Development Engineer

Neste; Porvoo; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personnel fund

Occupational health care

Sickness fund

Leisure accident insurance

ePassi (sports & culture)

Free bus transport to Kilpilahti

Job summary

Neste Excellence team in Porvoo seeks an Excellence and Development Engineer to drive continuous improvement across the Oil Products Refining operation. You’ll lead development projects, coach teams, and implement new ways of working to boost efficiency and safety.

You will collaborate with production planning, R&D and other Neste functions, design metrics, and support change management while fostering a culture of learning and experimentation. The role is based in Kilpilahti, Porvoo.

Qualifications

• Technical or commercial university degree suitable for the position.
• Excellent interaction skills and ability to operate smoothly at different levels of the organization.
• Convincing presentation skills and naturalness in speaking to large audiences.
• Good IT skills and proficiency in common office software and systems.
• Fluent Finnish and English language skills, both spoken and written.
• Responsible attitude and safety-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate in an expert role the implementation of agreed continuous improvement development projects and other projects and processes
• Act as an expert/coach in development projects
• Investigate the backgrounds of issues in projects and draw conclusions in collaboration with the team
• Facilitate workshops independently
• Design new, better ways of working/processes, prioritize and implement them systematically together with the organization
• Support change management
• Create metrics to measure the impact of change
• Participate in creating digital tools and their implementation
• Use various analysis tools during analysis and operational change phases
• Coach and train personnel at different organizational levels in a continuous improvement culture

Skills

Lean methods

Coaching

Change management

Presentation skills

IT skills

Finnish language

English language

Education

Technical or commercial university degree

Tools

Office software

Job description

Excellence and Development Engineer

Location: Porvoo, FI

Business Unit: OP, Refining

Are you looking for a career in an inspiring, international environment where your expertise matters? At Neste, you will work for the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and renewable aviation fuel. Our products help our customers reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

We are looking for you as an Excellence and Development Engineer for the Neste Excellence team in Porvoo. This team supports, implements, and guides Operational Excellence functions in the production environment to bring benefits to Neste's entire oil business.

You will work with the Excellence team in the Oil Products Refining operation to identify best practices, develop capabilities, manage resources, and other operational excellence topics. You report to your team lead.

In your work, you are responsible for developing operations through various initiatives and projects. You lead and coordinate significant development projects, for example, the approval of new raw materials for the refinery. You work closely with various Neste functions, including production planning, R&D, and production.

Our team has a strong community spirit, permission to experiment, and to implement new ways of working. Together with your expertise, we can do meaningful work to move Neste forward.

Join us

We operate in an inspiring and evolving business environment as a global pioneer in renewable fuels. We promote Neste's success by living our values every day: we care, we have courage, and we collaborate. We prioritize safety in all our operations and at all our sites. We strive to create a positive and impactful work environment. Change brings new opportunities and fuels our courage and curiosity. As an international company, we support everyone's development by offering diverse learning and career opportunities. Collaboration is key for us, and we believe in flexible and smart ways of working.

Additionally, we offer Neste employees in Finland various benefits, such as a personnel fund as part of total compensation, good occupational health care, membership in a sickness or insurance fund, and leisure accident insurance. We also extensively support leisure hobby opportunities, e.g., by offering sports and culture benefits (ePassi).

The workplace is located in Kilpilahti, Porvoo, about a 30-minute drive from Helsinki city center. We arrange free bus transport for Neste employees to Kilpilahti from the capital region as well as from Porvoo and surrounding areas.

More about the job

Your role in our team:

• Lead and coordinate in an expert role the implementation of agreed continuous improvement development projects and other projects and processes
• Act as an expert/coach in development projects
• Investigate the backgrounds of issues in projects and draw conclusions in collaboration with the team
• Facilitate workshops independently
• Design new, better ways of working/processes, prioritize and implement them systematically together with the organization
• Support change management
• Create metrics to measure the impact of change
• Participate in creating digital tools and their implementation
• Use various analysis tools during analysis and operational change phases
• Coach and train personnel at different organizational levels in a continuous improvement culture

Keys to success in this role:

• Technical or commercial university degree suitable for the position
• Excellent interaction skills and ability to operate smoothly at different levels of the organization
• Convincing presentation skills and naturalness in speaking to large audiences
• Good IT skills and proficiency in common office software and systems
• Fluent Finnish and English language skills, both spoken and written
• Responsible attitude and safety-oriented mindset

We also value these strengths:

• Knowledge of Lean methods and practical experience in their use
• Work experience from process industry tasks
• Coaching skills
• Experience from operational excellence work

Neste in brief

Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) is the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and renewable aviation fuel, with production on three continents. The annual production capacity of the company's renewable products is expected to grow to 6.8 million tons in 2027. Neste also produces high-quality oil products at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The company has a network of nearly 1,000 service stations, whose growing range of services includes electric vehicle charging services in Finland and the Baltics. Neste\'s strategy focuses on growth in renewable fuels, which help Neste's customers reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste is included in several international sustainability indices. In 2025, Neste's turnover was 19.0 billion euros. Technical or commercial university degree, Excellent interaction skills, Ability to operate smoothly at different levels of the organization, Convincing presentation skills, Good IT skills and proficiency in common office software, Fluent Finnish and English (spoken and written), Responsible attitude and safety-oriented mindset