Environmental Liability Project Manager - Europe

Nouryon Functional Chemicals AB; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

IKEM collective agreement

Bonus

Reduced hours

Health care allowance

Lunch allowance

Job summary

Nouryon seeks an Environmental Liability Manager to lead investigations and remediation projects across Europe, ensuring regulatory compliance and responsible handling of soil and groundwater contamination. You will drive costs, coordinate consultants, and shape remediation strategies with a sustainability and business focus.

The role covers Sweden (Gothenburg) or the Netherlands (Amsterdam) with travel up to 20% and reports to the Global Environmental Liability Manager.

Qualifications

• Academic degree in science or engineering (MSc, master's) or equivalent.
• Extensive experience from process, pharma, mining or oil industry and/or global technical consulting.
• Project management experience of complex environmental matters (technical, financial and legal).
• Experience working across multiple countries (technical and cultural contexts).
• Experience engaging with regulatory authorities in more than one European jurisdiction.
• Fluent in English and either Swedish or Dutch.
• Valid driver7s license.

Responsibilities

• Manage impaired sites and environmental liabilities across Nouryon's European portfolio, ensuring compliance, cost control, and protection of company reputation.
• Monitor and control investigation and remediation costs, including invoice approval and environmental liability provisioning.
• Manage consultants and contractors, including scope definition, performance follow‑up, cost control, and review of deliverables.
• Maintain relationships with Nouryon sites, regulatory authorities, and key stakeholders.
• Support development of remediation strategies, including safety, budgeting, coordination with functions (Legal/Finance/HSE), and stakeholder engagement.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of ELM procedures and guidelines.
• Support M&A activities through environmental due diligence as needed.
• Travel as required for site visits (mainly Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France) and stakeholder engagement; travel varies but up to 20%.

Skills

Project management

Regulatory engagement

Cross-country experience

English + Swedish/Dutch

Drivere2s license

Education

MSc or master's degree in science/engineering

Tools

None

Job description

At Nouryon, our global team takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society's needs - today and in the future. We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you?

About the role

In this exciting role you will manage, drive, and coordinate environmental investigations and remediation projects across Europe, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and responsible handling of soil and groundwater contamination. You will play a key part in managing environmental risks from both a sustainability and business perspective, while supporting sound financial planning through environmental reserves and contributing to the long-term strategy for managing environmental liabilities.

The role can be based in either Sweden (Gothenburg) or the Netherlands (Amsterdam).

This is a permanent, full‑time position reporting to Henrik Eriksson, Global Environmental Liability Manager, based in Sweden, Gothenburg at our Nordic Business Center or in the Netherlands, Amsterdam.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage impaired sites and environmental liabilities across Nouryon's European portfolio, ensuring compliance, cost control, and protection of company reputation.
• Monitor and control investigation and remediation costs, including invoice approval and environmental liability provisioning.
• Manage consultants and contractors, including scope definition, performance follow‑up, cost control, and review of deliverables.
• Maintain relationships with Nouryon sites, regulatory authorities, and key stakeholders.
• Support development of remediation strategies, including safety, budgeting, coordination with functions (Legal/Finance/HSE), and stakeholder engagement.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of ELM procedures and guidelines.
• Support M&A activities through environmental due diligence as needed.
• Travel as required for site visits (mainly Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France) and stakeholder engagement; travel varies but can be expected to be up to 20% during periods.

Qualifications

• Academic degree in science or engineering (e.g., MSc, master's degree or equivalent in geology, chemistry, environmental science or related field).
• Extensive relevant experience from process, pharma, mining or oil industry and/or global technical consulting.
• Project management experience of complex environmental matters from technical, financial and legal aspects.
• Experience working across multiple countries (both technical and cultural contexts).
• Experience engaging with regulatory authorities in more than one European jurisdiction.
• Fluent in English and either Swedish or Dutch.
• Valid driver’s license.

Benefits

• Collective agreement with IKEM.
• Unilateral perks, such as bonus, reduced hours, health care allowance, lunch allowance, and more.