Environmental Compliance Engineer

KLA Corporation; Newport; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company in Newport is seeking an entry level Environmental Compliance Engineer to ensure compliance with environmental regulations across all divisions. The role involves collaboration to support sustainability initiatives and requires a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science or a related field. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package, including annual leave starting at 25 days and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Annual leave starting at 25 days

Contributory pension scheme

Global bonus plan

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Environmental Science, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in environmental compliance and regulatory reporting.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Support material compliance evaluations across KLA.
• Analyze Bills of Materials to ensure alignment with regulations.
• Perform 'where used' analysis of identified parts.
• Evaluate and respond to supplier feedback from surveys.
• Track and close out open issues with suppliers.
• Work on regulatory and customer reporting requirements.
• Prepare technical reports detailing chemical substances for regulations.
• Research supplier compliance information on REACH and RoHS.
• Build SCIP dossiers for compliance.

Skills

Excellent communication

Collaboration skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP

Enovia

eQuality

Job description

Environmental Compliance Engineer

KLA

Company Overview

The SPTS division of KLA designs, manufactures and markets wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor and related industries. SPTS provides industry leading etch and deposition process technologies on a range of single wafer handling platforms. End‑market applications include micro‑electromechanical systems (MEMS), advanced packaging, LED, high‑speed RF device ICs and power semiconductors. SPTS is part of KLA Corporation which develops industry‑leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry. We provide advanced process control and process‑enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. In close collaboration with leading customers across the globe, our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem‑solvers design solutions that move the world forward.

Group / Division

With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp next‑generation devices to volume production quickly and cost‑effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA’s Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA’s metrology and inspection products, is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers. Central Engineering is KLA’s largest engineering organization comprised of 9 Centers‑of‑Excellence (CoE) in various disciplines applied across all product groups in the company. These CoE include Handling & Automation, Precision Motion Control, Sensors & Image Acquisition, Platform Design, and Packaging Engineering, among others. Talent includes over 500 engineers across global centers in Israel, China, India, and the US. Each CoE contributes not just talent and deliverables per discipline toward product programs, but also subject matter expertise, best practices, roadmaps, specialized facilities, apparatus, models, and analytics. These differentiate KLA not only in WHAT we do, but also in HOW we do it.

Job Description

KLA is looking for an entry level Environmental Compliance Engineer to ensure compliance with environmental regulations across all divisions, including tools, spare parts, and chemical substances. The role involves collaboration with various teams to support environmental sustainability initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Support material compliance evaluations across KLA
• Analyze Bills of Materials to ensure alignment with regulations
• Perform “where used” analysis of identified parts in enterprise systems such as SAP, Enovia
• Evaluate and respond to supplier feedback from surveys
• Track and close out open issues with suppliers, customers, or internal partners
• Work on regulatory and customer reporting requirements
• Prepare technical reports detailing chemical substances present in parts and products for various material compliance regulations such as REACH, RoHS, POP, TSCA, SCIP
• Research supplier compliance information on REACH, RoHS, etc.
• Find and evaluate Safety Data Sheets for environmental compliance information
• Build and submit SCIP dossiers for compliance with the Waste Framework Directive

Program Development and Data Analysis

• Design systems for record‑keeping and reporting of environmental compliance data
• Conduct data analysis of S23 energy reports for the Global Impact Report and find opportunities for energy reduction
• Integrate data into Enovia to run “where used” analyses and identify impacted parts as new materials transition from a watch list to a restricted list
• Identify and ensure the tracking of key performance indicators

Additional Responsibilities

• Collect company‑wide shipment data and generate laser and X‑ray reports to FDA
• Generate compliance labels and templates, Declarations of Conformity

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Environmental Science, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• Experience in environmental compliance and regulatory reporting
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with enterprise systems including SAP, Enovia, eQuality
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills

Benefits

Annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme, cash health plan, cycle to work scheme, global bonus plan, share scheme, rewards scheme, and life assurance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We offer a competitive, family‑friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

Job Details

Seniority level: Entry level. Employment type: Full‑time. Job function: Engineering and Information Technology. Industries: Semiconductor Manufacturing.

Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom.