Waste & Compliance Manager (m/f/d)

• You coordinate waste disposal at our sites in Aachen, Dormagen and Wernberg-Köblitz, from selecting and commissioning disposal companies to the waste verification documents and accompanying documents.
• You operate our electronic waste verification system (e ANV) in ZEDAL.
• You take on the role of waste officer, conduct waste-related site inspections and track derived measures until they are implemented.
• You ensure compliance with waste regulations, including the Commercial Waste Ordinance (Gew Abf V) and the Waste Catalogue Ordinance (AVV).
• You prepare the audit for certified waste management companies (Ef B) and support it.
• You prepare notifications for cross-border waste shipments within and outside the EU.
• You prepare waste descriptions, including the required analyses.
• You are the central point of contact for waste-related questions, build up our knowledge management in this area, and coordinate with the dangerous goods officer and our external partners.
• Your mission
• You coordinate waste disposal at our sites in Aachen, Dormagen and Wernberg-Köblitz, from selecting and commissioning disposal companies to the waste verification documents and accompanying documents.
• You operate our electronic waste verification system (e ANV) in ZEDAL.
• You take on the role of waste officer, conduct waste-related site inspections and track derived measures until they are implemented.
• You ensure compliance with waste regulations, including the Commercial Waste Ordinance (Gew Abf V) and the Waste Catalogue Ordinance (AVV).
• You prepare the audit for certified waste management companies (Ef B) and support it.
• You prepare notifications for cross-border waste shipments within and outside the EU.
• You prepare waste descriptions, including the required analyses.
• You are the central point of contact for waste-related questions, build up our knowledge management in this area, and coordinate with the dangerous goods officer and our external partners.

Your profile

• You have a technical or scientific degree, for example in environmental, process, raw materials or waste management engineering, or a comparable qualification.
• You hold the certified expertise as a waste officer under the Waste Officer Ordinance (Abf Beauftr V).
• You have at least three years of professional experience in waste management at an industrial company or a certified waste management company (Ef B).
• You have a sound knowledge of waste law, in particular the Circular Economy Act (Kr WG), the Waste Verification Ordinance (Nachw V), the Commercial Waste Ordinance (Gew Abf V), the Waste Catalogue Ordinance (AVV), the Ef B Ordinance (Efb V) and the EU waste shipment regulations.
• You have hands‑on experience with the electronic waste verification system (e ANV), ideally ZEDAL, with waste verification and accompanying documents, waste descriptions, and supporting Ef B audits.
• Experience with notification procedures, dangerous goods regulations (ADR), or in the recycling, battery or chemical industries is an advantage.
• You work in a structured and independent way and communicate clearly with authorities, waste disposal companies and operational teams.
• You are willing to travel between our sites in Aachen, Dormagen and Wernberg‑Köblitz.
• You are fluent in German and have good English skills.

Why us?

• You take ownership from day one – after an intensive onboarding, you'll build something unique with us and shape outcomes with real impact on results.
• You work on something that truly matters – with your contribution, you strengthen Europe's battery supply chains and make circular economy a reality on an industrial scale.
• You're part of a mission-driven team – in a fast-paced scale-up environment, we live collaboration, because we can only move things forward together.
• You work to the highest standards – we combine the professionalism of leading industry with the innovative power of a top-tier, research-driven technology team.
• You grow with us – at cylib, you will do what is likely to be the most impactful work of your career and develop personally as we scale together.

About Us cylib is a German battery recycling company that emerged from research at RWTH Aachen University in 2022.

With an integrated network of sites, we bring together research and development at our headquarters in Aachen, dismantling and mechanical processing in Wernberg-Köblitz, and hydrometallurgical processing in Dormagen (in ramp‑up).

Our goal: building a resilient European value chain through the recovery of high-quality materials for sustainable batteries.

With our innovative OLi C technology (Optimized Lithium and Graphite Recovery), we recover over 90% of the contained raw materials – with a CO2 footprint that is 80% lower than conventional processes.

Towards the realization of a true circular economy in the European market.

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