Safety Attendant - Creative Safety Solutions - Saint John, NB
(2026-04)
Site: Irving Pulp & Paper and Lake Utopia Paper
- Monitored 100% of confined space entry activities, ensuring full compliance with permit requirements, gas testing protocols, PPE standards, and rescue readiness before every entry.
- Maintained constant communication with entrants and tracked site conditions throughout operations, enabling immediate hazard identification and response.
- Exercised stop-work authority when prohibited or unsafe conditions were identified, initiating evacuation procedures and coordinating with supervisors and rescue personnel.
- Controlled access to confined space areas, preventing unauthorized entry and maintaining worker accountability across the full site perimeter.
- Ensured secure handover of work areas at the end of each shift, maintaining zero unauthorized access incidents across all assigned sites.
Health & Safety Practicum - Alcool NB Liquor - Fredericton, NB
(2025-04 - 2025-05)
- Maintained and modernized HRIS and training compliance data for 200+ employees across retail and warehouse sites, improving audit readiness and reducing records retrieval time by an estimated 40%.
- Digitized and reorganized safety and training records by site, simplifying compliance reviews and enabling managers to track outstanding training at a glance.
- Created and delivered weekly safety shares and a WHMIS refresher assessment, increasing employee safety engagement participation rate across multiple locations.
- Updated site-specific emergency response plans to align with current provincial and federal OH&S legislation, strengthening organizational preparedness and regulatory compliance.
- Conducted ergonomic and physical demands assessments across warehouse roles, recommending workplace design changes to reduce musculoskeletal injury risk.
Production Supervisor - PI Industries Ltd - Gujarat, India
(2022-10 - 2023-07)
- Ran daily production across multiple agrochemical process lines, consistently meeting schedule and output targets while maintaining zero recordable safety incidents over a 9-month tenure.
- Led and mentored shifts of 10–15 technicians, delivering daily safety briefings, on-the-job training, and quality audits to sustain consistent plant performance.
- Optimized rotary dryers and automated batchers through scheduled and preventive maintenance programs, reducing unplanned downtime and improving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
- Enforced strict batch segregation and QA protocols to eliminate cross-contamination risk, achieving 100% regulatory and customer compliance across all product lines.
- Managed raw material inventories and reconciled production data, providing accurate performance reports to plant leadership and supporting informed scheduling decisions.
- Drove a proactive Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) culture through toolbox talks, SOP refreshers, and emergency drills, resulting in measurably reduced day-to-day operational risk.
- Oversaw effluent treatment plant operations, ensuring full environmental compliance and supporting sustainable production practices.
Process Operator - Reliance Refinery & Petrochemical Complex — Petcoke Gasification - Gujarat, India
(2018-08 - 2022-08)
- Operated gasification trains at the world's largest petcoke gasification complex (10 reactors; ~2.3M Sm³ syngas per train per day), safely managing high-hazard hydrocarbon and syngas systems over a 4-year tenure with zero major incidents.
- Led troubleshooting, real-time process monitoring, and safe startup/shutdown procedures for dual-train operations, protecting equipment integrity and maximizing uptime.
- Contributed to plant reliability improvements through finfan cooler optimization, compressor upgrades, and refractory enhancements, increasing energy efficiency and reducing maintenance frequency.
- Supported commissioning activities and dynamic simulation studies to validate process control strategies and improve operational readiness before live startup.
- Acted as Permit Issuer and Supervisor under the PTW and LOTO systems, conducting risk assessments and ensuring all control measures were in place before authorizing interventions.
- Served as Site Incident Controller during emergency events, coordinating response activities, cross-functional communication, and mitigation actions to minimize impact.
- Participated in SOP development, Management of Change (MOC), baseline Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), and risk register updates, materially strengthening process safety governance.
