Senior Safety Engineer

Huntsman; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntsman in Rotterdam is seeking a Senior Safety Engineer to support our polyurethane manufacturing site. This onsite role focuses on hands‑on EHS delivery, leading risk assessments, planning high‑risk work, and coaching operations during turnarounds and maintenance to ensure safe execution.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in high‑hazard environments, a technical engineering background, and the ability to influence across Operations, Maintenance and Projects to implement

Qualifications

• Significant EHS, safety engineering or operational risk experience in a high‑hazard industrial environment.
• Engineering degree or relevant technical background; willingness to support turnaround execution outside normal hours.
• Hands‑on experience supporting turnarounds, maintenance, projects or contractor‑intensive work.
• Strong knowledge of risk assessment, permit‑to‑work interfaces, contractor safety, and non‑routine controls.
• Able to influence operations and contractors through technical credibility and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead EHS planning and execution support for turnarounds, shutdowns, projects and high‑risk work.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Projects and contractors to identify risks early and define practical controls.
• Facilitate risk assessments for non‑routine work, PSI interfaces and contractor activities.
• Provide field coaching during planning and execution and escalate when controls are unclear or ineffective.
• Support investigations, audits, walkdowns and corrective actions as part of day‑to‑day EHS delivery.
• Coordinate specialist support for fire risk, PPE and site EHS requirements into practical procedures.

Skills

EHS planning

Risk assessment

Permit-to-work

Turnarounds

Contractor safety

Field coaching

Education

Engineering degree

HVK qualification

Job description

Job Description: Senior Safety Engineer

Role Overview: We are currently looking for a Senior Safety Engineer to support our manufacturing site within the Polyurethanes division in Rotterdam. We are looking for a hands‑on EHS professional who enjoys being close to the field and can provide practical support to operations, turnarounds, projects and major maintenance activities at the Rotterdam site. The ideal candidate will help teams plan and execute high‑risk work safely, bringing strong operational EHS knowledge, pragmatic risk controls and the ability to influence effectively across the organization. This is an onsite role based in Rotterdam and part of the local EHS team, operating within a high‑hazard industrial environment. Do you think you’re the right fit for this opportunity?

Role Responsibilities

• Lead EHS planning and execution support for turnarounds, shutdowns, projects, major maintenance and high‑risk work.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Projects, Turnaround teams and contractors to identify risks early and agree practical controls.
• Facilitate and challenge risk assessments for non‑routine work, simultaneous operations, permit‑to‑work interfaces and contractor activities.
• Provide visible field coaching during planning and execution, escalating where controls are unclear, impractical or ineffective.
• Support investigations, audits, walkdowns and corrective action follow‑up as part of day‑to‑day plant EHS delivery.
• Coordinate specialist support for fire risk, PPE, respiratory protection, asbestos, gas measurement and translate legal, Seveso and site EHS requirements into practical procedures and controls.

Experience and Competencies

We are looking for experienced candidates with strong practical EHS, safety engineering or operational risk management expertise in a high‑hazard industrial environment.

• Significant EHS, safety engineering or operational risk management experience in a high‑hazard industrial environment.
• Engineering degree or relevant technical background; flexibility for turnaround execution coverage outside normal hours.
• Hands‑on experience supporting turnarounds, shutdowns, maintenance, project execution or contractor‑intensive work.
• Strong knowledge of risk assessment, permit‑to‑work interfaces, contractor safety, simultaneous operations and non‑routine controls.
• Able to influence operations and contractors through technical credibility, collaboration and constructive challenge.
• Relevant technical, engineering or safety‑related qualification, or equivalent practical experience, with ability to convert requirements into practical work controls.
• Chemical, petrochemical, refinery or Seveso / COMAH site experience.
• MVK, HVK or equivalent safety qualification; HVK preferred where supported by strong practical experience.
• Fire risk management or fire risk assessor experience.
• Experience with capital projects, maintenance programmes or major turnaround planning and execution.

About Us

At Huntsman, we pride ourselves on being a people‑oriented organization. Our family‑like atmosphere is cultivated by our diverse groups of team members around the world. We welcome the talent, experience and fresh ideas that employees at all stages of their careers, from interns to seasoned professionals, bring to Huntsman. In return, we offer you the opportunity to become an integral part of a dynamic, industry‑leading company, where safety and ethics always come first.

Additional Locations

Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of diversified chemical products with 2025 revenues of approximately $6 billion from our continuing operations. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 55 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 25 countries and employ approximately 6,000 associates within our continuing operations. For more information about Huntsman, please visit the company's website at www.huntsman.com.