Job Title
Safety Manager
Job Description Summary
This role is responsible for supporting the implementation and oversight of Environment, Health & Safety practices across project sites operations. The role ensures compliance with EHS regulations, company policies, and industry standards while promoting a safe and secure work environment. Key responsibilities include risk assessment, contractor safety management, safety training, and continuous site monitoring. The position proactively identifies hazards, enforces corrective measures, and fosters a safety-first culture to protect personnel, project assets, and the client’s investment.
Job Description
About the Role:
- Identifying hazards, complete risk assessments and apply control measures to prevent harm;
- Implementing safety and health management plans, safe systems of work and conduct monitoring to verify compliance;
- Ensuring Contractors work to the conditions of engagement, prepare and implement the necessary safe work plans and practices applicable to their work
- Utilising suitably competent personnel to achieve performance requirements and commitments;
- Training vendors to meet safety and health responsibilities, gain levels of competency, achieve compliance with legislative requirements, and meet safety standards for tasks performed;
- Communicating and consult with employees on this policy and in the development, implementation and promotion of safe systems of work
- Regularly reviewing contingency and emergency preparedness to ensure timely action
- Coordinates with design and project management teams to integrate safety in planning and execution stages.
- Ensures proper implementation of environmental management practices including waste disposal, pollution control, and sustainability compliance.
- Liaises with statutory bodies and local authorities for safety audits, fire NOCs, and environmental clearances as required.
- Drives continuous improvement through periodic EHS performance reviews.
About You:
- B.E BE Electrical/Mechanical Engineering with 5 to 8 years of experience
- Experience in Residential, Commercial, hospitality & Institutional or large-scale construction projects.
- Technical awareness of civil, electro-mechanical, and architectural works
- Knowledge of EHS regulations, standards, and compliance (e.g., OSHA, Factory Acts, local environmental laws).
- Experience in risk assessment, incident investigation, and corrective action implementation.
- Ability to develop and deliver safety training programs.
- Familiarity with safety audits, permits, and site inspections.
- Certifications like NEBOSH, IOSH, or ISO 45001 (if any).
Why join Cushman & Wakefield?
As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;
- Being part of a growing global company;
- Career development and a promote from within culture;
- An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion
We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.
We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.
That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.
We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.
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