Project Engineer

Insta Group Oy; Tampere; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive occupational health and

Job summary

Insta Industry, part of Insta Group Oy, is seeking a Project Engineer to lead automation and electrification projects for water utilities, based mainly in Tampere Sarankulma or Vantaa. The role combines project management with technical design and client coordination.

You will handle scheduling, resource planning, bid calculations, procurement, and quality control, while growing your expertise in a collaborative, family-owned environment that values learning, trust and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 1–5 years of project management experience in automation and electricity.
• Ability to contribute to high-level automation and instrumentation design.
• Fluency in Finnish and English.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects across water utilities automation and electrification portfolios.
• Coordinate scheduling, resource planning, bid calculation, procurement and work planning.
• Ensure quality control, inspections, and maintain stakeholder communication.

Skills

Project management

Automation

Electrical engineering

Communication

Finnish

English

Education

Technical university or UAS degree

Job description

We build a sustainable future for industry and critical infrastructure, delivering lifecycle support in electrification, instrumentation, automation and digitalisation. We are seeking a Project Engineer for Insta Industry in a permanent role in water treatment automation and electrification projects.

Your main task is project management across the water utilities automation and electrification project portfolios, ensuring overall progression and planning. You will be involved in scheduling and resource planning, bid calculation, procurement, work planning, quality control and other related tasks. You will participate in technical specifications and inspections, and you will work in a team with experienced colleagues to grow your own expertise.

The position is primarily based at Tampere Sarankulma or Vantaa sites, with occasional client visits nationwide (0–5 days per month) and a feasible option for partial remote work.

The role offers a development path toward project management with potential sales responsibilities, diverse career opportunities in technical and leadership roles, strong benefits including comprehensive occupational health and well-being benefits and a personnel fund, and meaningful work securing the nation’s critical operations.

We value learning, trust and teamwork, and we operate as a family-owned company rooted in Tampere for over 65 years.

We require: 1–5 years of project management experience in automation and electricity, ability to participate in high-level automation and instrumentation design, strong communication, stress tolerance, problem-solving and a technical university or university of applied sciences degree, and fluency in Finnish and English.

1–5 years of project management experience in automation and electrical engineering, Ability to contribute to high-level automation and instrumentation design, Energetic, target-driven professional with strong customer-facing skills, Fluency in Finnish and English.