Career
01/04/2010 -Present
HSE MANAGER
Lindenberg Emirates LLC
Project set up coordinating with Consultants and Clients from set up of Office and work areas, Plant work shop areas Live Traffic Environment along Road ways 110 klm approx 700 million AED,. Accommodation Facilities Head of HSE Department for the development of appropriate HSE standards in relation to the operations of the organization. Establishes relevant performance targets for the Department in conjunction with the GM, ensuring that they are realistic and achievable within a timescale and support the objectives of Lindenberg. Develops long-term plans and appropriate strategies to ensure these objectives are achieved. Provides necessary recommendations to Senior Management in relation to safety, health and environment. Reviews and approves the emergency response procedures suitable to the various activities during the project and the surrounding areas as per the international HSE standard and the UAE labor legislations pertaining to safety. Provides necessary recommendations to Senior Management in relation to safety, health and environment. Reviews and approves the method statement, to be submitted within the tender document. Coordinates with the suppliers and vendors regarding supplying the health and safety equipments.
Covering 12 projects in and around UAE Transmission Pipe lines, EPC works in AL Ain Distribution Network – Umn Ghaffa Floating Reservoir station large Construction sites covering all OSHAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Safety Management), ISO 9001: 2008 (Quality Management) ISO 14001; 2004 (Environmental Management). And Integrated management system. IMS. Large Scale Civil works, Construction activities, Sewerage pipelines Drainage, Electrical and Telecommunications systems including NDCR,s Fibre optic Cables, Hydrostatic testing, Disinfecting, flushing and commissioning of complete pipeline system. And Tunnelling, Responsible for ensuring. HSE Plans are in order all employees adhered to Safe Systems at work. Formatted & implemented training programs, Maintained and audited records.
All works in Abu Dhabi replacement of sewage in the city and outside the city most areas are in line with Roads or disturbing road ways
H&S & Environmental activities. Supervise all construction work, ensuring compliance with construction safety regulations, Checking man hours, Statistic Reports. Weekly meetings, fully conversant with all standards required for implementation, progress reports, daily inspection of site, Site Security. And weekly reports and inspection reports. Permit control. Daily organization of site labour and client handovers and orders. Liaise with Client and Consultants. Control of finishing work on new buildings, offices, Pump rooms, electric rooms. BS OSHAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Safety Management), ISO 9001: 2008 (Quality Management) ISO 14001; 2004 (Environmental Management). And Integrated management system. IMS.
Oct 2008 -Oct 2009
SITE HSE MANAGER
ACWA Water and Effluent Treatment Plant 100 million Dhs project. Dubai, Jebel, Ali Airport, Dubai Maritime Centre, Abu Dhabi, Rheem Island. (Contract)
Looking after 4 Effluent water treatment plants implementing all safety Management safety systems. Project set up from Start, coordinating with Consultants and Clients from Accommodation Facilities and set up of Office and work areas and Plant work shop areas. Security and Traffic control issues on site. Implementation of new Road ways, Road way lighting and Drainage.
All Safety Documentation on Large Scale Civil works, Deep Excavations, Deep Concrete Tanks 15 m depth. And Silos ranging from 4 metres wide to 8 meter high. Preparing roads works and drainage and GRP Glass Reinforced Plastic work, doing all safety controls and Permit to work, Confined spaces. Doing safety training on site and classroom all aspects of safety. Responsible for ensuring all employees adhered to Safe Systems at work. Construction of Buildings from start to finish.
Formatted & implemented training programs, site inspections, audits & tool box talks. Maintained and audited records in relation to H&S & Environmental activities. Supervise all construction work, ensuring compliance with construction safety regulations, Checking man hours, Statistic Reports. Weekly meetings, fully conversant with all standards required for implementation, progress reports, daily inspection of site, Site Security. And weekly reports and inspection reports. Permit control. Daily organization of site labour and client handovers and orders. Liaise with Client and Consultants. Control of finishing work on new buildings, offices, Pump rooms, electric rooms. BS OSHAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Safety Management), ISO 9001: 2008 (Quality Management) ISO 14001; 2004 (Environmental Management). And Integrated management system. IMS.
live construction still on the project, I was also given 2 areas in the pavilion with all trades still in attendance and pavilions 3and 4 ready for final finishes. I was also made nominated person for confined space entry and Appointed Person and H2s has I am qualified safety person, given control of the upper and lower Basement areas beneath the pavilions, Briefly my duties entailed:-Liaising with the Architect’s office to close out any problems whether brought about by Civil / MEP interface issues, RFIs or areas on hold. Reading Interpreting and checking all drawings. Ordering materials, Programming and overseeing all works in conjunction with any involved sub contractors. Ensuring the integrity of the internal and external QA/QC systems by the submission of inspection requests and by working closely with the resident consultants, I had sole responsibility for all Health Safety environmental issues within my area as well as confined space entry site wide (due to the problems presented by H2S gas) I also drafted many complex method statements and risk assessments. This was a fixed term contract on a freelance basis which both parties wished to become permanent unfortunately this proved to be impossible. To circumstances beyond anyone’s control. Of the crises which hit Dubai. Ensuring all finishing trades are on target, Having weekly meetings with Sub Contractors, Ensuring Areas are complete for Client Inspection and Snagging. Assisting Client with Fit Outs. On Dubai Festival City doing Safe Systems of Work, lifting Operations Assessing lifting areas and doing lift plans, Risk Assessments, Method statements., Organise access routes and egress for mobile and cranes, checking all the operators paperwork is in place and banksman checking all lifting chains and lifting gear from 50 to 200 tone cranes. And assessing work site before lift goes ahead Organisational of daily work schedules for the men on site daily meetings with Supervisors and foremen. Doing I.R.F s R.F.I, s, N.C.N, s, Site Instructions, Weekly meetings for managers and project managers. Costing of sub contractors, Schedules, Programming of work. Organising training and Safety on Site. Information request sheets, Organising night shift work. Costing of Materials, Good communication on site. Over seeing lifting Operations on and around Site, Doing all shop fitting inspections on site daily, my main area is Front of House shopping Mall , externals, loading bays, Car parks above and below ground. Reporting to Sen / Project Manager. Worked on Atlantis Hotel as Construction Manager on Palm Jamiera.
Jan 2008 – Sept 2008
SITE FINISHING MANAGER
Dubai Festival City Dubai, 2.8, Billion Projects Alfattain Carillon(Contract)End of Project.
I was initially given a site wide remit working with a dedicated team on the night shift due to the specific problems associated with a live site. I was given the Car Park Areas redoing or making of new roadways this also closing of roads and Front of House in Shopping Mall and Ground floor exterior on a 1hr hand over. The front of house could only be done at night shift, Outside was in some area live construction still on the project, I was also given 2 areas in the pavilion with all trades still in attendance and pavilions 3and 4 ready for final finishes. I was also made nominated person for confined space entry and Appointed Person and H2s has I am qualified safety person, given control of the upper and lower Basement areas beneath the pavilions, Briefly my duties entailed:-Liaising with the Architect’s office to close out any problems whether brought about by Civil / MEP interface issues, RFIs or areas on hold. Reading Interpreting and checking all drawings. Ordering materials, Programming and overseeing all works in conjunction with any involved sub contractors. Ensuring the integrity of the internal and external QA/QC systems by the submission of inspection requests and by working closely with the resident consultants, I had sole responsibility for all Health Safety environmental issues within my area as well as confined space entry site wide (due to the problems presented by H2S gas) I also drafted many complex method statements and risk assessments. This was a fixed term contract on a freelance basis which both parties wished to become permanent unfortunately this proved to be impossible. To circumstances beyond anyone’s control. Of the crises which hit Dubai. Ensuring all finishing trades are on target, Having weekly meetings with Sub Contractors, Ensuring Areas are complete for Client Inspection and Snagging. Assisting Client with Fit Outs. On Dubai Festival City doing Safe Systems of Work, lifting Operations Assessing lifting areas and doing lift plans, Risk Assessments, Method statements., Organise access routes and egress for mobile and cranes, checking all the operators paperwork is in place and banksman checking all lifting chains and lifting gear from 50 to 200 tone cranes. And assessing work site before lift goes ahead Organisational of daily work schedules for the men on site daily meetings with Supervisors and foremen. Doing I.R.F s R.F.I, s, N.C.N, s, Site Instructions, Weekly meetings for managers and project managers. Costing of sub contractors, Schedules, Programming of work. Organising training and Safety on Site. Information request sheets, Organising night shift work. Costing of Materials, Good communication on site. Over seeing lifting Operations on and around Site, Doing all shop fitting inspections on site daily, my main area is Front of House shopping Mall , externals, loading bays, Car parks above and below ground. Reporting to Sen / Project Manager. Worked on Atlantis Hotel as Construction Manager on Palm Jamiera.
July 2007 – Dec 2007
PROJECT MANAGER/ SEN/HSE MANAGER (Contract)
Destination Properties, Phuket, Thailand
Doing all Interior design finishing, Inspecting Refurbishments in Hotels 4 major hotels in Phuket, Working along side with Marriot hotels, Thailand. Project Manager on one Hotel, doing all daily activities on site and daily and weekly meetings, Safety on Site. information, operation and information manuals, variation orders, progress reports, memos, site inductions, personnel sheets, information request sheets, tool box talks, health and safety plans, Ensure provision of method statements and risk assessments, check site drawings for workability from design in relation to site conditions. Internal and External finishing’s, Covering all MEP work, over seeing QA / QC procedures
Problem solving, seek appropriate licences, set out proposed work areas, ensure site diary and visitor and labour attendance sheets are maintained, and update progress reports, Ensure quality assurance. Liaise / correspond with engineers, contractors, Managers. Ensure scaffold is correctly erected and dismantled, licensed and using correct handover certificates. Inspections done Costing of materials, good line of communication on site. Weekly meetings with Client and CEO.
Working with clients and Marriot Hotels. Giving safety reports and procedures to all safety and site Managers.
Aug 2005- 2007
CONSTRUCTION FINISHING/MANAGER (Contract)
Murray And Roberts, Dubai, Airport Terminal 3
I was employed by Murray and Roberts a large South African multinational main contractor. My original focus at Terminal 3 was the control of all final finishing to a given area in a very large and complex project after an initial period I was also given all front and back of house toilet blocks and prayer wash rooms to look after from a base build situation in some cases. Work Undertaken, Supervision of Construction work and Safety, Organisational of daily work force and materials. Internal and External finishing’s, Covering all MEP work, over seeing QA / QC procedures.
Establish lines 0f communication pre-contract/post contract commencement dates, Attend pre-contract meetings, Create, introduce and organise working formats such as : Method statements, risk assessments, MSDS Data information, operation and information manuals, variation orders, progress reports, memos, site inductions, personnel sheets, information request sheets, tool box talks, health and safety plans,
Ensure provision of method statements and risk assessments, check site drawings for workability from design in relation to site conditions.
Problem solving, seek appropriate licences, set out proposed work areas, ensure site diary and visitor and labour attendance sheets are maintained, update progress reports, Ensure quality assurance. Liaise / correspond with engineers, contractors, Managers. Ensure scaffold is correctly erected and dismantled, licensed and using correct handover certificates. Inspections done correctly and have in place staff tag. Ensure all work force wear correct personnel protective clothing.
General construction, Ground Work, supervising all carpentry work conduct site inductions, Floor and Wall Finishing’s (ceramics, granite, marble, slate, epoxy resins, mosaics) and ceiling work,
Jun 2002 – Aug 2005
AS/SAFETY, TRAINING/MANAGER. INSPECTOR, ASSESSOR, OIL & GAS
Amec, Spie co llc Oman Middle East, Middle East, OMAN, Muscat,
Covering all safety training needs for the company and inspections on Construction sites and oil and gas plants around the country and desert locations onshore organise training courses and performance sheets doing inductions site tool boxes talks and covering H2s . Cost control, meetings and the needs for company safety and training. Health and Safety Cooderinator / Health and Safety Advisor/Scaffold Inspector/Senior Assessor/Responsible for co-ordinating site safety for CITB approved Oman and Access & Rigging Centre planning and costing of Centre, performance sheets. Conducting assessments for local & Asian trainees from raw recruits to CITB level 2.Conducted Health and Safety duties, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
LED HSE activities and assessments for NVQ and CITB, EMTA approval alongside preparing risk assessments & method statements for OLNG plant SUR Oman.Doing Scaffold safety inspection courses for Laing O’Rourke in Dubai.
Delivered site tool box talks, Inductions & inspections of scaffolding in SUR, Oman.
Ensured all weekly safety reports were prepared & maintained & updated records.
Devised & Delivered H and Safety Training programmes, creating supporting documentation.
Established & developed CITB centre in Oman keeping up to date with ISO9001 & 14001 standards.
1997 – 2002
SITE FINISHING MANAGER / HEALTH AND SAFETY ADVISOR
LJ Interiors Ltd (UK)
Responsible for ensuring all employees adhered to Safe Systems at work and standards.
Formatted & implemented training programs, site inspections, audits & tool box talks.
Maintained and audited records in relation to H&S & Environmental activities.
Supervised all construction MEP and Carpentry work, Most work was done in Car show rooms and Hotels doing P Boarding Ceiling metal Stud work ect. ensuring compliance with construction safety regulations, Weekly meetings, fully conversant with all standards required for implementation in refurbishment work. And interior work, progress reports, daily inspection of site Daily organization of site labour and client handovers and orders.
1993- 1996
SITE MANAGER.
Galliford Flooring Group Works
Responsible for managing all aspects of major flooring throughout Europe.
Projects on shopping malls, office complexes, Copthorn hotel Stuttgart Germany,
High rise buildings, airports and ships dry docks (QE2 refurb). 1st Class Cabins. Marble work.
Reporting to contracts manager, auditing contracts for schedule compliance. Managed works
1985 – 1993
COMPANY OWNER (Ceramic Wall & Flooring Finishes)
Responsible for fulfilling contracts in a wide range of flooring & wall finishes. Marble, Granite, Stone and cladding works. Doing Tenders from Drawings, costing and surveying
Responsible for all Materials logistics. Including all HSE documentation and Invoicing.
1978 – 1985
EARLY CAREER INCLUDES:
CORPORAL HQ Company, Mechanical Transport and logistics ( HGV Driving Instructor, British Army)
NCB National Coal Board (Working as supplier to headers in coalface and mine work)
1976 – 1978
Working has Trainee Plaster, Wall and floor Ceramic Wall and Floor Tiler
Professional Training/Qualifications
NVQ 4 in Occupational Safety & Health Level 6
Nebosh National General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health
Nebosh National Certificate in Construction Safety & Health
Nebosh Environmental Certificate.
Bachelor of Science Construction Health Safety
Bachelor of Science in occupational Health and Safety
CITB Appointed Persons (Lifting operations) BS 7121 Safe use of cranes
CITB Scaffold Safety inspection
CITB Advanced Scaffold Safety inspection
CITB Approved Trainer/ Assessor REG No 01538071
A1 Certificate in Assessing/ cert no 0508/726599/731701/FSS8147/1/12/01/60
EMTA Assessor/ City and Guilds Assessor.
EMTA International Train the Trainer Certificate
Confined spaces (national coal board) UK, Mining.
HSE, Health and Safety Executive, Approved First Aid Certificate (Competent Person)
Fire Fighting Certificate.
H2S Awareness and Escape (escape hood) oil and gas (permit number 6681)
