Lead Production Operations and Drive Continuous Improvement as Senior Production Engineer

Are you ready to take the next step in your manufacturing career? Join a role where you will lead daily production operations, guide a team of more than 15 employees, and play a key part in delivering productivity, quality, safety, and continuous improvement results. You will work closely with planning, quality, and other cross-functional teams to solve operational challenges, optimize performance, and ensure production targets are achieved. This is an opportunity to make a visible impact through strong people leadership, problem-solving, and process improvement initiatives.

Your responsibilities

• Lead and monitor daily production line operations, ensuring compliance with plant policies, procedures, and production targets.
• Supervise a production team of more than 15 employees, including work allocation, shift planning, rotations, overtime coordination, and absence coverage.
• Drive productivity improvements through Kaizen activities, multiskilling initiatives, and continuous improvement projects.
• Monitor production performance, prepare MIS reports, track costs, and identify opportunities for cost savings.
• Record and report daily production activities in ERP/M3 and maintain accurate production documentation.
• Partner with Planning, Quality, and other cross-functional teams to resolve day-to-day operational challenges.
• Ensure products meet quality requirements, investigate quality concerns, prepare quality reports, and lead root cause analysis activities.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and disciplined shop floor by implementing Health & Safety standards, HIRA activities, risk observations, and work permit processes.
• Support implementation of operational excellence initiatives, including 5S, Kanban (2-bin system), and assembly shop Kaizens.
• Develop team capability through training plans, skills development activities, and participation in new product development and shop improvement projects.

Expectations from you

• You have 4-5 years of relevant production or manufacturing experience.
• You have experience supervising production operations and leading shop floor teams.
• You have experience with production reporting, MIS preparation, and ERP/M3 transactions.
• You have knowledge of productivity improvement methodologies such as Kaizen, 5S, and Kanban.
• You have experience managing quality issues, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions.
• You have strong understanding of workplace safety practices, HIRA activities, risk observation processes, and work permit systems.
• You have experience coordinating with cross-functional teams such as Planning and Quality.
• You have experience training and developing workmen to enhance skills and performance.
• You can effectively manage machinery breakdowns, production challenges, and operational issues.
• You have experience working in a unionized environment.

To succeed in this role

Success in this role requires hands-on production leadership, the ability to drive productivity and continuous improvement, and strong experience in managing quality, safety, and people performance on the shop floor. You will need to excel at coordinating cross-functional activities, solving operational challenges quickly, and creating a disciplined, high-performing production environment while consistently achieving production targets.

We also expect you to align with Valmet’s Leadership Principles—practical behaviors 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

You will join a production environment focused on delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient manufacturing operations. The team is responsible for achieving production targets, driving productivity improvements, maintaining quality standards, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives across the shop floor. Working closely with Planning, Quality, and other functions, the team plays a critical role in resolving operational challenges and improving overall plant performance. You will have the opportunity to lead a sizeable team, contribute to employee development, and participate in new development and shop improvement activities. The role offers meaningful exposure to production excellence, problem-solving, and operational leadership.

Valmet offers an inspiring and challenging position, providing an excellent opportunity to contribute to our success. Our team-oriented and international work environment fosters innovation and continuous learning. We value our employees and provide opportunities for professional development, modern work tools, and ongoing growth.

When everything works together

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. 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.

At Valmet, diversity of thought drives innovation. We are committed to a respectful and inclusive environment, where people can be themselves and are supported to contribute at their best. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential, never on personal characteristics such as gender, gender identity, age, ethnicity, nationality, disability, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, or political views.

Join the team – and lead the way with us!

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