Senior Manager, Materials

• Senior Manager, Materials at Neste to lead the materials discipline in the Chief Engineering Competence Center in a full-time, permanent role preferably based in Kilpilahti (Porvoo), Maasvlakte (Rotterdam) or Tuas (Singapore).
• You will own Neste’s technical material specifications, set safety, availability and maintainability requirements, oversee technical content in frame agreements and collaborate with procurement, design, operations and maintenance teams.
• The role requires a relevant technical degree, preferably B.Sc or higher, about 15+ years of industrial materials engineering or management experience in refinery environments, project experience, and fluent English.
• Neste offers a safety-focused, global workplace with development opportunities and Finland-based employee benefits such as a personnel fund and occupational healthcare, and applications (with a salary request) are due by September 30, 2026.

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,

Senior Manager, Materials

to our Chief Engineering Competence Center in the Refining Competence Center. The job is located in one of our locations, preferably within the same location as our production facilities, i.e. Kilpilahti, Porvoo; Maasvlakte, Rotterdam or Tuas, Singapore. This is a full-time, permanent position.

The Chief Engineering competence center is a team consisting of different engineering disciplines. The team is responsible for the standards and specifications which are applied in Neste. The tasks in the team include seeking of new technologies, developing and benchmarking the best practices and securing correct technical requirements within the strategic partnerships. 

Besides working closely within the team, in your role you will collaborate with reliability, maintenance, operations and design engineers. You will also be responsible to secure efficient and transparent communication with the experts of your discipline within the company. Being in the Senior Manager role, you will be in the leading position when making the crucial decisions in your field of expertise to secure a safe, reliable and effective refinery. Together with your expertise, we can do meaningful work to drive Neste forward. 

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).
 

More about the job

Your role in our team

• Acting as the leading expert within the materials discipline in Neste, which includes the framework where the projects or maintenance activities are carried out taking into account the total cost of ownership. 

• Responsible for correct technical content in frame agreements and close collaboration with procurement related to vendor selection within Neste.

• Owner of the technical specifications in Neste for the materials engineering discipline. Setting the requirements regarding safety, availability, maintainability and operations in collaboration with asset management, operation teams and design engineers via the specifications within Neste.

• Supporting refineries as the leading specialist of materials solutions in cooperation with the design engineers and site personnel. Providing primary expertise for material solutions to refineries while cooperating with fellow specialists across diverse business units. Working alongside high-level experts to guarantee the seamless integration of technical material requirements throughout our global refining operations.

• Development and ownership of discipline technology best practices and benchmark them against the industry standards. 

The best combination to succeed in this role

• Relevant technical degree, e.g. materials engineer or similar. Preferably B.Sc or higher.

• As a senior manager role the successful candidate should bring relevant 15+ years of industrial experience in materials engineering or management. This can be from e.g. design, maintenance and/or operations. Preferably a combination of these.

• Solid knowhow on material solutions and requirements in a refinery environment.

• Relevant project experience and knowhow of the requirements in different project phases in an investment project.

• Fluent spoken and written English.

• Demonstrated skills to effectively collaborate, communicate and lead people of different backgrounds.

• Ability to obtain techno-economical elements from created solutions and specifications.

• Safety mindset and create long lasting safe solutions.
   

Other strengths we value 

As the refinery world is going towards carbon neutrality one key replacement will be electrical solutions. Hence knowledge of novel electricity based solutions to reduce carbon footprint is considered as a benefit.

Let’s get you started

We look forward to receiving your CV and application (with a salary request) by September 30, 2026.

If you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please get in touch with Justus Hirn, Head of Chief Engineering (interim), Phone: +358 50 529 4872, on September 11th 13:00-14:00 EET, September 17th 09:00-10:00 EET, or September 22nd 12:00-13:00 EET.

The interviews may be conducted immediately if potential candidates are found. 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. Depending on the location and 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