Abel Simeon
Port Harcourt,Nigeria
Summary
Strategic leader in lecturing and safety management, specialising in process and fire safety. Drives organisational safety standards through effective communication and critical thinking. Fosters a culture of continuous improvement, leveraging HR competencies to enhance team performance and adaptability.
Overview
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Certification
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23
years of professional experience
Work history
Associate Editor
Bluesland Journal for Arts and Social Sciences
Abuja, FCT
2025.10 - Current
- Coordinated team efforts to successfully launch publication issues, meeting deadlines and maintaining quality standards.
- Provided critical feedback, improved the writer's content clarity and style.
- Provided expert advice on strategies that fostered continuous improvement across editorial processes.
- Monitored industry trends, kept publication current and relevant.
- Researched relevant topics to enhance article development and ensure alignment with audience interests.
Associate Member of Editorial Team
Science Publishing Group
2025.01 - 2026.07
- Coordinated peer reviews to uphold editorial standards and facilitate timely feedback.
- Made editorial decisions for specific sections to enhance publication quality and coherence.
- Ensured compliance with editorial standards in all published materials.
- Evaluated manuscripts within assigned areas to ensure quality and relevance.
- SciencePG Journal of Public Policy and Administration
Doctoral Fellow (Assoc. Prof.)
Corporate Institute of Strategic Research
Abuja, Nigeria
2021.01 - 2026.07
- Supervised PhD candidates in thesis research and writing, fostering critical analysis and academic rigour.
- Guided Doctoral Fellow candidates in research methodologies, supporting their academic and professional development.
- Taught and supervised courses in Operations Management, Quantitative Methods, and Strategic Management at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
- Developed and implemented curriculum modules that integrated SPSS-based data analysis, enhancing data literacy in business programs.
- Served on the Post-Graduate Research Committee / Accreditation Committee.
Fire Safety Officer
Shell Petroleum Development Company
2004.01 - 2026.07
- Executed firefighting, rescue, salvage, and evacuation activities to resolve fire emergencies in SPDC operations and third-party facilities.
- Executed fire prevention measures, contained fire hazards, and conducted rescue and recovery operations to ensure safety.
- Conducted fire safety, fire warden, and basic fire training for personnel nominated by department heads to enhance workplace safety awareness.
- Carry out a fire risk assessment for hot work activities to ensure the worksite is made safe before the activity commences.
- Maintain continuous fire watch during hot work and/or other related activity that may lead to fire at the worksite.
- Prepared and reviewed permit to work (PTW) documentation, ensuring compliance with safety protocols to mitigate risks.
- Conducted thorough audits and assessments of permits to work, ensuring compliance with safety protocols.
- Executed first-line maintenance of fire trucks, fire pumps, and equipment, documenting and reporting identified faults to supervisors to ensure operational readiness.
- To drive, manoeuvre, and redeploy fire vehicles to the scene of incidents.
- Undertake drills and physical training exercises to maintain the level of physical fitness necessary to carry out all the relevant duties of a firefighter.
- Document a summary of daily activities in the duty log and report any unusual events and circumstances to the crew lead or supervisor on duty.
- Reporting to my fire chief on the outcomes of the activities I carry out daily.
- Emergency Procedure Review.
- Fire Emergency Pre-Plan Review.
- Risk Assessment Review.
Education
M.Sc. - Public Administration
National Open University of Nigeria
Yenagoa, NigeriaPh.D. - Data Science
Atlantic International University
USAPh.D. - Management Science (Interdisciplinary Management)
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education
Port Harcourt, NigeriaM.Sc. - Business Administration
National Open University of Nigeria
Uyo, NigeriaMBA - Business Administration
National Open University of Nigeria
Port Harcourt, NigeriaSkills
- Editorial Management
- Editing and Proofreading
- Lecturing & Teaching
- Creative thinking
- Proactiveness & Initiative-taking
- Adaptability & Communication
- Strategic leadership
- Safety management
- Fire safety management
- Physical Fitness & Time Management
Certification
- Certified Financial Consultant (CFC) - USA/Canada
- Member, Chartered Secretary (ICSAN)
- Associate, Chartered Administrator (CIA)
- Certified Management Consultant (CMC)
- Fellow, Institute of Professional Industrialists Management Development (IPIMDP)
- Fellow, Institute of Certified Management (ICM)
- Fellow, Institute of Management Specialists, London (IMS)
- Doctoral Fellow, Corporate Institute of Strategic Research (CISR)
- Member, Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria (ISPON)
- Certified HSE Competence Development Levels 1, 2 & 3
- Certified HSE Levels 1, 2 & 3, World Safety Organization (WSO)
- Fireman Recruitment Training by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) - January 2004
- Breathing Apparatus Training (8 times) from June 2004 - Date
- Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET - 7 times) from 2006
- Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET)
Research & Scholarship
- Research Areas: Business Analytics & Quantitative Methods, Organizational Theory & Motivational Models, Administration & Policy
- The STTELLS Theory: A Motivational Process Theory, 2021. https://doi.org/10.31695/ijaser.2021.34119
- A Schematic Research Guide Heuristic Model: Research Methodology Made Easy, 2022. https://doi.org/10.31695/ijaser.2022.8.1.5
- Study of Employee Commitment and Resource Utilization in Oil and Gas Companies in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.31695/ijaser.2022.8.2.22
- The Remote Causes of Restiveness in the Niger Delta Area of Southern Nigeria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.31695/ijaser.2022.8.4.7
- Introducing the Suppressor Variable in the Operational Framework Model on the Subject 'Profit Sharing and Worker Efficiency in Oil and Gas Companies in Port Harcourt', 2022. https://doi.one/10.1729/journal.30383
- The Need to Redefine Management from the Viewpoint of Scarcity, 2022. https://www.doi.10.54756/IJSAR.2022.V2.15.4
- The Study of Effective Management of Workforce Diversity in Organizational Milieu in Nigeria, 2022. ResearchGate Link
- Foreign Rule and Illicit Border Crossing; Nigeria at Focus, 2022. ResearchGate Link
- Profit Sharing And Worker Efficiency In The Oil And Gas Sector In Rivers State, Nigeria, 2022. ResearchGate Link
- Instilling the Research Culture in Our Academic Environment through a Standardized Scientific Pattern, 2022. ResearchGate Link
- The Indispensability of the Administrator and the Survival of Organizational Milieu in the Textile Industry in Nigeria, 2022. ResearchGate Link
Portfolios, Profiles & Digital Identity
- ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2605-124X
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abel-Simeon
- Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Abel-Simeon-2171020002
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=abel+simeon+igah
- Academia.edu: https://abelsimeon.academia.edu
- Wikipedia User Profile: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Abelsimeon
- YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Abelsimeon/Videos
- LinkedIn Profiles: https://ng.linkedin.com/in/abel-simeon-041b88197, https://ng.linkedin.com/in/abel-simeon-147a5739b
Administrative Service
- Director of Strategic Planning and Research (South/South Zone), Institute of Professional Industrialist Management Development (IPIMD)
- Fellow, Certified Institute of Management (CIM); Institute of Management Consultants (IMC)
- Doctoral Research Fellow, Corporate Institute of Strategic Research
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Associate Editor
Bluesland Journal for Arts and Social Sciences
2025.10 - Current
Associate Member of Editorial Team
Science Publishing Group
2025.01 - 2026.07
Doctoral Fellow (Assoc. Prof.)
Corporate Institute of Strategic Research
2021.01 - 2026.07
Fire Safety Officer
Shell Petroleum Development Company
2004.01 - 2026.07
MBA - Business Administration
National Open University of Nigeria
M.Sc. - Business Administration
National Open University of Nigeria
Ph.D. - Management Science (Interdisciplinary Management)
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education
Ph.D. - Data Science
Atlantic International University
M.Sc. - Public Administration
National Open University of Nigeria