Environmental Liability Project Manager - Europe

Nouryon AB; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Reduced hours

Health care allowance

Lunch allowance

Job summary

Nouryon is seeking an Environmental Liability Project Manager for Europe to manage investigations and remediation across Europe, ensuring regulatory compliance and sound financial planning.

The role may be based in Gothenburg, Sweden or Amsterdam, the Netherlands, involving cross‑border collaboration and travel up to 20%. Join a global team within Corporate Legal to shape environmental risk strategies and contribute to sustainable business decisions.

Qualifications

• Academic degree in science or engineering (MSc or equivalent).
• Extensive experience in process, pharma, mining or oil industries and/or global consulting.
• Proven project management experience across technical, financial and legal aspects.
• Experience working across multiple countries and cultures.
• Experience engaging with regulatory authorities in Europe.
• Fluent in English and Swedish or Dutch.
• Driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Manage impaired sites and environmental liabilities across Nouryon's European portfolio.
• Monitor and control investigation and remediation costs, including invoicing and provisioning.
• Manage consultants and contractors, including scope, performance and deliverables.
• Maintain relationships with Nouryon sites, regulators and stakeholders.
• Support remediation strategy development with safety, budgeting, and cross‑functional coordination.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of ELM procedures and guidelines.
• Support M&A activities through environmental due diligence as needed.
• Travel as required (up to 20%): Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France.

Skills

English fluency

Swedish or Dutch fluency

Driver's license

Education

Science or Engineering degree (MSc or equivalent)

Job description

About the job

In this 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.

You will be a part of the Nouryon Environmental Liability Management team, which is a part of corporate legal, with highly skilled and dedicated colleagues and partners around the globe.

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

In your future role as Environmental Liability Project Manager - Europe you will

• Be responsible for managing 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 during periods be expected to be up to 20%.

We believe you bring

• Academic degree in science or engineering (e.g. MSc, master's degree or equivalent in geology, chemistry, environmental science or similar)
• 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
• Driver's license

We believe you are

a confident and decisive professional who can act with clarity and authority when needed. You build trust quickly, including with senior stakeholders, by communicating with credibility and sound judgement. You are skilled at building and maintaining strong relationships across functions and geographies, and you navigate complex situations with a structured and forward-looking approach.

You can balance and integrate multiple perspectives - technical, legal, and financial - when making decisions, and you demonstrate strong cultural awareness when working in an international environment. At the same time, you are organized and proactive, with the ability to manage issues systematically and anticipate challenges ahead of time.

We offer you

At Nouryon, we provide a great job and friendly coworkers, plus benefits in addition to salary. Our collective agreement is with IKEM. Plus, we offer unilateral perks, such as bonus, reduced hours, health care allowance, lunch allowance, and more.

Have we got your interest?

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

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it’s with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role. For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/

As an applicant, you will be subject to a background check before employment. You will receive more information about this later in the recruitment process.

We work actively and systematically with HSE matters to ensure a safe and sustainable working environment for our employees. As an employee, you may therefore be required to undergo drug testing on a random basis. This is part of our commitment to safeguarding the safety and well-being of our staff.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Taking the next step internally is an important part of your career journey with us. We encourage an open and proactive dialogue with your current manager when you want to explore new opportunities. If you progress in a recruitment process and are invited for an interview, it is important that you inform your manager - as a natural and positive step in your development. We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.

About Nouryon

Explore careers and life at Nouryon

If you are looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon’s worldwide team in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment.

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Contact

For additional information about the vacancy please contact hiring manager Henrik Eriksson, Global Environmental Liability Manager at nouryon.com

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or your application or need assistance, please contact: [e-mail]

For union contacts, please see below: Akademikerklubben: Katarina Risö - [e-mail]; Unionen: Helene Rosenlund - [e-mail]; Ledarna: Sanna Backman - [e-mail]

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