HeidelbergCement Africa – TogoHead of Health, Safety, and Environmental, 2014 to 2016Oversaw all health, safety, and environmental management operations across Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Ghana, Gambia, DRC, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania; reported to COO.Defined and maintained organisation goals with safety KPIs and metrics measurements tools to achieve business objectives. Assured that overall operations of contractors performed in accordance with HSE matters by introducing and overseeing contractor safety management process. Delivered effective contributions in executing group HSEC standards and behavioural change process across region by formulating and implementing standardised operating policies and procedures. Participated in all regional EXCOM and crisis management meetings, discussing innovative ideas for process improvement.Key Contributions: Decreased accident frequency rate from 4.6% to 0.7% by performing incidents and safety inspections and safety audits for creating derivable solutions. Spearheaded all HeidelbergCement Africa projects from start to end, ensuring successful completion within time and budget. Increased health, safety, and environment performance by designing and executing emergency response programme and fire/life procedures, operational systems, short- and long-term plans. Developed and maintained strategic initiatives within region by initiating visual felt leadership training among senior and line management, which resulted in the reduction of operational and safety cost. Attained integrated management system, OSHAS 18001 to ISO 45001 and ISO 9001 for all nine sites within two years while ensuring compliance with legislation on local, region, and international levels.

Barrick Gold-Lumwana Copper Mines – ZambiaHealth and Safety Superintendent, 2012 to 2013Managed all phases of multi-family construction projects, coordinating contractors, subcontractors, material, and equipment to ensure adherence of specifications.Held accountability for scheduling, inspections, exploration, and job site safety, confirming end-to-end smooth running of business. Enhanced quality of services by overseeing all quality control activities. Established and maintained strong communication with project team for ASIs, RFIs, and material submittals. Collected and examined project material submittals and managed records of approvals at job-site for future reference.Key Contributions: Analysed requirements and recruited sub-tier accordingly to meet business needs. Achieved 10,000,000 million hours incident free with 0% accident frequency and severity rate. Prepared and administered overall budget with a focus on reducing additional costs while supporting bidding and award of subcontracts at 25%.

Lafarge Cement Zambia – Ndola, Zambia and ZimbabweSafety, Health, and Environmental Manager, 2005 to 2012Created and implemented environment management system for whole company to reduce environmental impacts and increase operating efficiency.Ensured compliance with labour legislation and company regulations, affecting industrial relations. Built and strengthen long-term professional relation climate and promoted welfare of employees at Lafarge Cement. Performed incident investigation to resolve all incidents. Formulated and employed robust procedures to provide expert-level guidance to internal and external auditors. Ensured efficient and effective occupational health support by collaborating with medical, first aid, and human resources staff.Key Contribution: Formulated and maintained ISO 18001 safety management system for company. Assessed and implemented all changes to health and safety policies to meet HSE requirements. Identified needs for skills improvement and arranged effective training and development programmes for staff on IMS and H&S procedures to boost knowledge and performance. Improved overall operational efficiency by conducting risk assessment and leading prevention and risk control procedures.