Lead HSE

Gatronova is seeking a Lead HSE (Terminals) professional to oversee Health, Safety, and Environment systems across its storage terminals. These terminals manage company-owned and client materials, including feedstock and finished products. The role involves ensuring the safe storage, handling, transfer, and transportation of chemicals while driving compliance with legal and corporate standards. This is a hands-on position requiring close collaboration with terminal staff, contractors, and transport drivers to maintain a safe and efficient working environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the implementation and ongoing monitoring of HSE policies, procedures, and standards across all storage terminals.
- Ensure the safe storage and handling of chemicals in accordance with SDS/MSDS guidelines and compatibility requirements.
- Develop and enforce HSE procedures related to loading, unloading, transfer, sampling, tank cleaning, and maintenance activities.
- Maintain the integrity and safe operation of tanks, pipelines, pumps, bunds, vents, and safety devices, including level gauges, alarms, interlocks, earthing, and overfill protection systems.
- Lead emergency preparedness and response efforts, including managing incidents such as spills, fires, toxic exposures, and transport-related emergencies. Organize drills and mock exercises to ensure readiness.
- Oversee compliance with permit-to-work systems, covering activities such as hot work, confined space entry, work at height, line breaking, and lifting operations.
- Manage HSE aspects for contractors and transporters, including their prequalification, induction, and supervision on site.
- Conduct thorough investigations of incidents, near misses, and spills, identifying root causes and ensuring corrective actions are implemented and tracked.
- Perform risk assessments and job safety analyses (JSAs), particularly when new products are introduced for storage.
- Provide training to terminal HSE staff, contractors, and transporters on SDS/MSDS information and safe work practices.
- Lead and support the HSE Executives and Officers assigned to each terminal to ensure consistent application of safety standards.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
- At least six years of experience in HSE, with a minimum of three years specifically in terminal operations, tank farms, chemical storage, oil & gas, or bulk liquid handling environments.
- Expert-level knowledge of terminal and tank farm safety protocols, SDS/MSDS management, chemical hazard control, emergency response, spill management, and Permit to Work systems.
- Advanced understanding of contractor and transporter HSE management, as well as incident investigation and root cause analysis (RCA).
- Demonstrated adaptability, strong collaboration skills, and an ownership mindset to drive continuous improvement in safety performance.

This role offers the opportunity to lead critical safety functions in a dynamic environment, ensuring the protection of people, assets, and the environment while supporting operational excellence.