Responsible for leading and coordinating the EHS network across the EMEA Refractory Hub, covering 7 manufacturing sites across Europe, ensuring consistent deployment of Calderys EHS standards, compliance systems, and safety culture initiatives. The role drives hub-wide EHS performance through audits, KPIs, risk management, training, and continuous improvement, while advising leadership on priorities, compliance, and strategic risks. In addition, it includes direct site-level EHS responsibility for Neuwied, covering compliance, incident management, emergency preparedness, and environmental performance.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate the EHS network across the Refractories Hub, ensuring alignment, reviews, and communication with site teams, local EHS, and Group EHS.
- Deploy, monitor, and continuously improve the Calderys EHS roadmap across the hub, including protocols, compliance systems, environmental assessments, and safety culture initiatives.
- Promote a strong safety culture and drive hub-wide EHS performance through KPIs, audits, gap analyses, and continuous improvement.
- Advise the Hub Director on EHS priorities, risks, compliance obligations, and improvement opportunities.
- Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, ISO, and Group EHS standards across all hub sites.
- Conduct risk assessments, develop preventive measures, maintain EHS management systems, and implement emergency/crisis plans at hub sites.
- Support incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and sharing of best practices across the hub.
- Provide guidance, training, and support to employees, contractors, and local EHS teams across all hub sites.
- Integrate EHS considerations into CAPEX, industrial projects, and contractor management.
- Manage site-level EHS responsibilities for Neuwied site, including compliance, risk management, audits, emergency preparedness, and environmental impact reduction initiatives.
Requirements:
- Master’s degree in HSE, Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years in HSE roles, preferably in multinational, multi-site environments.
- Strong knowledge of HSE management systems, legal compliance, risk assessment, incident analysis, and environmental standards (ISO).
- Fluent in German and English, proficient in Microsoft Suite, Power BI, and PowerApps.
- Excellent leadership, coaching, communication, analytical, planning, project management, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven track record in improving performance, ensuring data integrity, and taking a hands-on approach to HSE challenges
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Company
Calderys Group
Calderys is a leading global solution provider for industries operating in high temperature conditions. The Group specializes in thermal protection for industrial equipment with a wide range of refractory products, and advanced solutions to enhance steel casting, metallurgical fluxes and molding processes.
As an international business with a presence in more than 30 countries and a strong footprint in the Americas through the brand HWI, a member of Calderys, we offer our employees a world of opportunity.
With a legacy of over 150 years, and an unwavering commitment to excellence, we continue to shape our future through teamwork, customer-centricity and a proactive mindset. We are the vital partner of all high temperature industries and our purpose places sustainability and innovation at the heart of our business. It reflects our reason for existing: to support our customers building a better world through sustainable solutions.
Our values are a driving force in this purpose: We are tenacious, accountable, multicultural and authentic..
In our company, performance is recognized and learning is promoted. Our services and solutions depend upon the expertise and commitment of our employees. So we ensure that they have the scope and opportunities to develop their potential within a diverse, inclusive and collaborative setting. It is an environment for people to grow, where every day is a new day and more exciting than the last.
Calderys - Forged in legacy. Fueled by excellence.
For more information, please visit Calderys.com