Company Description
At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive. We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.
Job Description
Global Modernizations team supports Konecranes frontline units in engineered modernizations for bridge/ Electric Overhead Travelling (EOT) cranes. These solutions are built on Konecranes’ proven technology and expertise.
We're excited to strengthen our mechanical engineering expertise and are looking for a talented Mechanical Engineer to join our team!
This role is based in Hyvinkää, Finland. To help you get off to a great start, we expect working from the office daily during the onboarding and learning phase. Once you're settled in, there may be an opportunity to shift to a hybrid work model, depending on the needs of the role and team.
Your key responsibilities
In this role, your main task is to support our frontline sales units by creating technical solutions and pricing to fulfil our customers’ needs. You'll work on some really interesting challenges - calculating and selecting motors, gears, inverters, and other key components that bring crane modernizations to life. You'll collaborate with our supplier partners and create functional systems that deliver real value.
You'll work with a diverse range of products and customers across exciting industrial segments including Steel Mills, Paper Mills, Automotive Plants, Power Plants, and more.
Qualifications
What you should bring
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering or similar
- 2-5+ years of experience working in mechanical engineering, ideally with heavy hardware, designing moving mechanical machines
- Experience in mechanical and structural dimensioning, component selection, and finding solutions to mechanical challenges is a strong asset
- Fluent Finnish and English; German skills are a plus
- Customer service attitude – we never let customers down
- Readiness for occasional business travel
You’ll thrive in this role if you’re a structured thinker who enjoys planning and organizing your work. A hands-on, problem-solving mindset will be especially valuable—whether you're navigating older or less detailed technical documentation or troubleshooting unexpected challenges. You’re also comfortable working with colleagues who have varying levels of technical understanding and language skills.
Additional Information
Why join us?
- You’ll have the support of a highly skilled team with great team spirit.
- Training and introduction to Konecranes calculation programs and solutions.
- An opportunity to enhance your skills and develop professionally through great challenges on cranes with different histories.
- International working environment and global colleagues.
- Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including performance-based incentives, epassi, occupational healthcare, free gym at the office, and an Employee Share Savings Plan.
Want to learn more about Konecranes and what your future colleagues have to say – visit our Career pages! Konecranes Careers
Interested?
Submit your application and CV in English via the ’Apply now’ button by 17 May 2026 at the latest. We encourage early applications as we will start reviewing them already during the application period.
For further information about the role, please contact:
Director, Offer Engineering, Eero Voima, eero.voima[at]konecranes.com +358 40 5295523
With questions regarding the recruitment process, feel free to contact:
Global Talent Acquisition Specialist, Marion Soon, marion.soon[at]konecranes.com.
Konecranes moves what matters. We are a global leader in material handling solutions, serving a broad range of customers across multiple industries. We consistently set the industry benchmark, from everyday improvements to the breakthroughs at moments that matter most, because we know we can always find a safer, more productive and sustainable way. That's why, with 16 000+ professionals in over 50 countries, we are trusted every day to lift, handle and move what the world needs.
Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.
