Wärtsilä Energy leads the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our partners to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys through our market-leading technologies and power system modelling expertise. These cover decarbonisation services, future-fuel enabled balancing power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology, including the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.

Did you know Wärtsilä has delivered 76 GW of power plant capacity and more 110 energy storage systems in 180 countries around the world?

In this fast changing world of energy, we are constantly on the lookout for future-oriented talent to join our team and to work towards enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services - together. Want to join the ride?

Continuous Improvement Lead

We are now looking for a Continuous Improvement Lead to join the Strategic Development & Continuous Improvement team in our Energy Services business. The team spearheads the efforts to build a continuous improvement culture and mindset in Energy Services and specializes in optimization of services operations using lean and continuous improvement methods, tools and principles. The preferred location for this position is one of our offices in Finland (Helsinki, Vaasa, Turku).

This is an opportunity for you to contribute to strategy execution in our Energy Services business by improving speed and quality of our operations and identifying opportunities to better serve our customers. In this role you will act as the lead for Lean and Continuous Improvement in Energy Services. You will work closely with various business functions in Energy Services and Energy business to identify and improve our operational performance. Your success will be measured by improved customer satisfaction, improved process efficiency and business growth.

The ideal candidate for this role is an experienced Lean/Continuous Improvement professional, preferably Six Sigma Black Belt with hands on experience in implementation of lean in demanding business environments. You can challenge our conventional ways of thinking and working and are comfortable working with complex value streams in a global business context. You will lead cross-functional, informal teams for various change initiatives and are therefore an excellent influencer and facilitator as well as an outstanding team player. 

Responsibilities:

• Leading subject matter expert for lean and continuous improvement in Energy Services
• Leads business improvement initiatives targeting to remove waste in our service operations’ value streams
• Collaborates with business functions to improve operational performance through lean implementation, process re-engineering, performance management, process automation and similar
• Develops business cases for change initiatives and supports in defining relevant performance management metrics
• Supports in deployment of continuous improvement methodologies in Energy Services
• Defines change management needs and supports in implementation of change management actions
• Provides coaching, leadership and support on the use of Lean, Six Sigma and other continuous improvement tools
• Leads lean/continuous improvement capability build-up in Energy Services

Requirements:

• Six Sigma Black Belt certification
• Advanced understanding of lean/continuous improvement/operational excellence methodologies
• Experience of leading change initiatives targeting performance improvement using lean/continuous improvement tools and methods
• Solid English presentation and communication skills, fluency in other languages considered an asset
• In this role, some travel will be required. 

Contact & next steps
We hope to hear from you before the application deadline 8th October 2023, through submitting your application through our career’s portal.
Are you still wondering if you should apply and would like to get something clarified? Please reach out to Lotta Lindqvist, Director Operational Excellence & Portfolio Management (lotta.lindqvist@wartsila.com) with any questions related to this position. Applications through email will not be recorded or responded to.

Last application date: 08/10/2023 

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities. 

All new Wärtsilä employees in Finland will attend occupational health check, including the drug test/screening. The legislation of the country followed when person is located outside of Finland.

This is Wärtsilä 

Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 17,000 professionals, in more than 240 locations in 79 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com.