Safety Engineer

Are you our next creator of change?

Do you want to be part of creating solutions for mitigating climate change? At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Together we will accelerate transformation for a more sustainable future.

We are looking for you,

Safety Engineer
to join our Safety Team in the Singapore Refinery

You will focus on functionally, leading the Singapore Refinery Operational Safety Team in the area of operational safety, workplace safety, Crisis & Security to ensure full compliance with Corporate Safety, local and regulatory safety requirements. In this job you will collaborate and work closely with the safety team, stakeholders from other functions and departments including the Corporate Safety Team in Finland. 

You will provide your expertise to our Refinery on matters of operational safety, such as Safety Leadership cultural shift, critical field controls & verifications, Contractor Safety, Turnaround Safety, Workplace Safety & Health Committee, Fire Safety Management, Emergency Response, Crisis & Security management.

In our Safety team, you will report to the Safety Manager and functionally lead the safety team in safety-related tasks and achieve our common goals. Intervening and working closely with stakeholders to resolve operational safety related challenges and escalate to Safety Manager for directions and resolutions. As the functional safety lead, your experience to coach the safety operation team is one of the key aspects and accountability in this role.  Together with you and your expertise, we can make an impact today and keep our promises for tomorrow.

Reasons to join

Real impact right now. We create solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. We live by our values every day; we care, we have courage, we cooperate.

Safety and caring. We value safety always and everywhere. We want our work to feel good and do good. At Neste, we nurture a culture where everyone is welcome and feels safe, respected and encouraged to be their unique true selves.

Exciting growth. Transformation brings new possibilities, fostering both courage and curiosity. As a global company, collaboration is the key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working. We support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities.

More about the job

Your role in our team / in creating a sustainable future

Safety Engineer (Functional Safety Lead Role)

• Drive and lead operational safety, workplace safety, fire safety, crisis & emergency response,  security disciplines

• Functionally lead (without direct reportees) the operational safety team consisting of safety professionals to ensure refinery legal right to operate safely is delivered, priorities are aligned back to the safety manager

• Coach and support operational safety team as needed 

• Support safety manager in strategic and tactical safety planning, oversight implementation and execution of safety programs  

Operational Safety

• Support and participate in refinery operational risk assessments, safety critical job and deviations reviews

• Support and deliver corporate and refinery implementation of creating safety together to strengthen refinery safety cultural shift

• Responsible for the oversight and governance of critical safety risk controls implementation, monitoring and trending, verified and communicated for learnings & improvement

Workplace Safety

• Together with refinery key stakeholders, implement contractors and suppliers safety management 

• Oversight the execution of the Turnaround Safety Lead and team in turnaround planning, preparations, executions and lesson learnt 

• Support Workplace Safety & Health Committee Chairman and Secretary duties and responsibilities   

• Manage site fire safety, physical security and contract security services 

Incident Management

• Participate as safety subject matter expert in incident investigation team, facilitate Safety department owned investigations or as directed

• Structure the emergency response plan, training contents of company emergency response team to mitigate incidents, emergencies and compliance to National CERT Audits and Standard 

• Train refinery crisis leader and crisis management team in handling crisis situations 

Keys to success in this role / The best combination to succeed in this role

• Minimum 12 years of safety working experience in the oil & gas, petrochemical industry 

• Able to functionally influence, lead and manage a team of safety professionals and drive stakeholders to achieve common objectives  

• Expert in operationalise workplace safety, fire safety, crisis management, emergency response and physical security

• Deep knowledge of local WSH regulations and have experience dealing with local regulators such as MHD, MOM, SPF, SCDF, etc.

• Strong communicator, writing and analytical skills

• Recognised Bachelor’s Degree in safety or similar, Master's Degree in safety highly desired

• Registered WSHO, FSM and Noise Monitoring Officer

Other strengths we value

We value candidates with transdisciplinary thinking, lifelong learning and digital literacy.

Let’s get you started

We look forward to receiving your CV and application (with a salary request) by 20 February 2026.
We will do our best to contact you after the application time has ended. The recruitment process will include interviews and a possible aptitude assessment. The person selected for the position must pass a health examination including a drug test. A security clearance is obtained with your consent.

Neste in brief

Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) creates solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. The company is the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel, enabling its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste refines waste, residues and other renewable raw materials to high-quality renewable fuels at its refineries located on three continents. The company’s annual renewable fuels production capacity will be increased to 6.8 million tons in 2027.

Neste has high standards for sustainability and the company has consistently been recognized by several leading sustainability indices. In 2024, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 20.6 billion. Read more: neste.com