The posting
About the role
This role oversees safety, compliance, quality management, workforce health and discipline, and ESG initiatives within a construction organisation. The position requires strategic leadership across regulatory compliance, quality assurance systems, workforce safety culture, and sustainability practices, with responsibility for managing internal teams and coordinating with external stakeholders and authorities.
Key Responsibilities
1. Safety, Compliance & Governance
- Oversee and ensure that outsourced Workplace Safety & Health (WSH) providers fulfil their responsibilities in accordance with MOM, BCA and applicable statutory requirements.
- Develop, review and monitor the company's compliance frameworks, risk governance systems and internal control processes.
- Audit and evaluate outsourced safety reports, site inspections, and recommendations to ensure effective compliance.
- Oversee compliance with applicable ISO standards, bizSAFE, CONQUAS, Green and Gracious Builder Scheme (GGBS), and other relevant industry requirements.
- Lead internal audits, compliance inspections and investigations, ensuring corrective and preventive actions are implemented effectively.
- Provide strategic advice to management on regulatory updates, compliance risks and industry best practices.
- Coordinate with relevant authorities and industry bodies, including MOM, BCA, SCAL and NEA, on compliance matters.
- Oversee incident reporting, root cause analysis, and implementation of risk mitigation measures.
- Develop and enforce company-wide policies covering compliance, quality, ESG and ethical practices.
- Build, develop, train and manage the company's internal safety department and team members.
2. Quality Management
- Establish, implement and maintain the company's Quality Management System (QMS) in alignment with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and other applicable management system standards.
- Ensure project quality objectives are aligned with contractual, regulatory, and client requirements.
- Lead quality audits, site inspections and document reviews to ensure compliance with established QMS procedures.
- Possess strong knowledge of BCA CONQUAS standards, assessment criteria and relevant BCA quality assessment requirements.
- Oversee CONQUAS assessment preparation, internal quality inspections, documentation, and coordination with project teams to achieve project quality targets.
- Monitor workmanship quality, identify areas for improvement and implement corrective measures to improve BCA assessment outcomes.
- Work closely with project teams to drive quality improvement initiatives and resolve non-conformities.
- Monitor suppliers and subcontractors to ensure quality standards are maintained throughout the construction process.
- Promote continuous improvement through training, mentoring and cross-departmental collaboration.
- Prepare and present quality performance reports, assessment results and improvement recommendations to senior management.
3. Workforce Health, Safety & Discipline
- Champion company-wide initiatives to promote a healthy, safe and disciplined workforce, with particular emphasis on construction workers and site personnel.
- Work closely with the HR Department to develop, implement and monitor workforce health, safety, discipline and behavioural improvement programmes.
- Initiate and lead awareness campaigns, training programmes and engagement activities that encourage healthy lifestyles, safe working practices and positive workplace behaviour.
- Develop initiatives to strengthen workers' safety awareness, personal responsibility, compliance with site rules and workplace discipline.
- Collaborate with HR and project teams to identify recurring safety violations, disciplinary concerns and workforce behavioural risks, and recommend preventive and corrective measures.
- Promote workers' health and well-being through preventive health awareness, fatigue management, heat stress prevention and other relevant workplace health initiatives.
- Support HR in developing consistent and fair workforce conduct policies, communication programmes and corrective action processes.
- Establish measurable indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of workforce health, safety and discipline initiatives.
- Foster a positive safety culture through regular communication, recognition programmes, worker engagement and continuous improvement.
4. ESG & Policy Governance
- Drive, lead and implement the company's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives in alignment with industry sustainability goals and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Monitor and report ESG performance metrics, ensuring alignment with client expectations and relevant reporting frameworks.
- Engage stakeholders to embed sustainable and responsible practices across operations, supply chains and projects.
- Lead internal communication, training and awareness programmes to promote sustainability, accountability and good governance.
- Develop, implement and maintain company-wide policies relating to ESG, ethical conduct and corporate governance.
- Collaborate with HR and other departments to integrate employee well-being, workplace safety and responsible employment practices into the company's ESG objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Workplace Safety & Health, Environmental Engineering, Quality Management, Construction Management or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in safety, compliance and quality management within the construction industry.
- Strong knowledge of Singapore's WSH Act, relevant BCA requirements, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and the bizSAFE framework.
- Good knowledge of BCA CONQUAS assessment standards, workmanship quality requirements and assessment preparation processes.
- Proven experience in managing audits, certifications, compliance reporting and quality improvement initiatives.
- Experience in developing or implementing workforce safety, health, behavioural improvement or employee engagement programmes.
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with HR, project teams and external service providers.
- Good analytical, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence workplace culture and drive organisational improvements.
Added Advantage
- Previous experience working with a Singapore construction main contractor.
- Experience coordinating BCA CONQUAS assessments and construction quality improvement programmes.
- Experience leading workforce safety campaigns, employee well-being initiatives or behavioural safety programmes.
- Familiarity with ESG reporting, sustainability frameworks and construction industry certification schemes.
- Possession of a recognised Environmental Control Officer (ECO) certificate or relevant ECO qualification.
- BCA Green Mark-related professional certification or accreditation, together with knowledge of Green Mark assessment criteria, sustainable building practices and environmental performance requirements.
