HSE Manager

The HSE Manager is responsible for overseeing the occupational safety and health performance for assigned locations. This includes working with local management to recommend, develop, implement, and monitor all safety and environmental policies, and procedures to ensure operational excellence.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develops, performs, and maintains safety activities in assigned locations. Drives safety vision,mission, and culture within the site locations.
• Effectively communicates and implements safety procedures and programs to drive results within the region. Promotes actions in reducing employee risk by planning and executing safety strategies. Promote a behavioral based safety environment.
• Feed data to support established key performance indicators.
• Investigates all incidents to determine root cause and identify corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Contributes to the development and communicates Safety Alerts with the organization based upon incident investigations. Compile reports detailing performance against targets at the local level.
• Maintain accident statistics, analyze trends for the region, propose and recommend remedial action. Facilitate all incidents and near-misses to be investigated, train employees on how to prepare report of findings, including recommendations to prevent recurrence and implement approved course of action.
• Maintain a working knowledge of HSE-related regulatory requirements.
• Support education for assigned locations in alignment with incident free culture and assume personal responsibility for safe work practices in all operations.
• Conduct regulatory health, safety, and environmental awareness compliance meetings and training for staff at assigned locations.
• Support local management by working with the Legal Department, 3rd Party and Safety Leaders to mitigate OSHA citations and assist in general liability claims litigation.
• Review and complete detailed written reports on safety and environmental audits as required.
• Communicate and train staff on the Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and Emergency Action Plans(EAP) for assigned locations.
• Facilitates and/or serves as an active participant within local union/port authority meetings (Joint Safety Committee and Accident Review Boards, etc.) to continually promote and strengthen the safety culture improvement.
• Perform daily interaction with managers, staff, and auditors. Periodic interaction with local emergency response groups and regulatory agencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma.
• 5 or more years of related Safety experience required.
• Knowledge of maritime safety regulatory requirements
• Knowledge of employer union contract documents.
• Good understanding of vessel and terminal cargo handling operations.
• Experience working with government agencies and unionized labor force.
• Valid driver's license and TWIC card.

• Must be able to work in extreme outdoor temperatures of hot and cold, extremely dusty conditions and occasionally, conditions of high levels of noise.
• The ability to work in an environment that may be hazardous to persons unable to see and hear fast moving equipment
• Will be required to be on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on an as needed basis.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• Will be required to regularly travel to other regional locations.