Safety Specialist

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 Specialist

to join our Safety Team in the Singapore Refinery

You will focus on supporting the Safety Engineer in the area of operational safety, workplace safety and occupational health and safety to ensure full compliance with local regulations and Neste’s OEMS requirements. In this job you will work closely with Engineers, Supervisors and front-line personnel in Singapore and the Corporate Safety Team in Finland. 

You will provide your expertise to our Refinery on matters of operational safety, such as: 

1. Operation Safety, workplace risk management, safety leadership, emergency response and crisis management

2. Workplace Safety, managing workplace safety & health environment committee, contractor safety, physical security, turnaround and shutdown event and duties of Fire Safety Manager

3. Occupational Health & Safety, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Respirator Protection, Ergonomic Safety, Hearing Conservation, Heat Stress, Medical Surveillance 

In our Safety team, you will be required to support the team in safety-related tasks and achieve our common goals. 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

• Report, take work execution and direction from Safety Engineer

• Security Management

  • Development, implementation and maintenance of the security procedures, countermeasures, awareness 

  • Perform Security Risk Assessment to ensure compliance and impact needs

  • Responsible for site physical security, security controls, travel security management, security threat impact analysis and mitigation of site security incident and threat management

  • Manage onsite security manpower (contract 3rd party), contracts and performance of the security team

  • Interfacing with external vendors, Maintenance and Facility Functions to ensure minimum physical security functions are available

• Responsible and Leading Turnaround Events  

  • As a bridge between Safety and Turnaround organization to ensure safety requirements are aligned and executed

  • Support Turnaround Manager for Turnaround safety planning and execution

  • Lead the TA safety team comprising of internal safety personnel and contractor safety personnel to execute the Turnaround Safety Plan and activities

  • Ensure improvements, lesson learnt from from Turnaround are implemented for learning, improvement to strengthen Turnaround Safety Plans, processes and cultures

• Workplace safety and fire safety performance

  • Ensure Neste Corporate Principle, Standard and applicable Workplace Safety, Operational Safety and Occupational Health & Safety regulations are executed with clarity, to the level of expectation, compliance and requirements across internal and external stakeholder

  • Reduce workplace risk, hazardous substances including petroleum and flammable materials, machinery and equipment risk through implementation of risk management and control measures 

  • Support emergency and crisis management, incident management, pandemic plans to ensure continuous refinery operation and fulfilment of KPIs

  • Manage contractors and employees safety wellbeing 

  • Execute contractor safety induction course training topics, material and conduct contractor SIC training to the refinery

  • Perform the duties and role of Fire Safety Manager in accordance to regulatory requirement and best practices

  • Assurance of  fire safety licenses, permits application and issuance to ensure continual operation

• Support Safety Team and complete related safety duties and task as assigned

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

• 5 to 7 years of working experience in driving operational safety in a chemical or refining work environment 

• Experience in development and operationalisation of workplace safety program

• Solution provider to safety challenges, good in writing safety standards and procedures

• Familiar with local WSH regulations and have experience dealing with local regulators such as MHD, MOM, NEA, SCDF, etc.

• Minimum WSQ Specilalist Diploma in Workplace Safety and Health. Bachelor degree in chemical / process / process safety engineering field will be an added advantage.

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 12 September 2025.

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. 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