Bill Adshead, Senior Safety and Quality Manager

Bill Adshead

Senior Safety and Quality Manager

National Aviation Services

Location
Kuwait
Education
Higher diploma, Occupational Health and Safety
Experience
25 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 4 Months

Senior Safety and Quality Manager at National Aviation Services
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • My current job since April 2016

Applying my expertise and knowledge to fortify and enhance the company abilities and understanding of the QHSE facet in line with the organizational vision and business requirements through management of a highly pro-active team of specialists within the fields of Safety and Quality Management for the company operations in Africa, M.E. and Asia.. Areas of responsibilities include Passenger Hospitality and Lounges, Cargo and Logistics Operations, Ramp Safety related to Aircraft Ground Handling Operations alongside General Occupational Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Control in their many forms.

Head of Safety and Occupational Health at Bahrain Airport Company
  • Bahrain
  • September 2012 to April 2016

Responsible for the leadership of BAC's team involved with health, safety and environmental management issues, our daily operations include proactively working with departments involved in smooth running of the airport operations, airport terminal, administrative headquarters, aircraft engineering and cargo departments both within our company and along side stakeholders both governmental and from the private sector. Tasks include maintaining the airport safety management system therefore ensuring compliance, safety training, accident / incident investigations, audit, inspection, root cause risk analysis .Responsible for ensuring employees and contractors are operating safely and in line with all relevant, law, legislation and best practice on behalf of the company senior management. New tasks taken on in 2015 include working closely with both the consultant and project management company's towards the operations of all health and safety aspects involved with the airport modernization program, a multi million dollar construction project at Bahrain International Airport scheduled to last over several years.

Safety Health and Environmental Advisor / Team leader at BAE Systems
  • Saudi Arabia - Khamis Mushait
  • February 1999 to August 2012

Successfully gaining certification of OHSAS18001 for BAE Systems in South Western Saudi Arabia. Managing all aspects of the day to day operational safety and environmental issues coving the company business units employees plus their dependants in areas including domestic compounds, headquarters, facilities and customer work areas.

Education

Higher diploma, Occupational Health and Safety
  • at National Examination Board Occupational Safety and Health
  • May 2014

Specialties & Skills

Training
Transportation
Civil Aviation
Construction & Property
HSE rules
Inpections and Auditing
Microsoft Office Suite
Safety Management Systems
Occupational Health and Safety
Training
Working in Multi Cultural Companies

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
  • Graduate Member
  • August 2008
IIRSM
  • Member
  • August 2008

Training and Certifications

FAA Flight Dispatchers (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 1995
Valid Until:
August 2018
Basic Occupational Health and Safety Course (South Africa) (Training)
Training Institute:
University of Cape Town
Date Attended:
November 2015
Duration:
120 hours
NEBOSH National Certificate Fire Safety and Risk Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2010
Valid Until:
January 9999
NEBOSH National Certificate Construction Health and Safety (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2011
Valid Until:
January 9999
Trainer (Training)
Training Institute:
CIEH
Date Attended:
March 2009
NEBOSH National Certificate Occupational Health and Safety (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2005
Valid Until:
January 9999
Auditor / Lead Auditor OHSAS18001 (Training)
Training Institute:
IRCA
Date Attended:
February 2008
Managing Environmental Responsibilities (Training)
Training Institute:
IOSH
Date Attended:
October 2006
Supervisory Food Safety in Catering (Training)
Training Institute:
CIEH
Date Attended:
January 2010

Hobbies

  • Golf
  • Dining out
  • Reading
  • Travel