Regional HSE Coordinator Gauteng

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:-

The Regional HSE Coordinator role involves providing day-to-day HSE support to transport and terminal operations, driving HSE compliance, risk management, and safety. Key responsibilities include conducting HSE visits and inspections, participating in operational risk reviews, and coordinating HSE onboarding and approval of third-party transporters. The role requires a recognised diploma or degree in a relevant subject area, 5-10 years of relevant HSE experience, and practical understanding of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 management systems.

**Regional Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) Coordinator**

Join a global logistics leader and drive HSE compliance, risk management, and safety across transport and terminal operations.

**About the Role**

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Regional HSE Coordinator to provide critical support to our transport and terminal operations. As a key member of our HSE team, you will be responsible for driving HSE compliance, risk management, and safety across our transport and terminal operations. Your expertise will help us maintain a strong safety culture, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, and drive continuous improvement in our HSE performance.

**Key Responsibilities**

• Provide day-to-day HSE support and advice to Dry Bulk Transport Managers and Operations Managers, including risk assessments, safe operating controls, and compliance requirements. * Support the safe management of road transport, loading, unloading, warehouse, and related logistics activities. * Conduct planned HSE visits and inspections at the sulphur warehouse and other designated Dry Bulk operating locations; document findings and follow corrective actions to closure. * Participate in operational risk reviews, Management of Change (MOC) reviews, and contractor planning meetings where HSE input is required. * Verify that high-risk work is planned and controlled through the applicable Permit to Work, isolation, and task risk assessment processes. * Coordinate HSE onboarding and approval of third-party transporters before commencement of work, including review of legal compliance, competencies, vehicle and driver controls, incident history, emergency arrangements, and HSE management systems. * Conduct desktop assessments and on-site HSE audits at transporter premises, terminals, and operational locations; prepare audit reports, classify findings, and issue non-conformances where requirements are not met. * Agree corrective action plans with transporter management, supervise progress until closure, and call out overdue or significant issues. * Supervise third-party transporter health, safety, and environmental performance against agreed meaningful metrics, contractual requirements, and company standards, and support consequence management, restriction, suspension, or re-approval decisions with objective HSE evidence. * Collect, validate, and consolidate transporter HSE performance data and prepare accurate monthly reports, dashboards, and trend analyses for operational and senior management review. * Maintain current transporter audit schedules, approval records, action trackers, and supporting evidence; identify recurring failures, deteriorating trends, and emerging transport risks and recommend practical improvements. * Maintain and support the integrated ISO management system for Dry Bulk and Liquid Bulk operations, aligned with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001. Maintain document management system in line with ISO standards. * Coordinate review and maintenance of policies, procedures, registers, objectives, records, and documented information required by the management systems. * Develop and implement risk-based internal audit schedules and conduct ISO internal audits; issue professional audit reports and coordinate corrective measures through to effective closure. * Support external certification, surveillance, and recertification audits and keep the business abreast of relevant changes to ISO standards, interpretations, and certification requirements. * Support management reviews by preparing performance information, audit results, compliance status, trends, and improvement recommendations. * Ensure incidents, near misses, and significant hazards involving third-party transporters, contractors, and assigned operations are reported accurately and within required timelines on the company incident management system. * Lead or support incident investigations using approved root-cause analysis methodologies; capture evidence, interview relevant parties, identify immediate, underlying, and root causes, and develop corrective and preventive actions. * Prepare investigation reports and present significant findings, lessons learned, and recommendations to senior management; track actions to completion and verify effectiveness. * Support legal and other requirements evaluations and maintain relevant compliance registers. * Assist with HSE training, inductions, toolbox talks, safety campaigns, and awareness programmes, and support emergency preparedness drills, exercises, and improvement actions. * Participate in HSE risk assessments, environmental aspect, and impact reviews and operational control verification; promote a positive safety culture, stop-work responsibility, hazard reporting, and learning from incidents. * Maintain reliable HSE records and provide other reasonable HSE support requested by the Regional HSE Manager. * Meet key performance expectations including timely transporter onboarding and audits, monthly HSE reporting, closure of non-conformances accompanied by remedial efforts, completion of ISO audits, incident reporting, and investigation close-out, and planned operational HSE visits.

**Requirements**

• A recognised diploma or degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Management, Quality Management, Engineering, or a related HSE subject area. * Five to ten years of relevant HSE experience, preferably in transport, logistics, terminals, warehousing, bulk materials, mining, industrial, or process operations. * Practical solid understanding and certificates in ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 management systems. * Formal internal auditor training covering ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001, or an equivalent integrated management system auditor course. * Proven experience conducting audits, issuing findings, leading corrective actions, and preparing professional reports. * Experience in incident investigation and root-cause analysis. * Valid driving licence and willingness and ability to travel regularly to transporter premises, warehouses, distribution centers, and other regional operating locations. * Lead auditor training or recognised professional HSE registration is advantageous. * Experience with dangerous goods, dry bulk commodities, sulphur handling, road transport safety, or liquid bulk terminal operations is helpful. * Knowledge of contractor management, Permit to Work, Management of Change, and emergency management systems. Experience using electronic incident, audit, or HSE performance management systems. * Strong auditing and assurance capability, including planning audits, capturing objective evidence, reaching balanced conclusions, and writing clear findings. * Ability to validate data, analyse trends, and produce concise management reports and presentations. * Confident communication and influencing skills across drivers, contractor leaders, operational managers, and senior management.