Lead Safety Manager (Data Center) at Linesight — Johor, Malaysia | Racks & Rows
Lead Safety Manager (Data Center)
Linesight·Johor, Malaysia
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About This Role
Overview
As a Lead Safety Manager at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us, lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
The Opportunity
In this role you will:
Provide strategic leadership for all health, safety and environmental activities across large-scale construction projects and programmes
Lead and mentor project safety teams, ensuring consistent implementation of Linesight safety standards and client requirements
Drive the development, execution and continuous improvement of project-specific HSE plans, procedures and initiatives
Partner with project leadership teams, clients and contractors to proactively manage project risks and promote a positive safety culture
Oversee contractor safety performance through audits, inspections, leadership safety walks and compliance reviews
Review and challenge RAMS, permit-to-work systems, lifting plans and high-risk work activities to ensure effective controls are in place
Monitor key safety performance indicators, identifying trends and implementing improvement actions to achieve project objectives
Lead investigations into incidents, near misses and significant safety events, ensuring robust root cause analysis and preventative measures are implemented
Provide expert guidance on local legislation, industry best practices and client safety requirements
Manage stakeholder engagement at all levels, presenting safety performance, risks and mitigation strategies to senior client representatives
Support project teams during critical construction activities and complex contractor interface management
Champion wellbeing, behavioural safety and continuous learning initiatives across project teams
We would love to hear from you if you:
Have 10+ years of construction health and safety experience, including leadership responsibility on large-scale projects
Hold a recognised Health & Safety qualification such as NEBOSH Diploma, Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, or equivalent
Possess a professional certification such as CMIOSH, CSP, CRSP, WSHO or equivalent
Have demonstrable experience leading HSE programmes across data centres, life sciences, pharmaceutical, advanced manufacturing, commercial or infrastructure projects
Are highly experienced managing both CSA and MEP construction safety risks in complex project environments
Have strong knowledge of regulatory compliance, risk management methodologies and industry best practices
Can confidently influence senior stakeholders, clients, contractors and project teams to drive positive safety outcomes
Have proven experience leading incident investigations, audits and continuous improvement initiatives
Possess excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills
Are comfortable using Microsoft Office, reporting tools and safety management system
It would be even better if you:
Have experience working within a client-side consultancy, project management or programme management environment
Have a strong understanding of ISO 45001 and integrated management systems
Are passionate about coaching and developing the next generation of safety professionals
Please note that this role will start on a contract engagement and will be based onsite.
All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.
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About us
Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!
Diversity, inclusion and accessibility
Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!
Required Skills
Health And Safety LeadershipRisk ManagementIncident InvestigationHSE PlanningStakeholder ManagementRegulatory ComplianceAudit And InspectionRoot Cause AnalysisCSA Safety RisksMEP Construction SafetyContractor ManagementISO 45001Microsoft OfficeSafety Management SystemsBehavioral SafetyProject Management
