Process Safety Engineer
€6,467 - €8,001 per month
Key Skills
Job Description
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 LinkedIn 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.
Core Responsibilities
You will own process safety across a full-scale chemical plant, ensuring risks are identified, challenged, and mitigated. You will lead risk analyses and translate complex safety regulations into practical solutions for operations and project teams.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a degree in Chemical Engineering and possess strong experience in process safety within chemical or Seveso environments. Proficiency in HAZOP, SIL, and ATEX methodologies is required, along with the ability to communicate effectively in English.
Benefits
- 13th-month payment
- Holiday allowance
- 30 vacation days
- Pension scheme
- Travel reimbursement
- Work from home option
- Part-time work option
- LinkedIn Learning access
- Vitality budget
About LANXESS
Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
Company size: 10,001+ employees
LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 5.7 billion in 2025. The company currently has about 11,700 employees in 32 countries. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives and consumer protection products. LANXESS has achieved leading positions in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index and the MSCI ESG and ISS ESG ratings, among others, for its commitment to sustainability. ++++++++++++++++++++++ Imprint +++ https://imprint.lanxess.com