Senior Process Safety Engineer

Are you our next creator of change?

Do you want to be part of creating solutions for mitigating climate change? At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Together we will accelerate transformation for a more sustainable future.

We are looking for you,

Senior Process Safety Engineer 

 

to join our global Project HSE team and this position is located in Porvoo, Finland.

 

Our medium-sized team of process safety professionals is vital for ensuring the successful execution of Neste’s investment projects. We focus on four key areas: implementing Neste HSE requirements across the project lifecycle, facilitating and managing lifecycle HAZOPs and LOPAs for our global refineries (Singapore, Rotterdam), supporting the development of Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) methods, and contributing to corporate HSE standards.

 

In this new, critical role, you will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in HAZOP and LOPA. Your primary focus is on both hands-on execution and quality oversight of these analyses within projects. Significant experience in HAZOP and LOPA facilitation is essential, and we are seeking a dedicated LOPA expert with a strong functional safety background. You will work in close cooperation with engineering and refinery teams but operate with a global scope within our experienced process safety team.

 

Together with you and your expertise, we can make an impact today and keep our promises for tomorrow.

Reasons to join

Real impact right now. We create solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. We live by our values every day; we care, we have courage, we cooperate.

Safety and caring. We value safety always and everywhere. We want our work to feel good and do good. At Neste, we nurture a culture where everyone is welcome and feels safe, respected and encouraged to be their unique true selves.

Exciting growth. Transformation brings new possibilities, fostering both courage and curiosity. As a global company, collaboration is the key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working. We support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities.

In addition, our benefits for employees in Finland include, for example, a personnel fund as part of the overall remuneration, good occupational health care, and an extensive membership in a sickness or health insurance fund. We also support leisure time activities, e.g. by offering benefits for sports and culture.

The job is located in Kilpilahti, Porvoo, which is about 30 minutes by car from the center of Helsinki. We organize free bus transportation to Kilpilahti for our employees from the capital region, Porvoo and the nearby areas.

More about the job

Your role in our team

• Facilitate process hazard analyses (e.g. HAZOP, LOPA) and other PHA studies in investment projects

• Serve as a subject matter expert in LOPA methodology and its application to safety system design

• Apply Functional Safety principles (e.g., IEC 61511) to the specification of Safety Instrumented System (SIS) requirements during LOPA, ensuring these requirements are clearly communicated to the automation department.

• Mentor and train other engineers in the principles and practices of HAZOP, LOPA, Functional Safety awareness, and other PHA methodologies.

• Responsible that legislative and company HSE requirements are implemented accordingly in investment projects

• Lead and report HSE activities of investment projects, training and actively communicate HSE related issues to the project organization and other stakeholders

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