Lead Engineer, Sustainability & Energy

Job Title: Lead Engineer Sustainability & Energy

DEPARTMENT

The Technical department is responsible for the Process Technology, Integrity, Reliability, Sustainability and Quality Assurance of the entire site Sabic Polyolefine GmbH in Gelsenkirchen. It consists of six sub-teams with approx. 60 employees.

JOB PURPOSE & RESPONSIBILITIES

This exciting role as Lead Engineer Sustainability & Energy gives you the opportunity to BE THE IMPACT by continuously improving our Sustainability & Energy position, assuring Sustainability & Energy performance, leading long term, strategic asset improvements and developing studies. Furthermore you’ll take an important role in our management system, esp. with focus on Sustainability & Energy procedures and in frame of our CO2 trade.  To do so, you ENGAGE with several stakeholders within and beyond the Gelsenkirchen organization such as EHSS, Operations, Sabic’s Asset Technology Center (ATC), Global Sustainability Network, Technology & Innovation and many others.

In your function, you will DELIVER a continuous improvement of the Sustainability & Energy performance and ensure compliance to all related management processes as well as legal requirements. Your in-depth technical, engineering and legislation knowledge in the concerned fields of expertise combined with your convincing and open personality enables you to DELIVER a valuable contribution in our reliable business in the future. The ideal candidate has already broad experience in Sustainability & Energy management.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

The successful candidate will be responsible for a range of activities, taking account of compliance with EHSS & Regulatory demands, including but not limited to:

• Support operating units to meet sustainability and energy targets
• Improve site Energy and Sustainability performance by driving corporate Work Processes (OMS 423 and 424)
• Definition of KPI improvement projects for Energy, GHG, Water and Material Effectiveness and supports the site to accomplish significant cost savings and environmental improvements
• Proactively identify and develop sustainability and energy improvement opportunities to meet longer term corporate targets.  Support development of business case for Energy and Sustainability projects
• Execute CO2 trade
• Chair the Sustainability & Energy Gremium and Energy Value Team
• Track actions accordingly
• Develop and follow up actions from CN Roadmap in alignment with corporate systems and requirements
• Report sustainability and energy status for operating units as defined in corporate Work Processes (OMS 423 and 424)
• Proactively improve sustainability and energy awareness and knowledge across site, providing training to all departments as required
• Strong understanding  of site energy legislation implications and all activities are planned to work within specific legal/legisative constraints for the site
• Act as site representative in Energy and Sustainability regional and global networks, sharing best practices and exploring opportunities for Energy and Sustainability improvements
• Lead/participate technical audits/reviews

REQUIREMENTS

We are very curious to hear from candidates who have a Master`s degree or equivalent in Supply Engineering or comparable, preferably along with at least 5 to 8 years of experience in the area of Sustainability & Energy.

We are looking for an open-minded, goal-oriented, proactive team player with a natural self-motivated manner and a high sense of responsibility.

An ideal candidate for this position provides the following attributes, well reflected in your professional experience:

• Attitude of compliance with legal, regulatory and SABIC internal requirements
• Ability to effectively communicate and ENGAGE with different stakeholders, internally and externally
• Knowledge of (local) requirements for operating polymer plants according Sustainability & Energy
• Experience with EHSS-Management Systems would be a benefit in your application
• Fluent German and English language skills in writing and spoken
• Systematic, independent and responsible working style
• Ability to identify and consequently follow priorities

Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Travel: Up to 10% (regionally) and globally (if required) 

FURTHER INFORMATION

Interested in this position?

Please apply online by sending us your CV and motivation letter in English. Due to data privacy reasons we do not handle any applications sent by email. For additional questions you can contact: Karl Davies, Corporate Recruiter via email – karl.davies@sabic.com or HR Business Partner, Ms. Fenja Reimann, Fenja.Reimann @sabic.com 

The application closing-date is 30th September 2024.

Please be informed that a reference check, an employment verification and E-assessment are part of our recruitment process. A Certificate of Good Conduct can be requested depending on the level of the role in our organization and/or function, allowing us to request depending on local regulations.

Responses from employment agencies will not be considered.

ABOUT SABIC

SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We manufacture on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals. We support our customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy. Our production in 2020 was 60.8 million metric tons.

We have more than 33,000 employees worldwide and operates in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, we have 9,000+ global patent filings, and significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.

In Europe, we have over 6,000 professionals running multiple world-scale production sites and 4 technology and innovation centers. We are present in almost every European country. Major locations within our broad network of innovation, production and marketing are: Teesside (UK), Cartagena (Spain), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Geleen (the Netherlands), Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands) and Genk (Belgium).

SABIC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and as such will not discriminate in its employment practices, including recruiting and hiring practices, based on a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.