Senior HSE Process Engineer (Waste-to-X)

Location: Hybrid, Milan, Italy; home office possible 2 days a week

Salary: €53,000 gross per year minimum; final compensation depends on level, skills, experience, and qualifications.

Company

hirify.global develops waste-to-X infrastructure that converts waste into energy, heat, hydrogen, fertilizer, and other valuable outputs.

What you will do

• Act as an independent internal authority by auditing operations, inspecting plants, and enforcing high design standards.
• Ensure projects implement findings from HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, ATEX, and DSEAR risk assessments.
• Develop and deploy global programs for plant reliability, operational integrity, and asset maintainability.
• Evaluate multidisciplinary engineering designs using 3D models, P&IDs, and layout assessments to ensure inherent safety.
• Manage start-up risks, improve asset reliability, lead major incident investigations, and track corporate assurance programs.
• Provide trend analyses and performance metrics, investigate incidents, and deliver cross-site training and lessons learned to strengthen the safety culture.

Requirements

• 8+ years of industrial HSE experience, including independent auditing of global renewable gas or waste-to-X plants.
• Experience interpreting and implementing actions from HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, ATEX, and DSEAR regulations and risk assessments.
• Experience evaluating multidisciplinary engineering designs with 3D models, P&IDs, and layout assessments.
• Experience managing start-up risks, improving asset reliability, leading major incident investigations, and tracking corporate assurance programs.
• Fluent English required.

Nice to have

• Italian language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment contract.
• Hybrid work with flexible working hours and core time from 09:00 to 17:00; home office is possible 2 days per week.
• Annual bonus and travel allowance.
• Referral program.
• Support for professional and career growth, education, and training; benefit eligibility is subject to internal rules.

Hiring process

• Submit your CV in English.
• Applications from HR agencies are not accepted.