Senior Process Safety Engineer

Are you our next creator of change?

Do you want to be part of creating solutions for mitigating climate change? At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Together we will accelerate transformation for a more sustainable future.

Neste COO_IPEG organization offers high quality technology and engineering services, including engineering, procurement, construction and project management services for the Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals and Bio-industries. Main clients are the Neste manufacturing sites.

The sought lead process safety engineer ensures company HSE requirements (e.g. Six Step) are implemented accordingly in investment projects meeting Neste’s business objectives

Responsibilities 

• Ensure that all Neste HSE design guidelines are followed during execution of projects

• Support project team and other stakeholders in process safety requirements with the development of: firefighting design,  which includes allocation of safety equipment (e.g.extinguishers, safety showers, hydrants, monitors, alarms, manual call points, etc), fire water demand calculations, fireproofing assessment, Fire and Gas Detection studies, escape routes, etc

• Support and develop Hazardous Area Classification (HAC) studies

• Work in closely with permitting and authority engineering teams to identify and ensure that project scope is in line with environmental limitations, local guidelines and are accepted by authorities

• Provide stakeholders in projects with guidance on current best practice risk management, including lifecycle hazard management, hazard and risk workshop methodologies (PHA, HAZOP, LOPA and/or HAZID), Inherently Safer Design philosophy knowledge, barrier-based risk management from early phase design to late phase assurance

• 5+ years experience of facilitating Hazop&LOPAs and other risk assessments, managing action tracking for assessments within the process safety scope 

• Solid understanding of Functional Safety principles (e.g., IEC 61511) and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)

• Ensure all HSE engineering reviews are conducted effectively by coordinating and ensuring facilitators are nominated and those recommendations from these reviews are incorporated as necessary

• Conduct layout risk analysis ensuring safety distances are adequate when installing new equipment

• Able to identify need and perform consequence analysis by use of PHAST

• Lead and report HSE activities of investment projects and actively communicate HSE related issues to the project organization and other stakeholders

• Support the identification of Safety Critical Equipment 

• Support and participate in audits and inspections conducted by corporate levels

• Develop best practices related to process safety and process hazard analyses in cooperation with other stakeholders

• Able to proper set up and estimate HSE activities, hours estimation, scheduling of activities for investment projects

• Identify risks and areas for improvement

• Support / Facilitate incident investigations and analysis of safety incidents

• Oversee and execute all project closure activities specific to the process safety scope

• Actively participate in cross-functional meetings with E&I Design Leads, Process, Piping, Civil and Authority Engineers 

• Contribute robust technical input to the Basis of Design (BOD) documentation across all project stages.

• Lead the development of the process safety from Pre-Study and Feasibility through Basic, Detailed Engineering, Execution project close-out

• Maintain and continuously enhance professional knowledge in process safety and related engineering tools
  

Keys to success in this role 

• BSc or Msc. in Chemical or mechanical Engineering discipline.  

• Experienced (+10 years) in O&G/ chemical investment projects, work processes, procedures and delivery resource management out of which 5+ years spent working in the Netherlands.

• Experience preferably obtained at a manufacturing company or with an engineering contractor managing capital projects in the oil and gas industry.

• Familiar with international safety industry standards as well as local PGS’s.

• 5+ years experience of facilitating Hazop&LOPAs.
  
  

Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) creates solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. The company is the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel, enabling its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste refines waste, residues and other renewable raw materials to high-quality renewable fuels at its refineries located on three continents. The company’s annual renewable fuels production capacity will be increased to 6.8 million tons in 2027.

Neste has high standards for sustainability and the company has consistently been recognized by several leading sustainability indices. In 2024, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 20.6 billion. Read more: neste.com