chemistry and plastics recruitment agency and headhunters
your next hire in chemistry and plastics, in good hands.
We combine our data, our sector experts and our AI algorithms to identify the headhunter most relevant to your role, from process engineer to site director.
- no setup fees, pay on hire
- guaranteed replacement
they hire with muzzo in chemistry and plastics
how do you hire in chemistry and plastics through a recruitment agency?
Muzzo hires for chemistry and plastics roles, from process engineer to site HSE manager on a Seveso site, with headhunters who know that field. They check procedures and security certifications before the interview. You set the fee, 5 to 30%, paid on hire. Leaves within 3 months: we restart the search free.
how it works
you only pay if you hire
01
you describe the role
Using the form above: the role, your company, your site. The rest is scoped in your first conversation with the Muzzo team.
02
the right headhunters get started
Those who have already recruited for this role, in chemistry or plastics.
03
you meet the profiles
Already approached and qualified. You choose who you meet.
04
you hire, then you pay
Not before. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search at no cost.
they hired with muzzo
Muzzo's strength is the diversity of its recruiters: there is always someone listening to our needs.
With Muzzo, I get the reactivity of a marketplace and the quality of a search firm.
let's talk about your role
Antoine and the Muzzo team help you scope your role and choose the right headhunters. Describe your role in the form: we'll call you back to discuss it.
Antoine GigomasCEO and co-founder of Muzzo
one last question?
You set the fee for each role, between 5 and 30%, and you pay it only on hire. A manufacturing technician and a process engineer who has run a line startup don't ask for the same search effort: the fee follows how rare the profile is, and the Muzzo team helps you set it.
You have a double guarantee. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, for example because the role didn't match the process described, we restart the search at no cost. If we find no replacement within 4 months, we refund 50% of the fees. On average, 94% of Muzzo hires are still in post after 3 months.
our chemistry and plastics headhunters are ready to start
A hire signed in under 26 days, paid only on hire.
the reality
a Seveso site doesn't recruit like anywhere else
site safety comes first
On a Seveso-classified site or a plastic injection line, the headhunter must check certifications and procedures actually in use before even talking salary. A wrong hire costs more here than elsewhere.
base chemistry, specialty chemicals, plastics: different jobs
A process engineer at a refinery, a formulation chemist and a plastic injection press setter don't recruit from the same schools or areas. The headhunter starts from your exact operation.
the best profiles are already at the site next door
Experienced chemical and plastics engineers and technicians rarely live far from you: they're at the neighbouring site. A job ad won't reach them, a direct approach will.
the roles
the chemistry and plastics roles our headhunters go after for you
From lab to production line, each role goes to a headhunter who knows your process.
process engineer and chemical engineer
They design and optimise the reaction or shaping of the product, from lab to industrial scale. For this specific role, see also our dedicated page.
chemical sales engineer
They sell a formulation or polymer to industrial buyers who know the technology. You need to understand the safety data sheet to be credible.
quality officer and quality manager
They uphold sector standards, customer audits and batch compliance, from raw material to finished product.
HSE manager and process safety
They manage industrial risk prevention and regulatory compliance on a site, sometimes Seveso-classified. For this specific role, see also our dedicated page.
manufacturing technician and plastics injection setter
They run injection presses or extrusion lines and tune parameters to keep pace and quality.
production manager and site director
They run a chemical manufacturing unit or a plastics workshop: teams, safety, output, compliance.
R&D formulation engineer
They develop new formulas: paints, adhesives, technical polymers. A role at the border between chemistry and finished product.
the method
a chemistry headhunter, not an agency that does everything
Base chemistry, specialty chemicals or plastics: the method starts from your process, not from a generic job title.
the brief starts from process and site
Type of production, Seveso-classified or not, expected certifications: the brief sets out what the profile must already know before starting.
one headhunter per chemical family
From more than 2,500 selected headhunters, your role goes to those who place the most people in chemistry or plastics, matching your operation.
procedures verified before the interview
The headhunter checks procedures actually in use, certifications and sector standards, not just the previous job title.
the figures
hiring in chemistry and plastics in figures
€49k
median gross annual pay for managerial chemical, biological and clinical engineering roles (chemical engineer, formulation engineer), 80% between €37k and €68k1
€51k
median pay for same roles in the chemistry, rubber and plastics sector (80% between €43k and €75k)1
156,575
private-sector employees in the chemical industry, end of June 20262
46.1%
of the 4,750 planned hires of skilled workers in chemical and plastic industries rated hard to fill3
- Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 70 (chemical, biological and clinical engineering) (opens a new window), 2025 data
- Urssaf, private-sector employees by sector (NA88 no. 20, chemical industry), Q2 2026 (opens a new window), 2026 data
- France Travail, BMO 2026 survey, skilled workers in chemical and plastic industries (opens a new window), 2026 data
hiring in chemistry and plastics: what you need to know
A chemistry and plastics recruitment agency finds profiles who design, manufacture and test chemicals, polymers, paints and adhesives. Pharmaceuticals, governed by their own health rules, and cosmetics, which hire mainly in formulation and marketing, each have their own page.
With Muzzo, your role is not posted as just another job ad. It goes to the headhunters who place the most people in that exact job: the one who places process engineers is not the one who places injection press setters.
Base chemistry turns raw materials into large volumes: roles there revolve around process, energy and safety. Specialty chemicals formulate high-value products (adhesives, paints, additives): roles blend R&D, quality and technical sales.
Plastics shapes polymers, by injection, extrusion or thermoforming: roles are closer to standard industrial production, with setting and maintenance jobs. One title, 'process engineer', means different things across these three worlds.
On a Seveso-classified site or subject to industrial facility regulations for environmental protection (ICPE), the HSE manager and production manager must know hazard studies, the single document and emergency procedures. A candidate with no background in this context arrives with adaptation time to plan.
The headhunter asks which sites the profile has operated, under what classification, and verifies real certifications (confined-space work, chemical risk, fire safety) before introducing them to you.
According to Apec's 2025 pay study, managers in chemical, biological and clinical engineering (chemical engineer, formulation engineer) earn €49k gross a year at the median, with 80% between €37k and €68k. In the chemistry, rubber and plastics sector specifically, that median rises to €51k, with a top of range at €75k.
These benchmarks cover only managers. Most manufacturing technicians, setters and operators are not managers and their pay follows their branch's collective agreement (chemistry, plastics or metalworking by site): check before making an offer.
According to France Travail's 2026 BMO survey, 46.1% of the 4,750 planned hires of skilled workers in chemical and plastic industries are rated hard to fill by employers, far above the all-job average. This count covers all levels, not just engineers and managers.
On these roles, a job ad is not enough: experienced operators, technicians and engineers are already in post, often at an industrial site nearby. Headhunters approach them directly, with a concrete project to present.
your questions about hiring in chemistry and plastics
Yes. Manufacturing technicians, plastics injection setters, line operators: these are roles our headhunters know well. According to France Travail's 2026 BMO survey, 46.1% of planned hires of skilled workers in chemical and plastic industries are rated hard to fill, across all levels.
According to Apec, managers in chemical, biological and clinical engineering earn a median of €49k gross a year, with 80% between €37k and €68k (2025 edition). In the chemistry, rubber and plastics sector, that median rises to €51k, with a top of range at €75k.
According to Urssaf, the chemical industry employed 156,575 private-sector employees end of June 2026. Plastics, counted separately in rubber and plastic product manufacturing, employed 142,625 at the same date.
Yes, our headhunters have already hired for quality roles in chemistry and plastics. For the HSE manager role in particular, we have a dedicated page: the headhunter there checks site classification and the candidate's real certifications before introducing them.
by Antoine Gigomas, CEO and co-founder of Muzzo ·
