Public Service Division
Manager, Workplace Health and Safety
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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.
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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
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