HSE Safety Officer
Gulf Marine Services
Total years of experience :9 years, 7 Months
• Assure compliance with regulatory requirements, and company QHSE policies and procedures
• Guide, direct, train and motivate all personnel to take responsibility for their personal and wider safety, and comply with GMS HSE policies, standards and procedures, rules and acceptable safe working practices
• Schedule, conduct, report and evaluate on all emergency drills
• Report, investigate incidents, and ensure the HSE observation reporting system is both understood and complied with, by all personnel promoting its benefits
• Ensure strict adherence to the permit work system, with emphasis on suitability and effectiveness of control measures
• Carry out risk assessment / job safety analysis for all required tasks, ensuring that records are maintained as required
• Conduct, participate and/or report job/safety meetings such as daily toolbox talks, weekly HSE meetings, HSE/Health & Hygiene inspection/Audits etc.
• Carry out additional QHSE duties as instructed by the QHSE department.
• Directly reporting to the EHS & POV Project Manager.
• Provide advice to the subcontractors on health, safety and environmental issues.
• Undertake a daily inspection, high risk activity report, safe practice observation and prepare a quantitative weekly report for submittal to the main contractor's EHS project manager.
• Report immediately to the main contractor’s EHS project manager any serious safety breaches that place workers in life threatening situations.
• Assist supervisors in delivering toolbox talks to the workers on the control measures identified in risk assessments and the safe system of work.
• Monitor Internal & Pre Operational Verification Work Permit System prior to start of work.
• Undertake and maintain near miss reports in line with EHS requirements.
• Carry out regular inspections of the facilities, equipment, vehicles and tools being used at site.
• Check / Monitor rigging and scaffold erection.
• Attend regular safety meeting with the client and subcontractors.
• Exercise professionalism at all times and ensures that all advice given to all subcontractors is to the best of my ability.
Reporting to the HSE Manager & Supervisor, oversee the HSE work procedure of the project and ensure that all activities are being carried out in such a manner as to ensure the health and safety of all the members of the workforce as well as protection of the property of the owner and other in the companies in all of the previous projects the applicant worked through.
Ensuring all items of lifting equipments on site are tested, examined, inspected, certified and stored in accordance with agreed standards and will not permit the use of any items that do not meet the required standards to be used on any lifting activity.
Ensuring that all the lifting plans are completed before submitting to the SHE Manager & Project Manager for client’s approval and correct site implementation of the safety measures specified in the approved lifting plan.
Ensuring all safety training programmed appropriate to the project, conduct regular training sessions for all levels of the companies’ employee and promoting safety awareness to the project workforce.
Act as the SHE secretary during regular safety meeting with the contractor and subcontractors Safety Manager, Safety Supervisors and Safety Officers.
Ensuring all Personnel Protective Equipment is issued to the workforce and is appropriate to the task and environment.
Investigation of any first aid, accident, incident or near miss occurrence with a view to ensuring that any similar accident, incident or nearmiss does not recur.
Ensuring that relevant personnel are aware of all the hazards involved in the daily servicing of equipment or plant, the use and handling of diesel hydraulic oil, pressurize equipment, compressed air, rotating shaft and drums, hot exhaust pipes, electrical equipments, jacks, ropes, chain blocks, hand tools etc.
Ensuring that work is being carried out within the scope of any relevant permits to work and will have the authority to withdraw a permit should any works be contradictory to that the terms and conditions of the permits.
SAFETY OFFICER
(March 23, 2007 - August 1, 2010)
General Description of Responsibilities / Tasks Performed:
• Coordinating with Company’s Pollution Control Manager in implementing safety program in the dealership.
• Conduct training and orientation to new employees & subcontractor personnel.
• Carries out regular inspection of buildings, facilities, work areas, tools and equipment in accordance with Toyota Motor Philippines guidelines and procedures.
• To intervene where necessary in correcting and eliminating unsafe working practices in the dealership.
• Prepare weekly safety toolbox talk.
• Conduct weekly toolbox meeting with the automotive technicians, parts distributors, janitorial services & subcontractors prior to start of any work.
• Conduct investigation of incidents, accidents and render a final report to the safety committee and concerned parties.
• Ensure that all medical and firefighting equipments in good condition and properly inspected, installed & color coded.
• To monitor compliance with the purchase order system prior to star of work.
• Prepare and monitor all required safety documents for the Monthly Toyota Dealership Safety Index Audit:, such as, Hazardous Material Management, chemical Handling, Solid Waste Management, Waste Water Management, Air Management, Safety & Health, Dealership Management & Contractor Facilities.
• Responsible for the overall recruitment and selection process of company’s manpower requirements, training and development of company’s team members.
Authorized Gas Tester - OPITO approved.
OHSAS 18001:2007 Lead Auditor Course.
Advanced Fire Fighting Course.
International Basic First Aid Course.
A certified safety practitioner in Health, Safety, Security & Environment
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, graduated at San Pablo Seminary, Year 1994