Sajan Issac
Health and Safety Advisor
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Health and Safety Advisor dedicated to fostering a proactive safety culture across diverse construction environments. Expertise in risk assessment, compliance, and continuous improvement through effective collaboration with teams and stakeholders. Committed to enhancing workplace safety by implementing robust policies and conducting thorough investigations.
Experience
HEALTH & SAFETY ADVISOR at Ghella Abergeldie JV (2022-11 – Present)
- Maintain the mining regulations and ensure compliance.
- Shaft construction and connections, along with chamber works safety.
- Partner and engage with our construction teams to provide health, safety, and well-being support, and keep our staff safe.
- Ensuring the observations on site are communicated in Pre-Starts.
- Completing investigations report risk control and assessment documentation, permits, and SWMS across sites.
- Execute regular safety inspections and audits on-site with the teams.
- Ensure site safety equipment is regularly maintained and kept in safe working order.
- Encourage and assist the organization in implementing critical controls and the Life Saving Rules.
- Drive continuous improvement in behavior by leading through compliance and best practice guidelines.
- Emergency coordination and ensuring practical performance to raise awareness among workers.
- Safeguard our people by ensuring all health, safety, and well-being policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Active participation in the team performance and project outcome by leading the action.
- Support Health, Safety, and Wellbeing Committees by coordinating with other departments.
- Be a champion for positive health, safety and wellbeing culture across the project.
- Provide assistance to the wellbeing team in managing employee return-to-work processes.
- Support in the incident management process and be involved in the return-to-work process for injured workers.
- Watercare Services Limited - Central Interceptor Project
HEALTH SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT LEAD at XERVON GmbH (2014-02 – 2021-10)
- Checking PTW system, STARRT briefing, conducting Pre-Task Briefing and ensuring the Method Statement is applied to the work activity (blasting, Painting, Scaffolding). Reporting daily physical inspection report of workplace conditions and activities.
- Assisted the HSE manager in preparing and executing site emergency response plans while preparing safety signage in various languages and allocating suitably. Ensured daily task briefing, operator checklists and work permit(s) are complied.
- Supporting and guiding the O&M team in the implementation of H&S Management Plan. Monitoring the implementation, its effectiveness and reviewing the plans.
- Carryout internal quarterly Audits and liaison with client and Auditors for the second- and third-party audits respectively.
- Prepared fire plan, Emergency response plan, Heat Stress plan and COSHH Assessments of hazardous substances.
- Expertly conducted toolbox talks, safety campaigns, HSE training on-site and briefing about safety alerts as received.
- Ensured regular health and safety inspection of the site's work activities while maintaining the working environment and conditions.
- Prepared HSE related documents and presentations. Closely monitor daily site activities. Conduct HSE training and TBT.
- Prompt safety incentive program through IIF (Incident & Injury Free) Cards.
- Shall oversee Hazardous material (including waste) management and store and ensure compliance (labeling, identification, segregation, land transport, disposal and documentation).
- Maintain and Update Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS).
- Handled up to 5-7 different sub-contractors comprising approximately a manpower of 250, including HSE officers.
- Qatar Gas & Maintenance of Qatar Gas Refinery Project
HEALTH SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT OFFICER at Gulf Contracting Company (2007-07 – 2012-07)
- Implemented HSE project execution plans for worksite by carrying out inspections and coordinating with construction management on implementing HSE procedures and maintained extensive liaison with sub-contractors and directing planning, execution, and reporting of emergency exercises.
- Conducted risk assessments, HSE inspections and PTW audits.
- Prepared HSE related documents and presentations. Closely monitor daily site activities. Conduct HSE training and TBT.
- Conducted safety Inductions and training while leading safety awareness campaigns and mass toolbox talks.
- Prepared, reviewed, and updated HSE documents and statistics.
- To assist operations in development and review of job specific Job Hazards Analysis (JHA).
- Ensure documentation associated with the Permit to Work as per client PTW procedure.
- Conduct PTW audit with client PTW team on a monthly basis.
- Assist the QHSE Department in equipment register updates and issue and tracking of inspection stickers.
- Qatar Shell & Pearl GTL Project
INSTALLATION ACCESS SPECIALTIES at CSA LTD (2004-11 – 2007-06)
- Capture data into the Defense Biometric information system as per the US army Procedure.
- Verification of personal data Sheet for US Army Personals, Nato forces and TCN.
- Implement US Army safety and Security protocol and Procedure for Access Entry.
- Data entry and maintaining hard copy and electronic files of all personal accessing US Army base.
- Maintaining and update detail of vehicles and drivers into the US Army security database.
- Capture Biometric (Finger print/iris scan) of all workforce working at the US Army base.
- Screening of all personnel entering the US Army base.
- US & Nato Army
Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry – University of Mumbai (2003-01)
Diploma in Workplace Health and Safety Management in Workplace Health and Safety Management (2026-04)
NEBOSH International General Certificate in Health and Safety
ISO 9001 Internal Audit Certification in Quality Management