Workplace Safety & Health Officer

Roles & Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

• Required to perform basic safety and health functions in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Officer) Regulations.
• Identify and assess any foreseeable risk arising from the workplace or work processes.
• Implement reasonably practicable measures to eliminate any foreseeable risk to any person who is at work in that workplace or may be affected by the Contractor’s undertaking in the workplace.
• Implement reasonably practicable measures to minimize the risk and safe work procedures to control the risk.
• Support the construction team and work together with the contractors in leading in the implementation of the Board’s WSH strategies and objectives.
• Implement the measures and safe work procedures.
• Issue safety instruction in writing to Contractors for non-compliances to safety procedure and follow up on the necessary actions.
• Attendance of project safety meetings, review safety measures and recommend safety enforcements.
• Other administrative duties and ad-hoc assignments as required.
• Accommodating with minimal night work and on weekends, as and when required.

Requirements

• Shall complete the relevant training courses approved by the Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health.
• 5 years of practical experience as WSHO in engineering construction industry.
• Have relevant experience in the safety, health, environmental, and security role in projects of similar scale and complexity, and familiar with water reclamation plant projects in Singapore.

Tell employers what skills you have

Construction
Risk Assessment
Legislation
Workplace Safety
Infectious Diseases
Investigation
Environmental Health
ISO 9001
Waste Management
Safety Training
Workplace Safety and Health