About this role
[What the role is] You will work closely with management, supervisors and staff to ensure compliance with workplace safety and health requirements while fostering a proactive and positive safety culture. You will lead initiatives that identify and mitigate workplace risks, investigate incidents, strengthen emergency preparedness, and continuously improve safety performance across the organisation. [What you will be working on] • Assist Management in fulfilling statutory obligations under the Workplace Safety & Health Act and its subsidiary legislation • Identify workplace safety and health hazards, assess associated risks, and recommend appropriate risk control measures to prevent injuries, occupational illnesses, and dangerous occurrences • Develop, implement and review workplace safety and health policies, procedures, programmes and safe work practices to support WSH Management System. • Conduct safety inspections, audits and workplace assessments to monitor compliance with regulatory requirements and organisational standards. • Lead or participate in the investigation of workplace accidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses and occupational diseases, and ensure timely implementation of corrective and preventive actions. • Facilitate and review risk assessments for laboratory, operational and project activities, ensuring that adequate controls are implemented prior to commencement of work. • Advise management, supervisors and staff on WSH requirements, hazard controls and best safety practices. • Coordinate safety training, awareness programmes and safety campaigns to strengthen safety competency and promote a positive safety culture within the organisation. • Monitor statutory inspections, medical surveillance programmes, toxic substance monitoring and other organisation-related initiatives required under regulatory frameworks. • Support the organisation's Emergency Preparedness, Fire Safety and Biosafety programmes, including emergency exercises, drills and business continuity initiatives. • Serve as the secretariat or technical advisor to safety committees and working groups and prepare reports, performance statistics and management updates on safety matters. • Investigate and report instances of safety non-compliance and recommend appropriate interventions to address unsafe conditions or practices.
[What we are looking for] Background in Occupational Safety and Health, Engineering, Science, Environmental Health, Risk Management or related discipline AND preferably one or more of the followings:
• Registered Workplace Safety & Health Officer (WSHO) with MOM Singapore • Fire Safety Manager (FSM) • ISO 45001 & ISO 14001 Auditor • Professional Bio-risk Management Certification or equivalent