Giridharan Dhamodharan
Hataitai,New Zealand
Summary
Dynamic professional with a proven track record at Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira, specializing in risk assessment and business continuity planning. Adept at enhancing organizational resilience through innovative solutions and effective employee training. Recognized for collaborative teamwork and a creative approach to problem-solving, ensuring preparedness in crises. Self-directed Work Study Student motivated to apply education and experience in job role. Excellent listener comfortable completing various tasks to keep operations running smoothly.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Intern - Emergency Food Response Benchmarking
Wellington City Council
Wellington, Wellington
01.2025 - 06.2025
- Developed benchmarking framework for Wellington City's emergency food response.
- Conducted research on food storage and security capacities through surveys and workshops.
- Facilitated three workshops with government, community-based organizations, and business stakeholders.
- Analyzed results and identified gaps to propose benchmarks for emergency food response.
Business Continuity Advisor
Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira
Porirua, Wellington
12.2024 - 02.2025
- Analyzed services offered by the business to identify vulnerabilities and interruptions.
- Evaluated critical services to determine potential threats and necessary alternatives.
- Proposed resource, staffing, and location solutions for critical services during crises.
- Assessed recovery time objectives for critical services to enhance responsiveness.
- Conducted employee training on the Business Continuity Plan to ensure preparedness.
Environment Health and Safety Engineer
Alstom Transport India
Sri City, India
10.2021 - 01.2024
- Delivered EHS orientation training for new employees and visitors.
- Conducted EHS refresher training sessions for existing employees.
- Led emergency mock drills to enhance preparedness.
- Managed PPE stock, including regular reviews and timely updates.
- Managed contractor onboarding and performed monthly safety evaluations.
- Ensured logistics safety compliance, including the safe loading and unloading of trains, crates, and equipment.
- Investigating incidents, maintaining records, and tracking action plans with detailed reports.
- Tracking Poka-yoke, Kaizen, and horizontal deployment of new ideas.
- Delivered safety talks using an engaging visual presentation.
- Participated in design approval processes, and evaluated systems for safety compliance.
- Monitored and tracked EHS performance using the Alstom Performance System.
- Verified and monitored the Management of Change (MoC) processes.
Executive Trainee - Safety Officer
Rane Engine Valves Ltd.
Ponneri, India
06.2021 - 09.2021
- Delivered EHS orientation training for new employees and visitors.
- Conducted EHS refresher training sessions for existing employees.
- Organized safety committee meetings.
- Event planning and execution for Safety and Environment Month.
Graduate Engineer Trainee - EHS
TAFE Power Source Division (Amco Batteries)
Chengalpattu, India
11.2018 - 04.2019
- Recording unsafe practices and conditions.
- Tracking action plans on unsafe conditions.
- Delivering safety orientation to new employees, contractors.
- Delivering a toolbox talk.
- Permit-to-work inspection on non-routine work.
- Assisting with the Safety Committee meeting on recording and sharing minutes.
Education
Master’s degree - Emergency Management
Massey University
Wellington, New Zealand06.2025
Master’s degree - Industrial Safety Engineering
MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College
Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India01.2021
Bachelor's degree - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology
Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu, India03-2018
Skills
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Business continuity planning
- Risk assessment
- Process improvement
- Employee training
- Creative and resourceful
- Fast learner
- Event planning assistance
- Incident investigation
Certification
- Standard First Aid Training - St. John Ambulance, Karnataka, India. Validity – (2023-07-15 – 2025-07-14)
- Fire Safety Training - Seed for Safety, Tamil Nadu, India. Valid from 2021-10-21
Languages
English
Full Professional
Tamil
Native/ Bilingual
Hindi
Elementary
Community Service
- Volunteer at the Red Cross for the Disaster Welfare Support Team in Wellington
- Red Cross, Kilbirnie, volunteering as a store assistant, June 17, 2024, present, sorting donations, arranging the inward donations for display, helping the customers with billing
- Aware India Trust, volunteer, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 2019, 2024, photographer for the slum children's summer camping event during 2019 and 2020, involved in children's educational activities through fundraising support, supported fundraising to provide basic needs for the cyclone Gaja and flood-affected people
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Intern - Emergency Food Response Benchmarking
Wellington City Council
01.2025 - 06.2025
Business Continuity Advisor
Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira
12.2024 - 02.2025
Environment Health and Safety Engineer
Alstom Transport India
10.2021 - 01.2024
Executive Trainee - Safety Officer
Rane Engine Valves Ltd.
06.2021 - 09.2021
Graduate Engineer Trainee - EHS
TAFE Power Source Division (Amco Batteries)
11.2018 - 04.2019
Master’s degree - Emergency Management
Massey University
Master’s degree - Industrial Safety Engineering
MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College
Bachelor's degree - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology
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