Job Description
Regional EHS Manager EMEA
Location: Royston, UK (Flexible)
Travel: Approximately 50% across regional sites
World-changing careers, enabled by Johnson Matthey.
With over 200 years of history, join us and help accelerate the transition to net zero.
As a Regional EHS Manager for EMEA, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening a leading EHS culture across all Johnson Matthey (JM) operations and functions within the region - fully aligned with JM's values. Your work will directly support JM's mission as a global leader in sustainable technologies, helping to transform energy systems and reduce carbon emissions to create a cleaner, brighter future.
The role:
As an Regional EHS Manager for EMEA you will help drive our goals by:
Key skills that will help you succeed in this role:
What we offer:
We make sure salaries are fair, competitive and aligned to individual roles, experience and responsibilities. We are also supportive of hybrid and flexible working and where applicable, offer life, medical and other benefits that support our employees' financial and physical wellbeing, such as:
Ready to make a meaningful impact on your career and the environment? Join us and help shape a sustainable future while advancing your career!
At JM, inclusivity is central to our values. We create an environment where everyone can thrive, embracing diverse perspectives to tackle challenges and ensure all colleagues feel valued and connected.
For any queries or accessibility requirements, please contact (url removed). We will work with you to make suitable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All conversations are confidential, and your feedback is welcome to help us provide an accessible and positive recruitment experience.
Closing date for applications: This job advertisement will be posted for a minimum of 2 weeks, early application is advised.
To submit your application, please click the "Apply" button online.
All applications are carefully considered and your details will be stored on our secure Application Management System. This is used throughout Johnson Matthey for the selection of suitable candidates for our vacancies as they arise.Johnson Matthey respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
For more information about how your personal data is used please view our privacy notice: Johnson Matthey Privacy Notice . By applying for this role and creating an account you are agreeing to the notice.
Johnson Matthey Plc is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.
Location: Royston, UK (Flexible)
Travel: Approximately 50% across regional sites
World-changing careers, enabled by Johnson Matthey.
With over 200 years of history, join us and help accelerate the transition to net zero.
As a Regional EHS Manager for EMEA, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening a leading EHS culture across all Johnson Matthey (JM) operations and functions within the region - fully aligned with JM's values. Your work will directly support JM's mission as a global leader in sustainable technologies, helping to transform energy systems and reduce carbon emissions to create a cleaner, brighter future.
The role:
As an Regional EHS Manager for EMEA you will help drive our goals by:
- Partnering with manufacturing site leadership and operations teams to provide strategic direction and hands-on EHS support, building strong relationships and addressing local challenges including legal compliance, incident investigation and emergency response, in line with JM values.
- Leading the implementation of JM EHS policies, standards and the EHS roadmap across the region, ensuring consistent integration into site-level workflows while supporting safe, efficient and reliable manufacturing operations.
- Driving continuous and sustainable EHS improvement by supporting site-based improvement plans, sharing leading practices across the region, and providing bottom-up feedback to Global EHS on opportunities to simplify, improve or retire EHS processes.
- Providing robust EHS assurance and performance reporting, including quality assurance of incidents and data in JM EHS systems, trend analysis, management reporting, and timely escalation of key EHS risks and issues to Operations and Global EHS.
- Building EHS capability and organizational effectiveness by supporting audits, training and competency development, contributing to EHS organizational assessments and recruitment, and ensuring alignment with JM's standardized EHS roles and governance framework.
Key skills that will help you succeed in this role:
- Degree in a relevant subject, ideally in an EHS-related discipline, with 7-10 years of industry experience across Environment, Health & Industrial Hygiene, People Safety and Process Safety, preferably within the chemical or manufacturing sector.
- Proven experience in a hands-on EHS leadership role, supporting manufacturing site teams, coaching and mentoring EHS professionals, and leading through JM's vision and values within a matrix organization.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships, influence without direct authority, and communicate effectively (written and verbal) at all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated ability to drive change and continuous improvement, including identifying practical improvement opportunities, challenging existing processes, and developing, implementing and training user-oriented EHS procedures.
- Strong organizational and project management capability, with experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, delivering projects through cross-functional teams, and ensuring robust EHS governance and compliance.
- Ability to travel regularly across the manufacturing sites in UK.
What we offer:
We make sure salaries are fair, competitive and aligned to individual roles, experience and responsibilities. We are also supportive of hybrid and flexible working and where applicable, offer life, medical and other benefits that support our employees' financial and physical wellbeing, such as:
- Retirement savings
- Share plans
- Saving accounts
- Life and disability insurance
- Commuter allowances and loans
- Medical plans / health assessments
- Fitness discounts
Ready to make a meaningful impact on your career and the environment? Join us and help shape a sustainable future while advancing your career!
At JM, inclusivity is central to our values. We create an environment where everyone can thrive, embracing diverse perspectives to tackle challenges and ensure all colleagues feel valued and connected.
For any queries or accessibility requirements, please contact (url removed). We will work with you to make suitable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All conversations are confidential, and your feedback is welcome to help us provide an accessible and positive recruitment experience.
Closing date for applications: This job advertisement will be posted for a minimum of 2 weeks, early application is advised.
To submit your application, please click the "Apply" button online.
All applications are carefully considered and your details will be stored on our secure Application Management System. This is used throughout Johnson Matthey for the selection of suitable candidates for our vacancies as they arise.Johnson Matthey respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
For more information about how your personal data is used please view our privacy notice: Johnson Matthey Privacy Notice . By applying for this role and creating an account you are agreeing to the notice.
Johnson Matthey Plc is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.
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