Accomplished Regional HSE Supervisor with 3+ years’ experience driving safety excellence in the power distribution industry. Skilled in field inspections, risk management, regulatory compliance, and emergency preparedness, with a strong focus on reducing incidents and building safety-first cultures across diverse regions.
✅ Managed electrical safety compliance for linemen, engineers, and contractors by enforcing PPE use (arc flash suits, insulated tools) and leading live-line work risk assessments.
✅ Conducted regular HSE field audits across substations, transformers, and distribution lines, identifying hazardous installations, illegal connections, and infrastructure risks.
✅ Implemented rural and urban public safety programs, raising awareness about electricity theft, unsafe connections, and promoting safe energy practices through community engagement.
✅ Ensured regulatory compliance with NERC and NESREA standards, preparing detailed HSE reports for internal leadership and external regulatory audits.
✅ Led incident investigations for workplace accidents, near misses, and customer-related electrical incidents, executing root cause analysis and driving corrective action plans.
✅ Managed environmental safety measures, overseeing transformer oil spill controls, e-waste disposal, and aligning all waste management activities with Nigerian environmental laws.
✅ Promoted a safety-first culture by championing safety leadership across operations, commercial, and customer service teams, strengthening collaboration between field staff, management, and local communities.
✅ Led regional HSE operations across multiple service hubs, ensuring 100% compliance with NERC, NESREA, and company safety standards.
✅ Conducted over 150+ field inspections annually across substations, feeders, transformers, and customer installations, proactively identifying and mitigating electrical hazards.
✅ Developed and implemented local emergency response plans, significantly reducing incident response time during outages, electrocutions, and fire emergencies.
✅ Investigated major and minor incidents across the Adamawa region, performing root cause analysis and driving corrective actions that lowered incident rates by 25%.
✅ Trained 80+ field technicians and contractors on critical safety topics, including live-line working techniques, PPE compliance, lockout/tagout (LOTO), and fall protection.
✅ Championed rural community safety programs that educated over 2,000 residents on the dangers of illegal electricity tapping and promoted safe energy practices.
✅ Monitored environmental compliance, ensuring safe disposal of transformer oil, batteries, and e-waste in accordance with Nigerian environmental standards.
✅ Collaborated directly with operations and commercial teams to embed a proactive safety culture, resulting in improved HSE KPIs (TRIR, LTIFR) year-on-year.
✅ Designed and executed monthly HSE audits, using findings to continuously refine risk assessment tools and safety processes specific to the Adamawa regional terrain.
✅ Served as key liaison with regulatory bodies during audits and inspections, ensuring zero non-compliance penalties and maintaining the company’s operating license.
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