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AbdAlhakeem  Zurekat

AbdAlhakeem Zurekat

Riyadh

Summary

Motivated and driven professional seeking an exciting and fulfilling career in environment management. Proven track record of successfully tackling challenges. Eager to contribute skills and expertise to make a positive impact in this field. Committed to creating sustainable solutions and implementing effective strategies. Dedicated to making a difference in the environmental sector. Ready to take on new opportunities and make a meaningful contribution to the success of an organization.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Environment Manager

NESMA & PARTNERS COMPANY
04.2023 - Current
  • Approved CEM from NEOM at NEOM Sindalah Island project
  • Approved CEM from Diriyah company at Qurain cultural district projects

The duties involving the following and many more:

  • Leading of environmental team on all entire projects.
  • Preparing, reviewing and updating CEMP and other manuals, plans and associated procedures.
  • Ensuring all ecology control measures are implemented on the construction site.
  • leading of EMS and other Environmental Audits.
  • Communicating environmental control and mitigation measures to all contractor staff through induction and ongoing training and awareness
  • Ensuring that all non-conformances identified by the client and/or the consultant are rectified
  • Enhanced environmental compliance by implementing robust monitoring and reporting systems.
  • Conducting detailed incident / accident investigation to determine and action incident root causes
  • Developed comprehensive environmental policies, leading to improved organizational sustainability practices.
  • Addressing and rectify all non-conformances, non-compliances, prohibition and improvement notices and incident lessons learned
  • Established a strong culture of environmental stewardship through employee training programs and ongoing education opportunities.
  • preparing and reviewing training materials.
  • Coordinated with regulatory agencies to ensure projects met all necessary requirements and maintained clear communication channels.
  • Identifying and updating the training needs.
  • provide building capacity programs, TBTs, and inductions.
  • Optimized water usage across facilities by identifying areas for improvement and implementing targeted conservation measures.
  • Implemented air quality management programs that contributed towards maintaining cleaner air standards through all locations.
  • Oversaw remediation efforts for contaminated sites, ensuring proper cleanup procedures were followed and future risks were mitigated effectively.
  • Designed effective emergency response plans for potential environmental incidents, ensuring swift action could be taken if needed.
  • Conducted thorough site assessments to identify potential environmental risks and implemented mitigation strategies.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER & QHSE COORDINATOR

Loyalty Support Services Company,
12.2016 - 03.2023
  • Preparing and building up an Environmental management system.
  • Preparing and develop of Environment management policy and environmental sustainability plan.
  • Prepare Solid waste management plan (hazardous, municipal, and medical) and monitoring it in regular basis to ensure that it is applied effectively.
  • Daily field visits to assess the comply with environmental conditions and contract.
  • Continual Coordination with the other departments (maintenance, construction, and others) to keep in touch and to communicate all environmental observations and findings related to their work and activities. And reviewing each departments roles and responsibilities toward environmental plans and project.
  • Reviewing, Auditing and Preparing of Environmental impacts assessment (Full EIA and Limited scope EIA), and CEMP.
  • Monitoring of the projects activities that shall be comply with contract, and related regulations and EMS ISO 14001.
  • Prepare environmental risk assessment and hazard identification report
  • Preparing of emergency response plan, and arrange several drills and trainings for employees, contractors, sub-contractors, and clients.
  • Develop a training matrix related to the all environmental plans intended outcomes.
  • Documents and record maintaining and communicate it to selected departments and if required.
  • General and scoping inspections, routine and non-routine inspections.
  • Internal audits in regular basis for EMS, environmental plans, SWM plan, training plan, …
  • Member of Internal audit team in Food Safety ISO 22000
  • Employees training (how to sustain and safe environment, iso 14001, how to work safely, their roles and responsibilities )
  • Prepare of Daily, weekly, and monthly reports and send them to directorate management and selected interested parties.
  • Also, I worked as environmental manager in several small projects for LSS company (AQABA hospital, AQABA marine forces site, ….) In different environment (Deseret, marine area (AQABA and dead sea) , forest areas, …)
  • Facilitated improvements in environmental performance through waste reduction initiatives and sustainable practices.
  • Conducted root cause analyses for incidents, enabling timely identification and resolution of underlying issues.
  • Enhanced QHSE compliance by conducting regular audits and implementing corrective actions.

Consultant and SWM project operations manager

environmental balance company
01.2016 - 08.2016
  • An operations manager with a consultant office to manage the solid waste in NAJRAN city through a contract with NAJRAN municipality.
  • Environmental audits and inspections (daily, weekly, and monthly)
  • Monitoring of effectiveness of SWMP through daily visual inspection and records.
  • Tracking of all project vehicles (compactors and trucks)
  • And preparing of several environmental studies such as: Najran city landfill EIA, Alfaisaliah bridge EIA.
  • Evaluated client needs and expectations, establishing clear goals for each consulting engagement.

Environment engineer

Sabeel alhandasah
01.2015 - 06.2015
  • Preparing of EIA study for the Amman international Airport Phase 3 project and a plastic manufacturing plant AND other projects EIAs
  • Obtained and maintained permits and plans.
  • Developed comprehensive environmental impact reports to inform stakeholders on project outcomes and sustainability measures.
  • Performed environmental site assessments and provided remediation recommendations.
  • Served as technical consultant on environmental policies to maintain regulatory compliance.
  • Conducted hazardous waste management studies.

Environmental engineer

Fujairah Municipality
04.2013 - 11.2014
  • review EIA studies,
  • Environmental inspection,
  • Representative of municipality in federal strategies (UAE Biodiversity strategy, UAE NBSAP, Desertification strategies, sharks fish reservation agreement, FAO land tenure… Etc.).
  • with these tasks I working on some of my ideas and initiative like: environmental sustainability Initiative were I Design and create an environmental sustainability initiative based on best environmental practices, and prepare an initiative to stop trees Cutting, also I proposed an idea to present a book about local Fujairah plants and trees and the first print of the book had been lunched, …. Etc.
  • Performed environmental site assessments and provided remediation recommendations.
  • Served as technical consultant on environmental policies to maintain regulatory compliance.
  • Completed complex technical field environmental surveys for development of roadway, intersection, and bridge construction plans.
  • Conducted hazardous waste management studies.
  • Trained employees on best practices in environmental engineering, contributing to a more knowledgeable workforce.
  • Improved environmental compliance by conducting thorough site assessments and identifying potential hazards.

Environmental engineer

Development and Free Zone Commissions (DFZC)
12.2011 - 12.2012
  • Work included in the development and free zones commissions in the completion of transactions partial related to the environment and determine the risk of the activities and give environmental approval.
  • Environmental inspection of factories and economic activities, hotels and resorts.
  • Review of environmental studies such as the Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment and a limited scope and environmental management plans and other.
  • - Middle EAST Steel
  • - 3 hotels in Dead sea Area.
  • - hopicah battaries
  • -Ajlun Development Zone SEA.
  • Coordination and planning of workshops and scoping meetings and others.
  • Ensured regulatory compliance by preparing accurate documentation for government agencies and clients alike.
  • Performed environmental site assessments and provided remediation recommendations.

R&D engineer

IFRAD company for research and development
10.2011 - 12.2011
  • Improved product development by conducting thorough research and analysis of new technologies.
  • Prepared action plans for problematic processes and assets.
  • Coordinated with regulatory bodies to ensure product compliance, avoiding potential legal issues and penalties.
  • Documented and developed environmental engineering procedures and processes.

Education

BSc. - Environmental Engineering

Al-Hussien Bin Talal University
01.2011

Skills

  • Very good communication skills, effective in teamwork, leadership skills, problems solvent skills, prioritization skills, and time management
  • Environmental data analysis
  • Incident reporting
  • Environmental policy development
  • Hazardous materials handling
  • Emergency response planning
  • Waste management
  • Permitting process
  • Environmental education
  • Environmental auditing
  • Air quality management
  • Environmental risk assessment
  • Pollution control

Language

Mother tongue Arabic
Other language English (very good).

Training

  • ISO 14001 EMS External lead auditor certificate JUL/2020
  • ISO 14001 Environment Management System 280 hr June/2020
  • NEBOSH IGC 1 & 2 GENERAL CERTIFICATE FEB/2023
  • ISO 45001 OHS MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE DEC/2022
  • Economic feasibility studies and projects valuation NOV/2021
  • Quality management system and internal audit iso 9001:2015 JUN/2021
  • TOT Training 30 Hr JAN/2021
  • Biodiversity Report Focal Point Jan/2014
  • Fujairah Environmental Sustainability Initiative Feb/2014
  • Training Course on Recourses Efficiency Management (30 Hr) Nov/2013
  • Training With FAO On Land Tenure Sep/2013
  • Biodiversity Strategy Focal Point Aug/2013
  • Desertification Strategy Focal Point Oct/2013
  • Trainee Within Capacity Building Program for Environmental Inspection from EU & DFZC Jan/2012
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Training from USAID Jun/2012
  • EMS And P2 Option Training From USIAD Jul/2012
  • Working Safely with Electricity May/2020
  • Iso 22000 + HACCAP System 30 Hr March/2018
  • Safety Specialist Certificate Aug/2017
  • General Safety Training Program 270 Hr Feb/2017
  • Attendee Of Scoping Session Of SEA, LS EIA, And EIA 2012
  • Water Authority of Jordan (Directorate of Assurance Laboratory And Quality) Jun- Aug/2010.
  • Graduation Project About Wastewater Treatment (Adsorption of Phenols and Dyes Using An Agricultural Waste And Natural Material). 2010 -2011

Certification

  • ISO 14001 EMS External lead auditor certificate
  • ISO 14001 Environment Management System 280 hr
  • NEBOSH IGC 1 & 2 GENERAL CERTIFICATE
  • ISO 45001 OHS MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE
  • Economic feasibility studies and projects valuation
  • Quality management system and internal audit ISO 9001:2015
  • TOT Training 30 Hr
  • Biodiversity Report Focal Point
  • Training Course on Recourses Efficiency Management (30 Hr)
  • Attendee Of Scoping Session Of SEA, LS EIA, And EIA
  • Training With FAO On Land Tenure
  • Biodiversity Strategy Focal Point
  • Desertification Strategy Focal Point
  • Trainee Within Capacity Building Program for Environmental Inspection from EU & DFZC
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Training from USAID
  • EMS And P2 Option Training From USIAD
  • Iso 22000 + HACCAP System 30 Hr
  • Safety Specialist Certificate
  • General Safety Training Program 270 Hr

Timeline

Environment Manager

NESMA & PARTNERS COMPANY
04.2023 - Current

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER & QHSE COORDINATOR

Loyalty Support Services Company,
12.2016 - 03.2023

Consultant and SWM project operations manager

environmental balance company
01.2016 - 08.2016

Environment engineer

Sabeel alhandasah
01.2015 - 06.2015

Environmental engineer

Fujairah Municipality
04.2013 - 11.2014

Environmental engineer

Development and Free Zone Commissions (DFZC)
12.2011 - 12.2012

R&D engineer

IFRAD company for research and development
10.2011 - 12.2011

BSc. - Environmental Engineering

Al-Hussien Bin Talal University
AbdAlhakeem Zurekat