Senior Manager, Owner's Engineering

Are you looking for a career in an inspiring, global environment where your expertise makes a difference? At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, which enable our customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

We are looking for you

Manager, Owner’s Engineering

to lead our Owner’s Engineering team located in Porvoo, Finland.

This is a career opportunity for you, who has already proven yourself in managing plant engineering activities and now is looking for a move forward. In this role, you will use your experience to act as a line manager to a team of approximately 10 experienced engineering leads to achieve the project targets, develop/implement work processes and to manage a healthy level of subcontracting.

You will focus on refinery projects outside of battery limits (OSBL). In this job you will work closely with Project Managers, Solution Development, Development Managers and the refinery personnel.

Reasons to join

We operate in an inspiring and evolving business environment as a global leader in renewable fuels. We contribute to Neste’s success by living our values every day: we care, we have courage, we cooperate.

We prioritize safety at all times and in every location. We strive to create a positive and impactful work environment.

Transformation brings new possibilities and fosters our courage and curiosity. As a global  company, we support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities. Collaboration is key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working. We work at the office at least three days a week to ensure seamless teamwork and a sense of belonging.

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

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 

• Line management responsibility of a team of plant engineering experts

• Managing the external engineering partner interface working in OSBL projects

• Contribute significantly to the development of the OSBL projects’ execution strategy

• Coordinate engineering support to maintenance and operations

• Engineering capacity management according to estimate of the future workload

• Planning the resourcing solutions for the upcoming projects

• Coaching your team members in terms of performance and competence

Keys to success in this role

• M.Sc. or B.Sc. in engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Several years of plant engineering project execution experience in an international EPC/EPCM environment

• Understanding of engineering, procurement and Construction Management disciplines/interfaces

• Excellent leadership, management, engagement and communication skills

• Business orientation - takes ownership and initiative

• Team player; cooperation and stakeholder management skills are a must

• Effective communication skills in English (mandatory) both verbally and in writing. Basic Finnish language skills (speaking and understanding)

Other strengths we value 

• Prior background in a line management position

• Networking skills

• Business Processes development understanding

• Certified Lean Six Sigma Belt

Let’s get you started

We look forward to receiving your CV and application (with a salary request) by August 12, 2026.

If you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please get in touch with Visa Kivinen, Head of OSBL Project Delivery, +358 40 723 4547 on July 7th at 10-11am or August 7th at 1-2pm.

To ensure security and confidentiality, please submit your application through our recruitment system, as we are unable to consider applications sent via email.

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 potential aptitude assessment.

Depending on the requirements of the position, the process may include a security clearance (with a drug test) and a potential statutory health examination based on work-related exposures.

Neste in brief

Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) is the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with production on three continents. The company’s renewables production capacity is expected to reach 6.8 million tons annually in 2027. Neste also produces high-quality oil products at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. The company has a network of nearly 1,000 fuel stations with expanding service offering, such as EV charging, in Finland and in the Baltics.

Neste’s strategy focuses on growth in renewable fuels, which help its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste is included in many international indices for its sustainability performance. In 2025, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 19.0 billion. Read more: neste.com

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