Your mission
- You will help build our central HSE team and a cross-site management system, while developing binding standards in line with ISO 45001.
- You will advise our sites on relevant legal requirements and support their safe implementation.
- You will develop risk assessments, emergency procedures and operating instructions.
- You will coordinate audits, site inspections and contact with regulatory authorities, and track Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs) through to completion.
- You will work with interdisciplinary teams across our sites and embed HSE considerations early in the planning of facilities, workplaces and logistics processes—from battery storage and fire protection to wastewater and exhaust air.
- You will further develop our incident management processes and ensure that lessons learned lead to tangible improvements.
- You will empower teams and leaders, strengthen our safety culture, and establish meaningful KPIs and management reporting.
Your profile
- You have a degree in engineering or a comparable qualification and are a certified occupational safety specialist (Fachkraft für Arbeitssicherheit, Sifa).
- You have at least five years of HSE experience in an industrial environment.
- You have built or further developed HSE management systems and are familiar with relevant legislation and regulations, such as ArbSchG, BetrSichV, DGUV rules, and TRGS/TRBS.
- You have hands-on experience with risk assessments, audits, training, and incident investigations.
- Experience in the chemical or recycling industry, as well as with environmental and permitting matters, is an advantage.
- You communicate clearly with authorities and operational teams, engage people in HSE topics, and take ownership of implementing improvements.
- You are willing to travel to our sites in Aachen, Dormagen and Wernberg-Köblitz as part of your role.
- You are fluent in German and English.
Why us?
- You take ownership from day one – after an intensive onboarding, you'll build something unique with us and shape outcomes with real impact on results.
- You work on something that truly matters – with your contribution, you strengthen Europe's battery supply chains and make circular economy a reality on an industrial scale.
- You're part of a mission-driven team – in a fast-paced scale-up environment, we live collaboration, because we can only move things forward together.
- You work to the highest standards – we combine the professionalism of leading industry with the innovative power of a top-tier, research-driven technology team.
- You grow with us – at cylib, you will do what is likely to be the most impactful work of your career and develop personally as we scale together.