Safety Officer - Keat Hong

Role overview

This position is responsible for strengthening and running the unit’s safety framework across garrison, training, and operational settings. The role focuses on preventing safety violations, carrying out corrective actions, and supporting a workplace culture that works toward zero fatal accidents.

Key responsibilities

• Keep the unit’s safety policy, training safety rules, standing operating procedures, and related instructions up to date, and circulate them regularly to all personnel.
• Ensure strict observance of safety requirements and flag any lapses so they can be corrected promptly.
• Carry out daily checks to verify safety compliance, discourage unsafe practices, and recommend safety improvements and good practices.
• Provide on-site safety coverage for all high-risk activities.
• Prepare and project the annual unit safety workplan and run unit safety conferences.
• Review the unit safety policy and standing orders on a regular basis so they remain current and relevant.
• Drive the monthly unit safety workshops and stay fully familiar with the latest safety rules, regulations, and standards.

Challenges in the role

• Building strong knowledge of the Army’s safety system, culture, policies, and directives that apply to local and overseas training.
• Balancing the training requirements of five companies within the battalion while ensuring all activities follow safe operating practices.
• Introducing measures and controls that help prevent CAT 1 incidents.
• Using sound judgment to improve safety processes continuously and reduce incidents without lowering training standards.
• Explaining safety policies and implementation steps clearly to different stakeholders.

What the employer is looking for

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, ideally in supervising high-risk training activities.
• Hands-on experience supporting safety audits and internal audits.
• Ability to conduct safety training sessions such as induction programmes, case studies, and hazard reporting.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to shape safety behaviour and influence culture.
• Analytical ability to review incident patterns and put preventive measures in place.
• High integrity, alertness, and professional discipline.
• Good organisational skills to manage safety workplans and maintain safety records and documents.
• Willingness and ability to cover high-risk outfield and live-firing activities, including weekends.

Additional information

Compensation will be aligned to the selected candidate’s experience. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.