Department SABIC’s Technology and Innovation (T&I) network consists of more than 1500 employees across six research and ten application centers around the world. The T&I organization supports SABIC’s global businesses in realizing its objectives by providing Best-In-Class Technology solutions. In Europe, the SABIC Technology Center (STC) is based in Geleen (The Netherlands). The primary activity of STC Geleen is to define and deliver research projects aimed at the optimization of existing petrochemical and polymer processes and development of new ones. Our Technology Development department has an opening for a Process Development Engineer with experience in the field of polymer extrusion. The Challenge You will be working in the Technology Development department of SABIC Technology Center Geleen as part of the professional and international Technology & Innovation organization. Your tasks and responsibilities include: To improve product performance in terms of output, quality, consistency and costs by the application of your engineering knowledge, particularly in the field of polyolefin extrusion processes. To work in a multidisciplinary setting, both within Technology & Innovation -where you will collaborate with different disciplines- and in the business and manufacturing environment where project approval and implementation needs to be secured. To provide extrusion expertise to product and process development projects: to effectively define goals and priorities; to define experimental programs and identify the activities and resources needed to achieve these goals. To develop and communicate a vision of new developments in extrusion process technology. Your Profile You are educated to university Master level in polymer or chemical technology. Ideally, you have some process development work experience in the field of polymer extrusion technology, preferably in a manufacturing or industrial R&D organization. You are a critical observer as well as a conceptual and analytical thinker. You are able to spot opportunities for existing and new processes and products and translate these into value propositions for the business. You are able to present your project proposals and results in a convincing manner to both business and manufacturing management. You have preferably experience in extruder design and operation, kinetic modeling and the use of computational engineering tools. You are able to keep abreast of the state of the art in your field and gain knowledge of associated fields and disciplines. You are a team player but you are also able to work independently on your contribution. You have a persevering and challenging attitude towards your work environment, but you can also accept other views. You are fluent in oral and written English. Further Information For this position SABIC Europe is offering excellent primary and secondary working conditions. You have the opportunity to share your future in a growing international company in an ambitious, professional and dynamic environment. For further information, please contact: Kirsten Pijls (Recruiter): kirsten.pijls@sabic-europe.com If you are interested in this position, please apply via our career website. Sharing our futures in leadership SABIC is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chemicals, fertilizers, plastics and metals. We supply these materials to other companies, who use them to make products on which the world has come to depend. We are the largest and most reliably profitable public company in the Middle East. Our success is the result of our focus on three key areas: investment in local partnerships, outstanding research and technology programs, and an ambitious global growth strategy. And last, but certainly not least, because of our talented employees who have a passion to deliver. In Europe, SABIC employs over 6,000 professionals and is running 6 world-scale production sites and 4 technology & innovation centers. We are present in almost every European country. Major locations within our broad network of innovation, production and marketing are: Teesside (UK), Cartagena (Spain), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Geleen (Netherlands) Bergen op Zoom (The Netherlands) and Genk (Belgium). Based upon this strong fundament, we are a key producer of olefins, polyolefins, engineering thermoplastics resins, films and sheets in Europe. At SABIC we are pushing the limits further. We are ambitious and striving to become the preferred world leader in chemicals. To achieve this ambition, we strongly invest in our most important asset – our employees. We see it as our task to help you develop a career with us that challenges you in ways that really make you come alive. Make your career happen with SABIC.