Engineer · Process Safety & Emergency Management Specialist
Rubert Hurtado
Perfil
Rubert Hurtado
Engineer · Process Safety & Emergency Management Specialist
Industrial Engineer with 32 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He began his career as a professional firefighter and ended it as Corporate CEO of Industrial Safety and Occupational Hygiene at PDVSA. Expert in process safety, risk engineering, incident investigation and emergency management. Internationally certified as a Fire Prevention Specialist (CFPS) by the NFPA and as a Functional Safety Engineer by TÜV SÜD.
Trayectoria
- Corporate Safety & Health CEO — PDVSA (2018–2023): corporate leadership of industrial safety and occupational hygiene.
- Corporate Emergency Response Management — PDVSA (2015–2018).
- Safety & Health Management — INTEVEP, PDVSA (2010–2015).
- Safety & Health R&D Professional — INTEVEP, PDVSA (2006–2010); Safety & Health Analyst (2000–2006).
- Professional firefighter — INTEVEP, PDVSA (1992–2000).
- Major Consultant — PDVSA (2023), prior to his retirement in September 2023.
Certificaciones y especialidades
- Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) — NFPA
- Functional Safety Engineer — TÜV SÜD
- Specialist in Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Engineering — University of Los Andes (2003)
- Industrial Engineer (Management specialty) — José María Vargas University (2000)
- Process safety and risk engineering
- Emergency management and incident investigation