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Personal details:
Civil status: Single.
Nationality: Turkish.
Profession: Environmental Engineer, BSc.
Date of birth: 9th September, 1975.
Driving license: Class B.
Education and certifications:
Date Degree and institute
May'08 HSE Management for HSE Managers, Donusenadam, Istanbul, Turkey.
Nov'07 ISO 14001, Lead Auditor Training, BSI, Ankara, Turkey.
Mar'07 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation
(OPRC) Level 3 Training Course for Administrators and Senior Managers, Seacor, Ceyhan,Turkey.
Mar'07 Pipeline Security Training, BIL, Ceyhan, Turkey
Feb'07 Basic First Aid Training, American Safety and Health Institute, Erzurum, Turkey.
Jan'07 Media Relations Training, BP, Erzurum, Turkey.
Nov'06 Emergency Response and Crisis Management Basic Training, BP, Ankara, Turkey.
Sep'05 NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) International
General Certificate Training, Istanbul, Turkey.
Oct'04 Management of Change, Task Based Risk Assessment Training, BP, Erzincan, Turkey.
Sep'04 Off-road, Anti-skid and Defensive Driving Trainings, BP, Ankara, Turkey.
Sep'04 GHSER (Getting Health, Safety and Environment Right) Training, BP, Ankara, Turkey.
Apr'04 ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Training, KAL-DER, Istanbul, Turkey.
Mar'03 ISO 9001 Quality Management System: Basic, Documentation and Internal Auditor Trainings TSI,
Ankara, Turkey.
Apr'02-May'02 French Courses, French Cultural Association, Ankara, Turkey.
Sep'98-Mar'99 Management Trainee Program, Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey (Program provided me skills on finance, economics, law, accounting and marketing in a full time program along six months.)
Oct'93-Jun'98 BSc Degree, Environmental Engineering Department, METU, Ankara, Turkey.
Sep'89-Jun'92 Ataturk High School, Science Department, Bursa, Turkey.
Language skills:
Language Reading Speaking Writing
Turkish (mother tongue) Excellent Excellent Excellent
English Excellent Excellent Excellent
Other skills:
Computer literacy:
- Excellent use of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc), Internet services, email, etc. Familiarity with some special programs such as MS Project, EPANET and SEWER
Key qualifications:
Kursad Tosun has 10+ years business experience in health & safety, environment and social management in line with international codes, standards, policies and conventions (World Bank, EBRD EC Directives etc.); and has pre-construction, construction, commissioning, operation and expansion phases' experiences in mainly oil-gas sector.
His experiences also cover E(S)IA (Environmental and Social Impact Assessment), Environmental Management System (ISO 14001), Health and Safety Management System (ISO 18001) establishment, management (policy, organisation, planning, measurement and review, auditing and evaluation) governmental (permitting) and community relations management, land acquisition and other relevant legal requirements for the up-scale projects such as Kisladag Gold Mine Project, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Crude Oil Pipeline Project (including pump stations and marine terminal) and Combined Cycle Gas Power Plant Project (800 MW) as a representative of the clients.
Reinstatement, waste, noise, air emissions, water quality, wastewater management, pollution prevention, traffic, cultural heritage, community safety, aggregate, emergency and oil spill response management, risk assessment, hazardous materials/MSDS, incident reporting, permit to work are the other issues that he gained experiences in detail.
Additionally, he had assisted 'Community (Rural Development) and Environment Investment Projects sponsored by major international operators such as BP, E.ON, Eldoradogold within the multi-billion projects.
He is capable of establishing policies, supervising, monitoring, auditing and reviewing of the projects and outcomes in line with sustainable development and Equator principles.
He has NEBOSH and ISO 14001 (Lead Auditor) qualifications.
Employment Record:
Project: Combined Cycle Gas Power Plant Project, 800 MW. (Total planned investment $ 1 billion)
Position: HSE & Approval Manager - Turkiye
Dates: May'08-Present
Company: E.ON Türkiye
Location: Ankara - Turkey
Tasks:
- Leading role for coordination of ESIA (international) and EIA (national) Process.
- Establishing policies for preventive and/or corrective actions by studying potential issues involving air, water, land, noise, health & safety, community relations & safety, land acquisition and progress in line with continual improvement principles.
- Review and comment on contractors' documents such as E(S)IA Report, management plans and procedures.
- Develop and monitor relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
- Coordination and preparation of HSE trainings.
- Communications and negotiations with relevant stakeholders, including submissions for approval and permitting.
- Leading role for land acquisition and other legal requirements to construct and operate the gas power plant(s).
- Co-ordination of the analyses and compilation of environmental monitoring data and relevant HSE statistics
- Assistance in the management of Occupational Health and Hygiene programs (e.g. baseline noise surveys and hazardous materials inventory)
- Representative on technical industry work groups.
- Promote a risked based approach to HSE management and developing methods to improve environmental performance.
- Management of relevant contracts.
- Support engineering and procurement team with respect to HSE requirements.
- Support the selection, control and supervision of contractors (EPC and others) with respect to HSE requirements.
Project: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Crude Oil Pipeline Project. (Total investment $ 4.5 billion)
Position: E&S Advisor
Dates: Sep'04- Jan'08
Company: BP/BTC Co.
Location: LOT B, Pump Stations, Ceyhan Marine Terminal, Ankara / Turkey
Tasks:
- Establishing policies for preventive and/or corrective HSE actions by studying potential issues involving air, water, land, safety, community relations & safety and progress in line with continual improvement principle along construction, commissioning, operations and expansion phases of the project.
- Review and comment on contractors' documents such as management plans, procedures and work method statements.
- Monitoring of BOTAS's (Turkish Pipeline Company, lump sum turn key contractor of Turkey section of BTC Project) and BIL's (BOTAS International Limited, Operator of BTC Pipeline) implementation according to all items committed in Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report with reinstatement, waste, pollution prevention, traffic, cultural heritage, community safety and aggregate management plans; Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) and; Health and Safety Manuals along Lot B (mid part of Turkey Section, 467 km, 42''), two pump terminals (PT3 & PT4), three construction camps and one Marine Terminal through construction, commissioning and operations of BTC pipeline with a capacity up to 1mbd crude oil in line with best practices, the Turkish legislation, policies of International Finance Institutions (World Bank Group Policies, EC Directives and U.S. EXIM Bank guidelines) and international conventions in force in Turkey and corporate policies of BOTAS and BP that are applicable to the project.
- At the Marine Terminal, supporting the planning and co-ordination of marine environmental monitoring such as Marine Ecology, Marine Sediment, Coastal Processes and Marine Turtle Monitoring; monitoring and supervision of MARPOL requirements (ballast water, waste and VOC handling management) waste, emission management and pollution prevention.
- Ensuring that HSE Risk Assessments are carried out and documented prior to any field activity and to ensure that the requirements of the assessment are implemented prior and during the activity.
- Support designated operator and other contractors for preparation, development & delivery of HSE training programs.
- Conducting investigations & root cause analysis & fault tree analysis.
- Monitoring of land acquisition and permits necessary for construction, operations and expansion phases.
- Attendance of internal and external audits; assisting representatives of IFC, other IFIs and other institutions such as Independent Environmental Consultants (IEC), Social and Resettlement Action Panel (SRAP) and Caspian Development Advisory Panel (CDAP).
- Support Designated Pipeline Operator for ISO 14001 EMS Certification process.
Project: Erzurum, Erzincan and Sivas Sustainable Rural Development Projects. (Total investment $ 8 million)
Position: E&S Advisor
Dates: Sep'04-Nov'06
Company: BP/BTC Location: Turkey
Tasks:
- Monitoring Community and Environmental Investment Projects -infrastructure and income generation projects for project affected communities; and protection of environment and natural resources projects- sponsored by BP/BTC Co. in line with social responsibility concept.
Project: Kisladag Gold Mine Project (Total investment $170 million)
Position: E&S Specialist
Dates: Jun'02-Sep'04
Company: Tüprag- Eldoradogold
Location: Ankara - Turkey
Tasks: - Reviewing of the documents prepared by contractors such as EIA, -the EIA Report (prepared by ENCON, Knight Piesold and Planning Alliance), coordination of environmental monitoring (air quality monitoring, soil sampling and monitoring, ground and surface water sampling and monitoring, preparing environmental budget and procurement.
- Management of the public and governmental relations in the project area and obtaining permits required to operate the mine, i.e. EIA Process, land acquisition, discharge and emission permits, zoning plan and opening permits. These activities were legal requirement analysis, report preparation and negotiation with relevant governmental agencies i.e. the ministries and their local representatives. Additionally, training of the local community about mining activities, resolution of complaints and assistance to the community investment projects.
- Receiving necessary permits (land acquisition –forest, treasury & private-, site selection, EIA, groundwater use, opening, discharge, emission, operation, access road etc.) to operate the mine.
- Coordination of the private land acquisition process.
- Coordination of the stakeholder engagement process.
Project: Kisladag Rural Development Project (Total investment $ 500,000.)
Position: E&S Specialist Dates: Jun'02- Sep'04
Company: Tüprag-Eldoradogold Location: Ankara – Uþak / Turkey
Tasks:
- Support infrastructure and income generation projects for the project affected local people & villagers.
Project: N/A
Position: Portfolio Specialist Dates: Sep'98-Apr'01
Company: Garanti Location: Istanbul / Turkey
Tasks:
- Financial analysis and management of the portfolio of the up-scale retail costumers and companies. Experience with the financial sector products, how they operate and financial management.
References: - Helmut Asam, Managing Director, E.ON Türkiye, Ankara, Turkey. (Contacts will be provided at the latest stage.)
- Paolo Lombardo (BTC Project Auditor on Behalf of Lenders Group) Environmental Specialist, IFC, (Plombardo1@ifc.org) Washington D.C., USA
- Cem Cakiroglu, Environmental Manager, BP/ BTC Co., (cem.cakiroglu@ec1.bp.com), Ankara, Turkey.
- Cuneyt Sazer, HSSE Team Leader (BP/BTC Co. H&S Manager), (cuneyt.sazer@ec.1.bp.com), London, UK.
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