Multi-Site SHEQ/EHS Leader for High-Risk Manufacturing

Albertus Crous Hamman

SHEQ / OHSE Manager Multi-Site, Group and Cross-Border Operations

Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa +27-61-688-**** ***********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/croushamman Available on 14 days’ notice Western Cape based, willing to consider relocation for the right opportunity PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

SHEQ and OHSE leader with 15+ years across manufacturing, chemical processing, heavy fabrication, composite marine manufacturing, rail and offshore drilling. Has carried single-point OHSE accountability for operations of 550 to 800 employees across 4 to 6 sites, reporting to the CEO and further to the Fortune Brands Senior Health and Safety Director, with regular OHSE performance reporting to the Fortune Brands senior management group. Builds integrated ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 systems that pass third-party certification audits and work on the shop floor, grounded in the OHS Act 85 of 1993, COIDA, NEMA and Construction Regulations 2014. Specialist in serious injury and fatality (SIF) prevention, with a record of verified critical controls rather than paper compliance. NEBOSH Level 6 International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management (completed 12/2025). KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• TRIR cut by 60% (1.8 to 0.7) in 24 months across the Victoria + Albert South African factories; lost-time injuries down to two in year one and one in year two, then none from 2020 to 2025.

• No fatalities, no life-changing injuries and no incidents or occupational diseases reportable to the Department of Employment and Labour across a 15+ year career in high-consequence environments.

• No major non-conformances across ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification and surveillance audits at Victoria + Albert

(2018 to 2026).

• Near-miss reporting up 100% and corrective-action closure up 40% through SAP EHS, Power BI and SafetyCulture iAuditor.

• Carbon footprint reduced by 30% through waste minimisation, fleet-emissions controls, recycling and circular-economy initiatives, feeding group ESG reporting.

• Led teams of 18 (Victoria + Albert) and 12 (Jasper Offshore); owned an operating budget above R1 million plus capital projects; delivered 200+ training sessions, toolbox talks and emergency drills. CORE COMPETENCIES

• Strategy and governance: Group and multi-site SHEQ strategy Integrated management systems (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001) Management review Leading and lagging KPIs Executive and parent-company reporting Business continuity and crisis management

• Audit and assurance: Third-party certification audits Internal audits Supplier performance audits Legal compliance audits

CAPA governance Contractor and supplier governance

• Legal and regulatory: OHS Act 85 of 1993 and regulations COIDA NEMA Construction Regulations 2014 Section 16(2) appointments Legal registers Department of Employment and Labour liaison Railway Safety Regulator SMS

• Risk and SIF prevention: HIRA, JSA, ALARP, Bowtie Critical-control verification Permit-to-work Lifting operations Confined space Work at height Fleet, driver and warehouse safety Rail safety

• Hazardous substances and process safety: Flammable liquids Organic peroxides Chemical storage, segregation, bunding, ventilation Fire and explosion risk Ex-class equipment

• Incident management and occupational health: ICAM, RCA, 5-Why Statutory notification Health surveillance Ergonomics

COIDA case management Psychosocial risk Fitness for duty

• Environment and ESG: ISO 14001 Waste minimisation and recycling Carbon reduction Circular economy ESG reporting input

• Digital and AI: SAP EHS Power BI SafetyCulture iAuditor Generative AI used daily to draft and quality-check risk assessments, legal registers, procedures and training, and to analyse incident and KPI data, with every output verified against legislation and site conditions

• Leadership and culture: Safety culture and behaviour-based safety Team leadership and mentoring Training and competence frameworks Stakeholder engagement Emergency response and multi-agency coordination PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Founder and Principal OHSE Consultant Liquido ESG (Pty) Ltd Worcester 02/2026 to Present OHSE leadership, legal compliance and management-system build-out for clients in construction, tourism and rail, logistics and marine manufacturing. Client names withheld and available on request.

• Construction (eight client companies, the largest a major development company): contractor safety files to Construction Regulations 2014, including a 12-section file with a reusable template system and handover checklist; baseline and task-based risk assessments, method statements, legal appointments, legal compliance audits and emergency plans.

• Tourism, rail and logistics (Western Cape wine-tram operator), appointed HSE Manager under OHS Act Section 16(2): completed a 62-item derailment risk assessment for Railway Safety Regulator SMS purposes; built an 11-sheet compliance scheduling system covering RSR, OHS Act, COIDA and NEMA; introduced the railway safety and inspection programme to RSR requirements; and covered the logistics side with fleet risk assessments, driver safety, vehicle inspections and warehouse safety.

• Logistics (transport pool operator): fleet risk assessments, driver safety programmes, vehicle inspection systems, training management, health management and emergency preparedness.

• Marine manufacturing (composite yacht builder, Cape Town), sole HSE Manager: built the HSE management system from the ground up: 53-risk baseline assessment, 25-instrument legal register, appointment and incident registers with statutory notifications, training matrix, inspection and audit schedule, corrective-action tracker, permit-to-work and high-risk activity procedure (including confined space and excavation), lifting machinery and tackle policy, machine safe work procedures, and a redesigned induction. Manage Department of Employment and Labour correspondence and COIDA and occupational-health cases with the site nurse.

OHSE Manager, Multi-Site and Cross-Border Victoria + Albert Products (Fortune Brands Innovations, NYSE-listed) 03/2018 to 01/2026

Worcester and Wolseley, Western Cape 550 employees across 4 sites Reported to the CEO and further to the Fortune Brands Senior Health and Safety Director

• Held single-point OHSE accountability for the organisation and presented OHSE performance regularly to the Fortune Brands senior management group. Directed strategy, governance and compliance in line with Fortune Brands US principles, including oversight of the UK and China factories and warehouses.

• Owned OHSE for the capital construction and equipment-installation projects running alongside production, including the demolition and rebuild of an existing building into a mould-manufacturing, maintenance, staff and HR facility with temperature-controlled areas, extraction ventilation and Ex-class equipment installation, and oversaw the contractors.

• Built and maintained integrated ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 systems; ran internal audits, hosted certification and other third-party audits, carried out supplier performance audits and legal compliance reviews against the OHS Act, COIDA and NEMA.

• Drove the injury-rate reduction through engineering controls, critical-risk verification, behavioural safety and contractor governance.

• Implemented SAP EHS, Power BI and SafetyCulture iAuditor for KPI tracking, audit management and corrective-action governance.

• Led an EHS team of 18; managed the operating budget and capital projects; approved PPE design and HSE procurement.

• Controlled hazardous chemical and flammable-liquid risks (acetone, resins, process chemicals): segregation, bunding, ventilation, ignition control and emergency response.

• Ran ICAM and RCA investigations, health surveillance, ergonomics and psychosocial risk programmes, and led the carbon- reduction and waste programmes that fed group ESG reporting. SHE Manager GRW Engineering (Heavy-Vehicle Manufacturing and Fabrication) 02/2017 to 11/2017 Worcester, Western Cape 800 employees across 6 sites

• Led the SHEQ function in a high-risk fabrication environment (structural steel, lifting, contractors, heavy-vehicle production) and designed and rolled out OHS and ISO 14001 environmental management systems from inception.

• Held OHSE responsibility for the construction of the GRW 2 facility (logistics stores, staff facilities, three production lines, small- parts manufacturing), overseeing the contractors and the installation of production equipment, including Ex-class equipment.

• Managed contractor and client engagements, fire compliance, COIDA matters, legal appointments, lifting and logistics risks, budget and team development.

SHEQ Manager Duram Smart Paints (Chemical Processing) 08/2015 to 01/2017 Cape Town, Western Cape 600 employees across 4 sites

• Directed SHEQ governance for hazardous-material paint manufacturing across owned and leased sites: integrated ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHS systems, flammable-liquid and organic-peroxide controls, process safety, ventilation, fire compliance, emergency response, environmental compliance, budget and training.

• Conducted third-party and supplier performance audits and managed the corrective actions that followed.

• Completed two 28-day offshore rotations (03/2016 to 05/2016) supporting Petrobras on a vessel under Petroserv Angola, on approved unpaid leave, returning to Duram between and after the rotations. HSE Officer and Head of OHSE Jasper Offshore 2013 to 2015 Singapore head office and offshore fleet (exploration wells off Congo and Namibia) 28/28 rotation Led 12 associates

• Held HSE responsibility for the drilling vessel (crew of 120) and the Singapore head office, and in the final year managed OHS for the wider fleet of one drillship, one production vessel and one floatel.

• Administered permit-to-work, LOTO, SIMOPS, hot work, confined space, working at height and lifting systems to IMCA, SOLAS and OPITO standards, with 24/7 medical cover; carried out third-party and supplier performance audits.

• Led emergency response for fire, abandon-ship, H2S release, spills, man-overboard and medevac; managed investigations, root-cause analysis, health surveillance and fitness-for-duty assessments. Rig Medic, then HSE Officer Larsen Oil and Gas and Pride South Seas 2010 to 2013 Semi-submersibles and drillships, Southeast Asia and Africa

• Joined the drillship Deep Venture (Larsen Oil and Gas) in mid-2011 as Rig Medic and was promoted to HSE Officer within the first year, taking full responsibility for onboard HSE compliance, permit-to-work, inspections and behavioural safety observations on a drilling campaign in Vietnamese waters (crew of 150, 28/28). Previously Medic on the Pride South Seas

(2010) during refurbishment in Cape Town harbour (crew of 140 plus about 100 contractors daily).

• Led HSE oversight of contractors during dry dock and refurbishment works on Deep Venture in Singapore and at Cape Town shipyards, with 150 to 400 contractors on board daily, reporting to the Captain and the HSE Country Manager. No lost-time injuries across the projects.

• Ran emergency drills, incident investigations and inductions for multinational crews. Earlier Career: Emergency Services and Clinical Management 1998 to 2010

• Emergency Medical Technician, ER24 EMS (2008 to 2010) and Paramedic and Shift Officer, Provincial Administration Western Cape Health (2001 to 2007): led operational teams of up to 30 staff with HR, health and safety, rescue and budget responsibility.

• Medical Centre Manager, Prime Cure Clinics (1998 to 2000): managed staff, finances, stock and facilities. EDUCATION

• NEBOSH Level 6 International Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals, NEBOSH, completed 12/2025. RQF Level 6 (bachelor’s degree level), internationally recognised and accepted by SAIOSH for Graduate membership.

• NEBOSH International Technical Certificate in Oil and Gas Operational Safety, 27/04/2012 NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, 10/2011

• BTech Nursing, University of Technology, Pretoria, 1998 to 2002 CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

• ISO implementation and auditor courses, H&M Associates SA: ISO 14001 (2012), ISO 9001 (2014), OHSAS 18001 (2015, later transitioned to ISO 45001)

• ICAM Lead Investigator Behaviour-Based Safety Practitioner Authorised Fall Protection and Harness/Lanyard Inspector, Karam/Dromex (03/02/2025)

• Advanced Industrial Ergonomics Workshop, Sandalwood Engineering and Ergonomics (26/03/2025 to 27/03/2025) Asbestos Abatement Regulation Awareness, SAIOSH/OHTA (23/04/2025)

• Safety Essentials of Organic Peroxides for the Thermoset Industry, Nouryon (08/04/2025) Scaffold Inspector Competency Certificate, Master Builders Association East Cape (19/07/2007)

• ACLS Provider, American Heart Association (2015) Advanced Medical Rescue, Western Cape Ambulance Training College

(2002)

• Confined Space Entry Supervisor Breathing Apparatus Operator High Angle Rescue UNISA courses in Risk Management and Business Management

SYSTEMS, LANGUAGES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Systems: SAP EHS SafetyCulture iAuditor Power BI CMMS SharePoint Microsoft 365 ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini Languages: English (professional), Afrikaans (native) Driver’s licence: Code EC References, certificates and portfolio: available on request

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