Process engineer GE/BE

About the role

Location: Netherlands - Geleen

Hours: Full-Time

Type of Contract: Permanent

Application Deadline: May 30th 2025

Make Your first career Real! 

Are you graduating soon and ready to take the lead in driving innovation and performance in a dynamic production environment? As Process Engineer for our plants in Beringen and Geleen, you'll play a key role in optimizing and developing our operations. Acting as the technical specialist, you'll work to enhance efficiency, safety, and quality, while ensuring technical and economic excellence. Supported by experienced colleagues, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact on plant performance and continuous improvement.

These will be your primary challenges, you will:

• Improve and optimize plant performance by challenging existing processes and identifying opportunities for improvement in daily operations and long-term projects within the polyolefin plant.

• Take part in technical projects—you’ll lead smaller initiatives or support larger ones by conducting studies, building business cases, working with external contractors, and participating in project start-ups and plant trials.

• Be a problem-solver on site, supporting troubleshooting activities and helping to improve safety, efficiency, and product quality, often in close collaboration with senior engineers.

• Collaborate and communicate with many departments like Production, Maintenance, Logistics, and Quality Control, building a strong local network and learning how all aspects of the plant are connected.

• Contribute to a learning culture by sharing your knowledge, joining technical networks, participating in safety reviews, and continuously developing your own skills in a team-oriented environment.

• You will also contribute to environmental and energy challenges, helping shape a more sustainable production landscape.

About you

What would you bring to the table?

• A master’s degree (or you are about to graduate) in Chemical Engineering, Bio-engineering, Process Technology, or Mechanical Engineering from a recognized university.
• Fluency in English for professional communication, and a really profound working knowledge of Dutch is pre-requisite for effective collaboration on site.
• Ideally, some hands-on experience (up to 1–2 years) in process engineering, polymer manufacturing, or plant operations—but strong potential and eagerness to learn are just as important.
• A collaborative mindset – you're a team player who communicates clearly, enjoys presenting ideas, and is open to connecting with colleagues across different departments.
• A solution-oriented way of thinking – you're analytical, safety-conscious, and driven to turn ideas into real improvements
• You are flexible and willing to work from both of our locations (Geleen/Beringen) depending on where your contribution is most needed for ongoing projects.

Our offer

We offer you a permanent contract, working from our Geleen or 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.