Main Purpose :
The Operations HSE Specialist will provide HSE leadership across Impala’s global operations, driving effective risk management, employee engagement, contractor safety, incident prevention, and continuous improvement.
As part of the Global HSE Team, the role strengthens HSE standards, reporting, assurance, and learning, supporting compliance, ESG reporting, and informed decision-making across the Group.
Key Responsibilities: Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Lead HSE initiatives, supporting business leaders and promoting a strong safety culture.
- Assess risks, lead incident investigations, and drive corrective and preventive actions.
- Manage HSE performance and drive continuous improvement across operations.
- Ensure compliance with legal, corporate, customer, and relevant ISO requirements, including ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and ISO 9001.
- Support contractor management, audits, inspections, training, and employee engagement.
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to promote standard methodologies and operational excellence.
- Ad hoc projects:
- Participate to the development and optimisation of HSE processes and workflows
- Drive HSE digitalisation, automation, and data-driven solutions to improve risk management and decision-making.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Hold a relevant degree in HSE, Engineering or a related field.
- Bring 5–7 years of proven experience in Operational HSE, governance, assurance, and performance reporting, preferably within a high-risk industry such as terminals, logistics, oil & gas, construction, mining, aviation, or heavy industry.
- Lead HSE assurance programmes, audits, risk assessments, and corrective actions across multiple sites, regions, or business units.
- Demonstrate knowledge of HSE frameworks, risk assessment, data governance, analytics, dashboards, and management reporting.
- Lead projects, system implementations, process improvements, and change initiatives, including workflow building and systems integration.
- Demonstrate strong collaborator management, leadership, mentoring, and influencing skills, with the ability to work successfully across functions and regions.
- Apply a strategic, analytical, and data-driven approach to problem-solving and ongoing improvement.
- Influence and make recommendations aligned with business objectives, operational risk, and global compliance requirements.
- Demonstrate experience with HSE management systems such as Intelex.
- Communicate fluently in English and Spanish, with strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
Key Relationships:
Internal
- General Managers, Operations Managers, Terminal Managers, Facility staff, regional security & HSE Managers, Insurance, IT/OT functions.
External
- Contractors, Vendors & Third parties
Skills Required
- Tertiary qualification in occupational health and safety, environmental management, engineering, information systems, data management or related discipline
- 5-10 years' experience in HSE systems, governance, assurance or performance reporting
- Experience in a high-risk industry (terminals, logistics, oil and gas, construction, mining, aviation or heavy industry)
- Experience developing or improving HSE management systems and digital platforms
- Experience planning and delivering HSE assurance programmes across multiple sites, business units or countries
- Working knowledge of ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001
- Capability in data governance, analytics, system configuration and management reporting
- Experience managing system implementations, upgrades, integrations or technology vendors
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Power BI or comparable reporting and visualisation tools
- Fluency in English and Spanish with strong written and verbal communication skills
- HSE Lead Auditor qualification (CQI and IRCA, Exemplar Global or equivalent)
- Experience with workflow automation and governed AI-enabled tools
- Experience working in a global, multilingual or matrix organisation
What We Do
Trafigura is a leading commodities group, owned by its employees and founded over 30 years ago. At the heart of global supply, Trafigura connects vital resources to power and build the world. We deploy infrastructure, market expertise and our worldwide logistics network to move oil and petroleum products, metals and minerals, gas and power from where they are produced to where they are needed, forming strong relationships that make supply chains more efficient, secure and sustainable. We invest in renewable energy projects and technologies to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy, including through H2Energy Europe and joint venture Nala Renewables. The Trafigura Group also comprises industrial assets and operating businesses including multi-metals producer Nyrstar, fuel storage and distribution company Puma Energy, and our Impala Terminals joint venture. The Group employs over 12,000 people, of which over 1,400 are shareholders and is active in 156 countries.
