Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Lead

Summary

In Places, we don’t sit back and let things happen, we make things happen, and we do this in service to all Apple employees and customers. Our team is a diverse and nimble group that manages Apple’s retail stores, workplaces, and workplace services. We develop and manage Apple’s global real estate portfolio, lead all related capital construction projects, provide outstanding facilities services, and create and run Apple’s iconic events.

The Apple Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) team is seeking a collaborative professional to join us as EHS Lead, EMEA Corporate. Based at our Battersea office, this role drives EHS program execution, incident management, and continuous improvement across our corporate and R&D facilities throughout the EMEA region. This role includes regular travel to sites across EMEA (approximately 25%).

You bring strong technical EHS knowledge and organizational skills, and you’re comfortable influencing cross-functional partners across different cultures and languages. You take ownership with an appropriate sense of urgency, deliver high-quality results on time, and can make decisions independently — explaining and standing behind them when needed.

Description

The EHS Lead will drive operational excellence across environmental, health, and safety programs within a diverse portfolio of workplace environments. Reporting to the Regional Corporate EHS Manager (EMEA), the EHS Lead supports regulatory compliance, risk management, and operational EHS programs . You partner closely with Facilities, Corporate Security, People, Project Management, and business teams to embed and continuously improve robust arrangements across a diverse regional portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Maintain statutory EHS compliance across EMEA sites, adapting global Apple EHS standards to local regulatory requirements.
• Act as primary point of contact for external regulatory inspections and audits across the portfolio.
• Conduct risk assessments (general and industrial hygiene) and facility/laboratory inspections, tracking corrective actions through the EHS management system.
• Coordinate and support chemical inventories, new equipment/chemical reviews and risk assessments
• Support environmental compliance objectives, including hazardous/chemical waste disposal, emissions reporting, and environmental permit management.
• Lead root cause investigations for workplace accidents and near misses; develop CAPAs and partner with local business leaders to prevent recurrence.
• Coordinate site emergency response procedures, incident response teams, and routine drills in collaboration with Facilities and Crisis Management.
• Provide EHS oversight for projects, including design reviews, safe systems of work / RAMS evaluations, contractor oversight, and pre-occupancy commissioning.
• Oversee contractor and service-partner EHS compliance across projects and daily operations, including safe work procedures and high-risk permits.
• Track and report EHS metrics and audit findings to leadership, identifying regional trends and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate and direct the work of EHS consultants / contractors across the portfolio
• Stay current on regulatory requirements and industry best practices, driving continuous improvements to site procedures and programs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and execute EHS initiatives.
• Deliver guidance and training to personnel to cultivate a proactive, human-centered safety culture.

Minimum Qualifications

• Progressive EHS experience, with a focus on corporate, laboratory/R&D, or technology campus environments.
• Experience supporting multi-site operations across multiple EMEA jurisdictions.
• Strong working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and familiarity with European regulatory frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an EHS-related discipline (Occupational Safety, Environmental Health, Safety Engineering, Industrial Hygiene or equivalent.
• CMIOSH (Chartered Member of IOSH) or CIEH membership.
• NEBOSH National/International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety.
• BOHS Diploma of Professional Competence in Occupational Hygiene (DipOH) or equivalent industrial hygiene qualification.
• Track record managing EHS in mixed corporate and technical/R&D spaces (e.g., hardware labs, prototype testing, specialized workshops).

At Apple, we're not all the same. And that's our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we've experienced and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. As a registered Disability Confident employer, we will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations. Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal backgrounds in a manner consistent with applicable law. Learn more