Maintaining a regular clientele within a CRM system and organization of special promotions,
Responding and resolving customer complaints.
Associate Degree Of Occupational Health and Safety.
English Language and Literature