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ECHEFULACHI STEPHEN NDIMELE

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ECHEFULACHI STEPHEN NDIMELE

Summary

Trusted HSE Professional, skillful in securing employee wellbeing at job sites and providing consumer safety via detailed documentation. Offering more than 18 years of comprehensive experience, conducting and creating safety training, completing workplace audits and inspections and implementing health and safety procedures. Certified in NEBOSH IGC, IOSH Working Safely, Construction Safety and Health, OSHAD Certificate, Fire Safety, Basic First Aid, ISO 9001, ISO 1400 & ISO 45001.

Overview

27
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

BH-NS Engineering Consultants LLC

HSE Engineer
01.2023 - Current

Job overview

· Reviewed HSE related documents submitted by contractors to verify compliance and proposed improvements and amendments where appropriate.

· Ensured that HSE standards & procedures are adopted throughout the project and that all activities were documented.

· Ensured that all actions, works and services undertaken by contractors, are in accordance with the respective agreement with the company.

· Investigated and carried out corrective actions related to safety and environmental issues.

· Provided management system (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 45001) support, auditing, and ensured that audits were completed on schedule and that resultant action plans are implemented.

· Ensured compliance by all partied with the company’s objectives, policies, procedures, requirements, priorities, standards, regulations and guidelines were provided by the company throughout the project duration.

· Managing HSE team in the investigation and appraisal of HSE related incidents, facilitated investigations of all accidents and developed remedial actions to reduce HSE risk.

· Preparing weekly / monthly HSE statistics reports, training plan and site inspection reports. Designed, coordinated, and implemented emergency preparedness plans, procedures and training/drills.

· Led and supported the identification of HSE hazards and evaluation of risks for all activities and subsequently developed the tools to manage and reduce these risks.

· Actively monitored the construction activities and making sure that these are executed as per the contractor’s HSE plan and procedures.

· Conducted HSE meetings as per company HSE plan and taking part in safety committee meetings, project meetings and highlighted and followed up HSE concerns and ensured contractors comply accordingly.

· Tracking and identifying applicable laws & regulations with specific emphasis on air & water quality, noise and hazardous waste to evaluated the potential impact of these laws on the operations of facilities.

· Actively led to put in place safety incentives and other safety promotional programs with the aim to increase the cooperativeness and safety awareness of site workers.

· Inspected workplaces, processes, products or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.

Stantec U.K. Limited.

HSE Engineer
10.2021 - 11.2022

Job overview

· Reviewed HSE related documents submitted by contractors to verify compliance and proposed improvements and amendments where appropriate.

· Ensured that HSE standards & procedures are adopted throughout the project and that all activities were documented.

· Ensured that all actions, works and services undertaken by contractors, are in accordance with the respective agreement with the company

· Investigated and carried out corrective actions related to safety and environmental issues.

· Provided management system (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001) support, auditing, and ensure that audits are completed on schedule and that resultant action plans were implemented.

· Ensured compliance by all partied with the company’s objectives, policies, procedures, requirements, priorities, standards, regulations and guidelines provided by company throughout the project duration.

· Managed HSE team in the investigation and appraisal of HSE related incidents, facilitated investigations of all accidents and developed remedial actions to reduce HSE risks.

· Preparing weekly / monthly HSE statistics report, training plan and site inspection reports. Designed, coordinated, and implemented emergency preparedness plans, procedures and training/drills.

· Led and supported the identification of HSE hazards and evaluation of risks for all activities and subsequently developing the tools to manage and reduce these risks.

· Actively monitored the construction activities and esured that these were executed as per the contractor’s HSE plan and procedures.

· Conducted HSE meetings as per company HSE plan and taking part in safety committee meetings, project meetings and highlighted and followed up HSE concerns and ensured contractors comply accordingly.

· Tracked and identified applicable laws & regulations with specific emphasis on air & water quality, noise and hazardous waste to evaluate the potential impact of these laws on the operations of facilities.

· Actively led to put in place safety incentives and other safety promotional programs with the aim to increase the cooperativeness and safety awareness of site workers.

· Inspected workplaces, procedures, products or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.

BH-NS Engineering Consultants LLC

HSE Manager
03.2016 - 04.2021

Job overview

· Reviewed HSE related documents submitted by contractors to verify compliance and proposed improvements and amendments where appropriate.

· Ensured that HSE standards & procedure are adopted throughout the project and that all activities were documented.

· Investigating and carrying out corrective actions related to safety and environmental issues.

· Provided management system (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and 45001) support, auditing, and ensure that audits are completed on schedule and that resultant action plans are implemented.

· Managed HSE team in the investigation and appraisal of HSE related incidents, facilitated investigations of all accidents and developed remedial actions to reduce HSE risk.

· Preparing weekly / monthly HSE statistics report, training plan and site inspection reports. Designed, coordinated, and implemented emergency preparedness plans, procedures and training/drills.

· Conducting HSE meetings as per Company HSE plan and taking part in safety committee meetings, project meetings and highlighted and followed up HSE concerns and ensure contractors complied accordingly.

· Tracked and identified applicable laws & regulations with specific emphasize on air & water quality, noise and hazardous waste to evaluate the potential impact of these laws on the operations of facilities.

· Actively led the HSE and Project Team to put in place safety incentives and other safety promotional programs with the aim to increase the cooperativeness and safety awareness of site workers.

· Inspecting workplaces, processes, products or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.

BH-NS Engineering Consultants LLC

HSE Engineer
01.2015 - 03.2016

Job overview

· Reviewed HSE related documents submitted by contractors to verify compliance and proposed improvements and amendments where appropriate.

· Ensuring that HSE Standards & Procedure are adopted throughout the project and that all activities were documented.

· Investigating and carrying out corrective actions related to safety and environmental issues.

· Audited the project site, and ensured that audits are completed on schedule and that resultant action plans are implemented.

· Managed HSE team in the investigation and appraisal of HSE related incidents, facilitate investigations of all accidents and develop remedial actions to reduce HSE risks.

· Prepared weekly / monthly HSE statistics report, training plan and site inspection reports.

*Designed, coordinated, and implemented emergency preparedness plans, procedures and training/drills.

· Conducted HSE meetings as per company's HSE plan and taking part in safety committee meetings, project meetings and highlighted and followed up HSE concerns and ensured that contractors complied accordingly.

· Tracked and identified applicable laws & regulations with specific emphasize on air & water quality, noise and hazardous waste to evaluate the potential impact of these laws on the operations of facilities.

· Actively led the contractor HSE and project team to put in place safety incentives and other safety promotional programs with the aim to increase the cooperativeness and safety awareness of site workers.

· Inspected workplaces, procedures, products or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.

Dutco Balfour & Beatty LLC

HSSE Engineer
03.2014 - 01.2015

Job overview

· Prepared site specific HSSE Plans for the projects and getting them approved by the supervision consultant and client when required.

· Identified critical HSSE issues, performance gaps, improvements areas and developed strategic HSE objectives, targets and action plans of the region aligned with corporate HSSE guidelines.

· Coordinated with Project Engineers in development of method statements and reviewed them.

· Prepared generic and specific project risk assessments.

· Planned, supervised, and enforced health and safety programs to ensure safe and healthy working conditions.

· Coordinated with site safety officers and ensured that the health and safety programs were fully applied.

· Recommended and supervised training programs and courses to increase proficiency in health and safety practices and promoting health and safety consciousness.

· Overseed and reviewed the results derived from the onsite inspections, health and safety regulations and standards, to ensure all HSSE systems were implemented without major or recurring deviations.

· Participated in negotiating contracts for health and safety services; overseen and reviewed requests-for-proposals for contracted health and safety services.

· Led incident/injury investigations with strong focus on root cause, to prevent accidents recurrence.

· Performed health and safety procedure audits, identified discrepancies, and carried out corrective actions accordingly.

· Provided guidance on health and safety programs development by anticipating, recognizing, and implementing methods to control hazards in the workplace.

· Advocated, promoted institutional health and safety practices.

· Established and maintained proper documentation of all activities related to health and safety.

· Organized HSSE Meetings with the site HSE team.

Allied Cathrine Modern Technical Services LLC

Safety Officer
10.2011 - 10.2013

Job overview

· Implemented safety measures and effective strategies to reduce risks.

· Carried out regular and random inspection on the site and record the results.

· Maintained the necessary safety related records and documents.

· Delivered safety induction training and tool box talk to the new workers.

· Educated employees by conducting daily tool box meetings on various topics on site HSE issues and suggest necessary corrective actions.

· Carried out “Job safety analysis”, “risk assessment” for work activities.

· Carried out accident/Incident analysis, investigated and submitted reports accordingly.

· Ensured proper housekeeping at job site.

· Monitored, maintained and inspected PPE’s (personal protective equipment) and fire extinguishers as per requirements.

· Ensured availability of fire fighting extinguishers where ever necessary & also trained workers for the correct use.

P.O.W Technologies Limited.

Technical Safety Engineer
05.2007 - 08.2011

Job overview

· Conducted site HSE assessments with focus on people, processes and facilities.

· Discussed objectives with management, spent time with crews at pre-tour meetings, safety meetings and JSA meetings.

· Assessed implementation and quality of execution of various safety, environment and work management systems.

· Carried out general inspections with contractor safety officers.

· Analyzed the effectiveness of the site observation/intervention programs as well as general hazard identification.

· Summarized observations, made recommendations for improvements, and identified best practices for sharing.

· Worked closely with contractor safety officers to implement solutions for improvement opportunities, kept record of identified items and tracked them to completion.

· Reported findings to POW TECH. and INDORAMA Safety Leads, Production Projects Safety Team Lead and Project Management/Construction Management personnel as appropriate.

· Collected, analyzed, and reported data on HSE initiatives and performance to P.O.W Tech. and INDORAMA Project Management Team. Monitored close-out status of all identified follow-up action items from inspections and various HSE programs and initiatives.

· Carried out orientations for new start-ups monitored expectations, policies and SMP requirements with special focus on safety leadership, JSAs, near miss reporting, and other specific initiatives (e.g., hand safety, glove guidelines, working on tubular, etc.).

· Conducted HSE drills at the site and participated in de-briefing meetings, ensured adherence to INDORAMA requirements.

Drury Industries Limited.

Process Engineer
03.1996 - 09.1999

Job overview

  • Provided technical assistance to production team when issues arose.
  • Reviewed processes, identifying areas requiring improvement.
  • Conducted root cause analysis to identify, prioritize and eliminate process losses.
  • Participated in project reviews to enable ongoing status tracking and reporting.

Education

Alison Institutes
, Ireland

Associate of Science from Fire Safety
09.2022

Alison Institute
, Ireland

Associate of Science from First Aid
09.2022

Alison Institute.
, Ireland

Associate of Science from Workplace Safety & Health.
03.2021

Alison Institute
, Ireland

Associate of Science from Construction Safety And Health.
03.2021

NEBOSH UK
, United Kingdom.

Associate of Science from Occupational Health And Safety.
10.2012

University of Lagos.
, Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria.

Master of Science from Chemical Engineering
02.1998

University of Port Harcourt.
, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

Bachelor of Science from Chemical Engineering
09.1995

Skills

  • Critical Thinking
  • Investigative Auditing
  • Work Process Analysis
  • Hazard Awareness
  • Incident Investigation
  • Inspection Checklists
  • Risk Identification
  • New Employee Orientation
  • Safety and Risk Assessments
  • Injury Prevention
  • Compliance Issues
  • Implementing Safety Programs
  • Health and Safety Procedures
  • On-Site Inspection Performance
  • Environmental Concerns
  • Workplace Monitoring
  • Emergency Protocol
  • Emergency Awareness
  • Inspection Evaluations
  • Maintaining Safety Rules
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Emergency Situations
  • Safety Engineering
  • Hazard Risk Management
  • Hazard Elimination
  • Revise Regulations
  • Subcontractor Compliance
  • Site Visits
  • Incident Tracking
  • Fire Safety Inspection
  • Fire Safety Protocols
  • Monitor Corrective Actions

Affiliations

1] African HSE Group

2] American Institute of Chemical Engineers [AIChE]

3] Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers {NSChE]

Certification

1] NEBOSH IGC


2] IOSH [Working Safely]


3] Certificate in Construction Safety & health


4] Diploma in Workplace Safety & Health


5] Certificate in Fire Safety


6] ISO 9001 Certificate


7] ISO 14001 Certificate


8] ISO 45001 Certificate


9] First Aid Certificate


10] OSHAD Certificate

Football, Reading Science Books, Singing

I play football, sing church songs and read science books at my leisure time. 

Additional Information

• Languages Known: English

• Passport Status: No. A11564111, valid till Oct. 2025

• Visa Status: Employment Visa

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
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Timeline

HSE Engineer

BH-NS Engineering Consultants LLC
01.2023 - Current

HSE Engineer

Stantec U.K. Limited.
10.2021 - 11.2022

HSE Manager

BH-NS Engineering Consultants LLC
03.2016 - 04.2021

HSE Engineer

BH-NS Engineering Consultants LLC
01.2015 - 03.2016

HSSE Engineer

Dutco Balfour & Beatty LLC
03.2014 - 01.2015

Safety Officer

Allied Cathrine Modern Technical Services LLC
10.2011 - 10.2013

Technical Safety Engineer

P.O.W Technologies Limited.
05.2007 - 08.2011

Process Engineer

Drury Industries Limited.
03.1996 - 09.1999

Alison Institutes

Associate of Science from Fire Safety

Alison Institute

Associate of Science from First Aid

Alison Institute.

Associate of Science from Workplace Safety & Health.

Alison Institute

Associate of Science from Construction Safety And Health.

NEBOSH UK

Associate of Science from Occupational Health And Safety.

University of Lagos.

Master of Science from Chemical Engineering

University of Port Harcourt.

Bachelor of Science from Chemical Engineering

1] NEBOSH IGC


2] IOSH [Working Safely]


3] Certificate in Construction Safety & health


4] Diploma in Workplace Safety & Health


5] Certificate in Fire Safety


6] ISO 9001 Certificate


7] ISO 14001 Certificate


8] ISO 45001 Certificate


9] First Aid Certificate


10] OSHAD Certificate

ECHEFULACHI STEPHEN NDIMELE