Process Safety Engineer (PSM Lead)

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2 Locations
In-Office
Mid level
Biotech • Manufacturing
The Role
As a Process Safety Engineer, lead initiatives to improve process safety, manage risks, ensure compliance, and support emergency response at IFF Grindsted.
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Job Summary

Step into a role where your expertise in process safety drives real impact. At IFF Grindsted, safety isn’t just a priority, it’s a deeply embedded value that guides our operations, culture, and innovation. As our Process Safety Engineer, you’ll take ownership of critical safety systems, collaborate across functions, and help ensure our sites operate with the highest standards of protection and preparedness.

As a Process Safety Engineer, you’ll be a key member of the EHS team (Environment, Energy, Health & Safety, and Sustainability). Based at our Grindsted site, you’ll lead initiatives that safeguard our people, processes, and communities while also supporting our Haderslev location. This is a high-impact role where your expertise will shape how we manage risk, respond to emergencies, and ensure compliance with national and global safety standards.

What You’ll Do:

  • Champion and continuously improve our Process Safety Management (PSM) system
  • Serve as the primary contact for national regulatory authorities and IFF’s global PSM network
  • Lead Process Hazard Analyses (PHA) and Pre-Start-Up Safety Reviews (PSR)
  • Ensure our emergency response plans meet regulatory requirements and are ready for action
  • Provide administrative and strategic support to our emergency response teams

What You Bring:

  • A technical degree (Bachelor’s or higher) in engineering or a related field, with experience in process safety, risk management, or similar disciplines
  • Proven project management skills, with the ability to juggle both strategic initiatives and day-to-day tasks
  • Strong collaboration and communication abilities across diverse teams and stakeholders
  • A structured, goal-oriented mindset, with a focus on measurable outcomes and continuous improvement
  • Fluency in Danish and English, both written and spoken
  • Solid IT skills for data analysis, reporting, and system administration

Familiarity with risk assessment methodologies and functional safety are considered as an advantage.

We offer a workplace that values professional excellence, team spirit and respectful collaboration. Here at IFF, you get to explore opportunities for both personal and career development in a global organization, where our culture is built on knowledge sharing, safety-first thinking and mutual support.

Ready to Make a Difference? Join us in shaping a safer future at IFF. Submit your application already today and become part of a team that’s committed to protecting what matters most! We review applications on an ongoing basis, and will close the posting once the right talent has been identified.

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more

Top Skills

Data Analysis
Process Safety Management
Risk Assessment
System Administration
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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
13,014 Employees

What We Do

Meet IFF:

We boldly bring together science and creativity to create what the world needs.

An industry leader in food, beverage, health and biosciences, we create essential solutions – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. Equal parts outspoken and analytical, our international collective of thinkers working with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products people crave.

With 24,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers, and 33,000 customers across the world, we’re poised to make a difference on an unprecedented scale. Without our boundary-pushing passion and end-to-end expertise, the future wouldn’t be the same.

Visit us at www.iff.com to learn more about how our talented people and new technology are challenging the expected, championing creators and doing more good for people and planet.

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