Hikmet Taşdemi̇r

Hikmet Taşdemir obtained his bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in February 1995. He received his master’s degree from Yeni Yüzyıl University in 2013. He holds an A class Occupational Safety certificate from the Ministry of Labor, and presently serves as the official Occupational Safety Expert at Özyeğin University. Hikmet also holds the NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety. During his career at Culligan International from 1996 to 2001, he built process water, potable water and sea water treatment facilities in the well-known cities and institutions in Turkey, Turkmenistan and Russia. From 2001 to 2011, he served as the Corporate or Project HSEQ Coordinator at Turkish companies or international joint ventures (i.e. BEJV, IC İçtaş) in the construction sector. During these years, he built, supervised and inspected large construction sites in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Iraq, Libya, Romania, and Oman, and ensured their compliance with the ISO 9001, ISO 14100 and OHSAS 18001 requirements for US Army Corporation, Chevron Texaco, Philip Morris, and Lukoil, as well as the ministries and established organizations in the respective countries. From 2008 to 2009, he concurrently served as the HSE Manager at Fraport-IC, a joint venture on airport operation, while assigned for the construction of the Antalya Airport. Hikmet founded the Health & Safety and Environment Department at Özyeğin University in 2011 and has since been serving as the HSE Coordinator in charge of on-campus health and security services. During his career at Özyeğin University, he took the lead to fulfill all the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Environment (ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001) Management Systems. Today, he still continues to inspect, supervise and provide guidance for compliance with the standards to all departments at the campus. He also managed the LEED processes during the construction of on-campus buildings which were subsequently awarded the Gold Certificate by the USGBC.