Global waste and environmental services operator across 20 countries
Urbaser is a large-scale environmental services company serving 50+ million people across 20 countries with 30,000+ employees. The tech stack is enterprise-heavy (SAP, Salesforce, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform) and reflects operational maturity at scale, but the pain-point cluster—cost variance, equipment availability, data integration fragmentation, compliance automation—suggests the company is mid-transformation: moving from siloed project management (Microsoft Project, Excel) toward integrated cloud infrastructure (Azure) and programmatic compliance. Active hiring in engineering and ops indicates ongoing infrastructure and systems modernization.
Urbaser provides integrated environmental management services—waste collection, treatment, and circular-economy solutions—across 20 countries with operational reach to 50+ million end-users. The company operates through 160+ subsidiaries and employs 30,000+ people, primarily in Spain and Portugal. Work spans capex-heavy infrastructure projects (plant construction, production line improvements), regulatory compliance (ISO 45001, multi-jurisdiction compliance models), and operational P&L optimization. The business is capital-intensive and project-driven, with significant exposure to safety regulations, equipment logistics, and inorganic growth through M&A.
Enterprise suite: SAP, Salesforce, Power BI for business operations. Cloud infrastructure: Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Bicep for deployment. Security and data: SQL, SAP HANA, Azure Key Vault, AWS KMS, IAM, OPA, Azure Policy.
20 countries across 160+ subsidiaries, serving 50+ million people with 30,000+ employees.
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