Technical Engineer, Professional Hygiene (Southern Finland)

Do you feel comfortable in a manufacturing environment, understand hygiene needs of the food industry and have a commercial mindset to ensure our future growth? Would you like to create superior solutions and lead on environmental issues? If so, you could be part of Kiilto’s international Solutions Management team!     

We are looking for a skilled, motivated and commercially oriented  

Technical Engineer for our Professional Hygiene Business Area.   

This is a great opportunity to join a growing international group. Kiilto’s Professional Hygiene business operates in seven countries. Among our well-known brands are Kiilto Pro, Erisan Pro, Antibac, Plum and DAX. Our total turnover in 2023 was approximately EUR 100 million. You will be a member of the Solutions Management team and will report to the Head of Solutions Management. Our locations are Turku, Lempäälä and Helsinki, so you are preferably based in southern Finland. The role requires regular travel.   

In this newly established role, you’ll use your technical knowledge and understanding of chemistry and hygienic design to create valuable cleaning solutions. By working closely with the food industry, you’ll understand customers’ needs and challenges, allowing you to design technical solutions that fit their specific requirements. 

You’ll manage projects from start to finish, system design, custom builds and commissioning, while working with partners. You will have projects in a wide range of cleaning methods, such as Cleaning in Place (CIP), Open Plant Cleaning (OPC), Conveyor Cleaning Systems, and Track Treatment Applications. Your commercial mindset drives you to make engineering sales a growing business inside Kiilto.   

You will primarily focus on projects within the food industry, developing solutions involving automation, advanced chemical control and dosing, as well as monitoring systems to ensure seamless integration into production environments. Additionally, you will contribute to harmonising the equipment range, selecting future suppliers, and enabling remote monitoring and servicing to support long-term performance and reliability. While your main area will be the food industry, you may also collaborate on projects in other solution areas where engineering expertise is required. 

It is a bonus if you have experience of improving cleaning processes to save resources while ensuring products are safe. You will work closely with our equipment partners. 

You can be part of the Kiilto community if you meet at least some of the following criteria:     

• Experience of technical needs in the food industry: at least five years of relevant B2B experience, preferably from the technical side of the food industry.  
• A track record of project management: you have experience in leading customised technical projects in a manufacturing environment.      
• Ability to harmonise, evaluate and identify potential future suppliers: you understand their needs and can evaluate the range based on your experience.      
• International experience: you have experience of successful co-working internationally with diverse teams.  
• People skills: you enjoy collaboration and get a sense of achievement through succeeding together. You are good at creating networks and drawing on your existing ones.      
• If you are open, energetic and have a can-do attitude, you’ll fit right in at Kiilto! You’re someone who passionately believes you can make a difference.      
• Education: you have a bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent.     
• Languages: fluent English and preferably also Finnish.   

A workplace that cares 

At Kiilto, you get to work in an environment that is a fascinating combination of a growing international and down-to-earth family business. Our employees appreciate our long-term approach, open and transparent company culture, Kiilto’s team spirit and versatile opportunities to learn new things and grow together with the company. We encourage our employees to bring their ideas forward and develop in our own innovation and training programs. We are particularly proud of the recognitions we have received for our contributions to well-being at work: we have been chosen twice as the most active workplace in Finland.  

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Do you want to be part of our community? Do not hesitate to apply. The last day to apply is 29 January 2025. Please attach your salary request and CV.   

For further details on the position, please call Isa Myllymaa, Head of Solutions Team, +358 40 776 7046, 14 January at 9-10 EET or 20 January 14-15 EET.  

We operate in compliance with Kiilto’s recruitment process and treat all communications related to the posting with absolute confidentiality. We send video interview invitations to some applicants after the application period has ended. We also ask that applicants reserve 7 February for a possible interview date at our office in Turku. The selected candidate will need to pass a health check, which includes drug testing. 

Kiilto is a growing Finnish family business over a hundred years old, whose vision is the year 2080. We develop, manufacture and sell solutions for the chemical industry in four different business areas, which are construction, industrial adhesives and fire prevention, professional hygiene and consumer products. The core ideas of Kiilto’s operations are environmental leadership, closeness and commitment to the future. Kiilto operates in nine countries and employs a total of over 700 people. In 2023, Kiilto’s turnover was approximately EUR 227 million. www.kiilto.com

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