Edidiong Udoh
Toronto,ON
Summary
A versatile, accomplished Health & Safety professional with experience of leading strategic safety initiatives, implementing risk free based cultures covering various industry sectors including Construction, Engineering and Oil & Gas. Leading by example, I can guide a workforce in developing an improved safety attitude and culture by influencing their individual responsible behaviour. I have the ability to utilise a high degree of creativity, innovation, initiative and vision in order to achieve objectives, solve complex/technical problems and present new concepts and ideas. I possess a diverse portfolio of managerial competencies with commensurate ‘grass roots’ and operational experience, along with an ability to manage complex and diverse programmes addressing compliance and providing leadership to meet internal and external needs. A well-rounded, hands-on leader, committed to an ‘injury- free’’ workplace and the continuous improvement of skills and processes. Focused Health and Safety Manager bringing [Number] years of comprehensive experience minimizing health and safety hazards in [Industry] by developing and implementing successful health programs. Hardworking professional commended for consistently evaluating current processes to confirm adherence to prescribed laws, standards and company goals. Growth-oriented team player possessing excellent technical and managerial abilities.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
HSE Manager
MIKANO INTL
03.2022 - 12.2023
- Conduct Monthly department/site Inspection and prepare the report for Company Management
- Prepare HSE bidding documents for organization’s bids
- Coordinate Corporate HSE activities for the Company
- Provide leadership and direction on compliance with the applicable laws and regulations and fulfilled adherence to statutory norms
- Collate HSE data and prepare Monthly, Quarterly and Annual report to Management
- Develop annual plan for environmental studies
- Initiate environmental plan for new and existing projects
- Manage all HSE activities of the organization subsidiaries and report Abnormally to Management
- Supervise and coordinate Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit with relevant stakeholders
- Ensure adherence to compliance management system of the organization through monthly system audits
- Develop and implement compliance policy and procedures
- Design and monitor control systems to deal with violations of legal rules and internal policies through monthly and quarterly internal audit
- Coordinate with different department managers to review all departmental compliance policies
- Monitor compliance to regulatory and government policies
- Review and evaluate company procedures and reports to identify hidden risks or common issues
- Engage stakeholders on compliance related issues.
- Enhanced workplace safety by conducting thorough risk assessments and implementing corrective actions.
- Reduced incident rates through the development and execution of comprehensive HSE policies and procedures.
- Achieved regulatory compliance by diligently tracking and addressing any non-conformances in a timely manner.
- Improved employee awareness of safety issues with regular training sessions and informative materials.
HSE, ESG and Sustainability Consultant
Self Employed
11.2021 - 02.2022
- HSE auditing and site Inspection to identify hazards and recommend corrective actions for close out
- Conduct HSE trainings and prepared Training matrix according to employee job function
- Prepare HSE bidding documents for organization’s bids
- Supply HSE manpower for projects and monitor project execution from beginning to the completion of project
- Conduct Monthly department/site Inspection and prepare the report for Company Management
- Provide HSE stand in personnel for Company HSE Audit by Clients
- Monitor organization’s compliance with local environmental laws and regulations
- Inspect criterial safety devices for calibrations and recertification
- Monthly Inspection of Fire extinguishers and FM 200 Fire suppressant system
- Identify and collect data from multiple sources to be used for sustainability management
- Support sustainability reporting and engagement, including strategy development and stakeholder process
- Develop metrics, baselines and targets to drive improvement programs and risk management around climate change, energy, water resources, waste, data centre energy efficiency, green buildings and transportation
- Develop an understanding of site’s energy, water, and waste profiles and work closely with site teams to identify and implement improvements.
Safety Technician
Pacific Architects Engineers Inc
10.2018 - 10.2021
- Conduct General Safety/QAQC Inspection for departments and trade shops
- Perform weekly safety meetings and ensure attendance by the workers
- Monitor compliance with the process and procedures for carrying our task
- Review outstanding and overdue work orders and inform responsible trade shops to close them
- Provide leadership and direction to site staff to ensure compliance with the applicable laws and regulations and fulfilled adherence to statutory norms
- Ensure training program for employees are followed to the later
- Conduct on the spot assessment of ongoing task and make a report
- Monitor calibration of equipment and tools due to recertification.
- Enhanced workplace safety by conducting thorough inspections and identifying potential hazards.
- Reduced incident rates through implementation of comprehensive safety training programs for all employees.
- Ensured compliance with OSHA regulations by performing regular audits and implementing necessary corrective actions.
- Improved overall safety culture by collaborating with management to create and enforce company-wide safety policies.
EHS Inspector
Pacific Architects Engineers Inc
12.2016 - 09.2018
- Deliver training programs and ensure response to all specific requirements and maintain knowledge of all programs within required time and update training matrix for all employees to achieve the program training target of 100% annually
- Develop & ensure the competency of personnel in the identification and control of hazards & risks on location by actively engaging, influencing and persuade all operational and support functions to deliver an integrated, pragmatic approach to safety
- Investigate incident and write report with recommendations to the program Management
- Vetting of Risk Assessments and Method statements and recording daily details
- Collating weekly and monthly HSE reports and submitting to the Safety Manager and HSE Corporate office
- Inspection of spill kits and replenishing of the spill kits in the embassy compound
- Calibration of gas testing kits
- Response to spills and environmental releases, conducting investigations and reporting to Program Management Office
- Monthly inspection of First aid kits and Emergency eye wash station and replacing expired or used items
- Collation of HAZMAT waste to the HAZMAT point for evacuation from the compound
- Conduct weekly Toolbox talks and document attendance.
- Improved overall HSE performance by providing training to employees on health, safety, and environmental topics.
- Supported management in establishing a strong safety culture through the development of risk assessments and hazard identification programs.
- Reduced workplace accidents by ensuring compliance with safety regulations and implementing corrective actions.
- Enhanced safety awareness by conducting regular site inspections and identifying potential hazards.
HSE Supervisor
Shorelink Oil and Gas Limited
06.2016 - 12.2016
- Fabrication of the biggest tank farm in Nigeria, LPG tanks and dredging/jetty construction ongoing project without incident or LTI
- Develop Project HSE documents (HSE Plan, HSE Procedures, Risk Assessment, HSE Risk Register)
- Conduct workplace HSE training
- Lead incident investigations
- Lead the teams of Safety Officers, Fire Watchers, Safety Clerks for Project HSE Compliance
- Ensure Sub-Contractor’s compliance with Local HSE Law / Contractors HSE Plan.
QHSSE Coordinator
Well Fluid Services Limited
03.2014 - 05.2016
- Monitor the safety of personnel and installation on site
- Conduct Training program for personnel on site
- Report Incidents and carry our investigation on the root cause and share lessons learnt with the personnel
- Conduct HSE awareness campaigns at all our work locations to reflect our Safety culture
- Stop any unsafe work carried out on site
- Inspection of scaffolding
- Supervision of welding and fabrications works.
- Enhanced QHSE compliance by conducting regular audits and implementing corrective actions.
- Reduced workplace accidents by developing and delivering comprehensive safety training programs.
- Streamlined QHSE documentation processes for improved efficiency and ease of access.
- Ensured regulatory compliance with thorough monitoring, reporting, and record-keeping tasks.
- Implemented effective risk management strategies to minimize potential hazards in the workplace.
HSE Supervisor
Emmanuella Global Services Ltd (Total Plc - Ofon Project, Phase 1)
04.2013 - 01.2014
- Monitor equipment and raise notification when due for recertification to achieve 100% compliance with equipment premobilization requirements
- Coordinating and supervising contractor work sites, inclusive of daily tool box talk at contractor work site to drive the implementation of safe work practices across all work locations
- Conduct safety induction briefing for visitor and new staffs in the field
- Planning and supervision of emergency drills against all possible scenarios in line with project emergency response plan
- Investigate and analyse reports of injury, property damage, and occupational disease to determine causative factors and recommend corrective actions and ensure 100% close out of all identified gaps
- Evaluate and monitor site working conditions through weekly Inspections
- Check emergency preparedness through periodic conducting of drills
- Send daily reports to Total Energies HSE Coordinator for the project.
HSE Officer
Peks Engineering and Services Company Limited
01.2006 - 12.2012
- Manage emergency response materials in the gas plant and flow station
- Update site HSE statistics, First Aid, Visitors/Medical Records Book with daily performance reporting
- Conduction site HSE induction for new employees and visitors
- Ensuring Permit to Work is carefully raised and approved (where necessary)
- Preparing reports of accidents, dangerous occurrence and environmental incident for information and use of senior management
- Equipment mobilized to site are in good working conditions and inspected with tags on it
- Participate on Site Job Safety Analysis Review meeting.
- Improved workplace safety by conducting regular site inspections and identifying potential hazards.
- Reduced the number of accidents by developing and implementing comprehensive safety training programs for employees.
- Ensured compliance with all relevant health, safety, and environmental regulations through diligent monitoring and reporting processes.
- Collaborated with management to establish a proactive safety culture that led to a decrease in incidents and improved employee morale.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Oil And Gas Engineering
IIMT
India05.2018
High School Diploma -
Federal Government College
Ikot Ekpene07.1994
Skills
- Lockout and tagout
- Construction safety
- Regulatory compliance
- Incident investigation
Accomplishments
- Achieved [Result] by completing [Task] with accuracy and efficiency.
- Achieved [Result] through effectively helping with [Task].
- Documented and resolved [Issue] which led to [Results].
- Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
Key Personal And Managerial Strengths
- Reliable and responsible Leadership Management, utilising initiative, drive and commitment in pressurised and demanding environments in order to meet deadlines and achieve set goals and objectives.
- Extensive experience within effective motivation of personnel to advanced levels of performance, productivity and professionalism, successfully structuring highly dynamic and focused teams.
- Strong ability to utilise a high degree of creativity, innovation, initiative and vision in order to achieve objectives, solve complex/technical problems and present new concepts and ideas.
- Utilising a participative, supportive, results-orientated training style with a high emphasis on quality, performance management and the overall improvement of professional relations on an on-going basis.
- Ability to build long lasting relationships with staff and management based on trust, a high degree of integrity, service excellence and transparency.
- Accountable for continuous improvement within the HSE function, through collaboration and consultation with senior management.
Education And Qualifications
- B. Tech Oil and Gas Engineering – International Institute of Management and Technical Studies
- Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster, HarvardX Harvard University
- Diploma in Workplace Health and Safety, Alison Ireland
- B.Sc in Microbiology
- Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene.
- National Examination Board on Occupational Safety and Health Certification (NEBOSH) UK
- IOSH Managing Safely
- IOSH Working Safely
- IOSH Train the Trainer
- OSHA Trainer - Train the Trainer Course
- QMS Lead Auditor ISO 9001:2015 IRCA
- 40 Hours HAZWOPER Training
- Fire Fighting and prevention training
- COVID 19: Action Plan for the Workplace
- Process Safety Awareness – Canada
- Basic First Aid Training
- Basics of Project Management – IBMI- Berlin
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration Professional (132 hours -OSHA)
- 40 Hours EM385 -1-1 Construction Safety Hazard Awareness for Contractors
- Diploma in International Environmental Law and Governance.
- COSHH
- NCRQ Certificate for Safety Managers
- Lead Auditor ISO 45001: 2018 OSHMS
- ISO 45003 Foundation Course
- Introduction to ESG
- NEBOSH Diploma (Ongoing)
- EMS ISO 14001: 2015 Certificate
- 8 hours HAZWOPER Refresher Training
- Certified Member of European Society of Occupational Safety and Health (ESOSH)
- Internal Auditor CMS ISO 37031:2021
- Member Nigerian Institute of Safety Engineers (NISafetyE)
Core Competencies And Achievements
- Leadership and Management: Executive leadership trained. I provide strategic input to executive management on various projects.
- Communication: Cross cultural work experience. Effective communication across all levels of the organisation up to board level with the ability to prepare diverse, global communications with cultural sensitivity and emotional intelligence.
- Creativity and Innovation: Proactively develop and implement unique ideas and solutions for problem solving and stakeholder engagement. Effectively reduced workplace behaviour-based incidents by 50 % through innovative BBS strategy across all projects.
- Training and Mentoring: Skilfully employed learning and development systems to create, track and optimise ROI for health and safety improvements across all processes. Developed and released a trend analytics tool across various work sites to reduced HSE related downtimes by over 60% and saved the organisation over $250,000 in possible litigation fines.
- Project Management: Exceptional ability to manage all aspects of HSE in major largescale projects from ideation to completion and beyond. Redesigned a client satisfaction survey that increased response rate in the first 12 months and this insight delivered 400 % positive growth in QHSE metrics through robust implementation of all post project completion learning recommendations.
- Budgeting, Analysis and team management: Accurate, reliable and diligent. Committed to fact-based data centric HSE performance. Conducted company wide team trainings on key HSE areas to pivot performance levels by over 70%.
Awards
Certificate of Appreciation – US Embassy Mission, Baghdad Iraq.
References
REFERENCES & CERTIFICATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Languages
English
Full Professional
ibibio
Native or Bilingual
Certification
• IOSH Managing Safely
• IOSH Working Safely
• IOSH Train the Trainer
• OSHA Trainer - Train the Trainer Course
• QMS Lead Auditor ISO 9001:2015 IRCA
• 40 Hours HAZWOPER Training
• Fire Fighting and prevention training
• COVID 19: Action Plan for the Workplace
• Process Safety Awareness – Canada
• Basic First Aid Training
• Basics of Project Management – IBMI- Berlin
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration Professional (132 hours -OSHA)
• 40 Hours EM385 -1-1 Construction Safety Hazard Awareness for Contractors
• Diploma in International Environmental Law and Governance.
• COSHH
• NCRQ Certificate for Safety Managers
• Lead Auditor ISO 45001: 2018 OSHMS
• ISO 45003 Foundation Course
• Introduction to ESG
• NEBOSH Diploma (Ongoing)
• EMS ISO 14001: 2015 Certificate
• 8 hours HAZWOPER Refresher Training
• Certified Member of European Society of Occupational Safety and Health (ESOSH)
• Internal Auditor CMS ISO 37031:2021
Reading and travelling
I like reading to improve my analytical skills and travelling is to visit places of interest to me.
Timeline
HSE Manager
MIKANO INTL
03.2022 - 12.2023
HSE, ESG and Sustainability Consultant
Self Employed
11.2021 - 02.2022
Safety Technician
Pacific Architects Engineers Inc
10.2018 - 10.2021
EHS Inspector
Pacific Architects Engineers Inc
12.2016 - 09.2018
HSE Supervisor
Shorelink Oil and Gas Limited
06.2016 - 12.2016
QHSSE Coordinator
Well Fluid Services Limited
03.2014 - 05.2016
HSE Supervisor
Emmanuella Global Services Ltd (Total Plc - Ofon Project, Phase 1)
04.2013 - 01.2014
HSE Officer
Peks Engineering and Services Company Limited
01.2006 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Science - Oil And Gas Engineering
IIMT
High School Diploma -
Federal Government College
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