Based in Langevåg, Møre og Romsdal · Open to opportunities

Arjun Ajith

QHSE & Sustainability Manager / Systems Engineer

I build trustworthy management systems where quality, safety and sustainability meet — turning standards into working culture. ISO certifications from scratch, ESG reporting, and digital QHSE systems, delivered across offshore wind, maritime and tech.

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DNV-certified ISO 9001· ISO 27001 in progress· EcoVadis· APQP4Wind
Arjun Ajith hiking in the snow in Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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Who I am

Systems thinker with a
people-first instinct

I'm a QHSE and Sustainability Manager who came to quality through systems engineering — so I don't see a management system as paperwork. I see it as the operating system of an organisation: the shared logic that lets teams move fast, stay safe, and be trusted by their clients.

In my current role I built an ISO 9001:2015 system from scratch and took it all the way to DNV certification in the offshore wind sector — and I'm now leading an ISO 27001 rollout. Along the way I've stood up EcoVadis, ESG-VSME and APQP4Wind reporting, and developed in-house QHSE and supplier-qualification systems from the ground up.

What drives me is curiosity and ownership. I like understanding how the whole thing fits together, then improving it — measurably. Colleagues have also trusted me with employee-representation roles along the way, which taught me that the best systems are the ones people actually want to use. I care about the people inside the process, not just the process.

Curious Takes ownership Team player People-first Strong work ethic Always learning Calm under pressure
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ISO 9001:2015 system built from scratch to DNV certification in offshore wind
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First-attempt pass rate on the DNV certification audit — no re-submissions
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ESG & quality frameworks stood up: EcoVadis, ESG-VSME, APQP4Wind, ISO 14001
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In-house digital systems built from zero: QHSE reporting & supplier qualification
Capabilities

What I bring to the table

Deep expertise in management systems and sustainability, backed by a systems-engineering toolkit and hands-on digital fluency.

ISO management systems (9001·14001·45001·27001)Expert
Internal & supplier auditsExpert
ESG & sustainability reportingAdvanced
Digital management systems & automationAdvanced
Systems & requirements engineering (Agile)Advanced
Data, KPI & continuous improvementAdvanced

A balanced profile — technical rigour, systems thinking and the people skills to make them land.

How I work

A disciplined loop, not a one-off project

Rooted in Plan-Do-Check-Act and Agile systems engineering — I turn ambiguity into a system, ship it, measure it, and improve it. Continuously.

Plan

Understand & scope

Map stakeholders, requirements and risks. Define what "good" looks like with measurable KPIs before touching a single process.

Do

Build & digitalise

Design lean processes and stand them up in the right tools — Monday, Azure DevOps, Coolset — so the system is usable, not shelf-ware.

Check

Audit & measure

Internal audits, KPI dashboards and evidence tracking. I make performance visible so decisions are grounded in data, not opinion.

Act

Improve & embed

Close findings, coach teams, and bake the improvement back into the standard so the gain sticks — then loop again.

↻ Repeat & refine — continuous improvement is the whole point
Inside the engineer's mind

How I build — click in and explore

Six principles behind every system I build. Each one opens a live, hand-drawn diagram of how I actually think — pick one.

Journey

Experience & education

A decade moving from mechanical engineering and startups to systems engineering and QHSE leadership — across India, Qatar and Norway.

Jan 2023 — Present

QHSE & Sustainability Manager

Hyndla AS / Procon Wind Energy AS · Norway & Denmark
  • Implemented ISO 9001:2015 from scratch and achieved DNV certification; now leading ISO 27001 implementation.
  • Established EcoVadis, ESG-VSME and APQP4Wind reporting structures — including scoring and follow-up.
  • Developed in-house QHSE reporting and supplier-qualification systems from scratch.
  • Run internal audits, follow up client audits, and coordinate QHSE across the project organisation.
  • Additionally trusted with employee-representation duties alongside the QHSE role.
Jan 2022 — May 2022

Master's Thesis — Systems Engineering

Kongsberg Maritime · Kongsberg, Norway
  • Developed and validated an optimised requirements-management backlog in Azure DevOps for an Agile systems-engineering environment — improving traceability, product understanding and maintainability.
Jan 2019 — Jun 2020

Associate Operations Manager

TrustLink Services · Doha, Qatar
  • Led digitalisation of operational processes on CRM platforms — improving operational efficiency by 49%.
  • Introduced a hybrid requirement-gathering process to better capture and prioritise customer needs.
May 2014 — Jan 2017

Co-founder · Operations & Communications

RedWhale Wireless Pvt Ltd · Kerala, India
  • Co-founded a startup during undergraduate studies — running operations and CRM automation (Zoho).
  • Coordinated field-service delivery and digitised workflows to meet customer requirements.
2020 — 2022 · 2012 — 2018

Education

MSc Innovation & Technology Management
University of South-Eastern Norway — Systems Engineering & Technology Management
Erasmus exchange · Industrial Design Technology — Chalmers University, Sweden
BEng Mechanical Engineering — PRIST University, India
Adaptability

Three countries.
One steady operator.

I've built processes and relationships across very different cultures and industries — startups to offshore wind, India to the Norwegian coast. New context, same instinct: listen first, then systemise.

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India

Foundations · Startup grit

Mechanical engineering degree while co-founding a wireless startup — learned to build and sell operations from nothing.

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Qatar

Operations · Digitalisation

Led CRM-driven process digitalisation in a fast-paced Gulf operations environment, lifting efficiency by nearly half.

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Norway & Denmark

QHSE · Sustainability · Systems

Master's in systems engineering, then QHSE leadership in offshore wind — certified, audited and trusted by DNV and clients.

Knowledge base

Standards, tools & frameworks I work in

A working library of the standards, platforms and methods I use daily — and keep expanding as I learn.

📐Standards & frameworks

ISO 9001ISO 14001ISO 45001ISO 27001APQP4WindEcoVadisESG-VSME

🧭Quality & HSE

Internal auditsSupplier qualificationRisk assessmentCAPAKPI monitoringMonday.comCoolset

⚙️Engineering & PLM

Systems EngineeringRequirements mgmtSiemens TeamcenterSiemens NXAutoCADInventorSAP

📊Project & data

Azure DevOpsAgileJiraPower BIPythonDesign Thinking

🤖Digital & AI

Agentic AIProcess automationSharePointOffice 365CRM (Zoho)

🌍Languages

EnglishNorwegianHindiMalayalamTamil
Visualisation

I make performance visible

Good decisions need clear data. Here's a live sample of how I turn QHSE & sustainability metrics into dashboards people can act on — rendered here in the browser.

Illustrative sample data — the shapes and interactions demonstrate approach, not confidential figures.

Beyond work

The same energy, off the clock

The discipline, curiosity and love of exploring don't switch off at 5pm. They just move to the mountains — and to helping other people move better.

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Certified yoga instructor

I founded Rtigermovement — mobility, breathwork and stress management for workplaces. Wellbeing isn't a side interest; it's how I think about people at work too.

Visit Rtigermovement →
Arjun Ajith looking out over mountains and a lake at sunset
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Hiking & peak-bagging

Working my way through the hiking trails and summits of the Norwegian west coast — one mountain, one fjord viewpoint at a time.

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Camping & the outdoors

Friluftsliv, Norwegian style — trading the desk for a tent and a long view. It's where I reset and think clearest.

Arjun Ajith on a rooftop terrace under a dramatic sunset sky over a Norwegian town
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Exploring by road

I've driven nearly every road across Møre og Romsdal — and I'm still going. Curiosity applied to a map.

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A region explored on purpose

Adventure is my way of learning a place completely — the same way I learn a system: cover every path, understand the whole, then keep going further.

Why work with me

Strengths that show up every day

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Curious & fast-learning

I go deep to understand how things really work, then pick up new standards, tools and domains quickly — from ISO 27001 to agentic AI.

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Ownership & reliability

I take a problem end-to-end and see it through. If I say a system will be certified, it gets certified.

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Team player, people-first

I build systems people trust because I listen to the people in them — colleagues know I'll look after their interests as well as the standard's.

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Systems thinking

Trained as a systems engineer — I see the connections between quality, risk, data and culture, and design for the whole, not the part.

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Adaptable & grounded

Three countries, several industries, five languages. New context doesn't rattle me — a decade of change taught me how to settle in fast.

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Strong work ethic

Yoga discipline, mountain patience, engineer's rigour. I do the unglamorous follow-up that makes quality real.

Get in touch

Let's build something
trustworthy together

Looking for a QHSE & Sustainability lead who can build systems from scratch, get them certified, and bring people along? I'd love to talk.

✉ arjun.ajit@outlook.com in · LinkedIn 📞 +47 48 65 01 51

References from Hyndla AS and Kongsberg Maritime available on request.