Process Safety Engineer

The Role
If you like complex plants, real responsibility, and the kind of work where your decisions matter, you’ll feel at home here.

As a Process Safety Engineer, you’re not sitting on the sidelines writing reports. You’re in the middle of operations, engineering, and projects, ensuring risks are understood, challenged, and mitigated before they become incidents.

You’ll work on a Seveso site where the chemistry is demanding, and the margin for error is small. That’s exactly why this role exists.

Job Highlights

You own process safety across a full-scale chemical plant, not just a piece of it

You lead risk analyses that actually influence decisions, not just tick a box

You challenge designs, modifications and operations from a safety perspective

You translate complex regulations into workable solutions on the shop floor

You work closely with operators, engineers and project teams

You step into shutdowns and projects where your input makes or breaks outcomes

You spot patterns in incidents and data before others do

You help shape how safety is done, not just how it is documented

Experience / Skills

Degree in Chemical Engineering or similar

Strong experience in process safety within chemical, petrochemical or Seveso environments

You’ve worked with HAZOP, SIL, ATEX and know what they mean in practice

You’re comfortable leading or challenging risk assessments

You understand how a plant actually runs, not just how it looks on paper

You can push back when needed, and explain why

You communicate easily in Dutch and English

You work independently and don’t wait for someone to tell you where the risk is

What we offer

Competitive salary in scale L (€6,467– €8,001 gross per month)

Permanent contract from day one

Attractive benefits package including

13th-month payment and holiday allowance

30 vacation days (based on full-time), with the option to purchase additional days

Solid pension scheme

Travel reimbursement

Possibility to work from home or part-time

Free access to Linked In Learning

Vitality budget up to €250 gross per year

About LANXESS
LANXESS is a global speciality chemicals company with a strong footprint in industrial applications that people use every day. We focus on quality, reliability, and long-term impact.

Our Botlek site
Our Botlek site is not a “simple plant”. It’s a continuous production environment with multiple unit operations, complex process interactions, and upper-tier Seveso status.

You’ll deal with oxidation, distillation, crystallisation, utilities, and everything around it. Flammable, toxic, and high-impact processes are included. This is where process safety becomes very real, very fast.

Diversity & Inclusion
At LANXESS, we believe diverse teams lead to better ideas and stronger organisations. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and evaluate candidates based on skills, experience and potential.

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