Safety Manager - Health, Safety, Security & Environment

Jones Lang Lasalle Property Consultants India Pvt Ltd; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle is seeking a Safety Manager for Project and Development Services, based on-site in Chennai. You will lead safety reviews, ensure SWMS for high‑risk activities, and maintain safe, compliant project delivery.

You will promote safety awareness, mentor safety officers, and coordinate with project and operations teams to maintain a healthy, accident‑free workplace. A solid HSE background and a valid safety license are required.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in construction safety.
• Safety license holder with proven trainings delivered.
• Well-versed in project safety systems, processes and tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety review meetings with project and design teams at initiation.
• Ensure high‑risk activities have proper SWMS and controls.
• Conduct site inspections and risk reports with timely corrective actions.
• Chair weekly safety meetings and coordinate with PM and operations managers.
• Promote safety awareness and mentor safety officers and non-safety staff.

Skills

Communication skills

Team leadership

Mentoring safety officers

Attention to detail

Education

HSE certification

Job description

Safety Manager Project and Development Services

What this job involves:

Putting safety first—always This challenging yet exciting role puts you in the driving seat of our efforts to build and maintain an environmentally sustainable, healthy and safe workplace. You’ll provide safety support to all projects, ensuring they all meet our own established standards and that of local safety regulations. Specifically, you’ll conduct safety review meetings with project and design team at the initial stage of the project. As well, you’ll ensure that all high-risk activities have proper safety work method statement (SWMS). Additionally, you’ll promote workplace safety by performing site inspections, risk reports, timely safety-related corrections, and weekly safety meetings. You’ll also constantly coordinate with the project manager and operations manager to ensure that everybody will be out of harm’s way.

Promoting safety awareness

Getting everyone on board our environment, health and safety initiatives falls on your shoulders. To do you, you need to create awareness and educate our people and stakeholders. You’ll achieve this through consistent sharing of success stories and best practices among project JLL teams, and also by doing regular mentoring and coaching of our safety officers and nonsafety professionals. Another step would be obtaining the relevant professional licenses and ensuring they stay up-to-date.

Education and experience

An ideal candidate holds a solid healthy, safety and environmental (HSE) background, and has at least 10 years’ experience in construction safety. You are also a safety license holder, with a proven track record in providing safety trainings. We also expect you to be well versed in project safety systems, processes, tools and best practices—ultimately, applying such sources in the delivery of flawless projects.

An eye for detail

We’ll expect you to be good at identifying, and devising measures to meet, our stakeholders’ business needs and requirements. Having strong written and spoken communication skills are vital and, of course, you’ll be good at building team relationships—that is, listening to your team and being open to suggestions and knowledge exchange—and interacting effectively with business partners.

What we can do for you:

At JLL, we make sure that you become the best version of yourself by helping you realize your full potential in an entrepreneurial and inclusive work environment. We will empower your ambitions through our dedicated Total Rewards Program, competitive pay and benefits package.

Location: On-site –Chennai, TN

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 48

Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process – including the online application and/or overall selection process – you may email us at [e-mail] . This email is only to request an accommodation.