Corporate Safety Specialist

Licensed sponsor London Full-time Posted 1 hour ago

Role Overview

Based in Hartree's London office, the Safety Specialist will report to the Corporate Director of Safety and will be primarily responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving a safety management system to support Hartree’s UK and Europe-based business units. The role combines regulatory oversight of commodity trading and supply chain logistics with periodic field visits to work alongside dedicated HSE business unit managers at operating assets.

Position Title: Corporate Safety Specialist

Business area: Corporate Services
Function: Health and Safety, Environment
Location: London, United Kingdom
Position Type: Full-time
Schedule: Hybrid

Business Overview

Hartree Partners, LP is a leading global merchant commodities firm facilitating the flow of energy, metals, agriculture, and environmental products across the full commodity supply chain, connecting producers and consumers. Hartree was founded in 1997, is jointly owned by senior management and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, LP, and employs over 5,000 individuals worldwide.

Hartree is uniquely positioned to capitalise on opportunities across a diversified set of commodities businesses with a focus on trading, asset investments, risk management and advisory services. These businesses are supported by a centralised operating model including risk, technology, operations, finance, HR, legal and compliance, ensuring strong governance and effective execution.

As a growing and evolving firm, Hartree continues to expand its commercial footprint, invest in new assets, and build new capabilities to meet emerging market opportunities. This growth mindset shapes our culture and attracts people who want to innovate, build, and drive meaningful impact.

Key Accountabilities

Field Safety Governance: Periodically visit owned and leased facilities and businesses in which Hartree has invested, including marine terminals, warehouses and power generation assets. Review safety performance, material risks and compliance with applicable jurisdictional requirements consistent with Hartree's ownership or investment role.
EU & UK REACH / Product Stewardship: Own regulatory stewardship for registered substances. Monitor tonnage, supply-chain roles, registration scope and Only Representative arrangements. Coordinate dossier updates and regulatory correspondence with Yordas and internal stakeholders.
REACH Consortia & Safety Documentation: Manage consortium memberships, Letters of Access, joint submission records and associated agreements. Maintain audit-ready registration records and aligned Safety Data Sheets, classification and labelling information.
UK Occupational Safety & Regulatory Assurance: Act as the London office's competent health and safety resource. Oversee risk assessments, emergency arrangements, training, incident reporting and corrective actions.
EU Dangerous Goods Transportation: Own internal assurance for dangerous-goods consignments by road, rail and inland waterway. Liaise with the contracted Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor on monitoring, verification, annual reporting and corrective actions. Ensure records and qualifying incident reports meet ADR, RID, ADN and national requirements.
Chemical Emergency Response: Manage contracted spill and release response coverage in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany. Maintain agreements and activation protocols and coordinate responders, authorities and business partners during incidents.
Incident Management & Emergency Preparedness: Support the Incident Management Team during emergencies involving assets or commodity movements. Coordinate regulators, operators, facility owners, counterparties and response contractors. Participate in drills, investigations, root cause analysis and corrective-action follow-up.

Skills and Experience

Progressive responsibility in safety/HSE, typically 5 to 7 years of experience within energy, chemicals, commodity trading, maritime, transport/logistics or other high-consequence industries.
Experience with ECHA REACH-IT, IUCLID, UK REACH systems, consortium/joint-submission processes, commodity trading, maritime/chartering or cross-border chemical supply chains is required.
Practical knowledge of EU and/or UK REACH and chemical product stewardship, including registration maintenance, annual tonnage review, Only Representative and consortium structures, dossier management and Safety Data Sheets.
Working knowledge of dangerous-goods transportation under ADR, RID and/or ADN, including the DGSA role, or comparable regulated transportation compliance experience.
Experience supporting emergency response or incident management with regulators, emergency responders, asset or facility operators and senior business stakeholders.
Experience independently owning multi-jurisdictional safety or regulatory compliance programmes, conducting site-based safety reviews, and managing specialist consultants and service providers.
Working knowledge of UK occupational health and safety, risk assessment, incident reporting and investigation, with the ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical controls.
Strong technical writing, document control, analytical and stakeholder-management skills, with sound professional judgment and the ability to escalate material compliance risks.
Highly organised and able to work independently across multiple priorities in a fast-paced international environment while collaborating with commercial, legal, logistics, operations and HSE teams.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and capable of producing clear reports, presentations and compliance tracking.
Ability to travel periodically to operating and investment sites in the UK and internationally, and to provide support outside normal office hours for emergency response or significant incidents.
Degree-level education in occupational safety and health, engineering, chemistry, environmental science, regulatory affairs or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of professional qualifications and relevant experience.
Advanced occupational health and safety qualification, such as the NEBOSH Level 6 Diploma or equivalent. CMIOSH, CertIOSH or comparable professional accreditation is highly desirable.
DGSA qualification or formal dangerous-goods training and/or formal REACH or chemical regulatory training is desirable.

We recognise that talent comes in many forms, and we value potential just as much as experience. If this role excites you but you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the global leaders of commodity trading.

Our Values

Integrity, Collaboration, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities.

Our Commitment

We are committed to maintaining a work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

We are not accepting unsolicited CV/resume’s from recruitment or search agencies for this vacancy. Any CVs/resume’s submitted without a prior agreement in place with our talent acquisition team will be considered the property of Hartree, and no fees will be paid