Muhammad Hasnain

Career Overview: Chartered Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) Manager with 17+ years of experience leading HSE strategies on mega infrastructure, tourism, and urban development projects across KSA, Qatar, and UAE. Currently serving as Client HSE Manager at Qiddiya, overseeing landmark giga-scale developments including the Formula 1 racetrack and Resort Core attractions.

Demonstrated expertise in leading HSE system design and implementing safety-by-design across projects, risk management, regulatory compliance, and multi-stakeholder coordination, delivering measurable outcomes including 15 million man-hours without a lost-time incident. Holder of CSP, CMIOSH, IEMA, ISO Lead Auditor (QHSE), OHSEMS Grade A, and Nebosh IGC certifications. Recognized for leadership, strategic problem-solving, and mentoring HSE professionals in high-risk, complex projects aligned with global best practices.
Project Highlights: Qiddiya City Giga Projects - flagship Public Investment Fund (PIF) initiative under Saudi Vision 2030, encompassing sports, entertainment, motorsport, and cultural attractions, including the Formula 1 Racetrack, Blade, Motorsport Speed Park Experience Center, Primary & Secondary Pit Buildings, World of Bikes, RAM Museum, Arena, Gravity Karting, and Subzero to Sixty - Resort Core.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements:

• Developing and implementing comprehensive HSE strategies, policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure compliance with local and international regulations across all operations.
• Lead HSE strategy across city-scale developments; embed safety-by-design, risk management, and regulatory compliance into masterplans and infrastructure design.
• Implemented comprehensive HSE systems across multi-contractor projects, achieving 15 million man-hours LTI-free.
• Conduct audits, inspections, and incident investigations; ensure corrective actions and lessons-learned are applied.
• Mentor and guide HSE teams; coordinate with clients, contractors, and regulators for consistent compliance.
• Deliver HSE training programs; integrate environmental and safety considerations into all project phases.

Projects Details:- Overseeing Public Works Authority - Ashghal (Government Entity) Drainage Network Operations & Maintenance (DNO&M) projects as a client representative at multiple locations all over Qatar, with roles & responsibilities are:

• Leading, managing, guiding, and motivating team members to deliver Ashghal DNO&M objectives, policies, procedures, and regulations and providing technical expertise and knowledge, where required.
• Developing a safety culture improvement strategy for Ashghal DNO&M and associated contractors in line with PWA’s vision and values.
• Leading investigations of serious incidents on any Ashghal DNO&M site which involves fatality or large-scale emergency evacuation and providing reports and recommendations within agreed timescales.
• Provide and agree on annual plans and budgets necessary for successful implementation of HSE strategy and manage delivery against targets (includes plans and budgets for supplies, equipment, resources and training).
• Identify, monitor and take necessary actions to achieve agreed H&S KPI targets.
Ensure appropriate HSE technical input to all Ashghal DNO&M tender submissions and contracts submissions prior to award.
• Leading successful implementation of HSE policies, management systems, standards and working practices in Ashghal DNO&M and ensure all employees and contractors comply with.
• Liaise with the Ashghal Quality, Safety and Environment Department (QSD) to ensure alignment of systems and working practices.
• Determine HSE training needs and provide the necessary justification for need, scope and people to be trained.
• Define, implement and manage production of all HSE reports and identify trends and variances which require further investigation and action.
• Monitor issue of permits (entry, confined space, shutdown, etc.) as per Ashghal DNO&M’s permit procedure.
• Ensure adherence to HSE Policy and Procedures and comply with any new work instructions.

Projects Details:- The projects successfully achieved/engaged with roles & responsibilities as:

1. P017 C1-IN Project, Upgrade of Al Wakrah Main Expressway Roads. HPD Project ID: IA 2017 C 040 G. The client Ashghal (PWA) who appointed KBR as a PMC, with Jacobs (Halcrow Consulting) as a SC and Boom Construction Company as a main contractor to carry out construction works. The general scope of works includes but not limited to: 9.2 km of main carriageway with three lanes each side; deep & shallow excavations, microtunneling, horizontal directional drilling, dewatering for laying of utilities, such as: TSE, SWD, HV/MV/LV, QTEL, QAF, MOI-SSD; MEP works for the Highway Underpass, Construction of Tunnel Serviced Building, and Pumping Station at junction 17/01; four signalized junctions, namely Al Afja, Ooredoo, Pearl and Al Razi; 6.1 km pedestrian and cycle paths; landscaping and irrigation works; intersects with Q-rail two main stations; street lighting; ITS works and protection of QP pipelines.

2. DN108-P02 Project, Roads and Infrastructure in North of Al Nassriya Package 02. RPD Project ID: IA 2017 C 028 G. The client Ashghal (PWA) who appointed Parsons Brinkerhoff (PB) as PMC, with Hyder Consulting Middle East Ltd. as GEC and Boom Construction Company & Lotus Trading and Contracting Company as a Joint Venture to carry out the construction works as a main contractor.

3. DS131 Project, Roads & Infrastructure in Government Residential Division in North of Al Wukair. RPD Project ID: IA 14/15 C 057 ST. The client Ashghal (PWA) who appointed Parsons Brinkerhoff (PB) as a PMC, with Parsons International Limited (PIL) as a GEC and Boom Construction Company and Lotus Trading & Contracting Company (Joint Venture) as a main contractor.

• Advising, revising and implementing the legal and other requirements.
• Developing, reviewing and implementing HSSE Policy, Plan and Procedures.
• Establish Key Performance Indicators, goals & objectives with relation to continual improvement.
• Review and approve method statements & risk assessments and Permit to work applications.
• Provide strategic/ general safety advice to top management, Main/Sub contractors and employees.
• Carrying out audits and conduct unscheduled and scheduled HSSE inspections for all company premises and work sites.
• Develop, conducts & ensures induction & training needs on relevant HSSE topics.
• Develop & analyze accident and near miss notification and investigation reports and ensure that “lesson Learned” is communicated adequately.
• Advice Project Management on all HSSE related issues & organize Weekly/ Monthly HSSE Meetings alongside submit statistical reports.
• Develop and administer awareness programs to promote safety culture and to ensure employee safety and compliance with HSSE regulations for specified welfare facilities and operations.
• Issue non‐conformances and identify HSSE violations and propose root causes, recommending corrective & preventive actions.
• Organizing and implementing the HSSE awards program, mock drills, HSSE committee meetings.
• Hands on approach to implementing practical solutions to improve HSSE performance.
• Participating in the selection of right contractors and advising the supplier HSE requirements during the planning stage and to advise/monitor the activities in the implementation stage.
• Conduct stakeholder engagement (internal and external) in HSE matters that enable the sharing of ideas, issues and best practice solutions.
• Engage with Qatar IOSH Branch and continuously developing/updating my skills through CPD.

Projects Details:- The projects successfully achieved/engaged with roles & responsibilities as:

o Al Hilal Bank Tower (6 basements+3 service floors + 27 Typ. floors +roof &top roof) at Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi-UAE & Ammroc Project (Airport Expansion), Al Ain-UAE.

Delivering Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental management that has involved system development, implementation, coordination and management, having worked in both corporate support and operational. Reviewing and implementing HSE (IMS) policies, QHSE plan, procedures and methodology to ensure all requirements of integrated management systems are addressed and fulfilled. Focus areas have included personnel safety, incident investigation and reconstruction trainings, implementation of QHSE procedures, policy and objective & targets, emergency preparedness, monthly construction phase safety plan reviewed, weekly & monthly statistics report, incident litigation, overall QHSE program analysis and expertise in liaising with regulatory authority, client, consultant, contractors and complying the applicable statutory & contractual requirements.

These responsibilities include regular site safety inspections, tours and suggestions of corrective and preventive measures, liaise with client QHSE department and representatives, conducting meetings with various subcontractors representatives, identifying QHSE violations, monitoring daily observation reports and providing supports and guidance to site safety team, monitoring day to day activities to identify potential hazards and take steps to eliminate or control those, compiling, reviewing and follow up of non-conformances and identifying of root causes and recommending CAPA raised during internal audits. Last but not least, Identifying and evaluating hazards & risks, environmental aspects & impacts associated to activities and developing operational control techniques and procedures for managing significant hazards/aspects.

Projects Details:- The projects successfully achieved/engaged with roles & responsibilities as:

o Elite 2, 4 & 5 (2B+2P+23), Dubai Sports City-UAE.

• Preparing and reviewing HSE plan, task specific method statements, risk assessments, emergency plan and other documents submitted by contractors/ sub-contractors.
• To represent the organization in various HSE meetings and liaise with client HSE department and representatives.
• Developing, reviewing & updating of Construction Regulation & Environmental Management Programmes (EMPs) for the project to be followed by consultants/ contractors/ sub-contractors.
• Planning and conducting internal audits as per management programs.
• Reviewing and approving contractor’s document of environmental aspects & impacts including control measures.
• Assisting engineers & supervisor to prepare method statement for specific activities and reviewing hazards & risk identified.
• Preparing various control techniques/ procedures for significant hazards.
• Identifying HSE violations and their root causes, recommending corrective & preventive actions including implementation as well.
• Investigating accidents/ incidents or near misses and their root causes.
• Reporting investigation report to top management, client and relevant authority including recommendation of corrective & preventive actions.
• Routine inspection/tours of site and identifying & planning maintenance activities.

Projects Details:- The projects successfully achieved/engaged with roles & responsibilities are:

o 2CDE ARJ Tower (B+G+P+26) Pier 8, (3B+4P+46) & Mosque at Dubai Marina-UAE.

• Conducting safety induction trainings and maintaining records Tool box talks, Daily activity reports, Safety inspection checklists, third party certificates & M.S.D.S.
• Establishing the safe work procedures ( i.e., Excavation, explosive powered tools, Formwork, Lifting operation, Confined space, working at heights, Scaffolding erection & Dismantling, Maintenance of machineries & Equipment’s, Electrical hazards, Lock- out & Tag-out system, Hot works etc., ) on site.
• Identifying all hazards and implement good housekeeping.
• Preparing and reviewing HSE plan, task specific method statement, emergency plan and other documents submitted by contractors/ sub-contractors.
• Developing, reviewing & updating of Construction Regulation & Environmental Management Programs (EMPs) for the project to be followed by consultants/ contractors/ sub-contractors.
• Reviewing and approving contractor’s document of environmental aspects & impacts.
• Co-coordinating with consultants/ contractors to ensure compliance.
• Monitoring of day to day activities to identify potential hazards and take steps to eliminate or control those.
• Reviewing and updating emergency plan and evacuation plan, involving in mock drill process with local authorities.
• Monitoring safety statistics and reporting to management, delivering training program to create EHS awareness among employees.
• Conducting job safety analysis, investigation of incidents, accidents and near misses, plant safety inspection and follow up.

Projects Details: Fertil Urea Debottlenecking project at Al Ruwais, Abu Dhabi-UAE

• Identifying HSE violations and their root causes, recommended corrective & preventive actions including implementation as well.
• Periodical inspection and monitoring the compliance of required PPE, fire extinguishers etc.
• Reviewing of HSE plan, method statement, emergency plan and other documents submitted by contractors/ sub-contractors.
• Coordinating Daily, Weekly & Monthly HSE tasks as per the Integrated Management System.
• Monitoring of Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning activities, expansion of refinery’s and steel plants and shutdown activities.
• Conducting Safety Induction trainings and maintaining records Tool box talks, Daily activity reports, Safety inspection checklists, Third party certificates & M.S.D.S.
• Establishing the safe work procedures ( i.e., Excavation, Explosive Powered Tools, Formwork, Lifting operation, Confined space, Working at heights, Scaffolding erection & Dismantling, Maintenance of machineries & Equipment’s, Electrical hazards, LOTO system, Hot works etc.).
• Gas testing before starting any hot work inside the plant area.
• Check the permit issued (hot/cold/confined space entry permits) related to the activities & ensuring the precautions.
• Implementation of Fire prevention technique.
• To ensure safety requirement are being observed, welfare & first aid facilities are adequate and properly maintained.
• Developing Safety posters, signs, slogans, bulletins, publications are distributing as required.
• Coordinate Mock Drill for various Emergency situations (i.e., Fire, Gas, & Natural disaster etc.).
• Encouraging employees to report all unsafe acts / near miss/incidents & accidents.
• Investigation of all Accidents, Incidents/ Near misses/Spills/Fires to find the root causes and recommends corrective and preventive actions, to prevent recurrence in the future.