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Zeiss

Corporate venture capital for deep-tech startups

Leiter Arbeitssicherheit - m/w/x, Region Süd

Environmental Health & SafetyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeOberkochen, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed university degree in safety engineering, safety and hazard prevention, or a comparable field, together with an additional qualification as an occupational safety specialist.
  • Additional professional qualifications or training in related areas such as health management, fire protection, radiation protection, and electrical safety.
  • Knowledge of leading occupational safety standards, including ISO 45001 and ISO 45003, as well as other quality-management standards.
  • Extensive professional and management experience in occupational safety, including several years in a leadership position.
  • Strong leadership, analytical, strategic, and communication skills, along with strong lateral leadership skills for internal and external partners.
  • Broad and comprehensive expertise in theories and methods related to occupational and health protection.
  • Willingness to travel within Germany to assigned sites.
  • Very good German and English language skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, direct, motivate, assess, and develop all occupational safety specialists and safety engineers in the assigned region across the ZEISS Group Germany, comprising approximately 7–10 employees.
  • Enable assigned employees to perform complex tasks and act as the functional leader of safety representatives in the assigned region regarding occupational and health protection.
  • Advise executive management and leaders of assigned business units on the safe and healthy design of work processes and systems and on the legally compliant organization of occupational safety.
  • Handle and resolve highly open-ended and complex occupational safety tasks and challenges, such as behavior-based safety and analysis and interpretation of legal requirements, using innovative thinking.
  • Support the development and implementation of occupational and health protection strategies and optimization plans connected with cultural and behavioral changes.
  • Participate in developing strategic and operational occupational and health protection objectives for the various areas of the assigned region within the ZEISS Group Germany.
  • Report to the senior safety engineer of the ZEISS Group Germany.

About the Company

Zeiss

Corporate venture capital for deep-tech startups

ZEISS Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the ZEISS Group, investing in deep-tech startups that align with its core business areas. It focuses on early-stage rounds (pre-Series A to Series A), typically $1–$5 million, across Information Technology, Industrial Tech, MedTech, and Life Sciences. It adds value by providing targeted funding and using ZEISS’s global network and expertise to support portfolio companies. The goal is to accelerate development of new technologies and business models that complement ZEISS’s portfolio, while actively engaging with external innovation.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$69.9M
Headquarters
Oberkochen, Germany
Founded
2001

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