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FULL_TIME
2-5

Lead Engineer, Civil, Structural and Architectural

1/25/2026

As the CSA Lead Engineer, you will serve as the project’s building-scope expert from sales through to handover, collaborating closely with customers and contractors. Your responsibilities include engineering coordination, scheduling, contract management, and supporting procurement and installation work.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Valmet is a global technology leader serving process industries. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow. In 2024, Valmet’s net sales totaled approximately EUR 5.4 billion. Our head office is in Espoo, Finland, and we have experts in approximately 40 countries around the world. Valmet’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. Valmet has two focused segments:​ Biomaterial Solutions and Services and Process Performance Solutions. Valmet’s operating model consists of five business areas: Automation Solutions; Flow Control; Pulp, Energy and Circularity; Packaging and Paper; and Tissue. The business areas are supported by a separate Latin America unit and a China Chair. The Global Supply unit supports cost-competitiveness by optimizing and leveraging Valmet’s global scale in procurement and production.
About the Role

Are you ready to build your career in international construction projects?

We are looking for a CSA (Civil, Structural and Architectural) Lead Engineer to drive industrial construction projects within Valmet’s Pulp, Energy and Circularity business area. As part of a multidisciplinary project team, you will support our customers by delivering the buildings that house Valmet’s power plant and pulp mill technologies worldwide. These structures include heavy industrial steelwork, platforms, cladding, and concrete structures.

This position is based in Tampere.

What you’ll do

As the CSA Lead Engineer, you will serve as the project’s building‑scope expert from sales through to handover. You will collaborate closely with customers, contractors, engineering disciplines, and supply management. Your responsibilities cover the full spectrum of CSA project management, including engineering coordination, scheduling, and contract management. You will also plan and support the procurement of CSA components as well as the installation work carried out at site.

Expectations for you

  • You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in civil engineering, preferably with a major in construction management and economics, or structural engineering.
  • You have more than three years of experience in construction project management or structural engineering.
  • Experience in industrial energy projects and strong knowledge of structural steel are significant advantages
  • You communicate fluently in English; skills in Finnish or other languages are an advantage.
  • You are willing to travel internationally occasionally.

To succeed in this role

You focus on coordinating complex CSA engineering tasks, ensuring project efficiency and technical compliance. Strong teamwork skills are essential. You are driven by meeting agreed schedules, ensuring customer excellence, and achieving project profitability. We value a result‑oriented and flexible professional.

We also expect you to align with Valmet’s Leadership Principles—practical behaviours that guide how we lead, collaborate, and succeed together:

Take accountability – Act with ownership, set clear expectations, and follow through

Lead with courage – Champion change, try bold ideas, and learn quickly

Build on trust – Listen to understand, be open, and create psychological safety

Collaborate for growth – Work across boundaries, value diverse perspectives, and focus on customer value

We Offer

We offer you a rewarding position in our supportive CSA team, where collaboration is at the core and no one is left behind. You will have an excellent opportunity to grow professionally, backed by the expertise and resources of a dynamic and diverse global organization with colleagues worldwide.

Additional Information

Does this sound like your next career step? Submit your application, including your CV and salary request, via the provided link as soon as possible, but no later than February 22nd, 2026.

For more information, please contact Pekka Salo, Manager, CSA Engineering via email: pekka.s.salo@valmet.com or phone: +358 50 385 1773

We’ll use a variety of selection methods in the recruitment process, such as video screening, personality questionnaires, ability tests, and interviews. We will review applications as they come in and may start interviews already during the application period — so don’t hesitate to apply!

We encourage our employees to a healthier lifestyle by being a smoke-free Workplace.

When everything works together 

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With over 19,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, and serve an even wider base of process industries with our automation systems and flow control solutions. Our commitment to moving our customers performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how and above all, teamwork. www.valmet.com/careers

Key Skills
Civil EngineeringConstruction ManagementStructural EngineeringProject ManagementEngineering CoordinationSchedulingContract ManagementProcurementInstallation WorkTeamworkCustomer ExcellenceTechnical ComplianceInternational TravelStructural Steel KnowledgeCommunication SkillsResult-OrientedFlexibility
Categories
EngineeringConstructionEnergyManufacturingEnvironmental & Sustainability
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