Senior Circularity Specialist

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,

Senior Circularity Specialist

to our environment and quality management team within Oil Products. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in transfrontier shipment of waste and contribute your circularity know-how to a refinery environment.

This role involves coordinating catalyst and waste transfer permits, logistics and relevant reporting. Key responsibility is to foster and ensure waste-related compliance through active collaboration with various internal and external stakeholders. In the Environment and quality management team we work together with production and other key stakeholders to assure effective management systems and compliance. Your expertise will be vital in making an immediate impact and fulfilling our commitments for a sustainable future.


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.


More about the job

Your role in our team includes

• Waste Shipment Management: Applying and managing international waste shipment permits, including initial data compilation, application document writing and authority negotiations 

• Logistics Coordination: Manage catalyst and waste transport logistics and transfer documents, manage routing, and act as a liaison with transport companies.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Communicate and coordinate with authorities, transport companies, waste treatment facilities, and internal departments across the refinery.

• Compliance: Ensure understanding and adherence to Finnish and European waste and logistics legislation, and verification of compliance/documents for waste-derived raw materials (EEJ/EoW).

• Circular Management and optimization:  Classification, reporting and verification of compliance of production waste and side streams.
  
  
  
  

Keys to success in this role

• Master’s/Bachelor's degree in engineering, environmental science,  chemistry, or related discipline.

• Strong understanding and experience of waste and waste shipment legislation and international waste transfers.

• Knowledge of logistics, including ADR (VAK) regulations and classifications.

• Excellent operational coordination and communication skills with diverse stakeholders

• Responsible attitude and safety-oriented mindset.

Other strengths we value 

• Proficiency in systems such as TFS, Blackline, and SAP

• Familiarity with chemicals and chemical legislation.

• Cooperative attitude and ability to get things done in industrial environment

Let’s get you started

We look forward to receiving your CV and application (with a salary request) by 15.8.2025

If you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please get in touch with Venla Kanko, Environment and quality manager, +358 50 475 9504, on August 5th 9:30-10:30 or August 12th 9:30-10:30. You can also reach out to Timo Rautiainen, Director of Safety and Risk Management, +358 50 458 3507, on July 29th 9:30-10:30.

We will do our best to contact you within 2 weeks after the application time has ended. 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 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