Director Environmental, Health, Safety & Security (EHS&S)

About GF
GlobalFoundries Inc. (GF) is one of the worlds leading semiconductor manufacturers. GF redefines innovation and semiconductor manufacturing by developing and delivering feature-rich process technology solutions with leading performance in all growth markets. GF offers a unique mix of design development and manufacturing services. With a talented and diverse team and manufacturing locations in the U.S. Europe and Asia GF is a trusted technology provider to its global customers. GF employs approximately 13000 people including more than 3000 in Dresden Germany.

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Introduction

The Director Environmental Health Safety & Security (EHS&S) provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for all EHS&S programs across the Dresden site and the broader EMEA region. This role accountable for protecting employees contractors communities assets and the environment while driving full compliance with German EU and corporate regulations and standards. The Director serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and plays a critical role in embedding a strong safety and security culture across the organization.

As a trusted advisor to senior leadership the Director plays a critical role in embedding a strong safety and security culture and in enabling sustainable business performance across the organization.

Your Job

• Strategic Leadership & Governance

  • Design develop implement and continuously improve comprehensive EHS&S strategies policies programs and procedures aligned with corporate objectives and local regulatory requirements.

  • Establish country-level EHS&S goals performance standards and metrics; ensure alignment with global EHS&S frameworks.

  • Interpret implement and recommend enhancements to corporate EHS&S policies to address local risks regulatory changes and business needs.

• Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management

  • Ensure compliance with all applicable German and EU environmental occupational health & safety and security regulations.

  • Oversee audits inspections incident investigations and corrective action plans.

  • Identify emerging risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies to safeguard employees facilities and surrounding communities.

  • Provide oversight for business continuity crisis management and emergency response preparedness across the region.

• Operational Oversight & Accountability

  • Plan direct and be accountable for all EHS&S activities and outcomes across a significant regional scope of the organization.

  • Make final operational and administrative decisions within the scope of authority; provide recommendations on matters impacting broader organizational performance.

  • Operate with a high degree of autonomy; performance is reviewed based on business outcomes objectives and project deliverables.

• People Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness

  • Lead and develop and scale a multi-layered EHS&S organization managing managers and/or senior individual contributors.

  • Define organizational structures roles and performance standards to support strategic objectives.

  • Ensure budgets resources and capabilities are appropriately planned allocated and achieved.

• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Partner closely with executive leadership country management and cross-functional teams (Operations HR Legal Engineering Facilities and Security).

  • Enable business initiatives projects and transformations by integrating EHS&S requirements early and effectively.

  • Represent the organization with external stakeholders regulators and industry bodies as required.

• Culture & Continuous Improvement

  • Champion a strong safety health environmental and security culture across all levels of the organization.

  • Promote continuous improvement through data-driven decision-making best practice sharing and proactive employee engagement.

  • Ensure all activities are performed in a safe responsible and sustainable manner.

Job Complexity & Scope

• Addresses highly complex challenges requiring evaluation of ambiguous evolving and intangible factors.

• Exercises judgment beyond broadly defined practices and policies developing innovative approaches frameworks and evaluation criteria.

• Manages intermediate geographic complexity within the EMEA region often interfacing with regional or global stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master in Environmental Science Engineering Occupational Health & Safety or a related field; advanced professional certifications are an advantage.

• Extensive experience in EHS&S leadership roles within complex regulated environments (e.g. manufacturing life sciences energy technology or similar industries).

• Deep knowledge of German and EU EHS&S regulations standards and best practices.

• Demonstrated ability to lead large diverse teams and influence senior leaders.

• Strong business acumen with the ability to balance risk management compliance and operational excellence.

• Excellent communication stakeholder management and leadership skills.

• Fluent in German and English (Written & Verbal: C1).

We Offer

The position is open-ended and to be filled as soon as possible.

Attractivecompensation components:

13th month salary bonus payments assistance with relocation to Dresden.

Flexible working time arrangements:

Familyfriendly part-time models trustflextime salary conversion into free time.

Diverse opportunities for further development:

Career stages for every job internal qualification offers promotion of external educational qualifications.

Focus on your health:

On-site gym and beach volleyball court bike leasing subsidized employee restaurant.

Corporate culture:

Cooperation at eye level - everyone is on first name terms with us budget for individual team events social commitment viaGlobalGives.

The job advertisement refers to a position up to job level 10 on the GF career ladder.

This position is part of our employee referral program and will be rewarded with a referral bonus of 2000 upon successful recruitment.

Diversityis part of our corporate DNA. For this reason we would like to encourage womenin particular toapply for a job with us. As we value equal opportunities and inclusion is particularly important to us we welcome applications from people with disabilities.