Senior Manager APAC, Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) International, Corporate Engineering & Facilities (CEF)

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Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within EH&S International CEF team for a EH&S Senior Manager AsiaPac based at our Singapore office. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring EH&S compliance for the region. They will work closely with the Site Operations HR & IT teams.

Job Overview

1. EH&S Programmes Projects and General Support

• Provide advice and support to projects to ensure EH&S considerations throughout the project lifecycle. (e.g. review of appropriate documentation)

• Ensure EH&S requirement considerations for new sites mobilisation checklist

• Incident reporting tool & other EH&S tools promote and manage the use of the tools by staff to include administrative requirements training for sites and administrative tasks involved in rolling out updated tool to AsiaPac region

• Ensures incidents are reported appropriately and investigations are completed correctly

• Manage and lead the audit programme audit prep audits attendance leading the completion of post audit actions

• Manage the Driver Safety Programme assist with the roll out of the driver safety programme and the ongoing management of the programme

• Manage Ergonomics Program (advice awareness data gathering actions) including programme implementation where required

• Manage purchase orders liaising with suppliers resolving EH&S payment issues general administration in line with budget

2. Conduct and/or support risk assessments and other consultancy services to control workplace hazards

• Act as H&S Consultant for some sites

• Support and manage interactions between sites in AsiaPac with consultants where applicable and arrange gap assessments risk assessments training programme development standard operating procedure (SOP) development ergonomic assessments & general coordination of site visits actions resolution.

• Carry out risk assessments (general back to work pregnancy ergonomic) as required

• Lead EH&S drop & dial in sessions to minimise workplace EH&S issues

3. Policies procedures & reporting to ensure compliance

• Coordinate with guidance of Director EH&S International Corporate Engineering & Facilities (CEF) in ensuring performance compliance and improving culture across all sites

• Provide advice/assistance to all sites on health and safety requirements including audit preparation follow up from audits and policies/SOPs. Track actions and provide updates

• Coordinate with guidance of Director EH&S International CEF with preparing and updating of EH&S Polices/Programmes/SOPs and distribution of these as required

• Complete site Emergency Management plans as required.

• Monitor records of EH&S against legal requirements and Document Retention Policy

• Gather metrics data and ensuring timely submission by sites on EH&S

• Gather data and coordinate the compiling of electronic reports for incidents accidents ill health data

• Compile and the distribution of General Manager (GM) reports on health and safety for different Countries (general periodic performance reports)

• Assist with corporate requirements in environmental sustainability

4. Initiatives

• Lead EH&S initiatives and campaigns for AsiaPac and aligning with other International offices and head office

• Support EH&S global corporate initiatives and requirements including leading of EH&S management systems programme for relevant EH&S International sites

• Manage campaigns that seeks to continuously support improvement of EH&S performance

5. Communications

• Manage EH&S content for webpages for all AsiaPac offices. Develop EH&S webpages for new sites

• Coordination of EH&S content for Site Facilities Handbook

• Newsletter producing alerts and new versions regularly

Person Specification Knowledge & Experience

• Ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent minimum

• Educated to degree level or equivalent is required

• 10 or more years work experience in an EH&S role with a significant part of this within the private sector and in an office environment

• Willingness to travel (essential)

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills are required

• Positive can-do attitude is necessary and candidate must be a team player

For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:

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