QEHS Engineer

Are you a proactive quality, environmental, health and safety professional who enjoys improving processes and working closely with production? **We are looking for a forward-thinking QEHS ENGINEER to join our team in Mäntyharju, Finland!** At Exel Composites, quality, health & safety, environmental responsibility and continuous improvement are integral parts of our daily operations. As our new QEHS Engineer, you will play an important role in developing these areas at our Mäntyharju manufacturing site. You will work closely with production and collaborate with application engineering, supply chain, and other functions. You will also interact with customers, suppliers, auditors and authorities as part of your responsibilities. This is a permanent position located at Exel Composites manufacturing site in Mäntyharju, Finland. The position reports to the Site Leader, Mäntyharju. **YOUR ROLE** You will coordinate and develop daily quality, environmental, occupational health and safety activities, ensuring compliance with customer, legal and certification requirements. The role also includes supervising the Mäntyharju laboratory team. Your key responsibilities include: - Maintain QEHS systems and documentation, and coordinate audits and follow-up with the QEHS Manager Finland. - Coordinate risk assessments, incident investigations, safety walks and follow-up actions. - Manage customer complaints, nonconformities and CAPA, including root-cause analysis, reporting and follow-up. - Support production, supplier and new-product quality, improve processes and reduce scrap through continuous improvement. - Monitor environmental compliance and support waste, chemical, emissions and environmental incident management. - Support occupational health, ergonomics and wellbeing with occupational health services. - Organise safety and quality training and inductions, monitor and report QEHS performance. - Act as the site's QEHS contact for customers and authorities within your remit, supporting visits and inspections. **WHAT YOU BRING** You take a practical, solution-focused and organised approach, turning analysis into improvements and involving others in change. You work comfortably in a manufacturing environment. You have: - B.Sc. degree in engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry or another relevant field. - Experience working in an industrial environment. - Knowledge of quality and production-improvement methods and relevant legal and certification requirements. - Knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems, together with auditing skills. - Strong analytical, root-cause problem-solving and reporting skills. - Good communication skills, with the ability to drive practical improvements. - Good Finnish and English language skills, both written and spoken. **WHAT WE VALUE** The following are considered advantages: - Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, statistical tools, or quality-management and ERP systems. - QEHS experience in manufacturing, particularly chemicals or composites. - Experience with environmental permits, authorities, supplier quality, customer audits or new-product development. - Previous supervisory or team-leadership experience. **WHAT WE OFFER** We offer a varied, hands-on role where you can make a tangible impact on quality, safety and environmental performance at our Mäntyharju site. Working with advanced composite technologies in an international environment, you will collaborate across functions and locations to improve production processes and everyday practices. Your responsibilities will span operational improvement, management systems, audits and stakeholder cooperation, with scope to shape the role around your skills and experience. **INTERESTED?** We look forward to receiving your application and CV, including your salary expectations, by November 22, 2026. **Exel Composites** is one of the largest manufacturers of composite profiles and tubes made with pultrusion and pull-winding technologies and a pultrusion technology forerunner in the global composite market. Our forward-thinking composite solutions made with continuous manufacturing technologies serve customers in a wide range of industries around the world. You can find our products used in applications in diverse industrial sectors such as **wind power, transportation and building and infrastructure.** Your salary will be based on your experience, skills and the level of responsibility. **We look forward to receiving your application and CV, including your salary expectations, by November 22, 2026.**