Santhosh Abraham, Lead Auditor- ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, OHSAS 18001

Santhosh Abraham

Lead Auditor- ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, OHSAS 18001

Lloyd's Register (LRQA)

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, B.E. Mechanical Engineering
Experience
31 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :31 years, 6 Months

Lead Auditor- ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, OHSAS 18001 at Lloyd's Register (LRQA)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2018

Working as Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2015 (QMS), ISO 14001:2015 (EMS), ISO 45001:2018 & OHSAS 18001:2007 (OHSMS) in Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA)- Dubai, UAE.
Conducts third party Certification and Surveillance Audits in all sectors of organization.

Sr. Manager Partner Relations and Compliance at Dubai Industrial City
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2006 to July 2018

Portfolio includes Lease renewals, Communication, Complaints management, Customer satisfaction improvement initiatives, representing the function for internal and external audits, QHSE governance of the city

Dubai Industrial City is one of the strategic projects launched in Dubai aimed at promoting manufacturing industries in UAE which contribute to the economic development of the country. The function is responsible to support the top management with all technical support in making strategic decisions in the development of the Industrial City.

Lead Auditor/Tech Manager- Management Systems at Bureau Veritas Certification (BVQI)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2002 to May 2006

• Third party Auditing of clients’ management systems based on OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. Audit experience included Consulting Companies, Construction & Contracting companies, Airports, Manufacturing companies, Power Plants, Hospitals, Oil & Gas industries, Service /Trading organizations, Material testing laboratories, Food industries, Cement Production and related industries, Engineering companies, Fabrication industries, Electrical industries etc.
• Third party HSE audit on large projects such as Airports, Roads & Bridges construction, Garages, etc
• IRCA accredited public training in the role of support trainer
• Organizing auditor qualification for the gulf region, liaison during accreditation body audits
• Managing audit planning and execution for designated clients
• More than 500 audits on behalf of BVQI on clients’ quality systems and around 50 audits on environmental management systems (EMS) as well as occupational health and safety management systems (SMS) based on ISO 9001/ ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards.

Bureau Veritas having the head office in U.K. is known as the largest third party management system certification body in the world having offices in more than 100 countries. Regional head office is located in Dubai and has the largest clientele for certification in the region.

Lead Auditor/ Senior Consultant at RW TUV- German Certification Body
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • February 1996 to April 2002

• Performed more than 90 third party audits in the Middle East on behalf of TUV-CERT Germany.
• Audit exposure to Construction, Contracting and Consulting companies, Manufacturing and Engineering companies and service industries.
• Consulted 39 companies on behalf of the consulting division of TUV Saudi Arabia to develop, implement and achieve ISO 9001 certification and 10 companies for ISO 14001 certification
• Internal Auditor training and management system awareness training to consulted companies.

RWTUV is the government authorized inspection & certification agency in Germany having offices and operations worldwide. TUV Saudi Arabia is the leading Certification Body in the Kingdom having the largest clientele for management system certification based on OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001.

QA Engineer/ Management Representative at Sterling Tools Ltd- India
  • India - Faridabad
  • May 1994 to January 1996

• QA/QC of products and raw materials
• Calibration and control of Inspection, Measuring and Test Equipment
• Inspection and approval of moulds and dies
• Customer complaint analysis
• Development and establishment of Quality Management System

Sterling Tools Ltd. is a high tensile fasteners (Nuts & Bolts for automobiles) manufacturing company which supplies their products to most of the automobile manufacturing companies in India in addition to exports. During the career with the company the quality management system was developed which got third party certification later.

Quality Assurance Engineer at Motherson Autocomponents Ltd
  • India
  • September 1992 to April 1994

• QA/QC of products and raw materials
• Calibration and control of Inspection, Measuring and Test Equipment
• Inspection and approval of moulds and dies
• Customer complaint analysis
• Liaison with vendors on material quality issues
• Development and establishment of Quality Management System

Motherson Auto components Engineering Ltd, subsidiary of Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd. is a Multi National Company (MNC) having collaboration with Japan, Australia and German firms manufacturing wiring harness, and automobile parts. Preferred supplier for most of the automotive companies in India in addition to large volume of export.

Education

Bachelor's degree, B.E. Mechanical Engineering
  • at Bangalore University
  • June 1992

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering passed with First Class.

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc. (Physics Major)
  • at Mahatma Gandhi University
  • June 1987

Passed Bachelor Degree in Science with First Class.

Specialties & Skills

Safety Management Systems
Quality Assurance
Quality Auditing
ISO Auditor
Environmental
Auditing skills
Leadership skills
Computer
Certification, Assessment
Compliance, Regulatory framework
Quality Management/ HSE Management
QA/QC, Quality Assruance
Health & Safety
QHSE Governance

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Malayalam
Expert

Memberships

IRCA
  • Registered Lead Auditor
  • May 1997

Training and Certifications

MRM Business Excellence Award Assessor (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2021
Lead Auditor Certification ISO 9001 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 1997
Valid Until:
May 1997
Certificated Lerad Auditor ISO 14001 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2002
Valid Until:
June 2002
TBOSIET (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2019
Valid Until:
April 2019
Certified Lead Auditor ISO 45001:2018 (Training)
Training Institute:
Bureau Veritas
Date Attended:
July 2018
Duration:
24 hours
Certificated Lerad Auditor OHSAS 18001 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2002
Valid Until:
July 2002

Hobbies

  • Research on QHSE best practices and innovative assessment methods.
    Developed Dubai Quality Mark and its governance scheme, Development of software for assessing QHSE maturity of organizations with modules for planning and resource management, Established Lease performance monitoring tools for the Partner Relations function, maintains recognition as the most informative department in the organization. Social worker, Community initiatives, Music lover