Manager, Project Quality

Are you our next creator of change?

Do you want to be part of creating solutions for mitigating climate change? At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Together we will accelerate transformation for a more sustainable future.

We are looking for you,

Manager, Project Quality

to lead and drive the performance and development of the Project Quality team, providing their expertise for the projects while ensuring the successful implementation of both short- and long-term Project Quality development initiatives.

The role involves also working in matrix models, demanding strong influencing skills without direct mandate. You will facilitate quality awareness throughout the project organization and drive a positive quality culture through close cooperation with stakeholders. You will manage project quality processes, including lessons learned, project risk management, incident learning, and stakeholder/customer satisfaction. You will report to the Head of Project HSEQ and Construction Management.

Neste's project execution and quality management are already well-established. Your commitment is essential to achieving our goal of taking them to the industry’s top tier. Together with you and your expertise, we can make an impact today and keep our promises for tomorrow.

Reasons to join

Real impact right now. We create solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. 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, fostering both courage and curiosity. As a global company, collaboration is the key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working. We support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities.

In addition, our benefits for employees in Finland include, for example, a personnel fund as part of the overall remuneration, good occupational health care, and an extensive membership in a sickness or health insurance fund. We also support leisure time activities, e.g. by offering benefits for sports and culture.

The job is located in Kilpilahti, Porvoo, which is about 30 minutes by car from the center of Helsinki. We organize free bus transportation to Kilpilahti for our employees from the capital region, Porvoo and the nearby areas. We have a hybrid working model and you can work partly also in our Espoo office.

More about the job

Your role in our team

• Team Leadership and Development: Leading and driving the Project Quality team's performance and development, ensuring they provide services for projects, and implementing short and long-term Project Quality development tasks.
  
  

• Quality Culture and Influence: Facilitating quality awareness and driving a positive quality culture within the project organization, often working in matrix models and needing to influence stakeholders without a direct mandate.
  
  

• Process Management: Managing key processes, including
  

  • Lessons learned

  • Project risk management

  • Incident learning

  • Stakeholder/customer satisfaction
    
    

• Strategic Improvement: Contributing to the goal of taking Project execution and project quality management at Neste to the top class of the industry.

Keys to success in this role

• Solid team leadership experience

• In this cross functional role, understanding roles and responsibilities of other stakeholders (like safety, procurement, engineering, project management etc.) is crucial

• MSc or equivalent competence and/or degree

• Senior level experience in most of the key accountability topics

• Previous experience from project operations and/or project quality management, incident investigations and learning from experience

Other strengths we value

• Excellent facilitation, coaching and influence skills

• Outstanding interpersonal, presentation and teamwork skills

• Result orientation with good problem solving skills and proven history of delivering performance improvements

• Fluency in English, both written and spoken; Finnish skills are an advantage

• Engineering or relevant cross functional experience

• Knowledge of common quality tools
  
  

Let’s get you started

We look forward to receiving your CV and application (with a salary request) by February 8, 2026.

If you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please get in touch with Timo Kankkunen, Head of Project HSEQ and Construction Management, +358 50 458 9647, best available on 26.1.2026 and 30.1.2026.

Due to security and confidentiality, please submit your application through our recruitment system. Applications sent via email will not be considered. The recruitment process will include interviews and a possible aptitude assessment. The person selected for the position must pass a health examination including a drug test. A possible security clearance is obtained with your consent.

Neste in brief

Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) creates solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. The company is the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel, enabling its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste refines waste, residues and other renewable raw materials to high-quality renewable fuels at its refineries located on three continents. The company’s annual renewable fuels production capacity will be increased to 6.8 million tons in 2027.

Neste has high standards for sustainability and the company has consistently been recognized by several leading sustainability indices. In 2024, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 20.6 billion. Read more: neste.com

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