Are you an innovative person with drive for product and service development and experience from research or technology development?

At Valmet, we are shaping the future of sustainable packaging and paper solutions through innovation, collaboration, and a seamless lifecycle approach. Join us in advancing the packaging and paper business, as we move forward with our renewed strategy to Lead the Way. This means pioneering smarter technologies, expanding our service capabilities, and delivering customer value across the entire lifecycle—from raw material to finished product. If you're ready to make a real impact in a dynamic, future-focused environment, we invite you to grow with us.

You have now chance to join Valmet Packaging and Paper Services to develop performance parts and field services that directly enhance our customers’ process reliability and sustainability. We provide spare- and process parts and services to our paper, board and packaging customers around the world. Our purpose is to promote customer lifecycle success by improving efficiency, quality, and productivity.

We are looking for a practical and self-directed person who can lead Research and technology development (RTD) initiatives and drive innovation together with our technology experts from idea generation to the launch of a new product or service. You will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing RTD projects with wide spectrum of technologies. In this role you have possibility to expand your expertise and learn every day.

The position can be based in Tampere, Jyväskylä or Vantaa.

Our expectations for you

You have experience from R&D and strong project management, facilitation and problem-solving skills. You take initiative and are willing to build up your contact network in international context and collaborate with all internal and external stakeholders. Earlier experience in similar tasks will help in getting started but most importantly we are looking for a pragmatic person who can find solutions and has relentless drive to move forward with the projects.

To succeed in this position, you should have:

• B.Sc. or preferably M.Sc. degree in Engineering e.g. Mechanical engineering, manufacturing, process, materials, or production technologies
• Experience in research or technology or product development related project management
• Earlier experience from some of the following: functional coatings, additive manufacturing, engineering, digital services, laboratory analysis, supplier management, sustainability development, manufacturing development.
• Customer and business focused mindset
• Ability to work independently in global organization and to achieve results
• Willing to work hands-on on all potential tasks included in RTD, throughout the RTD project
• Fluent written and oral communication and presentation skills in English and Finnish language skill also preferred
• Excellent IT Skills and some experience of working with data
• Possibility to travel occasionally

We offer

At Valmet, you'll work in a global environment where your contributions directly impact customer efficiency and sustainability. As part of our RTD team, you'll help develop performance parts and field services for the paper, board, and packaging industries.

We support employee well-being through exercise and culture benefits (ePassi), hobby clubs, and high-quality occupational health care. Strong performance is recognized through our structured reward system.

Flexible working hours and hybrid work options (max two remote days per week) help you balance work and life.

Additional information

If you are interested in becoming part of Valmet RTD community, send your application by November 24th, 2025. We are already eagerly waiting for your application.

For more information about the role, please contact Aino-Ilona Uusinoka, Director, R&D Performance Parts and Field Services, +358504876704 Calling times: 15-16:00 12.11.2025, 9:00-10:00 17.11.2025.

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.