Production Engineer

About the role

Location: Belgium - Beringen

Hours: Full-Time

Type of Contract: Permanent

Application Deadline: May 25th 2025

Make Your first Job Real!

Are you graduating soon and eager to drive technical innovation in a global production environment?
We have an exciting opportunity at our Beringen location, specifically for our PolyPropylene plant. As the driving force behind continuous improvement, you’ll contribute your proposals to ensure the long term viability of the plant, while supporting all teams in your assigned area to elevate both operational performance and HSEQ quality.
 
As a Production Engineer, you will have responsibilities in a variety of interesting domains:

•    Strategic Operations & Improvement: you will champion the proposal and implementation of sustainable improvement projects, from minor process changes (MoC) to the safe and efficient commissioning of new plant sections. 
•    KPI-Driven Plant Management: you are the key responsible for daily monitoring, adjusting, and achieving your plant’s objectives and KPIs, including product mix planning and internal product specifications.
•    Leadership in Safety & Quality: Leading by example in HSE guidelines is your second nature, root-cause analyses, and safety studies (HAZOP, SIL), while facilitating continuous improvement initiatives (TBW) for a secure work environment.
•    Cross-Functional Collaboration: you have the power to act as the liaison between production, R&D, and customers: from test runs and complaint handling to internal and external audits, coaching colleagues and sharing expertise.
•    Networking & Growth: we give you the opportunity to actively participate in professional working groups and networks, with opportunities to develop your leadership skills and shape the future of our organization.
 

About you

You would be a great match if …YOU

•    have—or will soon obtain—a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Bio engineering or Process Technology.
•    thrive on technical challenges, love to innovate and consistently aim for the highest quality results.
•    bring an analytical mindset, a strong sense of responsibility and excellent networking skills.
•    are able to lead an investigation team on topics ranging from HSE to reliability.
•    never compromise on health, safety and environmental standards.
•    Have strong people skills and are able to combine opinions from different colleagues to general supported solutions.
•    are proficient in both English and Dutch at a business level.

 We will support you in expanding your knowledge and building on your academic foundation.

Our offer

We offer you a permanent contract, working from our Beringen location.  Borealis has competitive compensation and benefits which you can read more about on our Career Page.

We got your back! 

As an engineer at Borealis, you become part of our quest to create relevant and sustainable solutions that also help our planet. We drive for continuous improvement in the health and safety of our employees, environmental performance and our products. We value an open culture and encourage engagement, and wish to welcome you in this environment within a diverse, growing and sustainable company. Furthermore, our aim is to transform today’s graduates in tomorrow’s leaders and technical experts.  Regardless of whether you are seeking a managerial or technical career, as our talent of tomorrow you will be offered a wealth of opportunities to develop your strengths and unfold your potential. Are you ready for this joint effort? We look forward to making you part of our future by gradually introducing you to the world of Borealis and supporting you to build up your expertise. By accepting this challenge, you will learn to turn theory into practice!

Application Process

If you're excited about the prospect of joining our team and being a part of Making It Real, please submit your application via the “apply now” button in the job posting to apply directly.

If you have any questions, please contact Joke Tielens, Joke.Tielens@borealisgroup.com

We reserve the right to close this vacancy for further applications when we have received sufficient applications that meet the advertised requirements and will contact you as soon as screening is closed.

At Borealis, we are committed to an equal recruitment process. We value diversity, and all applicants & employees are treated fairly and equally. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination based on factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression. 
 

Borealis only accepts candidate resumes from recruiters or recruiting agencies if they have been explicitly commissioned by Borealis for a specific recruitment and if the data is provided to us in line with the General Data Protection Regulation. Borealis will not accept or pay fees for candidate resumes of any form or kind that were sent unsolicited to either HR or directly to our hiring managers.