Environmental Manager

Description

**Location:** Puerto de Sagunto, ES, 46520 **Job ID:** 18546 At Holcim, you will join a group of 60,000 passionate, pioneering, and high-performing individuals. Our teams inspire one another to deliver the most innovative and sustainable construction solutions to accelerate the world’s ecological transformation. We believe everyone contributes something unique—whether through your commitment to sustainability and innovation, your belief in the power of collaboration and diversity, or your passion for learning. Join our team as: Environmental Manager Mission Ensure compliance with applicable environmental regulations, Holcim’s environmental policies and standards, and the environmental objectives defined for the plant, while guaranteeing proper management of the Environmental Management System, reliability of reporting, continuous improvement of environmental performance, and technical support to operational areas. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * **Legal Compliance, Licenses, and Authorizations** Initiate, maintain, modify, and review environmental licenses, permits, and authorizations required for the plant’s operations, including water abstraction, wastewater discharges, waste management, atmospheric emissions, Integrated Industrial Register, and other applicable legal or administrative requirements. * **Environmental Monitoring, Control, and Industrial Safety** Monitor key environmental and industrial safety aspects through controls, statutory inspections, internal audits, anomaly analysis, tracking of legal requirements, and coordination with accredited entities or competent authorities. * **Environmental Management System and Audits** Ensure maintenance, communication, and continuous improvement of the Environmental Management System, coordinating internal and external audits—including environmental and CO₂ audits—tracking of non-conformities, implementation of corrective actions, and providing operational areas with support to ensure system compliance. * **Reporting, Indicators, and Environmental Documentation** Ensure reliability of environmental data, adherence to deadlines, and quality of internal and external reports—including emissions, waste, discharges, noise, CO₂, PRTR, periodic declarations, corporate reports, and documentation required by regulatory bodies, accredited entities, or competent authorities. * **Operational Environmental Management, Waste, and AFR** Coordinate and supervise the plant’s daily environmental management—including environmental controls, management of generated waste, administrative documentation, coordination with authorized waste managers, and compliance with requirements arising from acceptance and management of AFR (Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials). * **Sustainability, Regulation, and Continuous Improvement** Anticipate, analyze, and implement new environmental regulations potentially affecting plant operations; actively contribute to Holcim Group’s sustainability strategy; and propose improvement initiatives targeting regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and reduction of environmental impact. * **Support in Health & Safety, RHINO, and Internal Tools** Support plant departments on Health & Safety matters where applicable—particularly regarding use of internal tools such as RHINO, safe isolation, pre-work risk analysis, and tracking of preventive actions linked to your area of responsibility. * **Maintenance, Reliability, and Technical-Administrative Control** Manage or support updating of maintenance schedules, reliability reports, and internal tools related to legal compliance of facilities—ensuring necessary technical and documentary follow-up to maintain conformity of equipment and installations subject to environmental or industrial safety requirements. * **Technical Advisory for Projects, Refurbishments, and New Sites** Provide technical advice on environmental, legal, and industrial safety requirements applicable to new production sites, refurbishments, facility modifications, or improvement projects—proposing solutions that support regulatory compliance, risk prevention, and performance enhancement. * **Economic Oversight Related to Legal Compliance** Verify and control budgets, expenditures, and financial needs associated with maintenance, inspections, statutory controls, external services, and necessary interventions to ensure strict legal compliance of facilities. WHAT WE LOOK FOR * University degree in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Biology, Sciences, Sustainability, or a related field. * Prior experience in environmental roles within an industrial setting—preferably in a manufacturing plant, continuous process, cement, chemical, energy, waste, or heavy industry environment. * Knowledge of industrial environmental legislation, authorizations, permits, legal requirements, declarations, and regulatory reporting. * Experience with Environmental Management Systems, internal and external audits, tracking of non-conformities, and action plans. * Familiarity with Environmental Management Systems (e.g., ISO 14001 / ISO 14000), audits, non-conformity tracking, and action plans. * Knowledge of waste management, emissions, discharges, water, noise, CO₂, PRTR, environmental controls, and associated documentation. * Desirable experience or knowledge in AFR, alternative fuels, waste management, atmospheric emission control, discharges, water, noise, PRTR, CO₂, environmental documentation, raw materials, cement processes, or industrial facilities. * Desirable knowledge or experience in maintenance schedule management, reliability reporting, legal requirements for facilities, and coordination with maintenance teams. * Ability to analyze data, prepare reports, and ensure reliability of environmental and technical reporting. * Advanced English proficiency for corporate documentation, reporting, audits, Group standards, and participation in international projects. * Proficiency in office software and specific platforms for reporting, environmental management, maintenance, occupational health & safety, or industrial safety. KEY COMPETENCIES * Technical rigor and compliance orientation. * Analytical ability and attention to detail. * Organization, planning, and deadline management. * Clear communication with operational departments, management, and external agencies. * Cross-functional influence capability. * Autonomy and sound technical judgment in decision-making. * Orientation toward continuous improvement and prevention of environmental and industrial risks. * Teamwork with Production, Maintenance, H\&S, Quality, Quarry, and other plant departments. * Collaborative leadership and promotion of environmental culture. * Integrity, accountability, and sensitivity to the environmental impact of industrial activity. * Ability to translate legal, environmental, and corporate requirements into practical on-site actions. * Mindset focused on improvement, digitalization, and efficient solutions. WHAT WE OFFER * A key position within the plant, directly impacting environmental compliance, industrial safety, sustainability, and operational continuity. * Active involvement in licensing, permitting, audits, statutory controls, corporate reporting, environmental projects, and evolution of facility environmental performance. * A demanding and technically rigorous industrial environment in which to develop applied environmental expertise for complex production processes. * The opportunity to work cross-functionally across plant departments, strengthening a more robust, preventive, and results-oriented environmental culture. * Participation in initiatives related to sustainability, circular economy, waste, AFR, environmental impact reduction, regulatory compliance, industrial safety, and continuous improvement. * Professional development within a leading industrial company, tackling significant challenges in sustainability, legal compliance, and environmental transformation. 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