Paulo is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with more than 10 years’ experience in asset management and safety applications. Paulo has split his experience in project, maintenance and safety roles in hazardous and non- hazardous industries, including chemical, steel and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). Leading the implementation of IEC61508/11 compliant systems for safety related systems, covering the whole lifecycle including competence and as part of a broader Process Safety system like process hazard analysis, human factors, alarm management and compliance auditing under OSHA 1910. As part of ESC’s team Paulo specialises in systems compliance (Inc. Process Safety Management – OSHA1920/EI framework/ HSG254, Functional Safety Management – IEC61508/61511), chairing safety Studies (e.g. Process Hazard Analysis / Layer of Protection Analysis / Bow Ties), IEC61511/IEC61508 compliance reviews, Functional Safety Assessments, competence reviews, and reliability modelling including product certification (UK, Europe and ME),.
Paulo is also is a member of the BSI GEL/065/01 Committee and has recently been appointed to the IEC 61508 Working Group 14 (WG14) as a UK expert on Functional Safety