HSE Officer (Maasvlakte Site)

APM Terminals; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk seeks a Head of Prevention to lead safety program development, policy implementation and governance at the Maasvlakte site. You will drive risk assessment, audits and continuous improvement across departments, coordinating with HR, operations and leadership to ensure regulatory and client standards are met.

The role requires Dutch/English fluency, strong analytical skills and experience in large, multinational logistics settings, with emphasis on prevention and emergency readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree combined with formal prevention education or proven work experience.
• 1+ years’ experience as a certified prevention advisor in contract logistics plus 3+ years in general contract logistics.
• Experience in a multinational organization and working with diverse cultures is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan, document, follow up and monitor safety processes and procedures.
• Audit processes and conduct regular workplace safety visits.
• Perform risk analysis and understand risk profiles of activities.
• Develop and maintain prevention and recovery systems and business continuity plans.
• Provide high level recommendations to reduce risks for leadership decisions.
• Investigate accidents and near-misses and coordinate with HR and insurance.
• Advise on workplaces, materials and procedures with line managers.
• Monitor corrective and preventive actions and their effects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Communication (Dutch/English)

Cross-cultural experience

IT systems experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree with prevention education

Prevention certification

Tools

IT systems

Job description

Head of Prevention

Maersk is looking for a Head of Prevention to implement policies and procedures in line with national legislation, customer requirements, ISO/TAPA standards, and certification of on-site activities.

Responsibilities

• Planning, documenting, following up, and monitoring the implementation of safety processes and procedures.
• Monitoring safety by auditing processes and regular workplace visits.
• Performing risk analysis and understanding the risk profile of various activities in the area.
• Creating and maintaining systems of prevention and recovery to handle potential threats through a business continuity plan.
• Providing high level recommendations to reduce identified risks, enabling decision-making of the leadership management.
• Analyzing accidents, near-miss incident investigations, and accidents with injuries reported by HR to the insurance, in coordination with line managers.
• Advising on workplaces, materials, and instructions in coordination with line managers.
• Processing and monitoring the effects of corrective and preventive actions.
• Driving the sharing of safety and quality related information throughout the organization.
• Cooperating in emergency procedures/First aid.
• Managing the internal service for prevention and protection.
• Contributing to the year and overall prevention plan.
• Ensuring clear process steps are in place.
• Reviewing/implementing performance follow-up processes.
• Evaluating processes for compliance with quality requirements.
• Developing, performing, and analyzing audits.
• Identifying processes, aligning processes, and creating new processes after identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Monitoring dangerous goods licenses and trainings for staff on-site.
• Providing advice when needed.
• Assisting with implementing TSR/truck security for all relevant customers in the site.
• Monitoring the TSR program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree combined with formal prevention education or proven work experience.
• 1+ years’ experience as a certified prevention advisor in contract logistics combined with 3+ years in general contract logistics.
• Experience in a multinational organization, working with various cultures across the globe is a definite plus.
• Experience with IT systems is a definite plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work with stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with team leaders to help them identify and mitigate risks.
• Understanding the overall nature of the business and the interdependencies between the own function and other functions.
• Excellent communication skills in Dutch and fluency in English.

Location: Maersk site in Maasvlakte.

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