Experience

MECAL High-tech / Systems

• Netherlands
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• QHSE Manager

  • Nov 2010 - Present

  • Formulates, fine-tunes and implements the company’s overall integrated quality, health and safety, and environmental management system (IMS) in strict compliance with all relevant international standards including ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001. • Strengthens the IMS by conducting periodic assessments and context and risk analyses to identify improvement areas and opportunities, whilst directly reporting audit outcomes to the company’s CEO. • Conducts health, safety and environmental risks assessment and inspections; leads detailed incident investigations and root cause analyses; and reviews and approved relevant QHSE logs and documentations. • Develops and presents relevant QHSE training to employees to promote safe working practices whilst maintaining positive and proactive relations with all staff members to encourage buy-in and manage potential resistance to changes. • Creates strategic QHSE communication strategy for all employees to include written information, toolbox talks and management briefs. • Oversees and reports on compliance with all applicable QHSE legislation and regulations whilst ensuring strict adherence to all environmental permit conditions. • Played a pivotal role in company’s successfully achievement of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications including allocating internal resources, disseminating critical information, developing and auditing systems and establishing baseline status. Show less



OMAC Laboratories Ltd.

• Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland

• QHS Manager

  • Aug 2005 - Nov 2010

  • Assumed overall accountability for the strategic planning, implementation, oversight, monitoring and enhancement of the company’s management system in accordance to OHSAS 18001 and ISO 17025 (General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories) requirements. • Managed quality and technical records and executed timely internal audits inclusive of routine equipment calibration, performance assessments and radiation checks to mitigate occupational hazards, diseases and accidents. • Administered safety supply inventory and PPE program budgets whilst simultaneously enhancing individual safety compliance through rigorous training and on-boarding processes. • Achieved zero recordable incidents by optimising safety audit processes, streamlining Standard Operating Procedures, and developing strategies to prevent potential and recurring safety concerns. • Led the company to successfully pass the annual external audits carried out by the Irish National Accreditation Board with a perfect score, attaining zero major and zero minor non-conformities. • Took a secondment consultancy work for Stewart Inspection and Analysis Ltd., travelling extensively to company’s headquarters in the UK to lead knowledge-sharing sessions and drove the integration of ISO 9001 and ISO 17025. Show less