Tuomas Lievonen – Head of Infrastructure Finland
I am responsible for engineering in Geobear. That basically means that my job is to give a yes/no answer to sales on major technical challenges, and oversee the development of our technical competence. I joined Geobear 15 years ago after my corporate career in blue chip companies, thus being one of the first team members to the current team. During this tenure I have been author of a new patent family and dealt closely with intellectual property. I have been working my way from product manager position to the leadership team. It has been great to witness the growth of team from 3 people to over a 100 colleagues in numerous countries. Although work is sometimes hard and deadlines tight, I am extreme happy to be working at the forefront of changing an industry!
Richard Holmes – Director, Geobear Infrastructure
I have been in Geotechnical Engineering for over 35 years now. Years before I joined the company I was well aware of the solutions it provided and I always thought that there was so much more it could offer.
It is really great to see ground engineering carried out in a clean, non disruptive manner after years of mud and concrete. The value add the solutions bring to the client are the real benefit and the societal impact is something special and great to be involved with.
When I was approached by the company to join them it was a no brainer. The culture of the company is one of continual improvement, targets are set on a weekly / monthly / quarterly / annual and 5 year basis and we are always looking for that small improvement in all metrics.
It is a challenging fast paced environment and requires high energy, there is a great crowd of like minded people all eager to improve here and the word “can’t” simply doesn’t exist.
Roland Caldbeck – VP Sales
I’ve been working with Geobear for over 14 years. I started in marketing, then moved into licensing, was directly in the contracting side during my time in the UK including running that division and I’m now focused on business development of our processes in order to ensure a seamless delivery of our solutions.
Initially, I was attracted to the innovative solutions and the incredibly positive impact they have on customers all over the world. There really can be a better way to do things and I wanted to be a part of the journey that is bringing this knowledge to a wider audience. All of this still holds true today, but more than that I now know that the impact extends beyond individual customers and can be a positive benefit for society as a whole. It has been an exciting and varied journey.
For me personally, growth is pivotal to life and throughout my career with Geobear I have been provided with amazing opportunities to grow and learn. My first boss in Geobear taught me that we should seek out the best knowledge and apply that. This same philosophy still holds true today and is reflected in the systems, tools and training that Geobear uses and provides. This creates a culture where learning and growth are central which guarantees a varied and exciting place of work.
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We are always seeking Senior Executives to start, run and grow our business in new markets. If you would like a confidential chat, or to find out more, please contact Otso. Email: otso.lahtinen@geobear.
You are a pragmatic and down to earth leader with clear communication skills and a track record in delivering profitable growth through positive and productive leadership. You have achieved faster than market growth of revenue with increasing profitability in your previous tenures as CEO / COO. Ideally, you have a strong geotechnical contracting and/ or civil engineering background and a good grasp of financial and KPI reporting.
Your main objective is to increase bottom-line profitability.
You drive continuous incremental improvement of the whole value chain to improve cash flow and bottom line profit through making a company work like a machine.
In your leadership style you embrace authenticity, integrity and making crystal clear agreements with consequences. You hear out and respect subjective opinions but make decisions based on objective data. You value delegation and co-creation and are not interested in micromanagement.
You are willing to commit long term to a set plan with KPIs.
You are fascinated by leading people and developing processes and have a track record of training and mentoring less experienced peers.
You work well under pressure and maintain clarity. Your leadership is visionary and you embrace continuous change despite spinning many plates at once.
You are excited about the Geobear vision.
You embrace sharing information and have a growth mindset. You see failures as opportunities to learn more and find root causes of problems in order to take correct preventive actions.
You have an understanding of developing business and processes in parallel and have worked in matrix organisations before.
