HSSE Partner

Location: Holyhead, Birkenhead or Belfast 

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £48,000 - £58,000 

Are you ready to make a real impact on safety, security and sustainability across our Ports & Terminals? We’re looking for an HSSE Partner who is passionate about creating safer, smarter and more resilient operations. If you thrive on collaboration, continuous improvement and helping people do the right thing, this role gives you the opportunity to influence across multiple sites, shape best practice and champion a proactive safety culture.this strategic and highly collaborative role, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to Regional Ports & Terminals management on all matters relating to Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE). You’ll help ensure our management systems not only meet regulations and ISO standards, but are consistently applied, understood and embedded throughout our operations.

Working closely with the Group Head of Port Safety & Security, operational leaders and HSSE colleagues across the network, you will support governance, compliance, audits, risk management and continuous improvement — all with a strong emphasis on partnership and engagement.

This is a role for someone who wants to influence at multiple levels, build great working relationships, and help define what “good” looks like across our Ports & Terminals.

Some of your key responsibilities

• Provide expert HSSE guidance to Ports & Terminals management, supporting the development and implementation of frameworks that uphold strong safety, security, environmental and quality standards.
• Evaluate the impact of new or changing legislation and communicate implications to responsible managers.
• Support compliance with ISO 14001, ISPS, and ADR/IMDG requirements, ensuring company policies and statutory obligations are met.
• Act as an auditor for HSSE management systems, helping to maintain high standards and drive continuous improvement.
• Champion proactive safety culture, supporting leaders at all levels to embed safe behaviours and effective risk management.
• Maintain HSSE documentation, including the Safety Management System, SOPs/PSOPs, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Maintain and update Environmental Risk Registers at ISO‑accredited sites.
• Conduct ad‑hoc safety and ISPS inspections, report findings, and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
• Investigate accidents and near‑miss events, identifying root causes and recommending improvements.
• Identify training and certification needs to support local practices and legislative requirements.
• Provide ongoing support to the Group Head of Port Safety & Security and the wider Ports & Terminals management team.

What you will experience

You’ll join a supportive, close‑knit HSSE team that values partnership, trust and doing things the right way. This is an environment where your ideas matter, your expertise is respected, and where your contribution can genuinely shape safer operations.

You’ll work across multiple ports and terminals, building strong relationships with colleagues in different regions and functions. Expect a highly collaborative atmosphere where we learn from each other, challenge ourselves, and share a common purpose: keeping people safe and protecting the environments we operate in.

This is a role where you can grow, influence meaningful change, and help embed safer and more sustainable ways of working across our network.

Benefits

As a Stena Line employee, you will have access to a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, lifestyle and long‑term career, including:

• Concessionary travel on Irish Sea and North Sea routes
• 75% discount on UK Rail travel
• Company pension and life assurance
• Discounts on gym memberships, digital fitness and equipment
• Wellbeing cash plan (dental, eye tests, health screening and more)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Ongoing training, coaching and professional development

Who you are

At Stena Line, your personality matters as much as your skills. You bring a structured, analytical and curious mindset, always looking for better ways of working. You communicate clearly, build trusted relationships, and collaborate effectively across functions and sites.

You’re comfortable working independently while keeping people engaged and informed, and you naturally embody our welcoming, caring and reliable behaviours in everything you do.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) — NEBOSH Diploma preferred
• NEBOSH Environmental Certificate (or equivalent)
• Internal auditing qualification
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Power BI & Copilot
• Strong organisational, analytical and communication skills
• Ability to manage stakeholders across multiple sites
• Willingness to travel across the Ports & Terminals network

Interested?

This is a full‑time, permanent position based in Hoyhead (preferred), Birkenhead or Belfast within our Ports & Terminals HSSE department. To apply, please register your profile and submit your CV in English no later than 6th March.

Please note that due to GDPR, we cannot accept applications via email or postal mail.

If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, please contact:
Kathryn Gallagher – Talent Acquisition Partner
[email protected]

We kindly decline approaches from recruitment and staffing agencies regarding this recruitment.

About Stena Line

Stena Line is a leader in sustainable shipping and operates one of Europe’s most extensive route networks for both passengers and freight. With over 6,100 colleagues across Scandinavia, the UK, the North Sea and the Baltics, we help keep people and goods connected — supporting trade, travel and communities every day.

Our purpose is to be a trusted link between people, places and societies. We ensure that people and goods arrive safely where they need to be, supporting trade, travel and connection. We are committed to maintaining a sustainable, inclusive and respectful working environment, free from harassment and open to everyone. We welcome all applicants.