With 23 years in HSE, Hamidah’s journey spans from on-site mitigation at NSL to training SATS Singapore Inflight Catering Centre2’s aging workforce. Her role in managing HSE in Keppel Infrastructure (formerly known as Keppel Integrated Engineering and Keppel Energy) and audits across global sites like Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park and Doha Domestic Solid Waste to Energy Plant highlights her adaptability. As the first female SHEQ manager for the largest underground rock caverns facility for hydrocarbon storage in South East Asia, Banyan Caverns and Senior HSE Manager at Hyflux Tuas Spring Integrated Desalination-Power Plant during the global pandemic, her leadership is proven. Recently, as LinkedIn’s Regional HSE Advisor for APAC, she’s pioneering safety in tech, showcasing her versatility and commitment to excellence in health, safety, and environmental management.

• Monthly Wellness and Wellbeing Calendar: Sharing Events and Tips on WSH
• HSE Comms Updates
• Fire Wardens and First Aider Training (Hybrid Working) in Tech Industry: She had managed to train a total of 92 first aiders and 23 fire wardens in Singapore APAC office, which is a rare occurence in the tech industries.

• Ergonomic talks and on-site assessment across Asia offices
• Employee Engagement on Wellness and Wellbeing via Pop-Up Market, introducing wellness and wellbeing products and services to employees as part of promoting healthier habits and lifestyle for the employees
• Communications blast on WSH incidents and reporting
• Voluntary Fire Wardens and First Aider Training (Hybrid Working) in Tech Industry

Setting up the HSE framework for Grab, she reviewed the work processes to inculcate wellbeing and wellness practices such as engagement of ergonomic practitioners for company wide, DEI engagement, stress management and healthy habits. Brainstorming sessions were done across different departments to gather input on the wellbeing programme. Identification of gaps and needs were done, summarized and shared for improvisation. Ambassadors were also selected to share the initiatives to their respective departments.

As part of the work process, Hamidah has also developed a communication plan for return to work employees. Recognizing the gaps and acknowledging there was a strong need to establish presence and encourage feedback, periodic engagement with the stakeholders were carried out. This comes in the form of meetings, surveys and on-site assessment. Communication channels in the form the Slack channel and distribution of readily available source of information allow openness among the employees. The biggest impact is having voluntary support for a dynamically challenging landscape in tech industry.

Kindness, Care, Honesty are some attributes that a safety influencer should have. One of my most recommended method in implementing HSE culture which I have practised for many years is that the open door policy to everyone that I have worked with. If you are not sure, ask and I enjoy mentoring fellow safety practitioners on their HSE journey. I will take the time to eat with my workers and technicians so that I can have a better understanding of their pains because the biggest impacts are on the workforce that is doing the majority of the work. From those feedback and open door discussions, you can have a better influence on the team by relating it to their daily lives.