Lead/Chief Engineer, Thermal Engineering

Are you our next engineer of change?
  This is for you who wants to have a real impact on creating a healthier planet for our children every day. At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel and a forerunner in developing renewable and circular feedstock solutions for polymers and chemicals. Let’s create transformation for a sustainable future together.
 

We are looking for,

Lead / Chief Engineer, Thermal engineering

to join our Mechanical Engineering team in Porvoo, Finland.

You will work closely with our engineering disciplines to strengthen engineering in different process and energy industry projects globally and externally with our equipment vendors and customers. Our work combines accountability, cooperation, and the desire to develop and renew. 

We have an international team of experts working in Mechanical Engineering. Our team is responsible for challenging, rewarding and diverse work tasks in study, basic engineering and detailed engineering project phases. We cooperate with different technology providers and support expediting and commissioning project phases in large scale investment projects. 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 work in an inspiring and evolving business environment, where everything we do serves one purpose: to create a healthier planet for our children. To drive a growing impact as a global leader in renewable and circular solutions 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 and fosters our courage and curiosity. As a global growing company we support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities. Collaboration is the key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working.

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.

This position is located in our Technology Center in Kilpilahti, Porvoo. Partial remote working or working at our remote working office in Espoo are also possible. We organize free bus transportation to Kilpilahti for our employees from the capital region, Porvoo and the nearby areas.

More about the job

We are looking for thermal engineering professionals with a profound knowledge in thermal equipment dimensioning, combustion and fired equipment such as furnaces and solid experience in leading package equipment deliveries in the international process industry projects.

Your role in our team

• Take Lead/Chief Engineer's responsibility within challenging, rewarding and diverse international process and energy industry projects.

• Executes the design work in accordance with project objectives and the design procedures.

• Specify, evaluate, select and engineer fired equipment related packages for reliable, cost-effective and efficient operation.

• Participate in bid preparation, vendor negotiations, execution planning and cost estimates of our projects and act as a single point of contact towards vendors for the assigned scope of equipment.

• Conduct thermal calculations and analysis for thermal equipment.

• Participate in troubleshooting and technical assessments of fired heaters and heat exchangers in cooperation with maintenance and operations in all production sites.

• Share and develop your deep know-how and technical skills along with close collaboration with our clients and global resources.

The best combination to succeed in this role

• Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, or a similar education.

• Minimum 12 years of working experience in project work and strong knowledge of thermal equipment e.g. furnaces, burners, hot oil heaters, shell & tube heat exchangers and air coolers.

• Experience in various package equipment deliveries in Chief Engineer, Project Manager or in similar key roles.

• Experience in relevant standards, such as EN, ASME, TEMA and API standards.

• Knowledge of relevant legislation such as Pressure Equipment Directive (PED), Machinery Directive (MD) and ATEX Directive.

• Experience in the areas for example detail engineering in manufacturing, workshop production, NDT-testing, expediting and commissioning.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills in English, both spoken and written. Other language skills are considered as an asset.

• Experience in Aspen EDR and AutoCad is an advantage.

We also value a development oriented approach to guidelines and work processes and willingness to travel. Possibility to relocate internationally is considered as an advantage.

Let’s get you started

Wondering whether we are a match or not? Take a short test at neste.com/game.

We look forward to receiving your CV and application with a salary request by 11.8.2024.

If you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please get in touch with Janne Jääskeläinen, Manager, Mechanical,  +358403380771, on 27.6. between 12:30-14:00 (EEST), 18.7. between 12:30-14:00 (EEST) or 8.8. between 12:30-14:00 (EEST).

We start reviewing applications already during the application period and may start interviewing once suitable candidates are found. We will do our best to contact you within three 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 their consent.