Engineering

Continuous Improvement Engineer

About the Division

The Load & Haul Division, the home of Sandvik loaders and trucks for underground mining business. Here we are safer, stronger, and smarter, as we like to say it. We have been the market leader in accelerating diesel and battery-electric equipment development, with sharpened priorities. We work in close co-operation with the sales areas within the Sandvik Mining Business Area, to provide the best possible service for our customers. Load & Haul home based in Turku, Finland. Additionally, we have operations in Camarillo, USA | Changzhou, China | Khomanani, South Africa as well in Seremban, Malaysia.

The Continuous Improvement Engineer drives operational excellence by identifying, prioritizing, and implementing process improvements across production operations. The role is accountable for improving productivity, efficiency, quality, and cost performance through the application of lean manufacturing principles, data analysis, and structured problem-solving methodologies.

Working closely with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Quality teams, this position optimizes assembly processes, streamlines material flow, and enhances overall manufacturing performance.

Environment, Health, and Safety

• All employees and workers are required to conduct themselves in accordance with our EHS Vision to achieve Zero Harm to; our people, the environment we work in, our customers and our suppliers.
• The employee or worker must comply with all aspects of Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology Environment, Health and Safety Policy, and any reasonable instructions, procedures or systems or work which are given in the interest of providing safe workplaces and eliminating environmental harm. The employee must take reasonable care for their own health and safety and ensure that their actions do not adversely affect the health and safety of any other person in the workplace.
• As a commitment to the communities in which we operate all employees and workers are required to conduct themselves in accordance with our Anti Bribery and Corruption commitment to zero tolerance of corruption and to conduct business with integrity and trust.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives across assembly production lines, logistics operations and others.
• Analyse current manufacturing and material flow processes to identify opportunities for productivity improvement and waste reduction.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing tools such as Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen, 5S, and standard work to improve operational efficiency.
• Improve assembly performance, including line balancing, cycle time optimization, bottleneck elimination, and takt time alignment.
• Drive improvements in internal logistics processes, including warehouse operations, material flow, kitting, line feeding, and inventory movement.
• Implement solutions to optimize factory layout, workstation design, and material handling systems.
• Conduct root cause analysis using structured problem-solving methods such as 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagram, and DMAIC.
• Monitor and analyze operational performance indicators such as safety, quality, productivity, cycle time, and logistics efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including production, engineering, supply chain, and quality to implement improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate improvement workshops and support teams in adopting lean culture and continuous improvement practices.
• Support new product introduction and process changes with a focus on efficient assembly and material flow.
  

What’s in it for you?

We offer you an interesting role in an international business environment as well as opportunities for your professional development. At Sandvik, we embrace our Core Values of Winning Together, Curiosity, Responsibility and Customer Focus by providing an equal opportunity, drug-free employment, committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an equal opportunity employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and ability.

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We believe that diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business and, thereby, our customers.

Ready to take the next step in your career?

Job ID: R0091814. Submit your application by June 7, 2026. We review applications on a rolling basis, so don’t wait! Read about Sandvik and apply at https://www.home.sandvik/en/careers/.

About us

Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for mining, machining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2024 the Group had approximately 41,000 employees and revenues of about 123 billion SEK in about 150 countries within continuing operations.

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