Alwyn Mendonca is a practicing Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) professional in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is a member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) at the graduate level and has been in the field for 24 years. From his Civil Engineering background, Mendonca’s career started in the construction industry and he moved to the facilities management industry 12 years later. Along with his engineering background, Mendonca has achieved NEBOSH’s renowned level 6 health and safety qualification and is an IRCA (International Register of Certified Auditors) accredited OHSAS 18001 lead auditor. By acquiring food safety qualifications, Mendonca also provides competent advice in the food and hygiene industries.

He has working experience in MNCs like Robert Mathew Johnson Marshal (RMJM) Engineering consultants, MAB Facilities Management, and Macemacro International (A branch of MACE group, UK) as QHSE Manager and QHSE consultant disciplines. Mendonca has prepared extensive training material for the companies that he has worked for. His experience includes: managing HSE issues in the field of construction and facilities management; HSE policies and procedure making; carrying out risk assessments and creating safe work methods; HSE inspections and audits; advising on working at height and fall protection; road safety management; management of hazardous substances in the workplace; first aid, fire and emergency management; employee training and motivation; employee occupational health; food safety and kitchen health and safety; noise assessment and control; DSE assessments and trainings; Pest control and many more.

He has penned Health and Safety articles for International HSE magazines such as Construction Middle East, Occupational Safety Asia (OSA) and Health and Safety Middle East (HSME). He is an approved trainer from internationally recognized health and safety bodies such as High Field Awarding Body for Compliance (HABC) UK, First Aid International UK, National Examination Board on Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) the UK and IOSH UK. Mendonca has carried out NEBOSH IGC, Fire safety, First Aid and other health and safety training in the UAE, Middle East, and India and has been selected as a member of the UAE Ministry of Labor’s focus group to review existing industrial safety regulations. Presently he is working as Senior Health & Safety Consultant and Trainer for Heritage Safety Training Centre Dubai, a reputed training and consultancy organization of the Middle East