ACKRIDE MULENGA

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PERSONAL SUMMARY

Ackride is a strategic and enthusiastic individual with extensive experience, commercial awareness and operational understanding of the risks and processes relating to maintaining a safe working environment. He is committed to the highest standard of health and safety and is an expert at ensuring that risk is identified, rated, and is eliminated or minimized in the workplace. Ackride is a focused and results driven professional, who can quickly establish confidence and rapport through an assertive and caring manner. His interest is to be positioned in an organization that gives its employees unparalleled opportunities for personal development, responsibility, and training. EXPERIENCE

HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGER Chibuluma Mines Plc

02/2016 – present

• Responsible for developing, directing and implementation of all Safety, Health and Environmental programs including Safety policies, procedures, and induction manuals.

• Responsible for preparation of statutory reports such as Monthly Labor retains to Mines Safety, Retains to Zambia Environmental Management Authority.

• Developing and implementation of Safety and occupational health budgets.

• Providing meaningful statistics to management in a timely manner to assist in continued improvement of workplace, health, safety, environment, and loss control.

• Coordinates risk management functions, assists with worker’s compensation program, and return to work program.

• Conducted periodic field safety inspections (loss prevention and OSHA compliance) and safety meetings for all departments.

• Provide communication to Operations' Leadership regarding performance status and make recommendations for improvement.

• Partner with line Managers on workplace improvements and repairs

• Manage safety equipment inspection and testing programs and assist Operation Management in maintaining emergency equipment.

• Work collaboratively with the Workers Compensation Department and Occupational Health Institute of Zambia to assure proper claims management.

• Develop a paperwork management system to track training records to track all safety training initiatives conducted personally or by outside consultants/vendors.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Maintained the Company’s ISO 14001 Certification

• Timely prepared and submitted Labor Retains without incurring penalties.

• Reviewed written safety plans and evaluated sites for a major at-risk group in the company, increasing the accident-free rate to 99%

• Assessed previous accidents and injury reports by reviewing written statements, interviewing witnesses, and analyzing the site, hence preventing recurrence.

• Oversee an employee safety training program for new hires, improving company compliance to 100%

*Appointed Radiation Protection Officer

CHIEF OCCUPAIONAL HEALTH OFFICER Chibuluma Mines

03/2015 – 02/2016

• Conducting all Occupational health activities such as noise surveys, Dust sampling, Temperature monitoring and water monitoring.

• Responsible for development of new work products, and changes to existing work products

• Collaborate with project managers, development team and customers on Functional Safety.

• Take responsibility for developing and providing training, coaching and assessment of industrial hygiene activity.

• Establish and maintain all functional safety relevant internal and external interfaces (e.g. customer, supplier, development team, manufacturing sites)

• Collaborates with product and project managers, development team, test team and customers on Functional Safety.

• Radiation management programs

Achievement.

Attaining above average performance in departments of assignment leading to assignment to a more senior role of overseeing the company’s Health and Safety Management System in the absence of the Occupational Health and Safety Manager.

Successfully developed and implemented the Occupational health management system for Chibuluma mine including all health procedure such as HIV aids policy, fatigue management policy, silicosis procedure, dust management plan etc.

Able to formulate a Budget on Health, Safety and Emergency equipment

Successfully guided Chibuluma to its first ever Intercompany First Aid victory OCCUPATIONAL HIGIENIST CORDINATOR Mopani Copper Mines 05/2013 – 02/2015

• Developed and maintained industrial hygiene programs involving noise monitoring and Hearing conservation programs, occupational exposure assessments and asbestos/lead management plans.

• Assist location Management team in developing a vehicle accident and work- related injury prevention plan based on loss data and cause analysis.

• Work directly with the line Manager and the management team to develop and implement an effective site-specific Hygiene plan.

• Develop a culture where all individuals and teams provide positive input into Safety, health and Environmental management in their workplace.

• Conducting Dust sampling

• Conducting Noise sampling

• Conduct Underground and Surface Inspections on SHE matters

• Conduct regular site visits for Health and Safety Audits and Risk assessments aimed at hazard identification and control.

• Keep records of inspections, findings and compile weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual statistical and performance reports that show trends and highlight opportunities for continual improvement

• Implementation of EHS programs for a safe, healthy and environmentally sustainable workplace.

• Internal Auditor of OSHAS 18001on Occupational Health and Safety and ISO 14001 on Environmental management

• Monitors work activities and advise management regarding improvements in HSE program implementation and/or performance.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIST Ministry of Health 2011-2013

• Growth monitoring and nutrition: to calculate child health indicators related to attendance and mortality under one and 5 years and the usual immunization

• Using growth monitoring, assessing, weighing and nutritional indicators, includ- ing malnutrition, and vitamin A supplementation to monitor infant health.

• Review Antenatal Care Utilization using indicators such as malaria screening at first visits.

• Use of family planning indicators to ascertain the status of reproductive health

• Review and implementing of Family planning utilization.

• Supervise a rural health center consisting of 3 Nurses, and coordinating commu- nity health programs through Neighborhood health committees (NHCs)

• Provision of child health care programs such as Immunizations, nutritional.

• Develop and conduct Health Impact Assessments (HIA) include use of a system- atic, structured practice that uses the best available evidence to make reasoned judgments on the prospective health impacts of policy decisions, including pro- jects, plans, programs, and policies undertaken by government or the private sec- tor.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF LUSAKA Bachelor of Science-Public

Health(enrolled)

EVELYN HONE COLLEGE Diploma Environmental Health

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced Certificate in Mining First Aid Chamber Of mines Certificate in Root Cause analysis British safety Council Certificate in Risk assessment Mopani Copper mines Computer level 1 and 2 (Work rite

Member of Health Professions Council of Zambia (valid health practicing licence)

SKILLS

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference such as frequency rates for Lost Time Injury rates, Non-Lost Time Injury rates Fatality rates, Man-hours and Labor Retains.

• Safety Management systems

• Noise monitoring

• Dust sampling

• Risk assessment and accident investigation

• Behavioral Bases Safety

• ISO 14001

• OSHA 18001

• Excellent working knowledge of industry practices/safety/quality management systems

• Health promotions

• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and be detailed- oriented with good organizational skills.

• Able to demonstrate knowledge and use Isometrix system.

• Proficient computer knowledge and experience utilizing MS Office (WORD, EXCEL, PowerPoint & Outlook)

• Team player with positive attitude; strong collaborative skills; ability to influence without having direct authority.

• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage several projects simultaneously.

• Valid Drivers Licence

REPORTING & COST MANAGEMENT

Create and distribute monthly, quarterly and annual reports to all vested stakeholders (e.g. Safety Statistics,

KPIs, Lead/Lag Indicators, Near Misses, Inspections, Clinic statistics)

Build and present case and feasibility studies to justify costs and achieve management buy-in

REFERENCE

Mr. Edward Henry Zulu

Specialist –Environment, health safety and Sustainability Cell; 097*******

Mr. Davies Kabaso

Human Resource Head of Department

Cell: 096*******

Mr. Alex Chisanga

Occupational Hygienist Ass Sup

Konkola Copper Mines

Cell: 097889779

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