EHS engineer

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Position Summary

The EHS Engineer provides day-to-day environmental, health and safety support for site, lab and applicable field/service activities. The role primarily focuses on environmental engineering, regulatory compliance and sustainability, while supporting workplace safety, risk management and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Environmental Engineering & Sustainability – 70%

• Support compliance with applicable China environmental regulations, permits and corporate EHS requirements, and maintain required compliance records and documentation.
• Manage routine hazardous and non-hazardous waste activities, including waste classification, labeling, storage, vendor coordination, disposal documentation and recordkeeping.
• Support wastewater, air emissions and environmental monitoring, including sampling/testing coordination, data review and corrective action follow-up.
• Conduct environmental inspections and compliance assessments; identify gaps and track corrective actions to closure.
• Support chemical and environmental risk assessments, spill prevention/response, and environmental reviews for new chemicals, equipment and process changes.
• Support site sustainability initiatives, including waste minimization, recycling, water conservation, energy efficiency and resource optimization.
• Collect, validate, analyze and report environmental and sustainability data, including energy, water, waste and other applicable environmental metrics, ensuring data accuracy and timely reporting.
• Support environmental and sustainability improvement projects through performance trend analysis, opportunity identification, implementation and action tracking.

Safety Management – 30%

• Conduct workplace EHS inspections and support hazard identification, JHA/JSA and operational risk assessments for site, lab and applicable field/service activities.
• Support contractor safety management, including EHS requirements, worksite inspections and corrective action follow-up.
• Participate in EHS reviews for new equipment, processes and Management of Change (MOC) activities.
• Support incident and near-miss investigations, root cause analysis, corrective/preventive actions and lessons learned.
• Deliver assigned EHS training, orientation and safety communications, and promote employee EHS awareness and participation.
• Support implementation and continuous improvement of site EHS programs and initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Safety Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a related discipline; Environmental Engineering/Science preferred.
• 2–4 years of relevant environmental/EHS experience preferred, ideally in semiconductor, electronics, high-tech manufacturing, engineering/service or a multinational environment.
• Practical knowledge of environmental compliance, waste management, wastewater/air emissions, environmental monitoring, chemical management and workplace safety.
• Experience with environmental/sustainability data collection, analysis and reporting is preferred.
• Familiarity with ISO 14001 / ISO 45001, risk assessment and incident investigation is preferred.
• Strong analytical, documentation, problem-solving and action-tracking skills, with good communication skills in Chinese and English.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, contractors and external service providers.

China Registered Safety Engineer or other relevant environmental/EHS qualification is a plus.

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Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.