Lead Safety Engineer

Neste; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading climate solutions company in Singapore is seeking an experienced Safety Engineer to oversee operational and workplace safety within its refinery. The role involves leading safety teams, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and developing strategies for safety management. Applicants should have a minimum of 12 years of experience in the oil and gas sector, a Bachelor’s degree in safety, and strong communication skills. This position requires someone capable of influencing stakeholders to achieve safety objectives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of safety working experience in the oil & gas industry.
• Deep knowledge of local WSH regulations.
• Registered WSHO, FSM and Noise Monitoring Officer.

Responsibilities

• Drive and lead operational safety and crisis response.
• Functionally lead the operational safety team.
• Support safety manager in tactical safety planning.

Skills

Safety leadership

Crisis management

Workplace safety

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in safety or similar

Master's Degree in safety

Job description

Overview

Location: Singapore, SG. Country/Region: SG. Job Area: HSSEQ. Business Unit: RP, Refining.

Are you our next creator of change? Do you want to be part of creating solutions for mitigating climate change? At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Together we will accelerate transformation for a more sustainable future.

We are looking for you, Safety Engineer to join our Safety Team in the Singapore Refinery. You will focus on functionally leading the Singapore Refinery Operational Safety Team in the area of operational safety, workplace safety, Crisis & Security to ensure full compliance with Corporate Safety, local and regulatory safety requirements. In this job you will collaborate and work closely with the safety team, stakeholders from other functions and departments including the Corporate Safety Team in Finland.

You will provide your expertise to our Refinery on matters of operational safety, such as Safety Leadership cultural shift, critical field controls & verifications, Contractor Safety, Turnaround Safety, Workplace Safety & Health Committee, Fire Safety Management, Emergency Response, Crisis & Security management. In our Safety team, you will report to the Safety Manager and functionally lead the safety team in safety-related tasks and achieve our common goals. Intervening and working closely with stakeholders to resolve operational safety related challenges and escalate to Safety Manager for directions and resolutions. As the functional safety lead, your experience to coach the safety operation team is one of the key aspects and accountability in this role. Together with you and your expertise, we can make an impact today and keep our promises for tomorrow.

Responsibilities

• Drive and lead operational safety, workplace safety, fire safety, crisis & emergency response, and security disciplines.
• Functionally lead (without direct reportees) the operational safety team consisting of safety professionals to ensure refinery legal right to operate safely is delivered, with priorities aligned back to the safety manager.
• Coach and support the operational safety team as needed.
• Support safety manager in strategic and tactical safety planning, oversight, implementation and execution of safety programs.

Operational Safety

• Support and participate in refinery operational risk assessments, safety-critical job and deviations reviews.
• Support and deliver corporate and refinery implementation of creating safety together to strengthen refinery safety cultural shift.
• Responsible for the oversight and governance of critical safety risk controls implementation, monitoring and trending, verified and communicated for learnings & improvement.

Workplace Safety

• Together with refinery key stakeholders, implement contractors and suppliers safety management.
• Oversight the execution of the Turnaround Safety Lead and team in turnaround planning, preparations, executions and lessons learned.
• Support Workplace Safety & Health Committee Chairman and Secretary duties and responsibilities.
• Manage site fire safety, physical security and contract security services.

Incident Management

• Participate as safety subject matter expert in incident investigation team, facilitate Safety department owned investigations or as directed.
• Structure the emergency response plan, training contents of company emergency response team to mitigate incidents, emergencies and compliance to National CERT Audits and Standard.
• Train refinery crisis leader and crisis management team in handling crisis situations.

Keys to success in this role / The best combination to succeed in this role

• Minimum 12 years of safety working experience in the oil & gas, petrochemical industry.
• Able to functionally influence, lead and manage a team of safety professionals and drive stakeholders to achieve common objectives.
• Expert in operationalising workplace safety, fire safety, crisis management, emergency response and physical security.
• Deep knowledge of local WSH regulations and experience dealing with local regulators such as MHD, MOM, SPF, SCDF, etc.
• Strong communicator, writing and analytical skills.
• Recognised Bachelor’s Degree in safety or similar; Master’s Degree in safety highly desired.
• Registered WSHO, FSM and Noise Monitoring Officer.

Other strengths we value: We value candidates with transdisciplinary thinking, lifelong learning and digital literacy.

Let’s get you started

We look forward to receiving your CV and application (with a salary request) by 20 February 2025.

If you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please get in touch with Raymond Chia, [e-mail].

We will do our best to contact you after the application time has ended. The recruitment process will include interviews and a possible aptitude assessment. The person selected for the position must pass a health examination including a drug test. A security clearance is obtained with your consent.

Neste in brief

Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) creates solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. The company is the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel, enabling its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste refines waste, residues and other renewable raw materials to high-quality renewable fuels at its refineries located on three continents. The company’s annual renewable fuels production capacity will be increased to 6.8 million tons in 2027. Neste has high standards for sustainability and the company has consistently been recognized by several leading sustainability indices. In 2024, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 20.6 billion. Read more: neste.com