Benjamin Alex CMIOSH MBA

Experience

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  Al Abbar Aluminium, Dubai

  Dec 1998 - Jul 2003

  HSE Officer

  In 1998, I moved to Al Abbar Aluminium LLC, Dubai, where I was responsible for managing façade cladding on various high-rise buildings, of up to 250 meters height, located in Dubai and Sharjah. In early 2000, I was inducted into the HSE Department of the company where I was appointed as the Safety Officer for Dubai Marina North Contract which included three towers and a podium. Later I was assigned to 21st Century Tower, and Capricorn Tower along Sheikh Saied Road, Dubai.

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  JC Maclean International FZCO, Dubai

  Jul 2003 - Feb 2008

  HSE Manager

  In 2003, I joined JC Maclean International LLC as Senior HSE Officer on the prestigious ‘Seven Star’ Emirates Palace Hotel Project, Abu Dhabi. Prior to being promoted as the HSE Manager in 2005, I was responsible for managing the health and safety on projects such as Ibn Battutta Mall and the Mall of the Emirates. As the HSE Manager for this 4000 plus employee company; specialized in manufacturing and installing high end interior fit-out works for blue chip clients, I was leading the department with 15 safety officers distributed on projects including Shoreline Apartments and Palm Villas in Palm Jumairah, Dubai, ADIA Towers in Abu Dhabi, The Royal Air Wing in Dubai International Airport and Zayed University, Dubai. Show less

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  Turner Construction Company

  Feb 2008 - now

  HSE Manager

  From 2008, I am employed withTurner Construction International, a leading Project Management Company, as HSE Manager for the Dubai Maritime City Project, which was built on 2 sq km of reclaimed land from the sea. The Project included dredging, district cooling plants, sub stations, road works, drainage lines, marinas, warehouses and high rise towers.In 2009, I moved to Qatar with Turner as part of the Project Management Team for the 20 Billion Qatari Riyal, 32 hectare, demolish and rebuild city project – Msheireb Downtown Doha. I am currently engaged in the project as the HSE Manager. My role in this Project is to manage all aspects of Health and Safety beginning from the pre-tender technical evaluation of contractors, developing related contractual documents, designing and implementing a unified HSE management system for all current and future main contractors, review of contractors HSE Plans, Risk Assessments in accordance with the Project requirements, monitoring of system implementation on the field, recommending and ensuring corrective actions etc. Currently the Project has more than 20,000 workers onboard and has successfully completed 90 million man-hours without a reportable injury. Show less