Benson Ogah

Veteran HSE professional with over 20 years of experience in oil and gas, real estate and construction, facility management and maintenance, and seismic exploration services industry.  Demonstrable qualifications in civil engineering, health safety, and environment as well as project management and leadership. A proven professional leader with exceptional communication, team-building, and management capabilities. 

HSE Manager

Mikano Construction Limited, Lagos, Nigeria / Jun 2022 – Present

• Promote the principle and culture of healthy, safe, secure, and environmentally responsible construction sites.
• Ensure compliance with all health and safety legislation and company policies.
• Worked with project management teams and staff to implement device solutions to safety-related issues on project sites.
• Liaise with external parties such as government-employed inspectors to evaluate the process of construction on site

Management Representative

Provast Limited, Lagos, Nigeria / Aug 2013 – Jun 2022

• Monitoring the performance of the quality management system and presenting reports to top management for improvement initiatives.
• Maintaining the integrity of the quality management system through proper change planning and implementation. 
• Leading and managing the company's departmental ISO representative/internal auditors.
• Ensuring that the quality management system (QMS) conforms to ISO 9001:2015 standards and delivers desired outputs.
• Coordinating and ensuring excellent QMS audit functions on audit planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up. 
• Facilitating and organizing a series of QMS training, implementation, and process improvement processes. 

Key Accomplishments

• Achieved the certification of the organization to ISO 9001:2008 and upgrade to ISO 9001:2015.
• Save 2 million naira annually on consultants for process review by conducting process review in-house with the team.
• Put up processes for effective awareness creation for quality management systems among staff and contractors
• Developed and introduced the use of job completion certificates for payment purposes as a confirmation of work completion.
• Established a new change management form.

 HSE Manager

Provast Limited, Lagos, Nigeria / May 2011 – Jun 2022

• Promoting good health, safety and environmental practices as well as compliance with all requirements.
• Leading and managing the HSE Team comprising 10 people.
• Championing the development of and recommendation of effective risk assessment management strategies.
• Conducted in-house safety training for staff and contractors.
• Conducting periodic scheduled workplace safety inspections and audits ensuring implementation of remedial recommendations. 
• Developing and implementing the company's Fire and Evacuation Procedure and monitoring its effectiveness by undertaking fire evacuation drills on all sites at least twice per year.
• Journey Manager for the company vehicle fleet, maintenance, and drivers’ management.

Key Accomplishments

• Earned recognition for contributing to the achievement of 10 million man-hours without LTI 2018 by Shell Nigeria Closed Pension Administrators Limited.
• Developed an award system where staff is rewarded for good safety behavior and reporting of unsafe acts /conditions through the introduction of a new unsafe act & condition observation card for reporting purposes.
• Development of a pest control team for in-house pest control services 
• Oversaw the establishment of an HSE department and mentoring of HSE officers. 
• Managed the procurement and deployment of automated external defibrillators at the head office for emergency response
• Established an agreement with retainer’s hospital for ambulance services during emergencies on site.
• Instituted management site visits throughout the regions.
• Created and implemented a vendor engagement forum.

Building Services Supervisor

Midis Energy Services Ltd for SNEPco, Lagos, Nigeria / Oct 2009 - Mar 2011

• Developed annual business plan, including budget & expenditure, contracts, resources, and projects.
• Coordinated general building refurbishments and facilities management in areas of pre and post-occupation renovation and upgrade of buildings and facilities. 
• Supervised projects and capital-building projects handled by other service providers.
• Supervised contractor teams including performance measurement, performance reviews, and compliance. 
• Presented and delivered routine progress reports on project expenditure, and status reports for facility management and supervised the delivery of project reports in other disciplines.
• Participated in project meetings and site audits on progress, QA/QC, and HSE. 
• Ensured strict compliance with the PTW system.

Key Accomplishments

• Supervised the borehole drilling project at 53 Bourdilon, Lagos to a depth of 130m with 1 and half months as against 2 months in the work program. 
• Monitored and coordinated the installation & completion of the installation of 20,000 Liters Braithwaite overhead water storage tank at Shell Estate in Satellite Town.
• Successfully demobilized 950 square meters leased warehouse for Shell at Orile, Lagos.
• Coordinated the renovation of 130 units of flats in Shell estate Satellite Town, Lagos before sale to prospective clients and retirees before December 2010.
• Carried out a lean project on the process of verifying completed jobs on-site by reducing the time from 3 days to 24 hours.

 HSE Coordinator

Midis Energy Services Limited, Lagos, Nigeria / Apr 2007 – Mar 2011

• Developed HSE manuals, plans, and procedures for staff and company, training and induction of staff. 
• Led the HSE team and conducted HSE facility inspections and audits to ensure compliance. 
• Carried out incident investigations and reviews. 
• Carried out HSE evaluation of contractors to ensure compliance with HSE requirements as well as HSE performance measurement and review for company and contractors. 
• Ensured that Project Site Health and Safety expectations are well communicated to employees and contractors working on Projects. 
• Drove compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements in the company's operations.
• Promoted and coordinated the integration of environmental management and sustainability issues into policies, rules, products, services, and operations.

Key Accomplishments

• Introduced the use of PTW systems for non-routine and high-risk jobs in the organization
• Led the introduction of the use of waste consignment notes for waste disposal and tracking.
• Successfully conducted QA/QC activities without an LTI for 4 years.

 QA/QC Civil Engineering Inspector

Midis Energy Services Ltd for SNEPco, Lagos, Nigeria Apr 2007 - Sep 2009

HSE Advisor

United Geophysical Nig. Limited, Lagos, Nigeria Dec 2004 - Dec 2006

Safety Officer

Jagal Nigeria Limited, Lagos, Nigeria Jun 2004 - Dec 2004

HSE Coordinator

Odidi Ventures Limited, Warri, Nigeria Jan 2003 - May 2004

 Safety Officer

Fel-feeco Int. Ltd, Warri, Nigeria Aug 2001 - Sep 2002

 Safety Officer

Remore Odi Services Ltd, Warri, Nigeria Apr 2000 - Apr 2001

Safety Officer

Vinkevweese & Company Ltd, Warri, Nigeria Dec 1999 - Mar 2000

 Safety Officer

Lutoyo Int. Ltd, Warri, Nigeria Jun 1999 - Dec 1999

BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OTA, Nigeria

BTech in Estate Management (2022) 

University Of Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria

MSc in Personnel Psychology (Ongoing)

International School of Management, Lagos, Nigeria

Post Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship & Business Management (2015)

Auchi Polytechnic - Auchi, Nigeria

Higher National Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology (2002)

Auchi Polytechnic - Auchi, Nigeria

Ordinary National Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology (1998)