Job Description

Description & Requirements

Company Overview

AESC is a general leader in lithium‑ion and LFP battery technology, with a fast‑growing footprint across Japan, the UK, France, China, and the USA. It is now expanding in Spain with a €1‑billion gigafactory in Extremadura that will create up to 900 direct jobs in phase one. The Spanish facility is designed as the first net‑zero industrial park gigafactory in the country, in line with AESC's mission to pioneer sustainable battery manufacturing.

Role Purpose

Are you an environmental professional who enjoys taking a new plant from paper to start-up? As Compliance and Permitting Supervisor, you will own the environmental and industrial permits of AESC's new battery gigafactory in Navalmoral de la Mata, from the final construction stage, through commissioning, to the start of production. This is a role focused on permitting and the environment: environmental authorisation, water, emissions, waste and environmental reporting, together with the plant's EHS legal compliance and ISO 14001 / ISO 45001 management system.





Reporting to the EHS Head of Spain, you will be the day-to-day technical contact for the Junta de Extremadura and the local authorities, work closely with Construction, Engineering, Production, Corporate EHS in China and external consultants, and lead a small team of 2–3 people as the plant grows.

Key Responsibilities

Permits & authorities

• Own the plant's permit register and roadmap: prepare, submit, track and renew all required authorisations (environmental authorisation, water use and wastewater discharge, atmospheric emissions, waste, industrial registration and start-up, fire protection, municipal activity licence).
• Coordinate the technical documentation for each permit with Engineering, Construction, equipment suppliers and consultants, and make sure the installations match the permit conditions.
• Act as the main technical contact for the Junta de Extremadura, the river basin authori

📌 EHS Compliance and Permitting Supervisor (Navalmoral de la Mata)
🏢 AESC Spain
📍 Navalmoral de la Mata