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NICHOLAS FREDERICK CRENTSIL

NICHOLAS FREDERICK CRENTSIL

PIETA,Malta

Summary

Certified Safety Professional with extensive expertise in regulatory understanding and ISO 45001 awareness. Proven track record in policy implementation, workplace inspection, and fire safety knowledge. Holds a NEBOSH certificate and excels in team leadership, aiming to enhance organizational safety standards.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Health and Safety Advisor

SHEILD Consultants Limited
Pieta Gwardamangia, Malta
09.2021 - 06.2025
  • The Project Supervisor overseeing the STMicroelectronics facility expansion based at the KK3 site in Kirkop.
  • Provide expert HSE advice across all levels, support incident investigations, and manage contractors, including HSE issues.
  • Conduct regular audits, inspections, and safety walks while monitoring and improving HSE system effectiveness.
  • Identify hazards, conduct risk assessments, implement control measures, and ensure safe work practices are followed
  • Conduct monthly fire extinguisher inspections on-site and for other companies.
  • Prepare a Method Statement Risk Assessment (MSRA) for clients who request the services.
  • Inspections and certification of scaffolding after erection for the Lufthansa hangar at Luqa.

Safety Technician

IMA Engineering Limited
Tarxien
01.2021 - 04.2021
  • Daily monitoring and supervision of workers handling the E-waste at the factory
  • Generating daily progress report for supervisor in-charge
  • Ensuring containers are properly stuck with the right materials/contents for onward shipment
  • Coordinate with supervisor in ensuring safe work procedure adhered to while working on WEEE and metal plating
  • Organizing and updating safety files/records at the office
  • A general office safety awareness creation
  • Preparing training materials for workers at the factory.

HSE Officer

Rocksure International Limited
Ayanfuri, Ghana
09.2017 - 12.2019
  • Assist to complete at least one HSE audit with any of the sections (workshop, pit areas, mobile equipment) within every quarter
  • Perform daily planned task observations at various sections considering risk assessment, and JHA
  • Preparing pre-shift information for safety representatives and training them for their use every month
  • Documenting all HSE reports/records for review with HSE Manager at the end of every month
  • Responding to emergencies, investigating all incidents, and submitting reports accordingly
  • Enforce absolute compliance to regulatory and client HSE requirement.

HSE Officer

Amaja / Orsam Oil and Gas
Zansule, Ghana
04.2017 - 07.2017
  • Assess project specific safety risks and work with teams to define the HSE plans, standards, and procedures
  • Carry out risk assessments and initiate control measures appropriately
  • Organize and lead in-house training with managers and employers about health and safety issues and risk
  • Ensure that work permit procedures like hot work, confine space entry work, at height work are strictly followed on the site by workers
  • Ensure compliance with mechanical, electrical and all municipal and state codes
  • Implement best health and safety practices, making sure standards are maintained and continually seek ways for improvements.

HSE Supervisor

Construction Logistics Ghana Limited
Accra
11.2016 - 04.2017
  • Advice management on a list of specialist areas, fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery, and occupational diseases to safeguard employees
  • Keep up to date with new legislation and maintain a working knowledge of all health safety and environmental legislation and any development that affects an employer's industry
  • Organize and lead in-house training with managers and employers about health and safety issues and risk
  • Conduct weekly safety walkthrough inspection with management and supervisors
  • Outline safe operational procedures which identify and consider all relevant hazards and ensure it is implemented
  • Carry out risk assessments and initiate control measures appropriately.

HSE Officer

Andrade Gutierrez / Odebrecht Infrastructure
Yendi
11.2015 - 08.2016
  • Review training plans, identify specific training needs and conduct training for both new and existing workers
  • Implement best health and safety practices, making sure standards are maintained and continually seek ways for improvements
  • Assess project specific HSE risks and work with teams to define the HSE plans, standards, and procedures
  • Provide HSE advice, assistance and support line managers, supervisors, foremen, to execute varied categories of challenges facing at workplace
  • Participate in daily walkthrough HSE inspections at site to assess levels of hazards, risks, and existing and new controls
  • Monitor the effectiveness of all assigned HSE programs, procedures, and practices
  • In charge of all PPE related matters such as assessing its damages, issuance and warehouse stock and inventories.

HSE Supervisor

Naffco Fire Fighting, Equipment and Safety Systems
02.2014 - 08.2015
  • Undertake daily HSE inspections, ensuring follow-up and rectification of detected irregularities
  • Liaises with managements, engineers, supervisors, and foremen to implement all health and safety requirements on the site
  • Identify health and safety concerns that apply to the site to give appropriate remedies
  • Identify workplace hazards, unsafe acts and conditions and provide the needed control measures to curtail them
  • Ensure that work permit procedures like hot work, confine space entry work, at height work are strictly followed on the site by workers
  • Coordinate with supervisors and foremen to conduct toolbox talk with workers before the start of their daily work schedule
  • Making sure personnel can test, maintain, and use machinery and tools in good conditions.

Education

Master of Science - Strategy Management and Leadership Change

Global College Malta
Smart City, Malta.
01.2020 - 12.2022

Certified Mining EHS - Surface Mining

Minerals and Mining Commission of Ghana
Takoradi, Ghana.
04.2018 -

NEBOSH - EHS

Abu Dhabi National Training Centre
Abu Dhabi.
02.2013 -

Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences

University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana.
08.2005 - 09.2009

SSSCE - General Arts

Mfantsipim School
Cape Coast, Ghana.
01.2001 - 08.2003

Skills

  • ISO 45001 awareness
  • NEBOSH certificate
  • Policy implementation
  • Workplace inspection
  • Certified safety professional
  • Regulatory understanding
  • Team Leadership
  • Fire safety knowledge
  • First aid Knowledge

Languages

English
Fluent

Certification

  • Scaffolding training course (Inspection and hazard identification)
  • Basic first aid training
  • Basic firefighting training
  • Nebosh (IGC 1, 1,2,3, &4)

Affiliations

  • Watching movies with family.

Timeline

Health and Safety Advisor

SHEILD Consultants Limited
09.2021 - 06.2025

Safety Technician

IMA Engineering Limited
01.2021 - 04.2021

Master of Science - Strategy Management and Leadership Change

Global College Malta
01.2020 - 12.2022

Certified Mining EHS - Surface Mining

Minerals and Mining Commission of Ghana
04.2018 -

HSE Officer

Rocksure International Limited
09.2017 - 12.2019

HSE Officer

Amaja / Orsam Oil and Gas
04.2017 - 07.2017

HSE Supervisor

Construction Logistics Ghana Limited
11.2016 - 04.2017

HSE Officer

Andrade Gutierrez / Odebrecht Infrastructure
11.2015 - 08.2016

HSE Supervisor

Naffco Fire Fighting, Equipment and Safety Systems
02.2014 - 08.2015

NEBOSH - EHS

Abu Dhabi National Training Centre
02.2013 -

Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences

University of Cape Coast
08.2005 - 09.2009

SSSCE - General Arts

Mfantsipim School
01.2001 - 08.2003
NICHOLAS FREDERICK CRENTSIL