Manager, Health & Safety

Hongkong Land (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hongkong Land (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. invites an experienced Head of Health & Safety to oversee safety across its commercial and residential assets in Singapore. You will shape strategy, standards and training, ensuring compliance with ISO 45001 and local regulations while aligning with Group frameworks.

You will drive incident management, licensing, audits, and continuous improvement, reporting to portfolio leadership, and champion a strong safety culture across the portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement portfolio-wide H&S strategy, policies, and standards aligned with Group frameworks and industry best practices.
• Develop and deliver the Annual H&S and budgeting plan for portfolio, aligned with Group ambition and operational priorities.
• Set and cascade portfolio level H&S performance targets including leading and lagging indicators (e.g., near-miss reporting, safety observations, incidents)
• Act as subject matter expert in understanding regulatory and standards implications (e.g., ISO 45001, WELL, WSHA, ACOP and local statutory framework)
• Ensure implementation and compliance with the Group H&S Management System across all assets.
• Direct, oversee and ensure implementation of training support aligned with the Group training framework to strengthen portfolio-level safety capability.
• Review and approve site-level safety management plans and high-risk activities (e.g. Construction /upgrading/AEI works) where required.
• Ensure site-level safety processes are compliant, effective and consistently applied.
• Exercise authority to require corrective actions where unsafe practices or non-compliance are identified.
• Lead and be accountable for portfolio participation in Group wide audits and third-party reviews.
• Conduct audit pre-checks and trial assessments to evaluate readiness.
• Ensure the portfolio in developing and tracking corrective action plans following audits including closure of audit findings within defined timeline.
• Escalate material findings or recurring issues to the Group.
• Maintain oversight of compliance with all applicable local H&S legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Support regulatory inspections, investigations and enforcement actions, ensuring appropriate response and remediation.
• Ensure portfolio licensing and statutory renewals are effectively tracked, completed within required timelines, and maintained in full compliance.
• Serve as the primary relationship holder with local authorities on licensing matters.
• Escalate non-compliance, breaches, or regulatory risks to the Group.
• Maintain a complete and auditable register of all statutory licenses and safety-critical permits within the portfolio.
• Lead and be accountable for the management of major incidents, high-potential events and regulatory-reportable incidents.
• Ensure timely and compliant reporting to relevant authorities in accordance with local legal requirements.
• Ensure robust emergency response and crisis management frameworks are in place and regularly tested.
• Determine, enforce and track corrective / preventive actions within delegated authority, ensure root cause investigations are conducted and lessons learned are embedded/implemented across the portfolio.
• Escalate serious incidents (e.g. fatalities, significant regulatory breaches) to Group leadership in line with governance protocols.
• Ensure implementation of contractor and supplier H&S management frameworks across all assets.
• Oversee contractor prequalification, onboarding, and performance monitoring.
• Ensure high-risk works (e.g., construction/upgrading/AEI works, maintenance, confined space, working at height) are effectively controlled and supervised.
• Hold asset teams accountable for contractor safety performance and compliance.
• Coordinate H&S reporting for commercial and residential projects outside Singapore across Southeast Asia, working with local teams to obtain timely and accurate inputs.
• Prepare regional H&S updates for management, highlighting material incidents, compliance concerns, overdue actions, trends and areas requiring management attention.
• Facilitate sharing of lessons learned, good practices and improvement actions between Singapore and Southeast Asia teams to strengthen regional safety performance and risk awareness.
• Champion a strong safety culture across the portfolio.
• Build organizational capability through training, awareness programs, and leadership engagement.
• Act as the primary H&S advisor to the Portfolio CE and leadership team.
• Provide regular reporting on material risks, incidents, and compliance status to portfolio leadership, Group functions.
• Ensure clear delegation of H&S responsibilities across assets, with defined accountabilities.
• Conduct management safety site walks and provide monthly updates and reporting.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

1.Health & Safety Strategy & Standards

• Define and implement portfolio wide H&S strategy, policies, and standards aligned with Group frameworks and industry best practices.
• Develop and deliver the Annual H&S and budgeting plan for portfolio, aligned with Group ambition and operational priorities.
• Set and cascade portfolio level H&S performance targets including both leading and lagging indicators (e.g., near-miss reporting, safety observations, incidents)
• Act as subject matter expert in understanding regulatory and standards implications (e.g., ISO 45001, WELL, WSHA, ACOP and local statutory framework).
• Ensure implementation and compliance with the Group H&S Management System across all assets.

2.Operational Safety Management & Execution

• Direct, oversee and ensure implementation of training support aligned with the Group training framework to strengthen portfolio-level safety capability.
• Review and approve site-level safety management plans and high-risk activities (e.g. Construction /upgrading/AEI works) where required.
• Ensure site-level safety processes are compliant, effective and consistently applied.
• Exercise authority to require corrective actions where unsafe practices or non-compliance are identified.

3.Assurance, Audits & Compliance

• Lead and be accountable for portfolio participation in Group wide audits and third-party reviews.
• Conduct audit pre-checks and trial assessments to evaluate readiness.
• Ensure the portfolio in developing and tracking corrective action plans following audits including closure of audit findings within defined timeline.
• Escalate material findings or recurring issues to the Group.
• Maintain oversight of compliance with all applicable local H&S legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Support regulatory inspections, investigations and enforcement actions, ensuring appropriate response and remediation.

4. Portfolio Licensing & Statutory Renewals

• Ensure portfolio licensing and statutory renewals are effectively tracked, completed within required timelines, and maintained in full compliance.
• Serve as the primary relationship holder with local authorities on licensing matters.
• Escalate non-compliance, breaches, or regulatory risks to the Group.
• Maintain a complete and auditable register of all statutory licenses and safety-critical permits within the portfolio.

5. Incident Management & Crisis Response

• Lead and be accountable for the management of major incidents, high-potential events and regulatory-reportable incidents.
• Ensure timely and compliant reporting to relevant authorities in accordance with local legal requirements.
• Ensure robust emergency response and crisis management frameworks are in place and regularly tested.
• Determine, enforce and track corrective / preventive actions within delegated authority, ensure root cause investigations are conducted and lessons learned are embedded/implemented across the portfolio.
• Escalate serious incidents (e.g. fatalities, significant regulatory breaches) to Group leadership in line with governance protocols.

6. Contractor & Supply Chain Safety

• Ensure implementation of contractor and supplier H&S management frameworks across all assets.
• Oversee contractor prequalification, onboarding, and performance monitoring.
• Ensure high-risk works (e.g., construction/upgrading/AEI works, maintenance, confined space, working at height) are effectively controlled and supervised.
• Hold asset teams accountable for contractor safety performance and compliance.

7. Southeast Asia H&S Reporting & Coordination

• Coordinate H&S reporting for commercial and residential projects outside Singapore across Southeast Asia, working with local teams to obtain timely and accurate inputs.
• Prepare regional H&S updates for management, highlighting material incidents, compliance concerns, overdue actions, trends and areas requiring management attention.
• Facilitate sharing of lessons learned, good practices and improvement actions between Singapore and Southeast Asia teams to strengthen regional safety performance and risk awareness.

8. Leadership & Culture

• Champion a strong safety culture across the portfolio.
• Build organizational capability through training, awareness programs, and leadership engagement.
• Act as the primary H&S advisor to the Portfolio CE and leadership team.
• Provide regular reporting on material risks, incidents, and compliance status to portfolio leadership, Group functions.
• Ensure clear delegation of H&S responsibilities across assets, with defined accountabilities.
• Conduct management safety site walks and provide monthly updates and reporting.