Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), HSSE Transformation Programme to Operational Excellence (OE)

Situation

1. Major Heavy Fuel Oil Storage Tank Fire, Rabigh Power Plant, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2. Significant Reputational Damage in KSA Government and Ministries.
3. Limited and fragmented Occupational Health and Safety Management System.
4. Reactive HSE culture.
5. Below standard asset integrity management.

Activities and Results

1. Project Director for Project Management Office (PMO) in Riyadh.
2. Managed Site Assessments (20 facilities) utilising an extensive multi-national consulting team of over forty HSSE, fire protection, asset integrity, crisis and emergency response management experts.
3. Identified strategic and tactical improvement opportunities through benchmarking HSSE and operating risk performance against best-in-class performers in the Power (Iberdrola Scottish Power) and Oil and Gas (Shell) sectors.
4. Conducted a secure online safety culture survey across the corporate and facilities business lines, functions and workforce.
5. Envisioned and designed an Operating Management System (OMS) Framework integrating all SEC business lines and functions into a centralised risk based, performance driven integrated management system.
6. Secured board level, senior leadership and management buy-in and sign-off for a highly significant OMS development budget.
7. Developed the Vision and Strategic Road Map for SEC to achieve OE.
8. Created a Five Year Development and Implementation Plan to transform SEC into a high reliability organisation.
9. Developed a fully aligned and modular HSSE and Operating Digital Strategy built on Enablon and SAP platforms.
10. •Envisioned the “HSE and OE Academy” with e-learning to accelerate and scale the roll out and implementation of the OMS focused on HSE critical skills development.