Charlotte Weber
Engineer - Finland
I am Charlotta Weber and I work as a Process Engineer at Borealis. We produce polyethylene and polypropylene plastics. The plastic materials are used for coating cables and making packaging materials. They are also used for various health sector products and the plastics we produce are also recyclable. At Borealis, our product developers develop new products, whereas our engineers focus on developing the plants so that these particular products can be manufactured. I love my colleagues and frequently get to cooperate with them. I would also like to mention that the development opportunities are excellent here. There are different kinds of duty-related development and training opportunities. We also need to continuously develop our processes in order to guarantee that the necessary products can be manufactured in a manner which is as environmentally friendly as possible. Borealis has plants all over the world, e.g. Austria, Germany, France, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Emmi Nguyen
Process Operator - Finland
I am Emmi and I work at the Borealis PE2 plant. My working day in the field consists of different kinds of duties, such as changing and adjusting machine parts and compressors, tours in the field as well as collecting samples and analysing them here in the field laboratory. What I most like about my work is solving different kinds of problems. I like challenges and different projects and the fact that no single working day is the same. I have studied in Tampere and graduated as a process operator. This field of work has excellent career advancement and training opportunities, such as specialised vocational training and supervisory training. There is plenty of work for process operators in the field.
Anne-Sophie
Lab Technician - Belgium
I am Anne-Sophie and I work for Borealis in the lab. We produce polypropylene, a base material for various industries such as the food and cable industry. As a lab technician, I examine the quality of our processes on a day-to-day basis. We receive samples in our lab and analyse them according to the correct procedures using state-of-the art measuring equipment. We perform the various quality controls to ensure we deliver a top-notch product to our customers. Storing the various samples is our responsibility as a team. Our team is composed of shift workers as well as people working in day shift, enabling us to always offer an optimal service.
Geert
Engineer - Belgium
I am Geert and I work for Borealis as an engineer. As an engineer at Borealis, there are various types of work, all designed to support our production facilities. This ranges from developing long-term efficiency improvements to a day-to-day search of immediate solutions. What I enjoy in this role is the continuous challenge to improve our installations. In collaboration with the various teams, we look for those improvements that are safe and environmentally friendly, so Borealis remains best in class.
Sarina Michiels
Expat - Borouge, United Arab Emirates
I am Sarina Michiels, I am Belgian and I moved to the UAE together with my 3 children and my husband who is also working for Borouge. I am a section head in operations support for polypropylene. We like change in our lives so when the question came to join Borouge 2 years ago, we did not spend too much time thinking about it. There was a lot of support from Borealis HR, so after 4 weeks we were totally settled and happy to be here. A regular working day starts at 7am, and the first thing we do in the morning is check the status of the plants. After this, we have some fixed meetings and when the meetings are over, we go to our day-to-day job. Usually when we come home, we go to the gym and by the time we come back from the gym we have some quality time with our children, just the regular things you do in your home country. Borouge has over 3000 employees coming from over 40 different countries. So you get the learn to work together with all these different cultures.