Electrical Engineer

This is for you who wants to have a real impact on creating a healthier planet for our children every day. At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel and a forerunner in developing renewable and circular feedstock solutions for polymers and chemicals. Let’s create transformation for a sustainable future together.

The Maintenance electrical engineer at our location in Rotterdam is, in short, responsible for ensuring adequate equipment performance for his/her area of discipline, in the short and long-term.

Real impact right now. We work in an inspiring and evolving business environment, where everything we do serves one purpose: to create a healthier planet for our children. To drive a growing impact as a global leader in renewable and circular solutions 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 and fosters our courage and curiosity. As a global growing company we support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities. Collaboration is the key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working.

The role of Maintenance Electrical Engineer are.

• Maintaining, reviewing and updating (and/or development) of preventive maintenance plans, thereby ensuring legal compliance & compliance with Neste standards, and taking into account technical developments in the industry
• Ensure all required maintenance by own personnel and third parties is executed in time, resulting in successful certification of the instrumentation systems
• Create and scope repair plans for execution of repairs
• Act as a liaison with project department in order to maintain the required integrity of equipment
• Initiate and lead improvement initiatives, monitor necessary tests in case needed
• Ensure documentation is up to date and local legislation is incorporated in the Neste Netherlands management system and maintenance system
• Provide training to e.g. operators and maintenance where needed
• Participation in (or leading) Root Cause Analysis investigations or other troubleshooting activities into reliability problems of electrical systems (together with other disciplines, such as colleagues from the maintenance and operations departments), including definition of concrete improvement actions
• Serving as the “go-to person” for maintenance planners, in case of questions on e.g. complex maintenance challenges.
• Proposing (and developing) minor equipment changes (MOC) and providing input into projects for the area of discipline.
• Contributing to keeping Neste (corporate) specifications up-to-date for the discipline area

The best combination of experiences, skills and background is

• Bachelor/Master level or equivalent in electrical engineering or similar engineering degree
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in process industry (refinery, chemical plant)
• Knowledge of NEN, API, IEC, IEEE standards is an advantage; willingness to develop adequate understanding is a ‘must’
• Good communicating skills for communicating at various levels, from management level to operational level
• Flexible attitude and ability to handle changes related to the innovative nature of our business
• Interested in learning and developing new applications and skills, and the potential and interest to develop further in the next 3-5 years
• Willingness to work together
• A high safety, health, environmental and quality awareness
• Ability to speak and write in English; ability in Dutch is considered also as essential to be successful in this role

Neste creates solutions for combating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. With over 75 years of refining expertise, we are now the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel and a forerunner in developing renewable and circular feedstock solutions for polymers and chemicals. We have set aspirational targets for climate, biodiversity, human rights, as well as our supply chain and raw materials. Our ambition is to make the Porvoo oil refinery in Finland the most sustainable refinery in Europe by 2030. Together with our partners we are aiming at a carbon neutral and nature positive value chain by 2040. Our success is created by 5,400 professionals working in 16 countries. Read more: neste.com.