Naveed Qamar

Experience

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  London Waste Regulation Authority

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1987

  Waste Control officer

  Developed skills of negotiation and diplomacy in the granting of waste management licences to the site operators and achieved compliance through tactical approach and in some cases took enforcement action.

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  Dussek Campbell Ltd

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1989

  Safey and Training Officer

  Influenced the highly unionised workforce and somewhat defensive behaviours of the management team.Developed credibility very quickly and successfully managed the volunteer onsite fire brigade team. Worked with the Group Occupational Hygienist and established a sensible approach to the compliance with new Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations at the time.

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  Biffa Waste Services

  Jan 1990 - Feb 1995

  Safety Manager

  Built a team of highly competent safety professionals to support the business managers to achieve standards well above that of the competitors through establishment and development of regional safety teams.Introduced systems to review the design of new projects at the early stage that avoided costly modifications and prevented accidents. Introduced reports that helped focused the senior executives to the areas of improvement and to review progress.Completed HAZOPs on chemical waste treatment plants. Show less

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  Associated British Ports

  Feb 1995 - Jun 2003

  Senior Safety Manager

  Spearheaded company-wide strategies for the control and management of safety of port operations, cargo handling, harbour operations and intermodal rail freight operation at a dedicated inland terminal. The standards introduced resulted in reduction in lost time injuries of over 70% in five years.Developed new security measures post 9/11 and contributed to the development of the maritime security standards through the National Maritime Security Committee of the UKInstrumental in the development of Industry safety standards through the work of the Ports Safety Organisation and the Health and Safety Executive Show less

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  FirstGroup plc

  Jun 2003 - Jun 2015

  Group Safety Director

  Co-ordinated and oversaw safety management across all group activities in Rail, Student (Yellow School Bus Operation), Transit (Fixed route and para transit operation), UK Bus and Greyhound Divisions.Provided strong exemplary leadership to bring about a safety culture shift in a highly intense passenger transportation operation with 2.5 billion passengers per annum. The safety standards achieved at the time made FirstGroup a leader in safety in a very competitive industry.Formulated policies including training and awareness to achieve over 60% reduction in lost time injuries and reduction in collisions that resulted in significant savings in claims costs.Designed and delivered award winning group-wide behavioural safety system called Injury Prevention. Show less

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  University of Aberdeen

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2018

  Director of Health, Safety and Wellbeing

  Responsible for the health, safety and wellbeing of 3200 employees and ensuring a safe and healthy environment for 15500 students, honorary staff and research fellows. Ensuring of safe execution of all safety critical activities, compliance, notification and reporting requirements. - Leading on health, safety and wellbeing of staff and students to make University of Aberdeen best in class- Development of the University safety team- Risk assessments of all on campus and off campus activities such as filed trips to ensure prevention of incidents- Safety policies and standards to meet all regulatory requirements - Delivering training programmes to raise competence and awareness of all relevant staff and contractors- Audits and inspections of areas to ensure management of risks at appropriate levels- Incident investigations to identify causes and prevention of recurrence- Reports and analysis of data to ensure continious improvement- Ensuring standards for the management of contractors and safety at major events - Safety cases to comply with all relevant requirements- Campaigns to promote greater health and wellbeing of staff and students- Research and papers on relevant topics utilising the wealth of knowledge and expertise at the University for the greater awareness and understanding of health, safety and wellbeing issues Show less

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  Serco Dubai

  Dec 2018 - Sept 2021

  Safety Assurance and Environment Director

  Reporting directly to the Managing Director, the role leads the development of the safety and environmental management systems for a world class train and tram operation. Leading a team of safety and environment specialist, the role provides strategic direction, planning and managing the development and implementation of policies and procedures, coordinates certification processes, audits and inspects the operations and maintenance activities, prepares reports and statistics, leads in identifying process improvements, monitor performance and trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvements. Show less

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  Aberdeen Harbour Board

  Aug 2022 - now

  Head of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality