Senior Director, DC Construction Health and Safety

About the role

Digital Edge, a data center platform in Asia Pacific backed by Stonepeak, is looking for a Senior Director, Construction Health and Safety. Reporting to the Head of Health and Safety, the role provides strategic H&S leadership and technical expertise across the data center construction portfolio in APAC, working with Design & Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Operations and country teams. It is based in Singapore with regular regional travel.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the senior H&S technical authority for construction in APAC, setting standards and assurance requirements for Regional, Country and Campus teams.
• Strengthen Design for Safety requirements with Design & Engineering and Construction teams so hazards are eliminated or mitigated before work starts.
• Lead continuous improvement of H&S standards for high-risk activities such as work at height, lifting, electrical works, energy isolation, temporary works, excavation, confined spaces and hot work.
• Define H&S requirements for contractor prequalification, selection, mobilisation, onboarding, performance evaluation and escalation.
• Maintain assurance frameworks including risk-based inspections, audits and high-risk activity assurance.
• Establish and monitor leading H&S indicators and performance data to drive improvements.
• Develop and oversee competency and training programs, including digital learning and onsite training.
• Provide H&S leadership for construction-commissioning interfaces such as energisation, testing and simultaneous operations.
• Evaluate emerging risks, technologies and industry practices and turn them into standards and assurance requirements.
• Review incidents and high-potential events, present findings to senior leadership and share learnings across the portfolio.
• Champion policies on health and safety, environment, energy, quality, information security and business continuity, and ensure compliance with incident reporting, legal and regulatory requirements.

Required profile

• 15+ years of progressive H&S experience, including significant leadership across large-scale construction, commissioning and/or major capital projects.
• Proven experience in construction H&S assurance and risk management in large, complex, mission-critical or high-risk environments such as data centers, pharmaceutical, chemical or process industries.
• Experience developing H&S standards, assurance frameworks, leading indicators, competency frameworks, training programs and portfolio-level programs.
• Ability to influence senior Construction, Design & Engineering, Commissioning, contractor and country leaders and embed H&S into project planning and decisions.
• Fluent in English and able to work across diverse cultures and regional teams.

Required skills

• Strong technical understanding of high-risk construction activities and their controls.
• Understanding of contractor H&S governance, including prequalification, mobilisation, competency and assurance.
• Knowledge of construction and commissioning interfaces and international H&S standards and regulations.