Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
References
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Ikenna Joachim Onyeali

Edmonton,Alberta

Summary

A dynamic Health Safety and Environment professional with years of experienced in combined works of HSE. Adapt at identifying and reporting workplaces safety issues and violations. Experience in developing, implementing and evaluating risk management policies and program. Committed to carrying out inspections in accordance with HSE legislations at workplace and specialized in conducting scheduled safety audit to ensure workplace safety with excellent safety time management and to achieve organizational QHSE goals, objectives and personal professional growth.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

HSE Officer

Al Jaber Engineering
03.2021 - 10.2021
  • Promotes safe practices at site and ensure Risk Assessment, Method Statements STARRT talks are discussed by supervisor or foreman to all employees under them
  • Inspect the site to ensure its hazard-free environment
  • Conducting Safety induction, regular toolbox meeting with all technicians, supervisors and site engineers
  • Ensure all equipment are certified and compliance with related Permit to-Work (PTW) in accordance with client's established procedure
  • Ensure operators are trained on how to operate man lift and been inspected
  • Enforces safe guidelines and responds to safety concerns
  • Implement and Conducts job hazard analyses (JHA /JSA) and perform emergency response drills
  • Coordinates registration and removal of hazardous waste, chemical waste
  • Ensure no activities is carried out under suspended elevated work platforms
  • Investigate workplace accident/incidents, near misses and prepare reports upon which correctives measures are applied
  • Barricade of areas where jobs are ongoing or inspections are carried-on
  • Testing of metering and ensure all tools and equipment are adequate and safe for use
  • Collaborated with the safety manager in maintenance enforcement and promotion of strict adherence to company policy and procedures of HSE
  • Ensure that employees have adequate PPE at site for all works and are been used while working
  • Conducting weekly and monthly inspections on firefighting equipment
  • Enforce all subcontractors to abide by safety regulations when doing their jobs and providing work permits
  • Making sure no activities is carried out under suspended elevated work platforms.

Occupational Health and Safety Advisor

Al Ghanim International WLL
08.2022 - Current
  • Designing, implementing and reviewing policies and procedures that includes coordinating training programs to maintained an appropriate level of personnel competence and compliance to OHS standards
  • Reviewing of contractors JSA, RA, and action plan and management of Safety team in the project for conformity
  • Ensuring that all hazardous activities are analyzed and required preventive measures are implemented, writing reports of findings and recommendations for corrective preventative measures
  • Creating awareness on the importance of personal protective equipment to workers
  • Monitor the prevailing working conditions and ensures safe working practices in the company
  • Provide professional oversight to integrated management system to enable content that is fit for operational purpose and the intent of reducing risk as low as reasonably practicable
  • Conducting inspections of workers working in open trenches and ensure that all concrete barrier use has flashing lights
  • Conduct Heat stress campaign with HSE Team, Site Engineers, Foremen/ Supervisors and workers to guide them on the risks of being exposed in summer months
  • Carry out physical inspection on Machinery operators and riggers to make sure they are trained and with valid license and third party insured
  • Carry out routine inspection before and after daily work hours to ensure all working area is barricaded to allow safe vehicle and pedestrian movement
  • Give bi-weekly prep talk and monthly tool box talks to all construction site engineers, supervisor and workers
  • Ensures that adequate toilet and drinking water facilities is available and in good conditions
  • Ensures that adequate display of recommended safety signages, advance warning signs, work zone and directional traffic signs on live road and construction sites
  • Understanding all aspects of Permit to Work functions including risk assessment and locate all underground services utilities
  • Conducting safety committee meeting with project team personnel's and workers for consultation and to get feedbacks from workers for continual improvement
  • Maintained regular and effective communications with all levels of management in the project, the client and local HSE authorities.

Safety Officer

Enova by Veolia
12.2014 - 09.2020
  • Monitor the safety performance of all on-site workers to ensure that all workers on the site work safely
  • Encourage and educate employees to take precautions and adhere to safety rules to protect themselves and the equipment use from damage
  • Follow up on work permit systems and inspections, planning safety arrangements for erection work
  • Maintains and implements the site health, safety and environmental (HSE) plan, firefighting plan and emergency evacuation plan
  • Create safety awareness by promoting safety meetings, presentations and open forum discussion with employees
  • Review accident summary reports and take appropriate action when accident trends are unfavorable
  • Investigate all injuries, accidents and near misses
  • Identifying the causes and advise on any improvement in safety standards that need to be made
  • Conducts the monthly site safety meeting and prepares monthly safety meeting topics
  • Permit to work: Understanding all aspect of PTW functions including job risk assessments and isolation risk assessment etc
  • Coordinates registration with sub-contractor and removal of hazardous waste from site
  • Take proactive steps to improve organization's health and safety culture.

Education

Diploma -

Enertech
Doha, DA
06.2024

Skills

  • Safety Program Development and Implementation
  • Managing Conflict
  • Interpersonal and Communication Proficiency
  • Office 365 (Teams, Outlook, MS word and excel, etc
  • HAZID
  • Auditing and Inspections
  • Health and Hygiene
  • Confined Space
  • Behavioral Based Performance Reviews
  • STOP programs
  • Legislation Interpretation
  • Liquid & Solid Waste Control/Management
  • Fleet Management
  • Emergency Response Teams and Plans
  • Evacuation and Rescue
  • (SDS & COSHH Assessment) Chemical storage and listings
  • Accident & Incident Investigations
  • Client and subcontractor Relations
  • Procedure Development
  • Operational Planning
  • Violence Prevention
  • Training

References

Available on request

Timeline

Occupational Health and Safety Advisor

Al Ghanim International WLL
08.2022 - Current

HSE Officer

Al Jaber Engineering
03.2021 - 10.2021

Safety Officer

Enova by Veolia
12.2014 - 09.2020

Diploma -

Enertech
Ikenna Joachim Onyeali