Assistant Director, Fire and Workplace Safety - #1125622

Institution: National University Health System

Nestled in the heart of Tengah Evergreen Town, the new Tengah General and Community Hospital will be an exciting and innovative health campus providing a comprehensive range of clinical specialties and healthcare services including emergency, inpatient, rehabilitative and outpatient specialist care.

As part of National University Health System (NUHS) cluster, this state-of-the-art facility is slated to be ready by early 2030s.

Intricately connected with the surrounding community, Tengah Health Campus offers you the opportunity to create a healthcare facility of the future, tightly integrated with the residents and nature. As a people-focused organisation, we believe in respect and recognition. By harnessing the passion and strength of our team and putting them at the core of our culture, we create a nurturing environment to excel and deliver fulfilling care.

Be part of our groundbreaking team to bring our vision to life – a hospital in a forest, and a healing oasis within the hospital. Join #TeamTengah #TengahHealthCampus

Assistant Director /Senior Manager, Fire and Workplace Safety

The incumbent will ensure that fire and workplace safety are designed into the hospital’s infrastructure and workflows from the earliest planning stages. This role safeguards against regulatory delays, costly retrofits, workplace hazards, and reputational risk by embedding compliance, resilience, and safe design principles into the hospital’s DNA. In addition, this role will support hospital emergency preparedness division in ensuring that infrastructure, policies and systems are in place for crisis response.

Key Responsibilities:

Fire Safety

• Develop and oversee the hospital’s Fire Safety Management Plan.

• Review and validate building design for SCDF fire code compliance, including compartmentation, smoke control, egress routes, suppression systems, and fire detection.

• Liaise with contractors, consultants, andSCDF during design reviews, ensuring approvals are secured without costly redesigns.

• Plan and oversee fire drills, training, and awareness campaigns during commissioning and operations.

• Draft and implement fire safety policies to ensure compliance and alignment with hospital operations.

Workplace Safety

• Ensure hospital infrastructure supports long-term WSH compliance and safe operations.

• Review and advise on layouts for high-risk departments (CSSD, kitchens, loading docks, engineering plantrooms, logistics flows) to minimise hazards and manual handling risks.

• Ensure ergonomic, well-ventilated, and safe environments that support staff well-being and productivity.

• Validate placement of signage, barriers, safety controls, and fall-prevention infrastructure.

• Draft and implement workplace safety policies in compliance with MOM regulations and best practices.

Emergency Preparedness

• Support the Emergency Preparedness division in developing strategies and formulate policies and training programs to support the hospitals emergency preparedness across all departments within the institutions.

• Review infrastructure plans to ensure it enables resilient emergency response — including command centres, evacuation routes, refuge points, backup power, and communication systems.

• Conduct readiness reviews with design and facilities teams to embed resilience before systems are locked in.

• Support the development and testing of the hospital’s Emergency Response Plan, ensuring alignment of infrastructure and procedures.

Regulatory & Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as liaison with SCDF, MOM, MOH, and relevant authorities for safety compliance and licensing approvals.

• Provide assurance to regulators and stakeholders that fire, safety, and preparedness are built into the hospital from the start.

• Document compliance to support licensing, commissioning, and day-one readiness.

Proficiencies

• Influential and able to inspire and persuade others across all levels of the organization, driving consensus and buy in.

• Possess strong analytical, communication, written and presentation skills. Ability to take and record accurate notes/minutes in complex meetings. Use polished communication skills both verbal and non-verbal to influence and persuade.

• Ability to work independently and in a team and across teams with minimal supervision.

• Attention to detail, ability to prioritize workload, be well organized and multi-task in a smart and timely fashion.

• Able to work in a fast paced and dynamic work environment, quick thinker and an effective problem solver.

• Calm, decisive, and resilient in high-pressure situations.

• Risk-based decision-making and strong analytical skills.

• Ability to anticipate regulatory and operational risks.

• Maintain 100% confidentiality, tactful, diplomatic, resourceful, and exercises independent judgment and discretion.

• Proactive attitude and determination to ensure required outcomes are achieved, takes responsibility for own actions.

Qualifications & Experience

• SCDF-registered Fire Safety Manager certification.

• MOM-registered Workplace Safety & Health Officer preferred.

• Bachelors in any discipline with 8-10 years’ relevant working experience in managing healthcare facilities.

• Strong understanding of building codes, fire safety systems, WSH standards, and emergency preparedness frameworks.

• Proven ability to engage stakeholders, manage compliance risks, and align infrastructure with safety outcomes.

• Strong technical skills including a sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat to prepare, edit and manipulate text and data. Tech-savvy-- ability to learn new software and other relevant programs.

• Good command of the English language (spoken and written).