HSSQE Technical Advisor

APM Terminals

As an HSSQE Technical Advisor, you will provide specialist Health, Safety, Security, Quality and Environmental (HSSQE) expertise to support site operations and help ensure compliance with relevant standards, policies, and legislation. You will work closely with operational teams, contractors, and stakeholders across the business to strengthen safety performance, support continuous improvement initiatives, and contribute to a strong safety culture. This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on operational excellence while developing your expertise within a global terminal environment.

What We Can Offer

At APM Terminals, we foster a dynamic learning and training culture that empowers our employees to excel. Our commitment to improvement means every team member has the opportunity to develop their skills and advance their careers by continuously refining how we work. Experience a diverse, multinational workplace where your operational insights directly influence how we work.

• Opportunity to develop HSSQE expertise through hands-on operational engagement and continuous learning.

• Exposure to terminal operations and collaboration with regional and global HSSQE stakeholders.

• Participation in improvement initiatives and projects that support safer and more effective operations.

• A multinational working environment focused on professional growth, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the execution and monitoring of the business unit HSE strategy and related improvement initiatives.

• Provide day-to-day HSSQE guidance and technical advice to operational teams, ensuring standards, policies, and procedures are understood and applied.

• Identify high-risk activities and support the prioritization and implementation of risk mitigation actions.

• Monitor the quality and availability of risk assessments and safe working procedures provided by contractors and vendors.

• Participate in incident investigations and follow up on corrective actions to ensure effective risk controls are implemented.

• Support assurance activities to verify compliance with legal requirements, business standards, and site HSSQE expectations.

• Collaborate across functions to strengthen risk management programs, enhance HSE culture, and drive continuous improvement.

• Support the development and delivery of HSE training, coaching, audits, inspections, and performance monitoring activities.

• Assist teams in the effective use of incident reporting systems and maintain high-quality HSSQE data management.

• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to promote safe, compliant, and sustainable operations.

What We Are Looking For

• Continuous improvement mindset: we are looking for someone who brings a thoughtful improvement mindset—curious about how work gets done and motivated to make meaningful, sustainable improvements over time.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Health and Safety, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, or a related discipline.

• Minimum of three years of HSE experience at an advisory level with demonstrated achievement of business objectives.

• Professional HSE qualification such as the NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent.

• Membership, or progression toward membership, of a relevant professional body such as IOSH, CIWEM, IEMA, or CIWM.

• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills with the ability to support decision-making across the business.

• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development within the HSE field.

• Strong communication skills in English, with the ability to deliver guidance, coaching, and training effectively.

• Spanish is mandatory.

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