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TEXAID is one of the leading companies for textile recycling in Europe. With around 1,100 employees, we sort and process more than 80,000 tons of textile waste in our own sorting and manufacturing plants every year. The plants are located in Switzerland, Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary and Spain, as well as in the USA. More than 16,000 TEXAID-containers serve as collection points for the used textiles.

The textile industry contributes a significant share of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, making it an essential sector in the fight against climate change. By giving a second life to textiles through reuse or recycling, TEXAID plays a key role in decarbonizing the industry’s footprint and transforming textiles into a more sustainable resource.

Furthermore, the textile circularity industry is at the start of a seismic shift elicited by several major forces:

  • Changes in regulations that demand raising collection and intra-European textile waste management (e.g., sorting, reuse, recycling).
  • Technologic innovations that will make both sorting and textile-to-textile recycling economical and scalable.
  • A growing secondhand market and raising consumer demand increasing the resale value pool.

With years of experience and our expertise and strength lying at the core of textile circularity, we will make TEXAID the European leader in textile circularity with the ambition to scale our business more than 10-fold until 2030. We will accomplish this by expanding our collection and sorting capacities and investing in next-generation technology to boost sustainable textile use.

For our German HQ in Darmstadt, we are looking for a:

PLANT EXPANSION PROJECT MANAGER (m/w/d)

Overview:

As Plant Expansion Project Manager, you will play a critical role in supporting our ambition to build TEXAID into the European leader in textile circularity. Acting in close collaboration with the Head of Plant Expansion, you will work on the strategy to expand our relevance across Europe.

Your responsibilities:

  • Help us optimize our expansion strategy for future textile sorting plants in Germany and the EU.
  • Scout for suitable land plots/assets for new plants, negotiate with real estate and local construction businesses and contribute to the plant construction plan.
  • Develop business cases including financial assessments for potential plots/assets and present them to the Head of Plant Expansion and management team.
  • Monitor the progress of our plant expansion strategy and coordinate with the various involved stakeholders like 3rd party contractors and internals.
  • Collaborate closely with the Head of Plant Expansion, support the strategic agenda and prepare management documentation.

 

 

What we expect of you:

  •            5+ years of job experience in industries such as construction, real estate or similar.
  • Previous vocational training with further management education or a bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture or a similar field.
  • A strong business acumen.
  • Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel.
  • Ambition to work in a sustainability-oriented business and to make a positive impact.
  • Creativity in solving problems and generating innovative solutions.
  • Highly proficient in spoken and written German

What we offer you:

  •      Attractive working conditions in a dynamic and growing sustainable business.
  • Interesting and challenging projects allowing you to take responsibility with room for  leadership.
  • An inclusive and dynamic environment that encourages knowledge sharing and supports your professional growth.
  • Above-average compensation with additional contributions to company pension plans (20 % allowance).
  • 20 % discount in about 70 secondhand stores.
  • Exciting offers via corporate benefits.

Are you interested?

You are welcome to reach out to the HR-Team under +49 15154221438 for initial questions.

Please hand in your application electronically via the link provided at the end of this page. 

Person of contact: Rainer Witthaut (Head of HR)