Job Description

About Umicore

Powering the cars of today and tomorrow. Reducing harmful emissions. Giving unique properties to high-end applications. Giving new life to used metals. As a global advanced materials and recycling group, we develop, produce, and recycle materials for a better life.

About Enterprise Functions

A global organisation. It’s not just those in our industrial sites and technical centres that are vital to Umicore’s growth. Across our enterprise functions we ensure that we continue to grow and evolve – whether it’s by making sure our decisions are commercially viable, enhancing our reputation, building new customer relationships or finding the right people who can build on what we’ve already achieved. The variety of our work means we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.

Your Key Accountabilities

• Leads and develops the EHS team to deliver safe, high-quality outcomes, setting clear objectives, feedback, and growth plans.
• Translates functional priorities into actionable plans for the EHS area, allocating resources and removing delivery obstacles.
• Ensures robust EHS regulations & procedures and environmental or sustainability compliance across the department, meeting quality, cost, and timeliness targets.
• Embeds governance, internal controls, and compliance standards, monitoring risks and implements corrective actions promptly.
• Drives continuous improvement, standardization, and digital enablement in EHS tracking KPIs and delivering year on year performance gains.
• Partners with cross-functional stakeholders to align priorities, resolve escalations, and improve end-to-end processes.
• Leads the development and execution of EHS and/or Safety strategies across a small to medium site or a site with a low to medium risk profile regarding EHS matters or leads a sub team in a larger site.

Who we are looking for

Risk identification, industrial hygiene, and Safety/Environmental programs: support, management and control:

• Establish a partnership with departments in order to develop effective risk management controls and measures to assist them with achieving the EHS Objectives;
• Initiatives to increase the Behavior Programs Concepts (Safety Code and Safestart)
• Industrial hygiene programs at all site locations. Includes initial identification and follow-up assessments of all potential health risks at plant locations;

Regulatory development and compliance: support, management and control:

• EHS compliance activities to assure full compliance with local legislation;
• Dangerous goods control;
• Permits renewal (water, soil, and air);
• Perform Safety and Environmental trainings;
• Manage environmental waste disposal;
• Communication with authorities;
• Contact with stakeholders
• EHS (Environment, Health, Safety) system: management

Implementation of Umicore policies / procedures/ guidelines /standards;

Prepare and analyze Safety and Environmental Reports, Key Performance Indicators and Critical Analysis;

Audits (ISO 14001/ISO 45.0001) – internal /external;

EHS Group compliance audit program;

EHS reports (internal and Hermes system);

E-social program – specific EHS (Environment, Health, Safety) software;

Administration of Safety/Environmental department, including budget control and evaluation.

Required profile:

BS Degree in Engineering with equivalent experience

Master Degree in Safety Engineering;

English B2+/C1

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?