Omer Farooq Butt, Safety Engineer

Omer Farooq Butt

Safety Engineer

Bindawood Holding

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Environmental engineering
Experience
12 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 2 Months

Safety Engineer at Bindawood Holding
  • Saudi Arabia
  • My current job since May 2015

Expertly establishing and implementing HSE policies and procedures, carrying out detailed survey of each hyper market regarding health and safety to rectify problems and providing first aid and firefighting training to staff
Managing new & renovation projects related to fire safety and successfully completing projects according to schedule. Conducting risk assessment of BinDawood and Danube Hyper markets along with mitigation measures
Expertly managing all branches during Ramadan and Hajj season with safety protocols as well as carrying out internal audits of all branches and submitting reports to management for further approvals and necessary actions
Major Achievements:
— Successfully designed, tested & commissioned smoke fire exhaust fans in Danube branches
— Established firefighting & emergency response team and implementation of HSE policies and procedures
— Successfully conducted Civil defense audits for license in all branches
— Successfully managed and made functional fire alarm & firefighting system of all branches
— Successfully managed the preventive maintenance program regarding fire alarm & firefighting system
— Successfully managed/completed all civil defense requirements in 25 new projects for the license
Successfully managed the following trainings:
— HSE Committee
— General work environment / Personal Hygiene / Toilets / Water Quality Awareness
— Occupational exposure risks / exposure pathways / control methods
— PPE, proper use, care, maintenance, useful life, disposal
— Machine guarding & proper use, safe operating procedure
— Emergency procedure, roles & responsibilities, escape routes & procedures, how to report emergencies, activating alarm system
— First Aid awareness, Injury / Illness reporting
— Electrical safety & control of hazardous energy
— Confined spaces and its hazards awareness
— Solid waste descriptions, waste handling & storage
— Ergonomics; common musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) signs & symptoms, importance of reporting
procedure and their signs and symptoms early and the consequences of failing to report them early. The kinds of risk factors, jobs and work activities associated with MSD hazards, methods, tools or equipment used to mitigate risk factors.

Assistant Manager Compliance at Sapphire Finishing Mills
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2014 to April 2015

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:
Successfully worked on product safety, fabrication standards and prevention and contamination control. Worked on environmental and health safety and took preventive measures wherever necessary
Set environmental polices related to EHS management, air emission, hazardous waste and material, solid and
waste water, storage tanks and CBs. Trained staff for emergency situations
Major Achievements:
— Developed & implemented ISO 14001 throughout different functional levels of company
— Successfully cleared external social & environmental compliance audits of Levis, KWINTET, VF, SEI, BSCI, ISO
14001, WRAP, C-TPAT, GOTS & OE (GRS)
— Successfully acquired section 12 & section 14 licenses from environmental protection department

Assistant Manager HSE at US Apparel & Textiles
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • March 2013 to July 2014

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:
Efficiently provided technical guidance to ensure development, implementation and improvement of HSE programs.
Plotted detailed safety programs according to international safety standards and ensured their timely implementation
Developed and implemented health and safety projects that focus on waste management and minimization.
Integrated health, safety and environmental processes and practices into daily operations
Conducted training sessions on ergonomics, safe chemical handling, MSDS, NFPA labeling, occupational exposure,
control methods, PPE, first aid awareness, injury and illness reporting, electrical safety & control of hazardous energy,
hazards control, locking & tagging, confined spaces
Major Achievements:
— Successfully developed evacuation layout design and conducted evacuation drills
— Efficiently developed & implemented integrated management system (IMS)
— Proactively installed emergency exit lights on each exit doors with battery backup supply
— Prepared audit and implementation of COC requirements for customers/certifications like
Levi’s, C&A, H&M, Primark, La-Halle, BSCI, ISO14001:2004, ISO9001-2008, OHSAS 18001:2007, WRAP, C-TPAT (Custom
Trade Partnership against Terrorism), GOTS & OE100 (GRS) Certification

Environmental Engineer at 3W systems pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • March 2012 to February 2013

— Worked as “Environmental Engineer” in 3W Systems (Pvt.) Limited including a 5500 cubic meter per day wastewater treatment plant designing, construction & operation for NESTLE

Education

Bachelor's degree, Environmental engineering
  • at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
  • March 2013

Specialties & Skills

Emergency Management
Risk Assessment
Safety Audits
Safety Engineering
Environmental Issues
Teamwork
Work management
Report writing
Microsoft Office
Communication

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

First Aid & Disaster management (Training)
Training Institute:
Red crescent society, UK
Date Attended:
January 2010
Duration:
8 hours
NEBOSH IGC - 3 (Health & safety practical application) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2016
NEBOSH IGC - 2 (Controlling workplace hazards) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016
Health & Safety Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Total safety Quality Centre for Training
Date Attended:
November 2016
Duration:
5 hours
IOSH managing safely (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2016
Lead Auditor OHSAS 18001:2007 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012
Lead Environmental Auditor for EMS 14001:2004 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012