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Rajbir Kaur

Rajbir Kaur

Chandigarh

Summary

EHS professional with 18 years of experience in implementing and maintaining effective EHS programs across diverse enterprises. Holds a post diploma in Industrial Safety from RLI (DGFASLI), Faridabad, and recognized as the first female graduate of PDIS from the same institution. Expertise in delivering EHS strategies for R&D and manufacturing environments, with a proven track record of coordinating cross-functional teams to achieve objectives and meet deadlines. Committed to enhancing employee health, safety, and environmental standards through high-quality results and agile execution.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

HSE Lead- Baddi

Mondelēz International India
Chandigarh
10.2022 - 04.2025
  • Improved plant safety culture by leading Leadership Team and Special Situations Management Team on HSE initiatives.
  • Implemented comprehensive safety training programs for diverse employee groups.
  • Formulated and applied health and safety policies to achieve workplace compliance.
  • Oversaw EHS projects while monitoring key safety metrics, such as TIR and TAR.
  • Promoted zero-harm culture through incident investigation processes and CAPA initiatives.
  • Executed risk assessments including hazardous area classifications and gap analyses for regulatory adherence.
  • Fostered employee engagement in HSE improvements via targeted training and recognition activities.▪ Ensuring legal statutory compliance related to environmental management (PCB, CTO, CTE, HWM, BMW, returns, EPR) and ensuring safe storage and disposal and documentation.
  • Conducting technical risk and reliability safety reviews (Dust Audit, Truck Loading Unloading, Machine Guarding, LOTO, Hazardous Area Classification, Occupational Health).
  • Maintained environmental management compliance with statutory regulations regarding waste management and documentation procedures.

EHS Lead: Senior Associate (R&D, Gurgaon)

Reckitt Benckiser
Gurgaon
07.2018 - 10.2022
  • Provide expert technical assistance to the Laboratories and the Pilot Plants and the manufacturing sites on H&S as needed.
  • Ensuring compliance to the Reckitt Benckiser (RB) Global H&S standards and KPIs. (Contractor safety, legionella, asbestos, PTW, Process Safety management, pressure systems, gas cylinders, road safety, manual handling, road safety, LOTO, PSM, Machine Guarding, Ware house safety, CoSHH, WERA,)
  • Hazard communication and regulatory compliance needs. ATA and DOT Compliances for Dangerous good transportation, SDS (Safety Data Sheet) & Product Safety Data Sheet (PSDS) requirements.
  • Advice and guidance to the site team in hazard identification, elimination and risk reduction. Coordinating risk assessments (Work equipment, chemical safety, area risks, lone working, pregnant women risk assessments, legal risks).
  • Ensuring maintenance of emergency equipment at site (fire hydrant system, smoke detection system, butane sensors, hydrogen sensors, spill kits, emergency showers, first aid boxes, AEDs, evacuation chair, fire extinguishers etc).
  • Managing the legal /regulatory permits and licenses and liaisioning with external environmental regulators/ front external audits- QCI, SPCB other accrediting/ legislative bodies.
  • Assisting the global SQRC (Safety, Quality, Regulatory and Compliance) team in supplier and external supplier audits for ESG compliance under Reckitt’s responsible sourcing programme.
  • Current projects: (Ongoing and executed in the past) Implementation of the RBs global standards on Machine Guarding and Process Safety Management across all India Manufacturing sites at Uttranchal, Baddi, Hosur and Mysore.
  • Leading the implementation of global standards on road safety (installation of GPS and camera devices, developing e-learning modules, pool vehicle safety audits, sessions on defensive driving safety via RoSPA trainers, across RB India sites).
  • Driving respirator safety, Machine Guarding, LOTO and hand safety protection programmes

EHS Specialist

Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Ltd.
Gurgaon
05.2015 - 07.2018
  • Company Overview: R & D Center
  • Regulatory compliances (CTO, CTE, Hazardous waste & Biomedical authorization, regular returns to PCB, Fire NOC) coordination with PCB and other agencies.
  • Implementation of global EHS policies & standards.
  • Release of work permits, EHS Council meetings, GEMBAs & tracking/ closing observations from several audits, investigation of incidents and action closure of CAPAs.
  • Supervising the operation of the ETP, fire protection & detection system.
  • Conducting and coordinating EHS trainings (Ergonomics, Chemicals Safety, Permit To Work, Fire Fighting, First-Aid (external agencies), spill control etc.
  • Coordinating fire drills (quarterly), Mock Drills (annually) of the site emergency plan.
  • Eliminated the use of Mercury and Benzene at the labs and introduced safer alternatives, implemented power saving initiatives (Installation of temperature sensors and adjusting the HVAC water flow based on temperature pattern variation, power factor correction, capacitor bank enhancement etc.
  • R & D Center

EHS-Assistant Manager

Torrent Pharmaceutical Ltd.
Baddi
05.2014 - 05.2015
  • Accident investigation, Root cause analysis, implementation of corrective actions.
  • EHS trainings, Safety committee meetings, Plant round, Safety audits, EHS budgets, work permits.
  • ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 implementation & Documentation (HIRA, Internal Audit, Coordination for certification audits).
  • Hazardous waste management through upkeeping of the hazardous waste shed & dispatch to TSDF site.
  • Legal compliances (Biomedical, CTO, PESO licenses, Fire NOC, Hazardous Waste)

EHS-Sr. Consulting Engineer

Chilworth Technology Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi
10.2011 - 05.2014
  • Company Overview: A subsidiary of DEKRA, Chilworth is a multinational company headquartered in Hampshire, UK.
  • Fire and Safety audits, EHS audits, Risk Assessment, Asbestos audits (Conducted audits for major API & Formulation companies like Jubilant, Claris, Medreich, Orion, Ind-swift, Dr. Reddy’s, Syngene-Biocon, CIPLA, Ranbaxy, RA Chem, Aurbindo, Alembic, Kemwell, Centaur, Flamingo, Intas, Hetero Drugs and for Aarti Industries, JINDAL steel, Vedanta, Deepak Nitrite).
  • EIA studies for environmental clearance and environmental compliance.
  • ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 implementation (Preparation of SOP’s, Apex Manual, Formats).
  • Conducting trainings and developing HSE training material. (Hazardous Waste Transportation, EHS Legislative Requirement, Industrial Hygiene, etc).
  • Management Representative (MR) for ISO 9001:2008 implementation and document management. Carrying internal audits, MRM etc.
  • A subsidiary of DEKRA, Chilworth is a multinational company headquartered in Hampshire, UK.

EHS Officer

Dhamra Port Company Limited
Orissa
05.2007 - 08.2011

A Tata Steel & L & T Joint

  • Environmental clearance for the expansion project from MoEF, and coordination for the EIA report, public hearing, CRZ clearance, and hydrodynamic study for the port, along with other statutory compliances (CTE, CTO, hazardous waste).
  • Helped in the establishment of the environmental laboratory (weather monitoring station, tide gauge, spectrophotometer, pH Meter, BOD incubator, oil booms, fire tender and laboratory infrastructure development).
  • Continuous Weather Monitoring through Automatic Weather Monitoring Station stationed at site and updating the marine team on ambient weather conditions for the calling vessels/ships.
  • Coordination in providing waste reception facilities (solid waste, waste oil and used oil) for the calling vessels/ships according to the provisions of MARPOL, IMO (International Maritime requirements).
  • Implementation of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 programme Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).
  • CSR activities (Organizing blood donation camps, training the land displaced families in techniques of vermi composting, prawn culture and mushroom cultivation through external agencies).
  • Assisted in Green Belt Plantation (64 Km) through OFDC (Orissa Forest Development Corporation), maintenance of the site plantation and forest nursery

Education

POST DIPLOMA IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY -

Regional Labour Institute (RLI, recognized by Haryana Govt.)
Faridabad
01.2012

MASTER OF PHILOSPHY - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sambalpur University
Sambalpur, Orissa
01.2005

MASTER OF SCIENCE - Environmental Science

Sambalpur University
Sambalpur, Orissa
01.2002

Skills

  • Safety training implementation
  • Risk assessment
  • Health and safety policies
  • Incident investigation
  • Environmental compliance
  • Regulatory compliance

Timeline

HSE Lead- Baddi

Mondelēz International India
10.2022 - 04.2025

EHS Lead: Senior Associate (R&D, Gurgaon)

Reckitt Benckiser
07.2018 - 10.2022

EHS Specialist

Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Ltd.
05.2015 - 07.2018

EHS-Assistant Manager

Torrent Pharmaceutical Ltd.
05.2014 - 05.2015

EHS-Sr. Consulting Engineer

Chilworth Technology Pvt. Ltd.
10.2011 - 05.2014

EHS Officer

Dhamra Port Company Limited
05.2007 - 08.2011

POST DIPLOMA IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY -

Regional Labour Institute (RLI, recognized by Haryana Govt.)

MASTER OF PHILOSPHY - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sambalpur University

MASTER OF SCIENCE - Environmental Science

Sambalpur University
Rajbir Kaur