HSSE Manager – APM Terminals Aqaba

APM Terminals seeks an Aqaba HSSE Manager with seven years of leadership experience for terminal upgrade governance, contractors and safe delivery.

Role

• Full-time, site-based Aqaba position, requisition R199528, within the Terminal Upgrade Project leadership team. Own the HSSE framework from project planning through operational readiness and go-live.

Leadership and governance

• Implement safety programmes, Fatal Risk Controls and Life Saving Rules and promote engagement, coaching, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Maintain the HSSE management plan/framework, legal compliance register, objectives and KPIs and integrate them into planning, execution, commissioning and readiness.
• Lead risk assessments, registers and workshops, audits, inspections and assurance reviews, checking the effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions.

Contractors, emergencies and delivery

• Support contractor prequalification, selection and mobilisation, review plans and competencies and embed HSSE obligations in contracts through close-out.
• Lead significant/high-potential incident investigations and statutory reporting, coordinate emergency drills and support business continuity.
• Coordinate high-risk work, permits, simultaneous operations and interfaces with the live terminal, supporting safe commissioning and operational handover.
• Prepare dashboards, governance packs and executive reporting for project leadership, conduct safety meetings and toolbox talks and capture and implement lessons.
• Authority includes requiring corrective action, stopping work that presents unacceptable risk and escalating incidents, non-compliance and material concerns.

Qualifications

• At least seven years of HSSE leadership on major capital, infrastructure, industrial, logistics, port, terminal or construction projects, including complex contractor-intensive and live operational environments.
• A relevant bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, environmental/security management, engineering or a related field and professional HSSE certifications are preferred.
• Advanced risk, incident investigation, contractor management, regulatory, construction safety, permit-to-work and emergency knowledge; experience with ISO 45001, ISO 14001, OSHA or equivalent frameworks.
• Strong leadership, coaching, influence, communication, conflict resolution, analysis, reporting and integrity, with matrix-organisation and multi-contractor team experience. Salary and deadline are not published.