APAC PDS HSSEQ Lead

Brief Summary:

• Lead the regional HSSEQ and quality agenda by setting strategy, strengthening governance, and driving measurable improvements across multiple markets. Shape a proactive, data-informed culture through strong leadership, risk management, assurance, incident prevention, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the annual APAC HSSEQ strategy, secure senior leadership endorsement, and cascade objectives across countries, markets, projects, and operational locations. Serve as the accountable regional leader for HSSEQ performance, compliance, quality management, and governance. Maintain HSSEQ policies, incident management procedures, legal registers, best-practice standards, processes, and operational templates in line with applicable legislation and recognised management systems. Establish, monitor, and report location-specific HSSEQ objectives, targets, trends, key metrics, corrective actions, and improvement priorities. Lead the transition towards a proactive, data-led HSSEQ culture that supports measurable incident reduction and visible leadership accountability. Oversee the identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring of HSSEQ risks across projects and operations, including systemic and emerging risks. Ensure incidents are reported accurately and promptly, with significant events subject to investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective action, stakeholder communication. Design and manage internal audit and assurance programmes, and coordinate internal, external, and certification audits covering ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 requirements. Track audit findings, recommendations, and non-conformances through to effective closure. Lead the regional HSSE team by establishing appropriate capability, structure, coverage, development plans, succession planning, recruitment, and performance support. Develop and continuously improve regional HSSEQ training programmes, ensuring that personnel complete training relevant to their roles and that identified capability gaps are addressed. Build effective working relationships with clients, regulators, industry bodies, project teams, senior leaders, and other relevant stakeholders. Provide HSSEQ support for bids, tenders, and proposals, and lead regional safety campaigns, forums, and engagement initiatives. Monitor legislative developments, regulatory expectations, industry practices, and emerging HSSEQ methods, assessing their potential operational impact. Act as the principal contact for regulators and government agencies on HSSE matters, coordinating responses to investigations, inquiries, and prosecutions with legal advisers. Lead crisis responses to serious incidents, activate emergency procedures, coordinate cross-functional teams, and maintain HSSE crisis communications plans. Manage the regional HSSEQ budget, allocate resources effectively, and communicate the operational, commercial, and risk implications of investment decisions. Support the design, implementation, and adoption of fit-for-purpose HSSE technology for incident management, compliance, reporting, and assurance activities. Promote the effective use of automation and artificial intelligence to improve hazard identification, reporting, efficiency, and decision-making. Partner with technology and data teams to maintain secure, accurate, well-governed, and integrated HSSEQ data. Own and maintain the APAC Quality Management System in accordance with ISO 9001 and applicable contractual quality requirements. Establish and track regional and project-level quality objectives, targets, audit schedules, quality controls, and assurance activities. Integrate quality management with HSSE systems and audit programmes, while ensuring non-conformances are investigated and lessons learned are implemented.

Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification in HSSE, engineering, quality management, or a related discipline a postgraduate qualification is advantageous. At least 8-10 years of relevant HSSEQ experience, including a minimum of 5 years in a senior regional or multi-site leadership position. Extensive experience leading HSSEQ functions across multiple countries, projects, or operational locations. Practical knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 45001, and ISO 14001 management systems and certification processes. Senior HSSEQ leadership experience in construction, infrastructure, industrial, or project-based environments. Demonstrated experience in incident investigation, crisis and emergency management, regulatory compliance, and risk management across multiple jurisdictions. Lead Auditor qualification is advantageous. Proven ability to develop HSSEQ strategies, governance frameworks, performance reporting, audit programmes, and improvement plans. Demonstrated capability in leading teams, managing resources, influencing senior stakeholders, and coordinating cross-functional responses. Strong commitment to safety leadership, ethical conduct, continuous improvement, data governance, and responsible use of technology.