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Project Manager

Do you want to work with innovative and advanced technology and collaborate with some of the largest customers in the mining business?

At our Underground Drilling division, we are now looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead our journey towards more intelligent drilling automation, digitalized product offering and more sustainable future via electrification. This position offers the unique possibility to set your fingerprint on the technological industry standards and best practices in underground mining. The role is permanent and based in Tampere, Finland.

Some words about us

The Underground Drilling division within Business area Mining is an industry leading global provider of drilling equipment for underground mining and tunneling industry with focus on technology development and future innovative solutions to enable sustainable operations for our customers. Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy’s Tampere site is a global technology and manufacturing center for Underground Drilling equipment.

Your mission

You will be a key driver in our change towards the future of underground drilling. As project manager, you have the overall responsibility of project management in our Product Development projects in various areas that fulfil our long-term strategies. Your work will directly impact Sandvik’s Sustainable journey towards safer work environment in the mining.

Your main responsibilities

Contributing to R&D roadmaps meeting the customer needs, industry trends and division strategies defined together with Product Lines
Executing projects according to our project model
Creating and updating the project plans focusing on work breakdown structure, resource planning and budget to ensure quality outcome at each project phase
Scope control & change management
Managing dependencies, mitigating risks and seeking opportunities
Creating new ways of working and helping to develop best practices for product development
Collaborate and lead across different teams, internally and externally

Your background and what we find important

We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative project leader. You have good leadership, interpersonal and negotiation skills and you are an active problem-solver. With education you hold a university degree, preferably within the area of technical or business studies. You have experience in managing complex projects with many Stakeholders, a successful track record of delivering on time and have demonstrated good leadership skills while doing this. Previous experience of working within the mining industry is considered beneficial but not mandatory. As we operate in an international business fluent English is required. Some travel days are expected in this position.

What’s in it for you?

We offer you an interesting role with high impact and high visibility, in a truly international environment as well as opportunities for your professional development. For you this is a great opportunity for you to influence and structure our organization with new and innovative ways of working, in close collaboration with our internal and external teams.

We believe that diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business and, thereby, our customers. Sandvik has an inclusive company culture where our values are Winning together, Curiosity, Responsibility, and Customer focus.

Contact information

For further information about this position, the recruiting manager Mikko Mononen, Project Office Manager, Underground Drilling, is happy to tell you more, tel. +358 445883840. Available for phone calls on Mondays or Wednesdays between 15-16, EEST.

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact:

HR Services Finland, tel. +358 800 1 44444 (weekdays between 9-11 and 13-15, EEST).

We look forward to hearing from you!

Want to join our team?

Submit your application and CV including your salary expectation at home.sandvik/careers by Sunday November 23rd, 2025.

Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. When applying, please make sure to also attach your cover letter when asked to upload your CV. Please note that we don’t accept applications by email.

Job ID: R0071845

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. Our offerings cover the entire customer value chain and are based on extensive investments in research and development, customer insights and deep knowledge of industrial processes and digital solutions. In 2024, the group had approximately 41.000 employees, sales in more than 150 countries and revenues of about SEK 123 billion.

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