Ismail Alfagih

Senior Environmental Specialist with 11 years of progressive environmental engineering and compliance experience across petrochemical, metallurgical and heavy energy power generation facilities in Saudi Arabia. Certified ISO 14001 Lead Auditor, NEBOSH IGC holder, GRC External Auditor and Saudi Council of Engineers member, with 7 years of zero regulatory fines across 31 annual inspections by the Royal Commission, NCEC and MWAN.

Leads Environmental Impact

Assessment EIA and permitting work, securing 3 EPC and EPO permits 54% faster, and works with engineering teams to integrate Best Available Techniques BAT into 30 to 40 projects and facility modifications reviewed annually through MOC. Hands on in air emission dispersion modelling, CEMS across 18 stacks, ESG, GHG reporting, industrial wastewater and effluent monitoring across 7 water systems, hazardous and non hazardous waste programs built on circular economy principles, soil remediation of 27 sites and environmental incident investigation with Root Cause Analysis RCA. Drove a 19% carbon footprint reduction and an 8% energy efficiency gain in support of decarbonization goals, reports environmental performance to senior management and regulatory bodies, and trains 600+ employees and contractors annually.

Chemistry graduate with 8 years of laboratory management, fluent in English and Arabic.

Senior Environmental Specialist - TASNEE ASIC Co - Jazan, Saudi Arabia

(2019-01 - 2026-07)

• Audited facility compliance with RCER 2025, NCEC, MWAN and USEPA requirements through quarterly internal audits and site inspections across 24 facility areas, led 31 regulatory inspections annually by the Royal Commission, NCEC and MWAN, and resolved 39 Documents Record Sheet DRS findings, sustaining 7 years of zero regulatory fines.
• Formulated, tested and updated site wide EMS policies and procedures to ISO 14001 requirements, establishing readiness for quarterly external audits by the Royal Commission and NCEC.
• Evaluated environmental impacts of existing and upcoming projects and secured and renewed 3 EPC and EPO permits across air, water, waste and noise, cutting permit processing time by 54% through improved EIA, EMP, PAP, EERP, WRP and gap analysis documentation.
• Reviewed 30 to 40 projects, facility upgrades and modifications annually with engineering and project teams, assessing technical solutions against local regulations and pollution limits and recommending Best Available Techniques BAT and mitigation measures before approval.
• Supervised CEMS, stack emissions and ambient air quality monitoring including VOCs across 18 stacks and units, applying Air Dispersion Modeling ADM and air emission inventories to reduce reported emission exceedances by 23%.
• Served as corporate ESG and sustainability focal point, compiling GHG emissions, carbon footprint and energy data and building KPI dashboards that drove a 19% carbon footprint reduction and an 8% energy efficiency improvement across 24 areas, reported monthly to senior management.
• Monitored treatment performance and water quality across 7 water systems covering industrial wastewater, sewage treatment, RO, DM, drinking, cooling and irrigation water in 14 facility zones, achieving 100% discharge limit compliance with 1500+ reports annually and zero violations.
• Developed waste management plans and the Waste Recovery Plan WRP in line with circular economy principles, conducted Life Cycle Assessment LCA, and supervised segregation, manifesting, transport and recycling of hazardous, non hazardous, municipal and construction waste, issuing 900+ hazardous waste manifests annually and diverting XX% of waste through recycling.
• Led 9 soil contamination assessment projects covering sampling and interpretation of results against regulatory limits, and managed remediation of 27 contaminated sites through 13 specialized contractors.
• Developed facility Emergency Response Plans EERP and hazardous material spill response procedures, deployed 45 emergency spill response kits across facility hotspots, and investigated environmental incidents, spills and nonconformances using Root Cause Analysis RCA to close corrective and preventive actions CAPA.
• Enforced Environmental Management Plan requirements on substation and STATCOM works, a new sewage treatment plant and a storm water pond, controlling fugitive dust through water spray suppression, measuring noise levels at 13 locations against regulatory limits and monitoring 13 subcontractors through inspections, nonconformity reports and corrective actions.
• Conducted 4 environmental risk assessments annually using likelihood and severity scoring, mitigating 2 high risk scenarios before escalation, and governed GHS and SDS compliance for 68 chemical products, cutting chemical loss by 10% through SAP consumption tracking to detect leaks.
• Served as Acting Head of the Safety Department for 14 months during 2023 and 2024 and covered Safety Manager duties during absences, acted as authorized Permit to Work issuer, and led Risk Assessment and JSA safe work procedures aligned with ISO 45001, NCOSH and HCIS in coordination with operations and engineering teams.
• Delivered environmental performance and compliance reports to senior management, the Royal Commission, NCEC, MWAN and TASNEE ESG backed by 5 year soft and hard copy archives, and managed environmental CapEx, OpEx and FP and A budgets of 3.5M SAR annually in SAP MM, FI and CO.
• Delivered monthly environmental awareness training to 600+ employees, contractors and visitors annually plus 200+ toolbox talks for construction crews, and coordinated the International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025 along the JCPDI mangroves with the Royal Commission Environmental Protection and Control Department.

HSE, Environmental Lead - Saudi Electricity Company - Saudi Arabia

(2014-10 - 2018-11)

• Managed and renewed the facility environmental permit with PME, renamed GAMEP in 2016, over 3 years, monitored compliance with permit conditions and submitted 12 regulatory reports annually.
• Directed ISO 14001 audits and maintained environmental aspects and impacts registers for a 30 Gas Turbine Power Plant, representing the facility in 5 official audits with zero violations.
• Governed CEMS monitoring across 30 gas turbine stacks for NOx, SO2, CO and PM together with ambient air quality stations, supplying validated emissions data for regulatory reporting.

• Bachelor of Science B.Sc in Chemistry, King Abdulaziz University
• Bachelor of Arts B.A in English Language & Literature, Jazan University