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Hendrik Nicolaas Johannes Meyer

Health Safety & Environmental Manager
Standerton,MP

Summary

Focused Health and Safety Manager bringing 16 years of comprehensive experience minimizing health and safety hazards in the construction 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

15
15
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

Health and Safety Manager

PHP Electrical
Evander, Mpumalanga
08.2018 - 10.2018
  • Determined nature of code violations and issued written notices of violation.
  • Implemented drug-free workplace plan to reduce worker's compensation premiums
  • Conducted job safety analysis and personal protective equipment analysis to identify hazards for elimination and select proper safety equipment to protect employees from hazards of job.
  • Guided, wrote and revised various health and safety management manuals
  • Planned, implemented and evaluated safety goals and objectives for entire Project. Monthly compliance monitored with Leading & lagging indicators report
  • Directed post-accident investigations and prepared reports to identify possible accident causes and hazards.
  • Developed and implemented safety awareness communications between workers and management to increase hazard awareness
  • Identified opportunities to remove hazards from workplace and developed programs and processes to mitigate workplace hazards.
  • Delivered and coordinated health and safety training for 450 employees, educating on workplace regulations, policies and procedures.
  • Managed full life cycle of assigned audits in alignment with departmental procedures, delivering progress as well as closing reports to senior management and clients.
  • Prepared and presented comprehensive reports to upper management and audit team, covering issues and recommendations.
  • Liaised with clients to identify and target inefficiencies in areas of risks and business controls, process gaps and workflow discrepancies.
  • Delivered subject matter expertise for internal and external customers on compliance and best practices.
  • Consulted with clients on best practices and served as project manager for all process improvements and regulatory initiatives.
  • Structured programs, produced working documentation and implemented best practices.
  • Formulated detailed recommendations based on audit findings to support annual planning and definition of goals.
  • Defined and developed policies and procedures.
  • Advised division Project management of regulatory risks in occupational health & safety processed and provided recommendations for improvement.
  • Trained staff and contractors on company procedures and OHS Act and Client specific requirements such as blood borne pathogens, respiratory protection and waste management.
  • SH&E Plan approvals of Service Providers.
  • Compile and facilitate Project Risk Assessments to identify project specific risks to be included in Project SH&E Plans.
  • Review and approve End of Job Documentation from Service Providers, compile report and distribute to Client.
  • Monitor all legal appointment letters as required in terms of Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Health and Safety Manager

SNC-LAVALIN
Secunda, Sasolburg, Lepahalale and Komatipoort , Mpumalanga, Freestate, Limphopo
11.2008 - 01.2018
  • Determined nature of code violations and issued written notices of violation.
  • Implemented drug-free workplace plan to reduce worker's compensation premiums
  • Conducted job safety analysis and personal protective equipment analysis to identify hazards for elimination and select proper safety equipment to protect employees from hazards of job.
  • Guided, wrote and revised various health and safety management manuals
  • Planned, implemented and evaluated safety goals and objectives for entire Project. Monthly compliance monitored with Leading & lagging indicators report
  • Directed post-accident investigations and prepared reports to identify possible accident causes and hazards.
  • Developed and implemented safety awareness communications between workers and management to increase hazard awareness
  • Identified opportunities to remove hazards from workplace and developed programs and processes to mitigate workplace hazards.
  • Delivered and coordinated health and safety training for 450 employees, educating on workplace regulations, policies and procedures.
  • Managed full life cycle of assigned audits in alignment with departmental procedures, delivering progress as well as closing reports to senior management and clients.
  • Prepared and presented comprehensive reports to upper management and audit team, covering issues and recommendations.
  • Liaised with clients to identify and target inefficiencies in areas of risks and business controls, process gaps and workflow discrepancies.
  • Delivered subject matter expertise for internal and external customers on compliance and best practices.
  • Consulted with clients on best practices and served as project manager for all process improvements and regulatory initiatives.
  • Structured programs, produced working documentation and implemented best practices.
  • Formulated detailed recommendations based on audit findings to support annual planning and definition of goals.
  • Defined and developed policies and procedures.
  • Advised division Project management of regulatory risks in occupational health & safety processed and provided recommendations for improvement.
  • Trained staff and contractors on company procedures and OHS Act and Client specific requirements such as blood borne pathogens, respiratory protection and waste management.

Projects

  • Demon Maintenance Redundancy Project, Sasolburg
  • Medupi power Station
  • GHHER, Sasol Secunda
  • 17th Reformer, Sasol Secunda
  • 10th SAS Reactor & 5th cooling train Project
  • NG 149 Boosting Station, Sasol, Komatipoort

AchievementsDMR Project:

  • Kentz established an incentive criteria based on a “Safety Mountain” principle. Targets were set at 30, 60 and 90 days. Each milestone was set with a prize. The project obtained the 30 and 60 day milestone and had its first “Chicken Run” award ceremony that was held on 02 July 2015.

Medupi Power Station

  • 3.50000 LTI Free Man-Hours to date never reached before
  • 1 Year without Recordable Case.

GHHER Project

  • Project reached 4 700 000 Recordable free man hours at closure

17th Reformer, Sasol Secunda

  • 5 Months without a recordable case

10th SAS Reactor & 5th Cooling Train Project

  • The project achieved 1 year and 8 months without a recordable case

NG 149 Boosting Station, Sasol, Komatipoort

  • The project reached 1 year and 2 months without a recordable case

Senior HSE Officer

Kentz
Secunda, Oggies and Sasolburg, Mpumalanga
07.2007 - 10.2008
  • Compile and facilitate Project Risk Assessments to identify project specific risks to be included in Project SH&E Plans
  • Conduct Site Establishment Audits and weekly site walk audits on Service Providers on all projects to ensure compliance to Client and Legal Requirements.
  • Coordinate and scheduling Project Team training
  • Presenting in-house company Training i.e. Project Specific Induction training. B2B Life critical training was done with all on the project
  • Attend and participate in Project Progress Meetings and provide feedback on relevant SH&E issues to the Project Team.
  • Assist Project HSE Manager in organizing and facilitating Project HSE Meetings i.e. SH&E Committee Meetings
  • Utilize and update relevant construction documentation on master system
  • Compilation and distribution of project reports to the Client – weekly and monthly. This includes the calculation of statistical information and reports relating to deviations, findings and areas of concerns
  • Participate in company specific programs such as the Visible Safety Leadership
  • Conduct daily inspections and audits to ensure compliance as part of the critical control and risk assurance required from the Client
  • Implement new initiatives on projects (incentive scheme, effective communication of incidents/near misses and lessons learnt/best practices).
  • Identify potential impacts on project – negative and positive as well as the development and implementation of necessary control measures. (i.e. Implementation of process to review and monitor personnel in accordance with their technical work profiles)
  • On site verification and monitoring of employee competencies to ensure all work is done in line with the relevant training done.
  • Verification of safe work procedures and planned task observations. Reporting of deviations and identification of areas of improvement.
  • Appointed as Emergency Evacuation Marshal. This entailed the safe evacuation and mustering of project employees during emergencies on the project site.

Projects

  • 1 Octane Train 3 Project, Sasol Secunda
  • Wet Sulphuric Acid Project Sasol Secunda
  • Kendal Power Station, Ogies
  • VCM Project Sasolburg

Achievements

1 Octane Train 3 Project, Sasol Secunda

  • Completed 1 Year without a recordable incident

Kendal Power Station, Ogies

  • Completed the project with 28 000 Man-hour with no incident reported

Health and Safety Officer

Stefannutti & Bressan
Secunda, Mpumalanga
06.2006 - 07.2007
  • Compile and facilitate Project Risk Assessments to identify project specific risks to be included in Project SH&E Plans.
  • Monitoring and review of risk assessments to ensure compliance.
  • Conduct Site Establishment Audits and weekly site walk audits on Service Providers on all projects to ensure compliance to Client and Legal Requirements.
  • Presenting in-house company Training i.e. Project Specific Induction training. B2B Life critical training was done with all on the project.
  • Attend and participate in Project Progress Meetings and provide feedback on relevant SH&E issues to the Project Team
  • Assist Project Manager in organizing and facilitating Project HSE Meetings i.e. SH&E Committee Meetings
  • Utilize and update relevant construction documentation on master system.
  • Compilation and distribution of project reports to the Client – weekly and monthly. This includes the calculation of statistical information and reports relating to deviations, findings and areas of concerns. (i.e. Project HSS&E Reports and HSS&E Month Reports)
  • Review statistical information and draft trend and action plans. (i.e. Leading indicators and associated corrective/preventive actions and recommendations such as safety stand downs)
  • Participate in company specific programs such as the Visible Safety Leadership
  • Conduct daily inspections and audits to ensure compliance as part of the critical control and risk assurance required from the Client
  • Verification of safe work procedures and planned task observations. Reporting of deviations and identification of areas of improvement.
  • Promoting a high level of safety awareness on the project through new employees/contractor/Sub contractor orientation and contact with project supervision.
  • Participates in Clients safety walks/inspections and attend Client Safety meetings
  • Review SH&E Rep inspections. Follow up on outstanding actions. Report to Project Management and coordinate corrective actions.
  • Draw up action plans for long term defects – follow up actions until completed
  • Attend and participate all audits from the Department of Labour.
  • Close liaison with the Client Safety to ensure overall SH&E Management (with the inclusion of above mentioned duties and responsibilities) are executed in compliance with Legal (in particular the Construction Regulations) as well as Client Requirements

Senior HSE Officer

Kentz
Sasolburg, Secunda, Freestate, Mpumalanga
05.2005 - 01.2006
  • Compile and facilitate Project Risk Assessments to identify project specific risks to be included in Project SH&E Plans
  • Conduct Site Establishment Audits and weekly site walk audits on Service Providers on all projects to ensure compliance to Client and Legal Requirements.
  • Coordinate and scheduling Project Team training
  • Presenting in-house company Training i.e. Project Specific Induction training. B2B Life critical training was done with all on the project
  • Attend and participate in Project Progress Meetings and provide feedback on relevant SH&E issues to the Project Team.
  • Assist Project HSE Manager in organizing and facilitating Project HSE Meetings i.e. SH&E Committee Meetings
  • Utilize and update relevant construction documentation on master system
  • Compilation and distribution of project reports to the Client – weekly and monthly. This includes the calculation of statistical information and reports relating to deviations, findings and areas of concerns
  • Participate in company specific programs such as the Visible Safety Leadership
  • Conduct daily inspections and audits to ensure compliance as part of the critical control and risk assurance required from the Client
  • Implement new initiatives on projects (incentive scheme, effective communication of incidents/near misses and lessons learnt/best practices).
  • Identify potential impacts on project – negative and positive as well as the development and implementation of necessary control measures. (i.e. Implementation of process to review and monitor personnel in accordance with their technical work profiles)
  • On site verification and monitoring of employee competencies to ensure all work is done in line with the relevant training done.
  • Verification of safe work procedures and planned task observations. Reporting of deviations and identification of areas of improvement.
  • Appointed as Emergency Evacuation Marshal. This entailed the safe evacuation and mustering of project employees during emergencies on the project site.

Projects

  • Turbo Project Poly 3 Project
  • Hydro Testing Project

Achievements

Hydro Testing Project Sasol Secunda

  • Project completed without any recordable incident

Turbo Project Poly 3 Project Sasolburg Freestate

  • Project completed without any recordable incident

HSE Supervisor

Fluor Construction
Secunda, Sasolburg, Mpumalanga, Freestate
12.2002 - 05.2005
  • Participate in Behavioral Based Safety programs (i.e. STA MS20).
  • Presenting in-house company Training i.e. Project Specific Induction training.
  • Attend and participate in Project Progress Meetings and provide feedback on relevant SH&E issues to the Project Team.
  • Update project planner on electronic data base.
  • Utilize and update relevant construction documentation on master system.
  • Compilation and distribution of project reports to the Client – weekly and monthly. This includes the calculation of statistical information and reports relating to deviations, findings and areas of concerns. (i.e. Project HSS&E Reports and HSS&E Month Reports)
  • Participate in company specific programs such as the Visible Safety Leadership, Integrated Management System (IMS) and general administrative duties.
  • Conduct daily inspections and audits to ensure compliance as part of the critical control and risk assurance required from the Client
  • Managing HSS&E aspects on construction project sites. Includes management of Service Providers and liaison between Client and Service Providers.
  • Provide assistance and consultation to Service Providers regarding SH&E aspects on Construction Projects and SH&E systems.
  • Implement new initiatives on projects (incentive scheme, effective communication of incidents/near misses and lessons learnt/best practices).
  • Identify potential impacts on project – negative and positive as well as the development and implementation of necessary control measures. (i.e. Implementation of process to review and monitor personnel in accordance with their technical work profiles)
  • Verification of safe work procedures and planned task observations. Reporting of deviations and identification of areas of improvement.
  • Administering appropriate safe work practices/ procedures for the company and on projects.
  • Promoting a high level of safety awareness on the project through new employees/contractor/Sub contractor orientation and contact with project supervision.
  • Participates in Clients safety walks/inspections and attend Client Safety meetings.
  • Prepare and conduct daily toolbox talks on relevant topics.
  • Maintain pertinent information to ensure legal compliance i.e. Letter of Good Standing, Permits, and Exemptions issued from Department of Labour etc.
  • Complete and distribute applicable reports.
  • Evaluating contractor/sub-contractor safety programs.
  • Review SH&E Rep inspections. Follow up on outstanding actions. Report to Project Management and coordinate corrective actions. Draw up action plans for long term defects – follow up actions until completed.
  • Maintaining all safety related records and files associated with each project
  • Compile and implement Health and Safety Plans/Files for new projects as per Client Requirements
  • Monitor all legal appointment letters as required in terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
  • Monitoring of recovery plans and the implementation of corrective/preventive actions.
  • Attend and participate all audits from the Department of Labour.
  • Close liaison with the Client Safety to ensure overall SH&E Management (with the inclusion of above mentioned duties and responsibilities) are executed in compliance with Legal (in particular the Construction Regulations) as well as Client Requirements.

Projects

  • Turbo Project Sasol, Secunda
  • Natural Gas Conversion Project Sasolburg, Freestate

Achievements

Turbo Project Sasol, Secunda

  • 1 000 000 man-hours without LTI

Natural Gas Conversion Project Sasolburg, Freestate

  • 1 000 000 man-hours without LTI

Education

Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (HIRA) - Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (HIRA)

QED Training
Brendan Village Evander
06.2008 - 06.2008

Train The Trainer - Internal Training

QED Training
Brendan Village Evander
10.2005 - 10.2005

Safety Leadership Training (SLT) - Safety Leadership

Fluor
Secunda
10.2004 - 10.2004

Intro She Management - Safety Health Environmental Management

Lexis Nexis
Secunda
09.2003 - 09.2003

SAMTRAC Certificate - Occupational Health And Safety Management

NOSA
Vereeniging
07.2003 - 07.2003

Effective Incident Investigation Certification - Occupational Health And Safety Incident Management

NOSA
Majuba Power Station
03.1996 - 03.1996

She Representative Training Certificate - She Representative

NOSA
Johannesburg
03.1995 - 03.1995

Health & Safety System Training - Health & Safety System Training

NOSA
Majuba Power Station
03.1996 - 03.1996

Written Safe Work Procedures - Written Safe Work Procedures

NOSA
Majuba Power Station
09.1996 - 09.1996

Skills

    Internal Audits

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Accomplishments

    ALSTOM THERMAL POWER (2014)

  • Dedicated to Excellence (D2E) Award was awarded to me for my contribution in reducing incident and injuries on the project by 91% over a 3 year cycle
  • FLUOR (2004)

  • Best improved HSE Officer

Software

Microsoft Excell

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Power Point

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Publisher

Windows 7, 8, 10, 11

Timeline

Health and Safety Manager

PHP Electrical
08.2018 - 10.2018

Health and Safety Manager

SNC-LAVALIN
11.2008 - 01.2018

Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (HIRA) - Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (HIRA)

QED Training
06.2008 - 06.2008

Senior HSE Officer

Kentz
07.2007 - 10.2008

Health and Safety Officer

Stefannutti & Bressan
06.2006 - 07.2007

Train The Trainer - Internal Training

QED Training
10.2005 - 10.2005

Senior HSE Officer

Kentz
05.2005 - 01.2006

Safety Leadership Training (SLT) - Safety Leadership

Fluor
10.2004 - 10.2004

Intro She Management - Safety Health Environmental Management

Lexis Nexis
09.2003 - 09.2003

SAMTRAC Certificate - Occupational Health And Safety Management

NOSA
07.2003 - 07.2003

HSE Supervisor

Fluor Construction
12.2002 - 05.2005

Written Safe Work Procedures - Written Safe Work Procedures

NOSA
09.1996 - 09.1996

Effective Incident Investigation Certification - Occupational Health And Safety Incident Management

NOSA
03.1996 - 03.1996

Health & Safety System Training - Health & Safety System Training

NOSA
03.1996 - 03.1996

She Representative Training Certificate - She Representative

NOSA
03.1995 - 03.1995
Hendrik Nicolaas Johannes MeyerHealth Safety & Environmental Manager