Regional Marine HSE Manager
Job Summary
This pivotal leadership role is essential in fostering a robust safety culture, ensuring regulatory compliance, and managing risk across vessel and shoreside activities within a dynamic maritime transportation environment. The ideal candidate will bring strong maritime operational expertise, proven HSE leadership, and familiarity with tug and barge, petroleum transportation, terminal, or marine operations settings.
Responsibilities
- Champion and reinforce a proactive safety culture across all regional marine operations.
- Promote safe execution of work to protect employees, vessels, cargo, and the environment.
- Support implementation and ongoing compliance with the ISM Code, Safety Management System (SMS) requirements, and operational procedures.
- Partner with Operations leadership and HSE teams to advance safety performance, compliance goals, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Track, interpret, and help ensure compliance with applicable local, state, and federal marine safety and environmental regulations.
- Develop, implement, and maintain HSE programs, policies, procedures, and management-of-change (MOC) processes.
- Coordinate regional emergency preparedness, including oil spill response planning and response activities.
- Lead incident reporting, investigations, and root cause analysis; drive corrective and preventive actions to closure.
- Facilitate regional risk assessments, including HAZID reviews, and implement mitigation strategies to reduce operational risk.
- Plan and perform audits/inspections of vessels, facilities, subcontractors, and operational activities; document findings and follow up on corrective actions.
- Support and deliver training initiatives; lead or facilitate safety meetings, toolbox talks, and other communication forums.
- Serve as a company representative during regulatory interactions, audits, and industry engagements as needed.
- Provide leadership, supervision, and day-to-day support to regional HSE staff and advisors.
- Assist with internal and external compliance audits, assessments, and documentation requirements.
- Contribute to the ongoing refinement and standardization of company HSE policies, procedures, and performance tools.
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of regional and companywide HSE objectives.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in maritime transportation, tug & barge operations, petroleum transportation, terminals, refineries, or marine environments.
- Proven track record in incident investigation and root cause analysis.
- Familiarity with ISM auditing, management systems, ISO standards, and occupational safety programs.
- Strong knowledge of maritime regulatory compliance and operational safety practices.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Fluency in English, both verbal and written.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Willingness to frequently board vessels, barges, and marine facilities in varying weather conditions.
- Availability to respond to operational incidents and emergencies outside standard hours, including participation in emergency response and on-call rotations.
- Travel to operational locations as required.