Safety Officer - Mandai West

Singapore Ministry of Defence; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A government defence agency in Singapore is seeking a Safety Manager to oversee safety matters, implement comprehensive safety programs, and ensure compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates will have at least 3 years of experience in operations, training, and logistics management, along with strong analytical and communication skills. This role emphasizes independent work and collaboration with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in operations, training, and logistics management.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical abilities.
• Organized, meticulous, adaptive, and self-motivated individual.

Responsibilities

• Manage safety matters including audits, incident reporting, and analysis.
• Implement Unit Safety Programme across multiple functional areas.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert on Safety and ensure competency tests for safety personnel.

Skills

Critical thinking

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Knowledge management tools

Tools

Electronic Silk

SharePoint

Job description

Overview

You are responsible for managing safety matters in the unit including safety education, incident reporting, investigation and analysis, hazard and near-miss reporting, safety audits and inspections, worksite safety, fire safety and unit's occupational health management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive Unit Safety Programme focusing on incident prevention across four functional areas: safety education, incident reporting, investigation and analysis, hazards and near miss reporting, and safety audits and inspections
• Serve as custodian of Unit Safety Standing Operating Procedures (USSOP) and work with stakeholders to ensure constant updates
• Discuss, review and recommend remedial actions for incident occurrences and inspection observations
• Act as Subject Matter Expert on Safety and ensure certification tests are carried out to determine competency of safety personnel before specialist appointments
• Ensure professional engineer and technical certification for building infrastructure
• Conduct risk assessment on high-risk training activities and ensure proper documentation of risk management plan and risk assessment worksheet report for all unit activities

Challenge(s)

• Having deep understanding of Army's Safety system and culture, policies and directives that guide local and overseas training
• Having in-depth understanding of policies, systems, processes and key stakeholder linkages
• Ensuring training conducted adheres to safe policies
• Communicating policies and implementation clearly to all stakeholders

What we are looking for

• At least 3 years of experience in fields of operations, training, and logistics management
• Strong critical thinking, analytical and logical abilities
• Organised, meticulous, adaptive and self-motivated individual
• Ability to work independently
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work in teams and collaborate with external agencies
• Knowledge management proficiency in tools like Electronic Silk and SharePoint
• High computer literacy with good word processing and spreadsheet skills

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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