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

About GF
GlobalFoundries® Inc. (GF®) is one of the world's 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 13,000 people, including more than 3,000 in Dresden, Germany.

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.

Attractive compensation components:

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

Flexible working time arrangements:

Family friendly part-time models, trust flextime, 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 via GlobalGives.

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 €2,000 upon successful recruitment.

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

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