Senior Director, DC Construction Health and Safety

Digital Edge Data Center; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Edge Data Center in Singapore is seeking a Senior Director, Construction Health and Safety to lead strategic health and safety alignment across APAC construction projects, partnering with Design & Engineering, Construction, Commissioning and Operations teams to establish robust standards and continuous improvement programs.

The role requires 15+ years of H&S leadership in large-scale environments, strong governance and risk-management capabilities, and regular travel across the regional

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive Health and Safety experience across large-scale construction, commissioning, and/or major capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of international Health and Safety standards, risk management principles and regulatory requirements.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and embedding Health and Safety into project planning and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior Health and Safety technical authority for construction across APAC, setting strategic direction and assurance requirements.
• Work with Design & Engineering and Construction teams to strengthen Design for Safety and reviews.
• Lead improvement of H&S standards for high-risk construction activities and establish assurance frameworks.
• Define requirements for contractor prequalification, mobilisation, onboarding and performance evaluation.
• Define and maintain H&S assurance frameworks with risk-based inspections and audits.
• Develop and oversee competency and training programs for Construction teams.

Skills

Leadership

Health & safety governance

Risk management

Construction health and safety

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Cross-country travel

Job description

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Senior Director, DC Construction Health and Safety

Where performance meets sustainability, Digital Edge is a leading data center platform in Asia Pacific, delivering sustainable, next‑generation, AI‑ready digital infrastructure at scale. Headquartered in Singapore and backed by Stonepeak, we operate a rapidly expanding platform with over 30 data centers and 1.8GW of secured IT power across key markets.

Our mission is to build the foundation for the world’s digital future, helping organizations to grow sustainably and empowering the populations they serve. We differentiate through execution – delivering at speed and at scale while combining global standards with deep local expertise. This enables us to provide consistent, sustainable and high-performance infrastructure for hyperscalers and enterprises across the region.

As Asia Pacific’s digital transformation accelerates, Digital Edge is building the infrastructure that powers the next wave of AI and cloud growth. Joining Digital Edge means being part of a high-growth platform at the forefront of AI and cloud infrastructure, where you can make a tangible impact on Asia‑Pacific’s digital future.

Our values:

• Respect: We embrace diversity and collaboration.
• Innovation: We share ideas and solve problems.
• Strive: We are driven and determined.
• Excellence: We seek to deliver the best.
• Responsibility: We do what’s right for our people and the planet.

What we need:

Reporting to the Head of Health and Safety, the Senior Director, Construction Health and Safety provides strategic Health and Safety leadership and technical expertise across Digital Edge’s data center construction portfolio in APAC, working closely with Design & Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, and country leadership teams to establish Health and Safety standards, strengthen contractor Health and Safety capability and high‑risk activity management, and continuously improve construction Health and Safety through capability building, assurance and lessons learned.

This role will be based in Singapore, with regular travel across Digital Edge’s regional portfolio.

Key responsibilities:

• Act as the senior Health and Safety technical authority for construction across APAC, setting strategic direction and maintaining Health and Safety standards and assurance requirements for implementation by Regional, Country and Campus teams.
• Work closely with Design & Engineering and Construction teams to strengthen Design for Safety (DfS) requirements and reviews, ensuring construction‑related hazards are eliminated or mitigated through design before work commences.
• Lead the continuous improvement of Health and Safety standards and assurance requirements for high‑risk construction activities, including work at height, lifting operations, electrical works, energy isolation, temporary works, excavation, confined spaces, hot work, and other significant construction risks.
• Define Health and Safety requirements for contractor prequalification, selection, mobilisation, onboarding, performance evaluation and escalation, supporting consistent application by Construction and Country teams across the portfolio.
• Define and maintain construction Health and Safety assurance frameworks, including risk based inspections, audits and high risk activity assurance, ensuring assurance activities are targeted according to project risk, maturity, performance and emerging trends.
• Establish and monitor leading Health and Safety indicators and platform‑level performance data to identify systemic gaps, emerging risks and trends, and translate these into improvements to standards, assurance priorities and capability programs.
• Develop and oversee Health and Safety competency and training programmes for Construction teams, including digital learning and practical onsite training, and define competency expectations for personnel involved in the planning, supervision and assurance of high‑risk activities.
• Provide technical Health and Safety leadership and assurance for construction and commissioning interfaces, including energisation, testing, simultaneous operations and other risks arising as projects transition towards operational environments.
• Define Health and Safety requirements for project mobilisation and construction readiness, ensuring significant Health and Safety risks, contractor capability and critical controls are considered before major construction activities commence.
• Evaluate emerging construction risks, technologies, engineering controls and industry practices, translating relevant improvements into Health and Safety standards and assurance requirements across the APAC portfolio.
• Review construction Health and Safety incidents, including high‑potential events, engage with senior leadership and present incident findings, corrective actions and lessons learned as required, and ensure learnings are incorporated into standards, training programmes, assurance requirements, contractor expectations and future project practices.
• Drive cross‑country learning and continuous improvement, ensuring significant Health and Safety learnings, effective controls and good practices are systematically shared and adopted across Regional, Country and Campus teams.
• Actively champion and implement the organisation’s policies on health and safety, environment, energy, quality, information security, and business continuity, ensuring adherence to incident reporting, legal and regulatory requirements.

The successful candidate:

• 15+ years of progressive Health and Safety experience, including significant leadership experience across large‑scale construction, commissioning, and/or major capital projects.
• Proven experience in construction Health and Safety assurance and risk management within large‑scale, complex, mission‑critical or high‑risk environments, including data centres, pharmaceutical, chemical or process industries.
• Strong technical understanding of high‑risk construction activities and associated controls, including work at height, lifting operations, electrical works, energy isolation, temporary works, excavation, confined spaces, hot work and other significant construction risks.
• Strong understanding of contractor Health and Safety governance, including pre‑qualification, mobilisation, competency, high‑risk activity planning, performance management and assurance.
• Experience developing and implementing technical Health and Safety standards, assurance frameworks, leading indicators, competency frameworks, training programmes and portfolio‑level programmes.
• Strong understanding of construction and commissioning interfaces, including energisation, testing, simultaneous operations and the transition from construction towards operational environments.
• Proven ability to influence senior construction, design & engineering, commissioning, contractor and country leadership stakeholders and embed Health and Safety into project planning and decision‑making.
• Strong knowledge of international Health and Safety standards, risk management principles and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to provide Health and Safety leadership across multiple projects, countries and differing construction risk environments, with regular travel across the region.
• Fluent in English, with the ability to work effectively across diverse cultures and regional teams.