Sospeter Wanderi
Kajiado
Summary
Experienced Environmental, Health & Safety professional with strong focus on compliance, risk assessment, and hazard prevention. Proven track record of fostering team collaboration and achieving results in dynamic environments. Skilled in regulatory compliance, safety audits, and emergency response planning. Known for reliability and adaptability in meeting evolving organizational needs.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Environment Health and Safety Officer
Globsil Minerals Limited
01.2023 - Current
- Managed to have LTIFR of 0 for the three years currently worked in the company.
- Managed approximately 200-300 employees daily on a rolling basis ensuring the company's EHS standards are strictly adhered to at all times.
- Handled induction of approximately 1,000 potential recruits to the company and assessing best fit recommending them to the hiring manager ensuring only the best in the company.
- Carrying out rigorous awareness programs and trainings on workers in the different departments on various topics including sustainable resource use and not limited to workplace safety within the industry.
- Conducting toolbox talks and induction of new workers highlighting risks and hazards present at the workplace.
- Conducting basic first aid and fire safety awareness on workers and visitors within the facility.
- Preparing the industry’s policies and reviewing them from time to time as required.
- Conducting incident investigations, ensuring timely reporting and communication of findings to all persons/ authorities of interest.
- Promoting standards of safety at the workplace and developing safer and healthier ways of working.
- Undertaking risk assessment of different sections within the industry and coming up with preventive measures to the various risks and hazards identified.
- Undertaking proper management of waste produced during throughout the production process whilst tracking and keeping records of the same.
- Informing and advising on all legal legislations in line with my job to ensure compliance.
- Ensuring provision of all PPE by evaluating requirements, liaising, ordering, and issuance to staff.
- Formulating and running of the industry safety and health committee and ensuring all issues raised are captured and closed out in good timing.
- Maintaining compliance with all safety regulations by ensuring that every person within the industry complies with the set standards.
- Identifying hazardous waste and ensuring disposal of it correctly by engaging licensed waste collectors.
- Compiling and maintaining regular registers and schedules in line with regulatory requirements.
- Preparing and updating permits to work for workers engaged in different hazardous conditions and processes as required.
Environment Health and Safety Officer
Cyka Manpower Services
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Undertake risk assessment of various industries and workplaces working with CYKA Manpower Services and come up with appropriate controls and preventive measures.
- Carry out safety awareness and trainings on workers under CYKA working at the various industries and workplaces.
- Conduct toolbox meetings with approximately 2,000 CYKA staff around the country highlighting risks and hazards present at the different types of workplaces.
- Conduct basic first aid and fire safety awareness on workers under CYKA at over 25 different workplaces around the country.
- Review of Occupational Health and Safety policy.
- Conduct incident investigations, ensure timely reporting and communication of findings to all persons of interest.
- Promote occupational health and safety at CYKA Manpower Services and develop safer and healthier ways of working.
- Inform and advise on all legal legislations to ensure compliance.
- Conducting routine site inspections and audits.
- Reporting all inspection findings and audit results to management and ensuring corrective actions are closed out.
- Ensuring provision of all PPE by evaluating requirements, liaising, ordering, and issuance to staff.
Consulting Environment Health and Safety
Oil and Gas Licensees
04.2020 - 06.2022
- Prepared over 30 emergency response plan reports for various companies and organizations in compliance to relevant regulations and licensing requirements in the oil and gas sector within the country.
- Undertook training of personnel on the emergency preparedness procedures and requirements to the different companies.
- Undertook environmental audits of operating facilities around the country.
- Carried out risk assessments of various facilities within the country.
- Handled application and subsequent renewal of various licenses of different organizations ensuring compliance to set regulations and standards.
- Actively participated in various stakeholder engagement meetings for proposed facilities as an EIA requirement in various locations around the country.
Intern
Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority
04.2019 - 03.2020
- Conducted issuance of all approved licenses to various stakeholders in the oil and gas facilities.
- Attended to one on one consultations and calls from clients concerning their licenses and/or the mandate of the Authority on petroleum and liquefied petroleum gas related operations.
- Reviewed the National Environment Management Authority Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports of proposed oil and gas facilities around the country.
- Reduced the average time taken to review environmental impact assessment reports from the previous average of 30 days to 19 days thus ensuring business continuity and efficiency.
- Assisted and lead inspections and site visits to over 160 proposed oil and gas facilities around the country.
- Performed preliminary review of license applications done by the general public including petroleum tanker drivers.
- Undertook review of online tanker permit applications done by liquid petroleum gas dealers, transporters and wholesalers.
- Aided in conducting over 50 technical audits of operational petroleum and gas facilities around the country including Jet fuel depots, liquid petroleum gas filling plants and petroleum depots.
- Partook in preliminary review of draft petroleum and gas regulations.
- Contributed in stakeholder engagement and sensitization meetings with other lead agencies in relation to petroleum and gas facilities and processes.
- Oversaw investigations pertaining destruction of property, environmental damage and loss of life as a result of oil and gas facilities or transport media like pipelines and tankers.
Intern Student
National Environment Management Authority
07.2017 - 09.2017
- Abetted in inspections that targeted enhancement of environmental compliance and enforcement.
- Assisted in processing and issuance of environmental impact assessment and waste disposal permits and transport licenses.
- Partook in review and classification of environmental impact assessment and environmental audit project reports by reducing review timelines to an average of 25 days from the previous 30 days taken.
- Aided in conducting registration and investigation of 100% of all environmental incidences and complaints.
- Shepherded management of office records, receiving and serving clients in the office and administration of feedback forms enabling gauging customer services at the office.
- Supported in the inspection of project sites and sensitization of the general public on the enforcement of the plastic ban.
- Abetted in the dispatch of Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Audit reports to different lead agencies within the county jurisdiction.
- Gained valuable experience working within a specific industry, applying learned concepts directly into relevant work situations.
- Analyzed problems and worked with teams to develop solutions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Science
Egerton University
01.2018
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Kisii High School
01.2013
Skills
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Project Report writing and review
- Geographical Information Systems
- Risk Assessment
- Behavior-based safety
- Workplace inspections
- Safety training
- Incident reporting
- Permit-to-work systems
- Air quality monitoring
- Spill response
- Environmental monitoring
- Chemical handling
- First aid training
- Safety training
- Incident reporting
- Permit-to-work systems
- Air quality monitoring
- Spill response
- Environmental monitoring
- Chemical handling
- First aid training
Certification
- Registered Associate Environmental Impact Assessment Expert, NEMA, 11371
- Member of the Environmental Institute of Kenya, EIK, EIK/2/5576
- Associate Practicing License, NEMA, NEMA/EIA/EPRL/21734
Hobbies and Interests
- Environmentalism
- Health and safety
- Sustainable development and growth
References
- Jacob Mteta, Human Resource Manager, Globsil Minerals Limited, admin@globsil.com, 0711784303
- James Mopel, Human Resource Assistant, Globsil Minerals Limited, jamesmopel@gmail.com, 0705077277
- Timothy Kimoju, Health and Safety Coordinator, CYKA Manpower Services Limited, tkimoju@gmail.com, 0726285014
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of over 200 staff members.
- Documented and resolved occupational accident rates which led to a LTIFR of less than 0.
- Achieved zero accidents through effectively helping with recruitment and induction of potential recruits by conducting rigorous assessment of skills and vulnerabilities.
Timeline
Environment Health and Safety Officer
Globsil Minerals Limited
01.2023 - Current
Environment Health and Safety Officer
Cyka Manpower Services
06.2022 - 08.2022
Consulting Environment Health and Safety
Oil and Gas Licensees
04.2020 - 06.2022
Intern
Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority
04.2019 - 03.2020
Intern Student
National Environment Management Authority
07.2017 - 09.2017
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Kisii High School
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Science
Egerton University
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