Neil Allen is a Certified Senior Occupational Health and Safety Management System, Environmental Management System Auditor, and Regulatory Compliance (Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental), based in North Vancouver, BC.
He is also an accredited ISO (ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018), Green Marine Verification Auditor accredited with Green Marine in Canada, and Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Auditor.
Neil has over 28 years of international consulting experience in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Africa, the Philippines, the United Sates, India, and Mongolia, specializing mainly in the maritime, manufacturing, mining, food production, and retail sectors.
He is a Certified COR/OSSE Auditor with two safety Associations in BC:
- Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC
- TSCBC-Safety Driven
He was also a Certified COR Auditor with the BC Maritime Employer’s Association for 10 years until the BCMEA removed itself from the COR program in early 2018.
He is also an ISO 45001:2018 Lead Auditor, and Certified Health and Safety Management System Auditor (CHSMSA) with the Auditing Association of Canada, and a dual Certified Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Lead Auditor to ISO 14001:2015 [EP(EMSLA)] and a Regulatory Compliance Auditor [EP(CEA)] (Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental) with ECO Canada.
He is also a GHG Verification Auditor to ISO 140064-3, a Certified Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Verification Auditor with the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), and a Certified Green Marine Verification Auditor accredited with Green Marine.
His key OSSE/COR Audit experience to date includes over 50 external COR program Safety Management System audits and COR Re-certification audits, several preliminary review / gap analysis audits against COR requirements, and training and supervision for clients on internal COR maintenance Audits for a number of large clients, including:
- Seaspan Shipyards (Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd., Victoria Shipyards Co. Ltd, and Vancouver Drydock Company Ltd.)
- BC Ferries
- DP World Inc.
- DP World Logistics,
- Wal-Mart Canada Corp.
- Canadian Tire (PartSource Stores)
- The Manufacturing Safety Alliance of British Columbia (MSABC)
- Signify (Philips) Canada
- Canadian Stevedoring (a subsidiary of DP World)
- Pacific Coast Terminals
- Vanterm and Delta Port
- Neptune Bulk Terminals
- DP World Fraser Surrey Docks/Pacific Stevedoring
- Phoenix Truck & Crane
- Atlas Copco Thiessen’s Langley facility
- Canexus (ChemTrade) Corporation
- Western Stevedoring (crew operations, warehousing, maintenance and storage) in North Vancouver
- Westshore Coal Terminal
- First Student Canada
- Copper Mountain Mine
- New Gold Inc.
- Bison Transport Inc.,
Other projects include Environmental and Health and Safety Audits for BC Transit, Tymac Launch Service Ltd., BCB Corporation Services Ltd.’s Norcan Canada Langley and Saskatoon facilities, Benkin Sheet Metal Ltd., Graymont Western Canada Inc.’s Pavilion Plant, Tourmaline Oil Corp., Glencore’s Raglan nickel mine, Vale Canada’s former Inco facilities, Barrick Gold’s Hemlo Operations, BMW Manufacturing Co., L.L.C, Public Works Department – City of St. Albert, and Nexen Inc.
Neil has also completed COR Verification Audits and subsequent Limited Scope Audits on behalf of WorkSafeBC, as well as other COR related assignments including revisions to the BCMEA’s COR Auditor training program manual and presentation slides, and development of slides, training materials, and final exam for the BCMEA’s SECOR (Small Employer COR) Auditor training program.
Neil has also delivered four rounds of COR Large Employer Auditor training to employers including Nanaimo Ship Yards and a pilot training program for SECOR.
