Syed Owais Mukhtar, Safety Manager & Internal Auditor

Syed Owais Mukhtar

Safety Manager & Internal Auditor

Awad Saad Bin Zafrah

Location
Saudi Arabia - Tabouk
Education
Master's degree, Management
Experience
13 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months

Safety Manager & Internal Auditor at Awad Saad Bin Zafrah
  • Saudi Arabia - Tabouk
  • My current job since November 2022

• Prepared and certified the company for ISO 45001 / ISO 14001 Certification Audit.
• Conducted internal audits based on ISO 14001, ISO 45001, legal, and NEOM SOPs.
• Developed and implemented a comprehensive HSE management system and associated documentation, adhering to ISO 14001, ISO 45001, HSW, OSHA & local regulations.
• Compiling, analyzing reports, audits, and KPIs to identify improvement areas. Developing plans with operations for rectification.
• Ensure all accidents / incidents / near misses are reported and investigated through root cause analysis.
• Review and revised company wide HSE policies to meet industry standards and company objectives.
• Developed training plans, presentations, conducted trainings, fire drills, and awareness campaigns.
• Monitored implementation of corrective actions for compliance and continuous improvement.
• Making construction safety plans, procedures, work instructions for the safe working on the site
• Undertake regular inspections of the construction project premises to identify potential hazards.
• Coordinate with sub-contractor to fulfil all the safety and environment requirement.
• Developed corrective action plans to address identified deficiencies.
• Preparation of employee handbook outlining safety measures and concise emergency procedures.
• Organized and participated in management review meetings.

Lead Auditor at Bureau Veritas
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2019 to November 2022

• 3rd party auditing as per ISO 45001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 standards, physical and remote
• Auditing as approved auditor for various industries (e.g., design consultancy, engineering, EPC contractors, manufacturing, printing, logistics, healthcare, ports, garments, utilities, FMCG, shipping, laboratories, pharmaceuticals, trading) for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & ISO 45001 standards.
• Client site visits for training, guidance, seminars, webinars, and workshops
• Issuance of nonconformities and follow up for closure of corrective actions.
• Pursue qualification and professional development, updating training records and audit logs to maintain auditor approvals and industry knowledge.
• Support certification approval process according to ISO 17021 guidelines.
• Participate in technical review of audit reports for different management system standards.

Transport Safety Compliance Trainer at Pakistan Oxygen
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2017 to April 2019

• Annual planning and execution of safety trainings
• Monitor behavioral aspects of drivers and staff and initiate trainings accordingly
• Plan safety based interactive activities
• Ensure compliance to standards, traffic rules and policies
• Incident investigation, root cause analysis, follow-up on actions
• Route hazard mapping, dynamic hazard mapping & corrective and preventive actions accordingly
Driver Trainer @ Pakistan Oxygen Limited formerly Linde Pakistan

Manager QA / HSE at Agility
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • November 2015 to January 2017

Review of all procedures / SOPs
Lead and own SIP program for site
Ensure procedures are in place covering all major operations and tasks and everyone is appropriately trained and qualified.
Release of Finished products and raw material for customization
Design, develop and implement Quality Management System that fulfills all customer related requirements and regulatory requirements for the site.
Interprets and implements customer requirements and customer defined quality assurance standards to warehouse people.
Compiles statistical data and writes narrative reports summarizing quality assurance findings.
Report any amendment to existing guidelines and standard operating procedures.
Reviews operational procedures, systems adherence, and safety & security guidelines and recommends improvements.
Investigate customer complaints
Ensure on time training for all required staff at site for all training needs identified.
Ensure safety training are conducted
Ensure risk assessment are conducted for all hazards
Ensure compliance of all applicable HSSE requirements are met
Conduct accident investigation
Establish safety procedures / guidelines for site

Assistant Manager QA & HSE at Agility Logistics
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2014 to November 2015

Looking after compliance activities according to:
-ISO 9001
-ISO 14001
-OHSAS 18001

-Working at Agility logitics, looking after the implementation and maintenance of IMS (ISO 9k, 14k, OHSAS 18k) in the Fleet Management Area.
-Training and awareness session throughout the defined area, with goal to make aware every single employee regarding the certifications.
-Carrying out drills according to the emergency response and preparedness plans
-Risk assessment activities with all the stakeholders
-Annual document review according to the process
-Implementation of 5-s in the whole area, specially the vehicle maintenance.

QA / Audit & Compliance Executive at Sybrid Private Limited - A Lakson Group Company
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • May 2013 to March 2014

Compliance to standards:
-ISO 9001
-ISO 27001
-HIPPA

Responsibilities:
•Promoting the value of quality management and information security, and leading process improvement initiatives in the Company.
•Liaisons with relevant processes (such as Physical Security/Facilities, Risk Management, IT, Operations, HR and Quality) as per requirement, on ISMS and QMS matters such as routine security activities plus emerging security risks and control technologies through continuous improvement.
•Assuring linkage between projects, business and customer priorities using process improvement tools and methodologies.
•Involve in the design, implementation, operations and maintenance of ISMS based on the ISO/IEC 27000 & ISO 9001 series standards, including certification against ISO/IEC 27001 & ISO 9001.
•Serve as a facilitator for quality management and information security management, for example, offering internal management consultancy advice and practical assistance on information security risk and control matters throughout the organization, and promoting the commercial advantages of management of security risks more efficiently and effectively.
•Involves in the preparation and authorizes the implementation of necessary information security policies, quality management processes, standards, procedures and guidelines, in conjunction with QMS and ISMS Committee.
•Involves in the design and operation related compliance monitoring and improvement activities to ensure compliance, both with internal security policies etc., and applicable laws and regulations.
•Involves in suitable information security awareness, training and educational activities.
•Internal and external audit working & nonconformance reporting and follow up activities with respect to international standards (ISO 9001 & ISO 27001).
•Ad-hoc tasks with respect to compliance and audit within company.

Executive QMS at Super Tech Autoparts Pvt. Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2011 to May 2013

As: Executive Engineer / AMR / Lead Internal QMS Auditor
• Working in the Quality Management System (QMS) Department
• Working for the BS EN ISO 9001:2008 QMS implementation and maintenance
• Development of Quality manual, Quality Systems Procedures, SOPs, WIs, PFCs
• Internal QMS Auditing of QAD, HR, Sales, SCM, SAP/IT, Production, Maintenance
• Audit planning, Organizing and Reporting
• Responsible for improvement and enhancement of organization by using established auditing techniques
• Nonconformity reporting, root cause analysis, corrective actions and follow up
• Organizing of management review meetings according to plan
• Analyzes processes performance, based on audit reports and management review meeting results, and follows up decisions.
• Implementation of 5-S activities, reporting, follow-up
• Carry out indoor/shop-floor training on ISO, QMS, SOPs, QSPs, Safety
• Achievement of recommendation of ISO 9001:2008 for company through BVQI

Management Trainee at Super Tech Autoparts (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2011 to August 2011

• Working in the Quality Management System (QMS) Department
• Working for the ISO 9001:2008 certification of company
• Internal Quality Auditing companywide
• Prepared Quality Manual, QSPs, SOPs, WIs, PFCs
• Implementation of 5-S activities, follow-ups, reporting
• Shop-floor training on SOPs, QSPs, WIs & Safety
• Worked at the Rim production plant

Education

Master's degree, Management
  • at Institute of Business & Technology
  • December 2014

MBA in Human Resource Management Major subjects: Management, Change Management, SCM, Operational Management.

Bachelor's degree, Materials & Metallurgy
  • at NED University of Engineering & Technology
  • December 2010

B.E in Materials & Metallurgy

Specialties & Skills

Internal Audit
Root Cause Analysis
Quality Auditing
Safety Auditing
Executive Reporting
Risk Assessments
Public Speaking/ Training
Incident Investigation
Third Party Auditing

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Graduate Engineer
  • February 2011
Saudi Council Of Engineers
  • Engineering Member
  • January 2023

Training and Certifications

International Diploma in Safety Engineering by ncfe, UK (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2019
ISO 45001 : 2018 Lead Auditor Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
ISO 9001 : 2015 Lead Auditor Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2016
IOSH Managing Safely V 3.1 (Training)
Training Institute:
IOSH, UK
Date Attended:
March 2014
HABC Level 2 Award in Fire Safety (QCF) (Training)
Training Institute:
HABC, UK
Date Attended:
June 2014
Introduction to ISO 9001:2008 (Training)
Training Institute:
QualityGurus.Com, License 82N8HU59JQ
Date Attended:
August 2013
Workshop on Health and Safety (Training)
Training Institute:
Fire Engineering Design Solutions (FEDS) in collaboration with Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PN
Date Attended:
June 2013
Internal QMS Auditing (Training)
Training Institute:
Pakistan Institute of Total Quality Management
Date Attended:
August 2011

Hobbies

  • Creative Writing
    Have authored a book related to ISO 9001, newspaper articles on various topics related to safety, leadership, and professional career development.
  • Public Speaking
    Have done training session on topics like ISO 45001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, Behavior Based Safety, Leadership, Career Counseling, Managing Emotions & Attitude at Workplace, Interview Skills & Resume Writing, HSE, Fire Safety, 5-s, Risk Assessment (HIRA + TRA), Basic Warehouse Safety, has trained staff and management of high level corporate organizations.