OrionESG & Sustainability Jobs

Global leader in carbon black production, offering high-performance specialty carbon blacks for tires, batteries, and coatings, with a focus on sustainability and innovation.

Orion is a specialty chemicals company focused on carbon black - a fine black powder derived from the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. Its products are used in tires to improve durability, in coatings and printing systems for pigmentation, in polymers for UV protection, and as conductive additives in batteries and electronics. The company operates 15 production facilities and serves over 1,000 customers across 80 countries.

Why it matters

Carbon black production is energy-intensive and historically carbon-heavy, making how it is made a meaningful environmental question. Orion has publicly committed to a low-carbon transition and publishes annual sustainability reports. A notable development is its launch of circular carbon black production - recovering carbon black from end-of-life tires rather than producing it from virgin fossil feedstocks. Conductive carbon black is also a key material in lithium-ion battery electrodes, linking Orion directly to the electrification supply chain.

With over 160 years of operating history and roughly 1,600 employees, Orion sits at an industrial intersection where materials science, decarbonization, and the circular economy converge.