Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager – Chemical Manufacturing

Location: Botlek, The Netherlands

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Ready to lead maintenance excellence in a world-class chemical manufacturing environment? LANXESS is looking for an experienced Maintenance Manager to take charge of our maintenance operations at our Botlek site. This is your chance to make a real impact—ensuring safety, reliability, and efficiency in a dynamic setting.

Why This Role Matters

As Maintenance Manager, you’ll lead a skilled team covering operational maintenance, turnarounds, reliability, and inspection. Your mission: keep our facility running safely and smoothly, while driving continuous improvement and innovation. You’ll be part of the site management team, influencing strategy and delivering on key business objectives.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and inspire the Maintenance team to achieve operational excellence.
• Ensure compliance with all internal and legislative requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement through KPIs and best practices.
• Manage preventive and reactive maintenance—always safe, on time, and within budget.
• Take decisive action during breakdowns and critical situations, safeguarding safety, environment, and cost.
• Collaborate across the site to deliver BU requirements and contribute to strategic decisions.

What You Bring

• Master’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in maintenance within chemical manufacturing.
• Strong technical knowledge (including BRZO compliance).
• Proven leadership and people management skills.
• Expertise in change management and driving improvement.

What to Expect

If your application is successful, you’ll first have a conversation with a member of our Talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to an on-site interview, where you'll meet the Hiring Manager and key team members. This is a great opportunity to gain insight into the role, our culture, and how we work.

Join us and shape the future of maintenance in chemical manufacturing.

Apply now and take the next step in your career with LANXESS!

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion. We’re also happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to support your application.

Please Note: No agency approaches.

Recruitment is managed centrally by our Talent team. Any direct approaches to hiring managers will not be considered or eligible for fee payment.

Contract Type: Regular

Who we are

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with about 12,000 employees in 32 countries. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives and consumer protection products. LANXESS has achieved leading positions in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index and the MSCI ESG and ISS ESG ratings, among others, for its commitment to sustainability.

In Botlek, we manufacture, among other things, preservatives and flavourings based on Benzoic acid and its derivatives. End markets include food products for humans and animals, personal care products, pharmaceuticals and the plastics industry. We are a full-continuum company with BRZO status. Sustainability, safety and the environment are important spearheads.

Be part of it!

Why choose us?

• Compensation: We offer attractive salarypackages based on skills and experience, including a 13th monthpay and vacation pay.
• Comprehensive Benefits: An immediate open-ended contract, a full-time position for 40 hours per week, 30 vacation days (based on a 40-hour work week) with the option to purchase additional vacation days, and a wide range of benefits to support your financial security, health and well-being, including a solid pension plan, comprehensive travel reimbursement, and a vitality plan with an allowance of up to€250 gross per year.
• Work-Life & Flexibility: We support you in maintaining a balance between workhours and personal time. With our flexible working hours and the possibility of working from home, we offer you the flexibility you need, although this position requires you to work on-site as much as possible.
• Training & Development: We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you in the ongoing pursuit of education, training and knowledge through both formal and informal learning, including free access to LinkedIn Learning for unlimited new skills learning.
• Diversity: Talent is important to us;we welcome everyone who is committed to our values. We strongly believe that including diverse perspectives makes us more innovative and strengthensour competitive position. Therefore, we embrace the uniqueness of each individual and are truly committed to supporting our people in developing their individual potential.

Interested? Don't miss this opportunity and apply now. A CV is sufficient; we would like to get to know you personally to discover if there is a match with LANXESS.