HSE & Facility Senior Manager

Climeworks is a leading high-quality carbon removal provider, combining decades of expertise in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology with a holistic approach to carbon removal solutions.

Climeworks advises companies on their carbon removal strategies and provides tailored portfolios of nature-based and engineered approaches, offering end-to-end services to help achieve net-zero goals. The company runs the world's first two DAC plants in Iceland, demonstrating its core commitment to high-quality carbon removal that is backed by over 15 years of pioneering research, development, and deployment.

By advancing the most reliable solutions in the market, Climeworks accelerates the global transition to net zero, unlocking economic value for businesses, governments, and society.

We foster a dynamic environment and are building a global purpose driven team. We are looking for disruptive thinkers, passionate achievers and inspiring leaders that are ready to take on the world’s greatest challenge.

Will you join us?

You will lead Climeworks’ global Health, Safety, Security and Environmental (HSSE) function, ensuring a consistent and high-performing safety culture across our production facilities, testing sites and corporate environments. At the same time, you will oversee corporate facilities and workplace operations, ensuring our headquarters operate safely, efficiently and to the highest standards.

This is a critical leadership role at the heart of our scaling journey, combining enterprise risk ownership with hands‑on operational execution.

HSSE Strategy & Policies: You define and implement Climeworks’ global HSSE (health, safety, security & environment) strategy, standards and policies across all locations, ensuring a consistent and forward‑looking approach to HSSE standards.

Safety Program Ownership: You own and continuously improve the safety program across production facilities, testing sites, construction sites, and corporate workplaces, embedding a strong safety culture throughout the organization.

Regulatory Engagement: You liaise with regulatory bodies across all jurisdictions where Climeworks operates, ensuring full compliance and maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with authorities.

Executive Reporting: You act as the accountable owner of safety performance (e.g. LTIR/TRIR), including executive reporting and driving improvement actions.

Corporate Facility Management Leadership: You provide strategic hands‑on leadership in Facility Management at the Climeworks HQ in Opfikon, while sharing good practices with other Climeworks locations.

Note:

Direct site management of production and testing facilities is outside your remit.

Stakeholder Management: You act as the primary point of contact for all internal and external facility‑ and site‑related matters, collaborating closely with subsidiaries and external stakeholders.

Financial & Contract Management: You oversee the financial and commercial management of HSE and facilities‑related contracts, ensuring cost efficiency and strong contractual performance.

Safety and corporate workplace integration: You ensure full alignment between HSSE standard and corporate workplace execution.

Leadership & Organizational Development: You lead and coach HSSE and Facilities Management teams, fostering a strong culture of quality, accountability, safety, and customer service across the organization. Act as the single point of accountability for safety and workplace operations across the company.

Education &

Qualifications:

You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety or in a related field, providing a solid academic foundation for this role.

Professional

Experience:

You bring over 10 years of industry experience in HSSE leadership within industrial, energy or process environments.

HSE & Technical Expertise: You have strong expertise in corporate workplace safety, construction safety, and production safety, combined with a focus on health and well‑being. You are familiar with COHS standards and bring solid financial acumen, including budgeting and cost control.

Strategic & Operational Mindset: You are a strategic thinker…