Head - HSE

Profile Summary

HSE Professional offering over ** years of rich and qualitative experience in safety & compliance adherence with comprehensive knowledge of quality standards & environmental regulations across Turkey, Qatar, Sri Lanka and India for different oil & gas, industrial, high rise building, road & bridge, flyover, metro railway elevated platforms, port and other infrastructural projects. Proficiency in conducting safety internal audits & risk assessment & implementing various measures to achieve high safety. Experience in conducting compliance audits, advising on HSEQ requirements and maintaining sound HSE standards, ISO & OHSAS 18001 as per Management System Guidelines. In-depth understanding of various safety methods & capabilities in coordinating and leading variety of people & projects, development of plans; knowledge of national and international safety trends and legislation. Expert at inspecting workplace for hazards and recommending policies accordingly; competency in devising significant solutions as well as maintaining sound environmental & safety conditions as per HSE Management System. Excellence in conducting risk assessment & environmental audit and ensuring statutory requirement compliance & organizing motivational/safety promotional activities. Strong communication, problem-solving and relationship management skills.

Education

B.Sc. (Hons.) from University of Calcutta in 1996

B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from The Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata (passed Sec-A & Sec-B) Studied Specialized Subjects like Nonconventional Energy Resources, Power Plant Engineering, Refrigeration & Air- conditioning beside other core subjects

Professional Qualifications:

AICTE approved 2 years full time P.G. Diploma in Environment Management (PGDEnM) from Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISW&BM), Kolkata in 1998 AICTE & DGFASLI approved Post Graduate Diploma in Safety Engineering (DSE) from West Bengal State Council of Technical Education and cleared “Safety Officer’s Viva Voce Test” conducted by Labour Department, Govt. of W.B. in 2002

Advanced Diploma in Network Centered Computing from NIIT, Kolkata in 2000 Soft Skills Skill Set

IT Skills

Proficient with MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Word, MS Outlook, IBM Lotus Notes and Internet Applications

Personal Details

Date of Birth: 1st January 1976

Languages Known: English, Bengali and Hindi

Present Address: Flat No.607, Tower B1, Paras Dews, Dwarka Expressway, Sector - 106, Gurgaon-122006, Haryana, India.

Permanent Address: North Cabin Road, Subudhipur, P.O. – Baruipur, Kolkata – 700144, West Bengal, India

Passport No.:L2043572 valid up to 12.06.23

HSE Management

Client Relationship Management

Project Management

Incident Prevention & Reduction

Environmental Audit

Statutory & Legal Compliance

Hazard & Risk Management

Training & Development

Team Building & Leadership

Ramen Kumar Bhandari

Lead Auditor-OHSAS 18001, Certified IMS Internal Auditor – ISO 9001, 14001 & OHSAS 18001

SENIOR PROFESSIONAL

HSE Management; Industry Preference: Construction & Industrial, Location Preference: Any Metro Cities in India

*****.********@*****.*** +91-971******* / +91-983******* Motivational Leader

Change Agent Thinker

Collaborator Planner

Communicator

Career Timeline for Latest 21 years

Notable Accomplishments Across The Career

Advance India Projects Ltd.

Established HSE Management Practices of the organization as Corporate HSE Head & freeze HSE specifications for contracts.

Freeze HSE budgets for projects in discussion with Contracts & Billing departments Contractors & Vendors management to ensure HSE practices followed by them & conducting routine review meeting Conducting routine audit of project sites to ensure adoption of proactive & reactive HSE measures Scheduling & conducting monthly training on different HSE aspects. Reviewing of HSE provisions to approve vendors through SAP platform. Generation & submission of weekly & monthly HSE MIS Reports of the organization to Top Management and participating the management review meetings.

Achieved projects without any reportable LTA

Larsen and Toubro Ltd., Construction Division (B&F): Functioned as Project EHS Head for projects in Delhi Cluster Established EHS Management Practices at project as per the guideline of L&T EHS Management Practices Functioned as EHS auditor for different projects.

Have contribution in British Safety Council 5 Star Audit in B&F IC, Delhi which helped to bag Safety Sword of Honour. Achieved projects without any reportable LTA

Bharti Realty Ltd.

Acted as a Deputy Management Representative for reviewing and revising the existing EHS Management practices Played key role in renewal of Co’s ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 certifications and audits by third party. Formulated and developed 56 nos. of different standard EHS operating procedures for project activities Taken decisions related to work stoppage when circumstances are related to an intermediate danger to life and health of a project.

Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Pvt. Ltd.: (An ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & BS-OHSAS 18001 certified Engineering

& Construction Company)

Won the Bronze Award of National Safety Council of India-2014 for one of the project DLF Two Horizon, Gurgaon

Bagged the Certificate of Appreciation Award-2013 of National Safety Council of India for 2 project sites Successfully enforced and monitored Co’s HSEMS practices at about 32 nos. project sites Effectively managed surveillance and recertification audits by Bureau Veritas Pivotal in building qualified, competent and skillful HSE team Simplex Infrastructures Ltd.

Played a key role in successfully dealing with different clients & consultants like British Petroleum, British Petroleum (BP), Mitsubishi Chemicals-MCC PTA Haldia, BHEL, DVC, EIL, NHAI, IOCL, KMRC, HILL International, Tata Realty, Godrej Properties, KEPPEL-Singapore, DOOSAN-Qatar, CH2M HILL-Sri Lanka, Changi-Singapore and other national-international PMC & Clients Initiated HSE Internal Audit practices in the organization as per OHSAS 18001:2007 and ISO14001:2004 System Built HSE reporting system in ERP module for effective utilization of cost & time and to ensure perfection Acted as a Corporate Trainer and Paneled-up Member to conduct HSE training programs & interviews for selection of HSE personnel to build-up competent and skillful HSE team Successfully compiled and published Co’s first Annual Safety Report (Analytical & Statistical) Attained the project without any reportable LTA during my tenure at MTPS, Mejia OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE: Punj Lloyd, Turkey

Significant contribution in obtaining “British Safety Shord of Honor” certification and achieved the cross-country Crude-Oil Pipeline Project at critical terrain of mountains without any reportable LTA At Neelachal NR Pvt. Ltd.

Significant contribution in obtaining ISO 9001:2000 certification with nil reportable accident happened during tenure with the company

Project Details (Role - HSE Head)

Metro Rail & other Infrastructural Projects: Construction of 6 elevated stations & viaduct of East West Metro of KMRC Kolkata from 2009-2011; Construction of MMRDA Flyover Project Mumbai in 2007-2009; RVNL Bridge Project Paradeep & Trichi; Bhubaneswar-Paradeep Road Project ; Flyover Project of Guwahati, GATI Hydro Electric Project Sikkim, Transmission & Distribution Project Siliguri-Bongaigaon –during the tenure with Simplex Infrastructures Ltd.

High Rise Residential & Commercial Projects: Astra Tower-Kolkata, Worldmark-Delhi & Gurgaon of Bharti Realty; 24 storied DLF Horizon Two, Gurgaon; 17 to 30 storied 13nos. of tower of DLF Primus, Manesar; 22-26 storied 9 towers of Godrej Frontier Project, Manesar; 16-26 storied AFS Insignia, Gurgaon; 18-28 storied Raisina Residency of THDC Gurgaon – of Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Pvt. Ltd. 18- 28 storied KEPPEL Megus of Kolkata; Brigade Metropolis Bangalore of Simplex Infrastructures Ltd. ; different High rise residential & commercial projects like TPH, ABC, Joy street etc with Advance India Limited.

Oil & Gas Industry Projects: BTC crude oil pipeline project, Turkey – during the tenure with Punj Lloyd Ltd.; Oil exploration project of BP, Rampurhat West Bengal; expansion project of Haldia Petrochemical Ltd., West Bengal; Expansion project of Mitsubishi Chemical Plant Haldia; Qatalum Gas Power Plant construction Project Qatar, Expansion & modification project of Indian Oil plant at Bongaigaon & Digboi, Assam – during the tenure with Simplex Infrastructures Ltd. Industrial Projects: Mejia Thermal Power Plant Project of DVC Durgapur; Lafarge Cement Plant Mejia Durgapur; Lafarge Cement Plant Bhatapara Chhattisgarh; ACC Cement Plant Chandrapur, BALCO expansion work Corba, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd Jharsuguda – during the tenure with Simplex Infrastructures Ltd. Tata Motors Lucknow & Rudrapur; Asian Paints Rotak

– during the tenure with Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Pvt. Ltd. Key Result Areas:

Actively participate in;

o OHSAS 18001 & ISO 14001 Certification and Surveillance Audit o Pre-bid meetings & presenting Co.’s HSE Management System & Practices Liaising with external surveillance auditors for initiating relevant actions in case of non-compliance raised Acting as IMS Internal Auditor and conducting internal audit as per the Co’s IMS management system practices & procedures

Shouldering the responsibility of ensuring:

o HSE legal and other requirements pertaining to Office and Construction sites are reviewed and communicated o Compliance of HSE legal aspects as per BOCW Acts & Rules, Environmental Acts & Rules, and other HSE related Acts, Rules & Codes

Discovering Project related activities and processes which are hazardous and deciding required control measures to be adopted for minimizing associated risks

Conducting specialized audit on Electrical & Mechanical Safety aspects at project sites and submitting technical recommendation for improving the practices

Supervising project team in preparation of Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment & Control (HIRAC) and Environmental Aspect-Impact Assessment (EIA)

Assisting project management team in risk assessment for new type of activities for newly adopted sector by the organization and accordingly revising Safe Operating Procedures (SOP) & work instructions (WI) of Co’s HSE procedures Preparing HSE reports and presenting the same to top management for critical decision making Interfacing with clients, PMC and attending client's kick-off meetings for understanding & fulfilling their HSE requirements / needs

Conducting and reviewing the compliance status of weekly HSE walk down and HSE committee meeting observations Performing accident/incident investigation for identifying root causes & suggesting Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA) Arranging and promoting HSE by organizing different motivational programs at project sites, and conducting celebration of National Safety Day & World Environment Day Coordinating with different project sites, PCB, Labour Dept. & other Govt. Bodies Implementing corporate HSE requirements to vendors, subcontractors & other stakeholders down the level Initiating result-oriented measures for conserving power, water, paper & fuel Monitoring the level of air, noise & water pollution and initiating need-based measures in case they supersede the pre-set parameters

Administering HSE and training department & organising training programmes for employees, contractors, in close coordination with Departmental Managers

Identifying HSE training needs, designing training modules, workshops & establishing focus on enhancing safety standards through training and developments for Managers, Engineers & Supervisors Work Experience

Jan’18 till date : Advance India Projects Limited, Gurgaon as General Manager & Corporate Head-HSE Dec’16 – Jan’18 : L&T Construction, B&F IC as Project EHS Head in Delhi Mar’15 – Dec’16 : Bharti Realty Ltd., Gurgaon as Deputy General Manager & Corporate Head - HSE Head Office at Worldmark, Delhi

Apr’12 – Mar’15: Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Pvt. Ltd. (Engineering & Construction Division), New Delhi as Asst. General Manager (HSE)

Acted as Head-HSE for all projects under Northern Region Office Location: North Region Office at Videocon Tower, Delhi Mar’05 – Mar’12: Simplex Infrastructures Ltd., Kolkata as Manager (Safety) Acted as HSE Head from Eastern Zone & Corporate Office in Kolkata At Mejia Thermal Power Station (MTPS), DVC, Bankura, West Bengal at their complete main plant civil and structural work of 2 x 250 MW thermal power plant project. Client – BHEL from Mar’05 – Apr’06 May’04 – Feb’05: Punj Lloyd Ltd., New Delhi as Sr. Officer – Safety Worked in PLL-JV, Turkey the joint venture project of Punj Lloyd with Limak of Turkey. PLL-JV worked for Lot-C of BTC Crude Oil Pipe Line Project (1774 Km) lead by BP. Client was BOTAS of Turkey Govt. and owner was BTC Co. It passed through agricultural land, river, high altitude mountains, and sensitive ecological & archeological areas. Previous Experience

Feb’01 - May’04: Neelachal Natural Resource Pvt. Ltd., Kharagpur, West Bengal as QC & HSE Officer Jun’00 - Jan’01: Ernst & Young (P) Ltd., Kolkata as Project Assistant - Environmental Management Services

(EMS) Division

Jun’99 - Jun’00: Organon Manufacturing Division (OMD), Infar (India) Ltd., Kolkata as Project Assistant Jun’98 - Aug’98: Besco Ltd., Kolkata as Trainee to study HSE management practices Trainings & Other Courses

Successfully completed:

o 5 days IRCA approved Lead Auditor course of OHSAS 18001-2007 conducted by DNV in Oct’10 o 4 days IMS Internal Auditor Course for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 in 2014 certified by BVQI o Internal Auditor course of OHSAS 18001-2007 conducted by DNV in Apr’10 o 2 days “Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HIRA)” Course conducted by DNV in Jun’10 o Internal Auditor Course of ISO 9001-2000 conducted by BVQI in 2003 o 5 days Course on “Construction Safety” conducted by RLI, Kolkata in May’09 Working knowledge of ISO 14001 & BS 8800

Attended various seminars, workshops and training programs on HSE conducted by government bodies (RLI, State Productivity Council & NSC), third parties and in-house Soft-Skill training attended in SPCL – “Performance Management”, “Problem-solving & Decision-making” conducted by Centum Learning Ltd.

RAMEN KR BHANDARI

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