Contact
www.linkedin.com/in/
mahmoudhafez2050 (LinkedIn)
Top Skills
Quality Management
Training
NEBOSH
Languages
Arabic (Native or Bilingual)
English (Full Professional)
Certifications
NEBOSH International General
Certificate in Occupational in
Occupational Health and Safety
ISO 45001:2018 OHSMS Migration
Course
ISO 9001:2015 QMS Lead Auditor
ISO 14001:2015 EMS Lead Auditor
 
Mahmoud Hafez
ISO 9001:2015/ISO 45001:2018/ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor,
GRAD IOSH, NEBOSH Lead Tutor(IGC, IG, PSM, IOGC, HSW,
INV)/Assessor(GC3, HSW2)/Examiner(IG1, IGC1, IG2), IOSH/
HABC/CIEH Tutor, CFPS-NFPA, Quality Trainer
Saudi Arabia
Summary
A Quality Assurance and Safety Professional with established
experience in setting up relevant processes and procedures, training
on specific QMS and Safety related topics, investigating Quality
NC's and Safety Incidents to find respective root causes and take
reasonable corrective actions, leading towards significant changes
in various systems, and integrate risk-based thinking and process
approach within management systems.
Experience
REDA Chemicals
Quality Assurance Manager
August 2019 - Present (1 year 7 months)
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
• Establishment of respective manuals, procedures and forms for all related
processes within company quality scope; Production, QC, R&D, Sales,
Logistics and HR processes.
• Participating in planning for ISO requirements; Policies, Organizational
roles, responsibilities and authorities, Objectives and their respective plans to
achieve them, and managing change within company scope.
• Integrating Process Approach and Risk-Based Thinking within Leadership
Team decisions.
• Training and coaching all involved parties on the correct QMS-related
procedures.
• Leading Leadership Team towards effective implementation, operation, and
performance analysis and evaluation of ISO 9001:2015, QMS Manual and
other related requirements.
• Addressing customer and other interested parties’ requirements within
company’s Quality Management System.
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• Supporting departments’ managers to integrate ISO Management Systems

requirements within their owned process; i.e. Establishment of Operations
Manual in consistent with QMS Manual.
• Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation of process’s performance
within company’s scope.
• Facilitating proactive measures by compiling and analyzing data, and
reporting these measures to Leadership Team for further actions.
• Auditing internal processes within company scope on a regular basis based
on the agreed audit plan.
• Reporting on a quarterly-basis process’s performance evaluation, and
proposing new opportunities for improvement to Leadership Team and Top
Management.
• Investigate all non-conformities and making sure corrections and corrective
actions are effectively chosen and implemented based on direct and root
causes’ investigations.

NEBOSH
NEBOSH Examiner
December 2019 - Present (1 year 3 months)
Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Marking NEBOSH IG1, IGC1, and IG2 Assignments.

Different training institutes and centres in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain,

UAE, Kuwait, India and USA
Freelancer Safety Trainer/Assessor
March 2015 - Present (6 years)
Saudi Arabia

Responsibilities:
• Organizing, designing and preparing training materials (presentations,
videos, manuals, tests and quizzes … etc)
• Delivering training courses as per training needs, and selecting appropriate
training tools and styles.
• Evaluating trainees’ performance through tests, quizzes, role-playing … etc.
COURSES:
1- NEBOSH:
• Approved Lead Tutor/Internal Assessor - NEBOSH IGC.
• Approved Lead Tutor/Internal Assessor - NEBOSH HSW
• Approved Tutor - NEBOSH IOGC
2- IOSH
• Approved Tutor - IOSH MS

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• Approved Tutor - IOSH WS

3- Approved HABC Tutor
4- Approved CIEH Tutor
5- Trainer for other training courses :
• NEBOSH International Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management (IFC)
(10 days)
• Participating in teaching NEBOSH International Diploma units 1A, 1B and 1C
• Hazards Evaluation Procedures (Scenario and Non-Scenario Based HEP’s)
with practical case studies (5 Days)
• HAZOP (Hazard and Operability) studies for engineers, with engineering
case studies (3 – 5 days)
• HIRA (Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment) (3 – 5 days)
• Incident investigation using RCA (Root Cause Analysis), with real incidents’
case studies (1 - 3 days)
• Emergency Response Planning (ERP) (1 – 3 days)
• HAZCOM (Hazard Communication) Principles (1 day)
• Chemicals Handling (1 – 3 days)
• Customized Safety training as per training needs assessment.

Laureate Vocational Saudi Arabia

Occupational Health and Safety Instructor
August 2018 - June 2019 (11 months)
Jeddah Governorate, Saudi Arabia

Responsibilities:
• Preparing teaching materials as per Saudi Skills Standard ‘SSS’.
• Teaching OHS syllabus for different levels of Diploma Students.
• Developing OHS-related practical activities for students’ engagement.
• Participating in development of current OHS curriculum.
• Preparing and marking computer-based, and paper and pen exams.
• Measuring, monitoring and evaluating students’ performance over each
semester.

REDA Oilfield
4 years 8 months

Safety Engineer/Quality Assurance Coordinator

September 2017 - June 2018 (10 months)
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Responsibilities of QA Coordinator – besides below responsibilities of Safety

Engineer position:

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• Responsible for upgrading REDA Quality Manuals from ISO 9001:2008

version to ISO 9001:2015 version, including new procedures and forms related
to customer satisfaction, training effectiveness, customer requirements review,
supplier evaluation and selection, risk management, Management of Change
…. etc.
• Leading quality team for upgrading Plant Operations Manual and Quality
Control Lab Manual.
• Training all process owners for new standard requirements and how to
comply with them.
• developing internal audits’ program for all company processes within REDA
QMS scope; Production, QC, Design and Development, Sales, Logistics and
HR, including audit plan, audit checklists, and audit reports.
• Reporting on a quarter basis the results of analysis and evaluation of
processes’ performance to REDA Saudi Arabia branch management.
• Acting as Management Representative for certification bodies and suppliers’
audits.

Safety Engineer
November 2013 - September 2017 (3 years 11 months)
Dammam 2nd Industrial City Plant and Warehouses, Saudi Arabia

Responsibilities:
•Responsible for achieving OHSAS 18001 certification.
•Participating in development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's).
•Improving Plant Operations’ Procedures as per the followed safety standards.
•Reviewing technical proposals for firefighting and fire alarm systems
installation.
•Investigating industrial accidents and occupational injuries to determine root
causes using Safety-Based Root Cause Analysis (RCA) technique.
•Setting rules of chemicals handling, transportation and storage segregation as
per International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
•Conducting and coordinating staff trainings in areas such as chemical
handling, risk assessment, emergency evacuation plan, forklift safety, basics of
first aids, hazard communication and other safety trainings.
•Performing functional tests and inspection for firefighting and fire alarm
systems.
•Creating and developing safety documents like Job Hazard Analysis, Risk
Assessment, Safety audit reports ... etc.
•Implementation of safety audits and inspections over REDA Oilfield
Chemicals plant and REDA Chemicals warehouses.

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•Coordinating with REDA Oilfield UK HSE Coordinators to issue REDA Oilfield

Chemicals HSE manual.
•Providing technical advice and guidance on how to handle safety problems
and implement and follow up implementation of corrective actions.
•Compiling and analyzing statistical data related to safety records like incidents
reports, Lost-Time Injury Frequency (LTIF), Total Recordable Incident Rate
Frequency (TRIRF), … etc.

Projects:
•September, 2014 - January, 2015: Project Safety Engineer, Installation and
testing of complete foam system in one of REDA Chemicals warehouses.
•January, 2015 - October, 2015: Project Safety Engineer, Construction of a
new plant including excavation, installation of steel structure, blenders and
storage tanks installation, testing, commissioning and startup, installation and
testing of water-based firefighting and fire alarm systems.

REDA Chemicals
Safety Engineer
February 2013 - November 2013 (10 months)
6th of October Industrial City, 10th of Ramadan Industrial City

•Implementation of safety audits and inspections.

•Providing different training courses; chemical handling, manual handling,
forklift safety … etc.
•Performing JHA (Job Hazard Analysis) and Risk Assessment.
•Proposing suitable actions / advice to solve safety and occupational health
problems.
•Preparation of audit and inspection checklists as per the company manual.

Education
Heriot-Watt University
MSc, Safety, Risk and Reliability Engineering · (2017 - 2020)

National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health

(NEBOSH)
NEBOSH International Diploma, Occupational Safety and
Health · (2015 - 2017)

Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Suez University

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Bachelor's degree, Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals

Engineering · (2007 - 2012)

Suez Secondary School

High School, Mathematics Section · (2004 - 2007)

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