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HSEQ Site Leader – Tarragona.
Position Mission
Ensure excellence in Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) at the Tarragona (TGN) site, with a strong focus on Health & Safety expertise, while also acting as the coordination point with the HSEQ Managers of the other three Spanish sites (PAR, BCN, SMM) and as the HSEQ representative of Covestro Spain at global level
Key Responsibility Areas
1. Health & Safety (Core Expertise)
-Act as the Health & Safety subject-matter expert, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and Covestro standards.
-Identify, assess, and mitigate occupational health and safety risks, leading accident, incident, and near-miss investigations and implementing preventive actions.
-Drive a strong safety culture, supporting leaders and employees in integrating safety into daily operations.
2. Environment (Environmental Governance & Regulatory Oversight)
-Coordinate with the Environmental Manager, ensuring compliance with environmental legislation, permits, and regulatory requirements.
3. Quality (Quality Governance & Technical Understanding)
-Coordinate with the Laboratory Coordinator leadership to ensure compliance with quality standards, procedures, and internal standards.
-Own and continuously improve the site Quality Management System (QMS) in line with ISO standards and corporate requirements.
-Ensure full compliance with applicable regulations, customer requirements, and internal standards.
4. Team Leadership & Site Coordination.
-Lead and develop the HSEQ team at the Tarragona site, fostering capability, engagement, and high performance.
-Coordinate with the HSE leaders of the other three Spanish sites (PAR/BCN/SMM) to align HSE policies, standards, and best practices across Spain.
5. Global Representation
-Act as the HSEQ representative of Covestro Spain at global and regional level, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy, reporting requirements, and global HSEQ initiatives.
Qualification Requirements
- Strong leadership and team management capabilities, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, problem-solving and decision-making abilities, resilience and adaptability in complex environments, and a proactive mindset to foster a culture of continuous improvement and safety awareness.
-University degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field, or equivalent qualifications with relevant work experience (BS in Chemical Engineering, BS in Science Engineering)
-Master’s degree in occupational health and safety or a related discipline. Certified Higher Technician in Occupational Risk Prevention with specialization in at least one area: Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or Ergonomics.
- 5-10 years of experience in senior leader position, including areas of HSE&Q roles within industrial, chemical, manufacturing, or related environments, including experience managing teams.
-Proven experience leading audits and interacting with external stakeholders.
-Strong expertise in QMS, deviation management, root cause analysis, and regulatory compliance.
- Languages: Spanish: C2 / Native; English: B2/C1 (spoken and written), enabling effective communication in a global environment.
-Permanent contract – join us on a long-term career path.
-Competitive fixed salary – commensurate with experience.
-Variable remuneration / bonus – recognizing your contribution.
-Comprehensive social benefits – health insurance, canteen, pension plan, and more.
-Flexible work model – hybrid work with up to 2 days of home office per week, plus flexible start and finish times to support work-life balance.
YOUR APPLICATION
Are you as curious, courageous and colorful as we are? If so, we can offer you an exciting career opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application including a cover letter, resume/CV, and relevant certificates. Become part of our Team - apply now!
Contact Us
www.covestro.comCovestro welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of racial or ethnic origin, skin color, nationality, religion, philosophy, gender, age, physical characteristics, marital status, disability, appearance, sexual orientation and sexual identity. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.
Skills Required
- University degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, Quality Management, or related field
- Master's degree in occupational health and safety or a related discipline
- Certified Higher Technician in Occupational Risk Prevention with specialization in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or Ergonomics
- 5-10 years of experience in senior leader position in HSE&Q roles
- Proven experience leading audits and interacting with external stakeholders
- Strong expertise in QMS, deviation management, root cause analysis, and regulatory compliance
- Languages: Spanish: C2 / Native; English: B2/C1
Covestro Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Covestro and has not been reviewed or approved by Covestro.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — The company publicly commits to pay equity and a transparent compensation structure, signaling consistency across roles and levels. Competitive pay for manufacturing, engineering, and operations is frequently highlighted alongside solid benefits.
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Retirement Support — U.S. offerings include a 401(k) with company matching and additional retirement contributions, plus an employee stock purchase program. The retirement setup is repeatedly described as especially strong, with examples of automatic contributions and generous matching.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off and holiday observance are standard, complemented by two paid volunteer days in the U.S. Supplemental parental leave and adoption assistance add depth to family support.
Covestro Insights
What We Do
Covestro is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality polymer materials and their components. With its innovative products, processes and methods, the company helps enhance sustainability and the quality of life in many areas. Covestro supplies customers around the world in key industries such as mobility, building and living, as well as the electrical and electronics sector. In addition, polymers from Covestro are also used in sectors such as sports and leisure, cosmetics and health, as well as in the chemical industry itself. The company is committed to becoming fully circular and is striving to become climate neutral by 2035 (scope 1, 2 and 3). Covestro generated sales of EUR 14.4 billion in fiscal 2023. At the end of 2023, the company had 48 production sites worldwide and employed approximately 17,500 people (calculated as full-time equivalents). Data protection information: https://www.covestro.com/en/social-media-privacy-statements
