HSSE Manager Ports & Terminals Malaysia (Sabah)

Lead the Health, Safety, Security & Environmental agenda across DP World's port, terminal, and construction operations in Sabah. In this role you'll set the HSSE strategy, drive a proactive safety culture, and partner across Operations, Engineering, and Contractor teams to keep our people, assets, and the environment protected — while enabling business continuity and operational excellence.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide leadership and strategic direction for the site's HSSE function, ensuring alignment with DP World Group HSSE Standards, Malaysian statutory requirements, and business objectives.
• Lead the implementation and continual improvement of the HSSE Management System (HSEMS), keeping policies, risk assessments, emergency response plans, and compliance obligations effective and current.
• Develop and execute the annual HSSE strategy, inspection programmes, training plans, and improvement initiatives to embed a proactive safety culture across the site.
• Own the DP World GHSE Application at site level, ensuring timely incident reporting, quality investigations, action closure, data integrity, and accurate performance reporting.
• Lead, coach, and develop the HSSE team, driving clear accountability, competency development, and succession planning.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Marine, Commercial, Security, contractors, and regulatory authorities to identify, assess, and control HSSE risks across terminal operations and projects.
• Lead investigations into Serious Incidents and High Potential Events, ensuring robust root cause analysis, corrective actions, and prevention of recurrence.
• Monitor contractor and high-risk third-party activities, enforcing permit-to-work systems and statutory compliance, and prepare HSSE performance reports and executive updates for senior leadership.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of HSSE experience, preferably within ports, terminals, logistics, marine, heavy industry, oil & gas, mining, offshore, or large industrial operations.
• Minimum 5 years in a supervisory or management position, including managing a team of HSSE personnel.
• Proven experience conducting serious incident investigations and implementing HSSE management systems.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to influence and drive cultural change.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across diverse stakeholders.
• Proficiency in safety management software and Microsoft Office applications.
• Business proficiency in English; Bahasa Malaysia an advantage.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief.

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About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world's trade flow better, changing what's possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 111,000 employees from 159 nationalities, spanning 77 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that's fit for the future. In Asia Pacific, DP World employs more than 7,000 people, and has ports and terminals in 17 locations.

We're rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses — Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology — and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we're at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer's door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.