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    Build your career with Knauf

    A career at Knauf means uncovering the power of opportunity.

    Everyone sees opportunity differently. Knauf sees opportunity in everyone.

    We believe in empowering everyone, from every walk of life and with every skill set, to explore what opportunity means to them. In this way, we support the positive changes that ultimately result in products and ways of thinking that can make a difference. We have big growth plans and an ambitious vision of how to evolve the manufacturing and construction industries into sustainable forces for good.

    Knauf is still a family-owned and run company and that means that our values and people-first culture are at the forefront of how the business operates. A job with us can offer you something a bit special; family values at the heart combined with global success and influence.

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    It starts with opportunity.

    No matter where you are in your professional journey, we are committed to encouraging individual growth and creating team success. Join us and together we can help the world to build smarter, faster and more sustainably.

    Our People

    Hear our people talk about what a 'Knauf opportunity' means to them.

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    Briefly describe your career at Knauf?

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    What opportunity that has made a real difference to you?

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    What opportunities would you like to explore in the future?

    Careers in our businesses

    We have a number of businesses that operate in your country, each offers different opportunities. Please click on each business area below to see more information about their career offerings.

    Knauf Career FAQs

    Knauf can offer a huge range of job opportunities. We have a number of different businesses in your country. These range from teams involved in cutting edge, digital transformation projects which are aimed at modernising and improving the sustainability of the construction industry through to our core manufacturing sites, producing high quality, market leading products like plasterboard, insulation and ceiling solutions. Click on the individual businesses above to see their local job opportunities.

    The success of our company relies on thousands of different roles all working together. Knauf prides itself on offering career stability and longevity and always doing the right thing by its employees. So no matter what stage you are at in your career or what skills you can bring to the table, there’s usually an opportunity for you at Knauf.


    Our values, our structure and our strategy all work together to maximise the impact we can have as a large, global manufacturing business on the world around us and within our sector.

    Our Values, as a privately-owned business routed in family history, run deep through the business, in every country. We take them seriously and live by them. Our values of entrepreneurship, menschlikeit (societal responsibility), partnership and commitment encourage our people to take the initiative in a supportive environment to pursue what they think is right.

    Our decentralised structure allows each region and each business to choose their own areas which present the greatest opportunity for impact. This means local impact on a global scale.

    Finally our strategy. We believe in the power of the human spirit to create positive change and to work for the greater good. Our strong emphasis on environmental sustainability and digital innovation for our industry proves how dedicated we are to making a difference.

    If you also hold the same beliefs, then let us help you channel that positive energy into making a difference that you can be proud of. You can see all our live job vacancies here: https://career.knauf.com/


    In uncertain times, we understand that job security is a high priority.

    As a family-founded business, our ethics about the fair and decent treatment of our people are mirrored around the world and feedback from our teams confirms that they see this on a daily basis.

    Our 90-year german heritage combined with our private company status mean that all planning is long-term and carefully considered. This provides stability and safety for our people.

    Whether you are with us for 20 years or 2 years, we strive always to offer a stable and secure career, so question is just.. which opportunity is next for you? You can see all our live global job vacancies here: https://career.knauf.com/


    As a global, decentralised company, each of our businesses is given the freedom to attract and recruit new people in the way that best fits their needs and culture.

    For this reason, there is no standard recruitment process as it depends on the role you are applying for and the business in which it sits.

    The information on our recruitment processes and contact details for our People teams in each business can be found on the individual business pages above, please refer to these pages.