Senior Manager | Health & Safety
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- Local Business Partnering including the provision of site, travel and office safety support on H&S advice to support internal clients (both projects and systems).
- Manage H&S matters at regional, local and group levels.
- Good working relationship with senior staff particularly Group and Officer Leaders, Project Managers and HSEQ team is essential.
- Work closely with HSW representatives on HSW initiatives to ensure effective implementation.
- Act as a business partner to provide support on H&S related matters
- Assist in improving the culture across the region to ensure a healthy, safe and accident-free working environment.
- Implement the H&S initiatives, plans, programmes, standards, management systems, e-systems consistently and effectively in East Asia Region and ensure proper verification for all locations including sites.
- Develop and implement strategic solutions that support management's efforts to improve H&S performance
- Lead and supervise region Health & Safety teams.
- Act as a key investigation officer when HIPO incident happens, in order to find out the root cause and prepare the remedial action plan, and follow up the associated actions.
- Monitor injury, illness, and incident related performance and report promptly.
- Manage emergency response plan to deal with emergency situations for the health and safety of employees and those working for the firm.
- Assist in preparing corporate Health & Safety reports on performance for management review of the past performances and the progresses of improvement initiatives.
- Monitor H&S regulatory compliance for the region
- Develop and deliver H&S trainings, workshops and good practices as well as the lesson learnt.
- Communicate all findings, concerns and deficiencies to the region lead to ensure timely and necessary actions for improvement
Qualifications and Experiences required:
- Degree or above in Environment, Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering or related disciplines
- At least 12 years of experience in safety management, preferable in construction industry
- Regional experience and working in multi-national corporations will be advantages
- Solid experience in the implementation of corporate policies, procedures and guidelines
- In depth knowledge and recognized qualifications in safety management, including qualifications such as ISO 45001 or equivalent
- Membership of relevant professional institution such as Registered Safety Officer (RSO) or Registered Safety Auditor (RSA) of Labour Department
- Willing to drive changes and make actionable improvement plan
- Hands-on and practical with good organizational, communication and presentation skills
- Ability to perform efficiently in a fast-paced and multi-cultural environment
- Willing to travel within East Asia
- Excellent spoken and written English and Chinese