Reliability Engineer
About this role
Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Together we can renew the everyday, for a future beyond fossils!
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We are looking for a Reliability Engineer to join the Maintenance team at UPM’s Biorefinery in Lappeenranta.
Greetings from your future manager
“I am looking for a reliability engineer for my team who wants to do meaningful work and see the results of their own efforts in the daily operations of the Lappeenranta biorefinery. In this role, you will have a direct impact on the operational reliability of production, develop the work together with a skilled team, and grow your own expertise in a unique environment. We work closely together, supporting each other and in good spirits – without forgetting a twinkle in our eye.
We offer a versatile and responsible position on the shores of Lake Saimaa, in a biorefinery whose development and operations we can genuinely be proud of.” – Markus Varis, Maintenance Manager
Responsibilities
- As a Reliability Engineer, you will play a key role in improving the reliability, availability, and lifecycle performance of process equipment, so production stays stable, safe, and predictable. You will lead equipment criticality classification, convert analytical findings into practical, risk‑based maintenance actions, and run thorough root‑cause analyses when issues occur.
- This role suits someone who enjoys structured, analytical work in a complex industrial environment: staying calm under pressure, noticing early warning signals, and having the tenacity to work through com