Process Safety Engineering Manager

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA in Amsterdam is seeking a Process Safety Engineering Manager to lead the global process safety strategy, ensuring top standards in major accident prevention and risk management across Henkel's global manufacturing network.

You will partner with Operations, Engineering, SHE, and Project teams to strengthen process safety performance and cultivate a proactive safety culture within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of global process safety strategy across Henkel's manufacturing network.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, SHE, and Project teams to strengthen process safety performance.

Job description

About this Position

As a Process Safety Engineering Manager, you will lead the development and implementation of Henkel's global process safety strategy, ensuring the highest standards of process safety, major accident prevention, and risk management across our manufacturing network. Acting as a trusted expert and strategic partner, you will collaborate with Operations, Engineering, SHE, and Project teams to strengthen process safety performance, support safe growth, and foster a strong safety culture throughout the organization.

What you´ll do

• Promote and strengthen a world-class process safety culture across manufacturing, engineering, and operational teams globally.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve company-wide process safety standards, procedures, governance, and management systems.
• Serve as the global subject matter expert for process safety and major accident prevention, providing technical guidance and support across sites and functions.
• Lead and oversee process hazard identification and risk assessment activities, including HAZOP, What-If Analysis, LOPA, Bowtie Analysis, FMEA, and Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA).
• Evaluate chemical reaction hazards, thermal stability, reactive chemistry risks, incompatibilities, runaway reactions, and explosion hazards.
• Review new processes, technologies, capital projects, and site modifications to ensure safe design principles and process safety requirements are incorporated throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide assurance through audits, assessments, and compliance reviews related to engineering and process safety standards.
• Partner with regional and site leadership teams to identify risks, drive continuous improvement, and strengthen process safety performance.
• Develop and deliver process safety training, capability-building programs, and awareness initiatives across the organization.
• Monitor industry developments, emerging regulations and best practices to continuously enhance Henkel's process safety framework.