European Environmental Liability Project Lead

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

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.