Summer Trainee, OT Cybersecurity

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

Are you studying engineering, especially within IT, networks, industrial automation or cybersecurity, and ready to hit your professional career with Konecranes Summer Trainee team of 2025? Do you want to gain valuable experience from industrial cybersecurity projects in an international work environment? We might have the perfect opportunity for you!

We are looking for a Summer Trainee to join our OT Cybersecurity team in Finland. As a trainee, you will be working with network security and technical cybersecurity tooling for Operational Technologies (OT), with your focus at Konecranes factories. Your daily responsibilities include for example reviewing asset data from factory networks, working together with factory to collect the missing details from needed tools and people, participation to workshops related to network security improvements, coordinating changes with the factory and using top notch technologies for network monitoring and generating network policies. You might also be conducting trainings at our factories on topics that you end up mastering during your traineeship. In the end, your actual tasks will be decided based on your attitude to learning new things, willingness to take on responsibilities and ability to apply knowledge from your studies.

You will work closely with your team members who help you get started and support you in your day-to-day activities. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your cooperation skills and network with the best talents of your industry.

The job is located in Hyvinkää or Espoo, Finland with possibilities for remote work- and work-related travel to locations outside Finland.

Does this sound like like something you would appreciate? Check out below what kind of talent we are looking for and apply soon. 

Qualifications

What kind of talent are we looking for?

This role is ideal for a student who is eager to learn more about cybersecurity projects in an industrial company. You are welcome to Konecranes as yourself, but we especially value your good teamwork skills, hard-working attitude, and enthusiasm for developing yourself. Our work environment is highly international, so proficiency in English and the courage to work in an international work environment are important.

Requirements:

• Studies in IT, security or mechanical/automation engineering (preferably 2nd-4th year studies).
• Understanding of IT or automation networks, cybersecurity and industrial/manufacturing operations from your studies or working life
• You know how to use traditional IT-programs e.g. Microsoft Office, Email, etc.
• Earlier work experience, school projects or hobbies around similar tasks is seen as a beneficial

Additional Information

Why join Konecranes?

At Konecranes, you will get to develop your professional skills and apply your academic knowledge in practise. As a Summer Trainee in OT Cybersecurity, you will gain meaningful work experience of different cybersecurity tasks and develop your skills in network security, cybersecurity tools and project coordination in an international setting. At Konecranes, we want to foster an environment where people enjoy their work, feel respected and trusted, and are provided with challenging and interesting responsibilities together .

Do you want to know more about us as an employer or about summer jobs with us? Get to know us better on our career site: konecranes.careers/fi and konecranes.careers/fi-summer-jobs

Interested?

Please submit your Summer Trainee application by 16.2.2025, at the latest, via Apply -link below. We will start screening applications already during the application period so apply as soon as possible.  For further information about the role, please contact Vilma Blomberg, Head of OT Security via email vilma.blomberg(at)konecranes.com.

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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.

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