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George Chotto Sendo

George Chotto Sendo

Shinyanga

Summary

Highly knowledgeable QHSE Manager with comprehensive understanding of Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental management systems. Bring practical experience in developing and implementing QHSE policies to ensure regulatory compliance and promote a safe workplace culture. Strengths include strong leadership, effective communication skills and ability to drive continuous improvements. Previous work has resulted in enhanced operational efficiency and reduced safety incidents.

Meticulous and knowledgeable compliance manager with a several-year record of success in policy development, program management, risk mitigation and operational planning. Proficient in maintaining regulatory compliance and correcting systemic issues in collaboration with business managers. Team-focused, consistent and diplomatic with a focus on building strategic alliances and enhancing company standing.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

HSEQ Manager

Capital Mining Services
Geita
01.2022 - Current

**Job Title: HSEQ Manager**

**Overview:**
As an HSEQ Manager, you will support various projects to ensure compliance with the Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality Management systems. You will report to the Head of HSEQ for your area and assist site teams and managers through inspections by identifying hazards, minimizing risks, and enhancing health, safety, environmental, and quality standards. You will also champion HSEQ initiatives in the region while ensuring adherence to legislation.

**Key Responsibilities:**

1. **Promote Occupational Health and Wellbeing**
- Support the provision of health and wellbeing initiatives within the business, under the guidance of the Head of HSEQ and HSEQ Director, with assistance from the Company Health & Wellbeing Advisor.
- Communicate and promote monthly health themes.
- Advocate for the value of occupational health at a regional level.

2. **HSEQ Advice and Support to Advisors**
- Provide consistent and accurate HSEQ advice to Advisors and Site Teams as needed.
- Assist the region with HSEQ initiatives and address HSEQ issues or problems.
- Produce monthly regional HSEQ statistics, identify trends, and initiate proactive measures.
- Line manage and mentor HSEQ Advisors to promote their professional development.
- Support site teams in implementing our "Be Right First Time" initiatives and monitoring our quality control processes defined by the HSEQ Systems & Audit Manager.

3. **Collaboration and Client Support**
- Provide client support for your designated region.
- Attend Client HSEQ Forums as required, sharing lessons learned and best practices.
- Develop collaborative relationships with Client HSEQ Management.

4. **HSEQ Communications and Statistics**
- Contribute to company-level HSEQ communications and implement them at the regional level.
- Produce and disseminate HSEQ alerts following incidents or poor-quality standards to promote learning, prevention, and continual improvement.
- Support the Head of HSEQ for your area in maintaining monthly HSE performance statistics as requested.
- Deliver awareness training and lead site stand-down meetings.

5. **Accident/Incident Investigations**
- Assist HSEQ Advisors in completing investigation reviews for HSE incidents.
- Keep local and corporate management informed about the status of investigations.
- Identify root causes and support the production of HSE alerts as necessary.
- Act as an independent investigator in other areas of the business under the direction of the HSEQ Director.

6. **HSEQ Monitoring**
- Conduct regular visits to support your Advisory Team within your area of control.
- Perform detailed HSEQ inspections monthly, with targets agreed upon with the Head of HSEQ or the HSEQ Director.
- Serve as a role model for HSEQ in your area.
- Monitor HSEQ Advisor inspections and ensure timely closure of findings.
- Agree on monthly inspection targets with Advisors and monitor compliance.

7. **Facilities Management at Company Premises**
- Provide management support to Facilities Managers at regional company premises regarding HSE-related issues and requirements.
- Monitor HSE standards at regional company premises to ensure compliance with legal obligations.

**Key Measures and Targets:**
- Complete monthly HSEQ inspections as outlined with your Line Manager.
- Attend weekly escalation team calls.
- Participate in bi-monthly HSEQ team meetings.
- Assist in updating the HSEQ Management system as directed.
- Support external accreditation audits to maintain Barhale’s certifications.
- Produce a monthly HSEQ performance report for regional leads.
- Attend monthly regional management team meetings to present regional HSEQ performance.

**Key Relationships:**
- HSEQ Director
- Head of HSEQ for your area
- HSEQ Managers and Advisors
- HSEQ Systems and Audit Manager
- Contracts Managers
- Operations Managers
- Regional Managers
- Regional Directors
- Company Employees

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HSEQ Coordinator

Capital Mining Services
Geita
01.2019 - 01.2022
  • **Field HSE Support and Guidance**

    - Provide field HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) support and guidance throughout all activities.
    - Ensure compliance with local regulatory HSE requirements and contractual HSE obligations.

    **Operational Safety Processes**

    - Assist in the development and delivery of operational processes that prioritize safety.
    - Enforce company policies and procedures.
    - Support teams in achieving exemplary HSE performance.

    **Performance Measurement**

    - Identify potential and actual areas for improvement, assisting in the formulation of goals and tools for achieving them.
    - Contribute to both leading and lagging HSE performance measures.

    **Stakeholder Liaison**

    - Liaise with all stakeholders to stay informed and educate the workforce on HSE news and updates.

    **Lessons Learned**

    - Provide input for the collection of lessons learned from all activities.

    **Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment**

    - Assist teams in identifying hazards, assessing risks, and determining relevant controls to manage and reduce risks to As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) levels.

    **Safety Culture Promotion**

    - Foster a safe culture by being informed, mindful, learning, fair, and respectful.

    **Behavior-Based Safety (BBS)**

    - Own and oversee BBS tools and processes.
    - Promote and coach the workforce in behavior-based safety practices.

    **Safety Assurance**

    - Perform audits to measure the level of safety culture within the organization.
    - Conduct or facilitate safety audits and inspections according to the audit plan.
    - Provide HSE input to HSE Management System reviews.

    **Incident Management**

    - Ensure incidents are recorded and reported accurately.
    - Prepare initial incident reports and conduct immediate investigations of incidents and near misses.
    - Facilitate and participate in high-level incident investigations.

    **Training and Coaching**

    - Ensure that the company's safety expectations are effectively communicated to the workforce.
    - Provide training sessions in accordance with the training plan and competency development requirements.
    - Educate the workforce on lessons learned from previous incidents and industry experiences.

    **Contingency Management**

    - Provide an immediate response in emergency situations.
    - Review contingency drills to enhance staff competency.
    - Assist in establishing an effective emergency response organization on-site.

    **Working Environment Assessments**

    - Carry out and follow up on workplace assessments.

    **Quality Control**

    - Monitor the quality of data entered into reporting and action tracking tools.

    **Contractor Management**

    - Manage contractors and consultants in all aspects of health and safety.

    **Document Control**

    - Ensure proper document control practices are followed.

HSEQ Officer

Capita Drilling
Geita
01.2018 - 01.2019

- Assist in incident investigations.
- Conduct safety audits.
- Prepare safety training packages and conduct safety training sessions, including Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Field Level Risk Assessment (FLRA), risk management, incident investigation, visible felt leadership, and incident reporting.
- Conduct planned task observations.
- Liaise with government auditors.
- Analyze incident statistics and identify trends.
- Ensure that all safety devices are operable and that emergency equipment and facilities, such as refuge chambers and first aid kits, are available for immediate use.
- Recommend changes to work practices.
- Conduct daily rigging and lifting inspections.
- Ensure compliance with company safety policies, programs, and procedures.
- Involve and communicate with employees, safety representatives, and safety committees.
- Internal reporting and documentation of loss events, including injuries, ill health, dangerous occurrences, and near misses.
- Assess and control occupational hazards, such as noise exposure.
- Participate in workstation design.
- Ensure that facilities and equipment are used safely and that appropriate work methods are applied.
- Make sure there are adequate fire prevention measures in place and that sufficient means to combat fires, including inspection and maintenance of firefighting equipment, are available.
- Ensure the safety of all visitors and contractors in the area of responsibility.
- Provide coaching, training support, and guidance to safety representatives on FLRA and JSA.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant Tanzanian regulations within the area of responsibility, reporting and acting on any breaches.
- Lead and influence change while fostering a positive safety culture.
- Monitor all departmental activities and their impact on the workplace.
- Record daily, weekly, and monthly safety statistics.
- Inspect workplace conditions and report or correct unsafe conditions, ensuring that no person works in unsafe areas or on unsafe equipment.
- Determine priorities and establish adequate systems and performance standards.
- Implement and monitor policies and plans on a day-to-day basis, including accident and incident investigation, reporting, and analysis.
- Review the performance and audit the entire health and safety management system.
- Liaise with contractors during joint responsibilities and check compliance with safety policies.
- Serve as the primary contact for site injury incident/accident notifications, preliminary incident investigations, and case management.
- Develop proactive safety programs, practice visible felt leadership, implement stop-and-fix initiatives, and carry out task observations.
- Engage safety representatives and front-line leaders in proactive safety systems.
- Provide safety advice and coaching.
- Follow up on and close out action plans.
- Prepare safety meetings and presentations.
- Train first-line leaders on safety matters in both classroom and field settings.
- Conduct hazard identification analysis and control.
- Prepare safety topics for section safety meetings.

Occupational Health & Safety Officer

Bulyanhulu Gold Mine Ltd.
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Emergency response team member
  • Save people’s lives, respond to any emergency situation within and outside the company
  • Emergency response skills
  • Hazards materials (HAZMAT) handling
  • Rope rescue
  • Fire prevention techniques
  • Breathing apparatus use
  • Confined space rescue techniques
  • First aid level III
  • Vehicle excretion

Occupational Health and Safety Representative

African Barrick Gold Bulyanhulu
Bulyanhulu
02.2012 - 01.2014
  • Carry out all safety matters in the engineering department
  • Report and fix hazards
  • Conduct safety interactions
  • Conduct toolbox talks
  • Suggest compulsory Personal protective equipment for tasks
  • Represent section on monthly safety rep and committee meetings

Yards Controller

Bulyanhulu Gold Mine
Bulyanhulu
11.2011 - 01.2014
  • Overseeing the receiptand distributionof items, ensuring accurate trackingand managementof materials stored in the inventory. This includes maintaining organized records and performing checkstoconfirm the quality and condition of incomingsupplies.
  • Executing metal fabrication and joining processes,which involve manipulating and assembling metal components to create finished products or structures.

Education

Certificate IV - Work Health and Safety

ACA training
Australia
11.2024

International Health & Safety Passport Foundation Level -

Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
02.2022

Graduate - Health, Safety, and Environment Engineering

KEN INSTITUTE OF EXECUTIVE LEANING
India
01.2022

ONLINE ICAM Lead Investigator -

Safety Wise Solutions Pty Ltd
Australia
01.2022

GENERAL INDUSTRY OSHACADEMY CERTIFICATES -

OSHAcademy health & safety training
Beaverton, OREGON, United States of America
01.2017

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MODULE ONE (NOSHC II) -

Occupational health and safety authority
Dar es salaam, Tanzania
11.2016

OHSAS 18001 –OHS MANAGEMENT LED AUDITOR -

SGS Academy
09.2016

DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE -

Alison E-learning courses
Galway, Ireland
01.2014

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MODULE ONE (NOSHC I) -

Occupational health and safety authority
Dar es salaam, Tanzania
08.2013

DIPLOMA IN WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH -

Alison E-learning courses
Galway, Ireland
01.2013

Skills

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft Access
  • Internet & e-mail
  • Report writing skills
  • Excellent training skills
  • Good presentation skills

Certification

Holder of valid Tanzania Class E Driving license with experience in driving both underground and surface areas.

Accomplishments

  • 6 years LTI and overall incident reduction, General safety improvements while working with Capital Mining Services.
  • 80% overall improvement for the year of 2017 compared to 2016 in the following categories: lost time injury and lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR). Recordable injuries and total recordable injuries frequency rate (TRIFR). Total Injuries and total injuries frequency rate (TIFR). Injury days lost severity rate and high potential incidents.
  • March 2015: Acacia Mining plc. Excellence awards for outstanding performance in the area of business improvement. (Exceptional improvements in paste fill).
  • Appointed as a Champion for annual (external) OSHA-Tz audits for the year 2017.

Certificationstatement

I certify that all information stated in this resume is true and complete to the best of my knowledge.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Playing football
  • Watching movies
  • Listening to music

Jobdescriptions

  • Assist in incident investigations
  • Conduct safety audits
  • Prepare safety training package and safety pieces of training; Job Safety Analysis, Field Level Risk Assessment, Risk management, Incident Investigation, visible felt leadership, and incident reporting.
  • Conduct planned task observations
  • Liaise with government auditors
  • Analyzing incident statistics and identifying trends
  • Ensuring that all safety devices are operable and emergency equipment/facilities are available for immediate use.
  • Recommend changes to work practices
  • Daily rigging and lifting inspections
  • Ensuring compliance with company safety policies, programs, and procedures.
  • Involvement of and communication with employees, safety representatives, and safety committees
  • Internal reporting and recording for loss events such as injuries, ill-health, dangerous occurrences, and near misses
  • Assessment and control of occupational hazards e.g. noise exposure.
  • Involvement in workstation designing
  • Ensure that facilities and equipment are being used safely and that appropriate work methods are being applied.
  • Ensure that there is adequate fire prevention measure in place and that there are adequate means to fight fires, including the inspection and maintenance of the firefighting equipment.
  • Ensuring the safety of all visitors and contractors in their area of responsibility.
  • Provide coaching, training support, and guidance to safety representatives on FLRA and JSA’s
  • Ensuring compliance with all relevant Tanzanian Regulations in the area of responsibility.
  • Leads and influences change whilst developing a positive safety culture
  • Monitoring all departmental activities and their impact on the workplace
  • Record daily, weekly & monthly statistics.
  • Carrying out inspections of the conditions of the workplace and reporting or correcting unsafe conditions in the area.
  • Not allowing any person to work in an unsafe area or work on any unsafe equipment.
  • Decide priorities and establish adequate systems and performance standards.
  • Day-to-day implementation and monitoring of policy and plans including accident and incident investigation, reporting, and analysis.
  • Review of performance and audit of the whole health and safety management system.
  • Liaison with contractors at times of joint responsibilities, checking on safety policy.
  • Primary contact for site injury incident/accident notification, preliminary incident investigation, and case management.
  • Proactive safety programs, visible felt leadership, stop and fix, and develop task observations.
  • Engaging safety reps and front-line leaders on proactive safety systems.
  • Safety advice and coaching.
  • Action plan follow-up and closeout.
  • Prepare safety meetings and presentations.
  • Train first line leaders about safety matters, classroom, and on-field.
  • Hazards identification analysis and control.
  • Preparing safety topics for section safety meetings.

Skills

  • 01/14, Hotspot Computer Training, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Access, Internet & e-mail
  • 02/13, Maintenance Training Centre (MTC) Bulyanhulu, Fabrication techniques II
  • 03/13, Maintenance Training Centre (MTC) Bulyanhulu, Parallel line development
  • 05/13, Maintenance Training Centre (MTC) Bulyanhulu, Fabrication drawing interpretation
  • 03/13, Training and Development, Bulyanhulu, Bulyanhulu safety representative course
  • 03/12, Training and Development, Bulyanhulu, First aid level three
  • 03/12, Maintenance Training Centre (MTC) Bulyanhulu, Basic welding and thermal cutting
  • 03/12, Maintenance Training Centre (MTC) Bulyanhulu, Shielded metal arc welding
  • 05/12, Maintenance Training Centre (MTC) Bulyanhulu, Engineering drawings interpretation
  • 08/12, Maintenance Training Centre (MTC) Bulyanhulu, Fabrication techniques I

Timeline

HSEQ Manager

Capital Mining Services
01.2022 - Current

HSEQ Coordinator

Capital Mining Services
01.2019 - 01.2022

HSEQ Officer

Capita Drilling
01.2018 - 01.2019

Occupational Health & Safety Officer

Bulyanhulu Gold Mine Ltd.
01.2015 - 01.2017

Occupational Health and Safety Representative

African Barrick Gold Bulyanhulu
02.2012 - 01.2014

Yards Controller

Bulyanhulu Gold Mine
11.2011 - 01.2014

Holder of valid Tanzania Class E Driving license with experience in driving both underground and surface areas.

Certificate IV - Work Health and Safety

ACA training

International Health & Safety Passport Foundation Level -

Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

Graduate - Health, Safety, and Environment Engineering

KEN INSTITUTE OF EXECUTIVE LEANING

ONLINE ICAM Lead Investigator -

Safety Wise Solutions Pty Ltd

GENERAL INDUSTRY OSHACADEMY CERTIFICATES -

OSHAcademy health & safety training

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MODULE ONE (NOSHC II) -

Occupational health and safety authority

OHSAS 18001 –OHS MANAGEMENT LED AUDITOR -

SGS Academy

DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE -

Alison E-learning courses

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MODULE ONE (NOSHC I) -

Occupational health and safety authority

DIPLOMA IN WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH -

Alison E-learning courses
George Chotto Sendo