At Metsä Board's board and pulp mills you can find a summer job where fluent Finnish language skills are not required. Metsä Board's mills are located in Joutseno, Kaskinen, Kemi, Kyröskoski (Hämeenkyrö), Tampere, Simpele and Äänekoski. 

Also, our Metsä Fibre Rauma fibre and saw mills offer white collar summer jobs in which you can work in English.

In addition, we have summer jobs in production in all our mills around Finland but most of them require Finnish language skills. Those jobs are described on our Kesätyöt web page in Finnish.

Summer jobs in production at Metsä Board’s mills include a wide range of tasks primarily in the board and pulp manufacturing process. Mainly, the work is carried out in three shifts.

Work days in production are varied, offering plenty of experience and new things to learn. After a thorough induction, you will be able to work independently as part of a supportive and friendly team.

We have jobs for a wide range of people from both vocational and higher education backgrounds, including early-stage students. Your educational background could be in chemical, energy, mechanical, process, electrical, automation or industrial engineering.

We expect you to be reliable and proactive, and to have initiative and good interpersonal and co-operational skills. We value your ability to work independently, and your willingness to learn and develop on the job. Most summer jobs in production also require a willingness to do shift work and to be 18 years or older.

Metsä Group has a responsible corporate culture that creates a safe working environment for all of us. Promoting safe working methods and practices is an important part of our professionalism, and we expect the same of all new recruits.

You can find the summer job advertisements for:

Metsä Board's production with the title "Summer Job at Metsä Board's production"

Metsä Fibre Rauma mills with the title "Summer Job at Metsä Group - Team Manager and White Collar Tasks, Metsä Fibre Rauma"

This job can be done at one of our board mills, in Kemi, Kyröskoski, Simpele, Tampere, Äänekoski or Husum (Sweden).

Production Planning is part of Metsä Board's Sales and Operations Planning team. Production planners are responsible for the scheduling of board mill production lines for all Metsä Board's board mills. The production planners work at different mill sites, forming a team of 13 people. As a summer employee, you will work as part of this team at one of our board mills, each of which will have at least one team member to train you. Your main tasks will include the trimming of confirmed order stock and the preparation of detailed schedule for the board machines and/or sheet cutters, as well as other tasks within the production planning package.

We expect you to be reliable, flexible, proactive and cooperative. We value your ability to work independently, and your willingness to learn and develop on the job.

We hope that you have previous experience in production planning. Experience with TIPS and SAP R/3 systems would be an advantage. Fluency in English is required. We also require Finnish language skills at the Finnish mills and Swedish language skills at the Husum mill in Sweden.

The summer job in production planning is well suited for a student of, for example, industrial engineering and management at university or college level.

You can find the summer job advertisement for this job with the title "Summer Job at Metsä Group – Production Planning".

Metsä Fibre's Supply Chain Customer Service Coordinator in Joutseno is responsible for processing domestic and export customer orders in the SAP system up to invoicing. In addition, the tasks include export documentation related to orders and daily communication and liaison with internal and external customers.

The Supply Planning summer job in Rauma involves planning and organising production, inventory management and deliveries. The work also includes documentation and reporting and communication with internal and external customers.

The Supply Chain Logistics Coordinator summer job in Rauma includes coordinating pulp export shipments and outbound logistics, planning shipments, booking transport capacity, monitoring transport throughput and coordinating pulp trading stock levels.

The job requires good ICT skills, ability to cope with pressure, and fluency in English. Other languages are considered an advantage. We value an upbeat approach to work, customer service orientation and good interpersonal skills. The Supply Chain Customer Service Coordinator summer job is well suited to polytechnic or university students in economics, industrial engineering and management, logistics or a similar field.

You can find all these three tasks for the Supply Chain with a job advertisement titled "Summer job at Metsä Group – Supply Chain".

This job can be done at one of our board mills in Kemi, Kyröskoski, Simpele, Tampere, Äänekoski or Husum (Sweden), or at our headquarters in Espoo.

Demand and Supply Planning is part of Metsä Board's Sales and Operations Planning team. Demand and Supply Planner is responsible for mills’ short term plan and daily availability management. The Demand and Supply Planners work at different Metsä Board sites, forming a team of 9 people.

As a summer employee, you will work as part of this team at one of our sites. Your main tasks will include creating and maintaining rough production plan for board machines, identifying and handling exceptions in a short-term horizon, making sure production blocks are sent to production planning according to the schedule, as well as other tasks within the demand and supply planning package.

We expect you to be reliable, flexible, proactive and cooperative. We value your ability to work independently, and your willingness to learn and develop on the job. To succeed some understanding of Sales & Operations Planning, Supply Chain Management and/or Sales processes is needed.

We hope you have previous experience in demand and supply planning or closely related tasks. You need competence in using MS Office tools and experience with SAP APO would be an advantage. Good verbal and written communication skills in English are required. Finnish and Swedish skills are seen as a benefit.

The summer job in Demand and Supply Planning is suited for a student of logistics, supply chain or business at university or college level.

The summer jobs in sourcing and logistics at Metsä Group are available in Espoo and Äänekoski. In Espoo you can work in English, the job in Äänekoski requires Finnish language skills. You can find information on the Äänekoski job on our Finnish Kesätyöt web page. 

As a summer trainee in Espoo in the Sourcing and Logistics Development team, you will be involved in supporting sourcing professionals and process owners, in activities related to, for example, contract management and supporting the implementation phase of various supplier surveys. You will also analyse supplier and contract data and contribute to quality assurance and improvement. You will also have a possibility to contribute to the ongoing ERP project regarding the purchasing process and related support, instructions and trainings for end-users.

We hope that you have a basic understanding of procurement processes and tools beforehand. A suitable educational background for the position is, for example, a few years of university education in a commercial or technical field. Fluency in English is required. Finnish language skills and knowledge of PowerBI are considered an advantage.

In the role of summer trainee in Metsä Group’s maritime logistics service center in Espoo, you will perform short-term logistics planning (sales order and capacity balancing). The service center provides maritime logistics and ports coordination related services to our business areas and cooperates with stakeholders. Daily operations like processing maritime transport requests, making bookings and delivery follow-ups are part of your tasks. In addition, you perform logistics invoice checks, manage logistics supplier quality deviations and maintain logistics master data in various systems. You are in the key role to solve daily issues and to ensure a high service level and quality of our deliveries. You participate actively in the cooperation with port operators and shipping lines and contribute also to continuous improvement of the maritime logistics processes, tools and ways of working.

We expect you to have relevant education in logistics, supply chain, business or technology. Previous experience in logistics or supply chain in manufacturing or shipping environment is an advantage. We value your customer service and teamwork attitude as well as process orientation. You can work under pressure and balance between multiple priorities. You have good written and spoken English and Finnish skills. Knowledge of any other Metsä Group local languages (e.g., Swedish, German) is an asset. Your experience in ERP and transportation management systems is regarded as an advantage.

You can find the summer job advertisement for Sourcing and Logistics with the title "Summer Jobs at Metsä Group - Sourcing and Logistics".

The summer job in Metsä Board's Customer Feedback Centre is available in Äänekoski. 

The scope of your work at Metsä Group will be wide and varied. The tasks range from routine and assisting assignments to larger projects with more responsibility and development work carried out independently, depending on your own experience and willingness to develop your competencies.

Metsä Board's Customer Feedback Centre in Äänekoski handles customer feedback on board quality and damages caused during transport. The job includes coordination of customer feedback and related samples between customers, mills and EMEA Technical Customer Service. The job combines customer service, technical board quality issues, finance and logistics.

We expect you to be reliable, flexible, proactive and cooperative. We value your ability to work independently, and your willingness to learn and develop on the job.

Good IT skills and knowledge of MS Office programs are essential. SAP knowledge is an advantage. The position requires good English and basic Finnish language skills, other language skills are considered an advantage.

The role is best suited to a forest industry or logistics student on a university or applied sciences level.

You can find the advertisement for this summer job with the title "Summer Job at Metsä Group - Technical Customer Service".

The summer job in Product Management and Technical Marketing at Metsä Board is available in Espoo or Tampere.

The summer job is related to product and service portfolio management at the customer interface. In the job, you get to participate in technical projects and make studies on, for example, the usability and processability of products for different packaging solutions. You will be able to carry out independent research and draw conclusions using data sources. In the technical marketing team, we also carry out competitor monitoring, service monitoring and development, and projects on carton usability, for example in digital printing. As a summer intern, you will have the opportunity to participate in these projects as well.

We expect you to be reliable, flexible, self-motivated and enthusiastic, with good interpersonal skills, good communication skills and a good attitude to work. We value your ability to work independently and your willingness to learn and develop on the job.

Good IT skills and English language are essential, Finnish language skills are an asset (but not a must), other language skills would be an advantage. The role will possibly require travelling in Finland.

This summer job is best suited for advanced level university student even in thesis phase (more than 3 y studies). We value technical knowledge and hope that you already have some knowledge or experience of paper or board making or converting.

You can find the advertisement for this summer job with the title "Summer job at Metsä Group - Product Management and Technical Marketing".

The summer job in Research & Development at Metsä Board is available in Äänekoski.

The scope of your work at Metsä Group will be wide and varied. The tasks range from routine and assisting assignments to larger projects with more responsibility and development work carried out independently, depending on your own experience and willingness to develop your competencies.

Metsä Board R&D Laboratory's summer job in Äänekoski includes research assistance tasks such as data retrieval, sample organisation, analysis, problem solving and reporting of results. The tasks are related to chemical laboratory analyses, paperboard converting or image analysis development work.

We expect you to be reliable, flexible, proactive and cooperative. Successful performance of the job requires good interpersonal skills and an upbeat approach to work. We require MS Office skills and fluent reporting skills, also in English. Finnish language skills would be an advantage. We value the ability to work independently and the willingness to learn and develop on the job.

A university degree in chemistry, physics or paper/paperboard technology will give you a good basis for successful performance of your duties.

You can find this summer job advertisement with the title "Summer jobs at Metsä Group - Research and Development".

The summer job in the Energy team at Metsä Group is available in Espoo.

Metsä Group's Technology Group Services Energy team serves mills in all our operating countries. The team's work is highly diversified, including managing the overall energy production and market, supporting emissions trading and closely related energy efficiency development in the process.

Metsä Group is continuously developing its operational processes. Energy production as one of the main supporting processes to the mills is the focus of this summer job. The summer job in the Energy team is related to the energy production planning and reporting systems. The work explores the possibilities for harmonizing production planning and reporting including the practical procedures and activities required for harmonization. The work is part of an on-going development project.

We are looking for a third- or fourth-year engineering student with good knowledge of the energy production of factory automation. Successful performance of tasks requires self-initiative, good co-operation skills and knowledge of energy technology. Experience in the use of factory automation systems and excellent Excel skills will be an advantage in the selection process. Good English language skills is essential. The workplace is located at Metsä Group headquarters in Espoo. The task requires traveling to our factories in Finland.

You cand find this summer job advertisement with the title "Summer job at Metsä Group - Energy".

The summer job in marketing communications is available in Espoo, at Metsä Wood. 

Metsä Wood's marketing communications intern works in Espoo, Finland, within international marketing, internal and external communications. Main responsibilities include multi-channel marketing content creation and publishing: social media and web pages, newsletter, customer communication and internal communication. Other tasks include updating presentation materials, managing translations and image bank.

You can apply to work as an intern with a flexible starting date (the start date can be already in February).

We expect you to be fluent in English. Other languages are considered as an asset. You are an active and cooperative team player who has attention to detail and the ability to follow deadlines. We value your ability to work independently and your willingness to learn and develop on the job.

Previous experience in updating websites, image editing, marketing and content producing for digital channels is preferred, but not essential.

The preferred candidate is a business or marketing student in UNI or UAS.

You can find the summer job advertisement for Marketing Communications with the title "Summer job at Metsä Group – Marketing Communications".

The summer job of Credit Management is available in Espoo. 

Credit management team is a centralised Group organisation, responsible for the operational credit management and credit control for customers in Nordics and Baltics for all legal entities within Metsä Group.

The main duties for your role will involve contacting customers who are late with their payment, both collection calls and/or correspondence in a fast-paced and goal-oriented collections department. You will be working independently and proactively, within the guidelines set by operational superior. For the right candidate, we can also offer the possibility to get insight into financial analysis of customer credit risk.

We expect you to be reliable, flexible, proactive and cooperative. We value your ability to work independently, and your willingness to learn and develop on the job.

The job requires good IT skills, ability to cope with pressure and good communication skills in Swedish and English. Fluent Finnish will also be considered as an advantage. Strong analytical skills are as well a plus.

The summer job in the credit management team is suitable for university students of economics or similar field.

You can find the advertisement for this summer job with the title "Summer Job at Metsä Group - Credit Management."

The summer job of Data and analytics is available in Espoo. 

Discover Metsä with Data - Summer Trainee Program

We are looking for summer trainees with data and analytics skills to join our data and analytics summer trainee program ‘Discover Metsä with data’. Within the program, you will get to work in close co-operation with our business personnel and you will be supported by our data and analytics professionals in IT – and of course you will get to network with the other summer trainees in the program.  

Data is the key driver in many of our business development initiatives and there are various opportunities to discover and explore the data and find new ways of creating value out of it. We have gathered some actual and topical cases around data and analytics from our five business areas and we will select the right one for you based on your background and interests. Your focus for the summer will be around the selected business use case, but there might be some additional assignments as well.

Metsä Group’s data and analytics foundation relies on modern tools and technologies, and you will be supported and guided in ways of working in our data platform. There is an increasing demand towards new insights from data and analytics in Metsä Group. You will get the change to take part in our data and analytics journey and perhaps, your discoveries will guide us to new directions.

We expect you to be reliable, flexible, proactive and a good team player. We value your ability to work independently and your willingness to learn and develop on the job.

To succeed in the work, we expect from you, studies in some of the following areas: Information Technology, Data Science, Industrial Engineering and Management, Business Administration, or similar. You need competence in using MS Office tools and we appreciate experience in data and analytics in your studies or previous work assignments.

You can find the advertisement for this summer job with the title "Summer job at Metsä Group - Data and analytics".

Metsä Group Treasury Oy is Metsä Group’s centralized treasury unit providing financing and treasury services to all Metsä Group companies and business units.

We are looking for a part time trainee to join our Treasury Back Office team for the summer. This summer job is located in Espoo.

In your role, you will take care of day-to-day tasks related to Treasury operations including processing treasury payments, verifying foreign exchange and money market trade confirmations and loan administration.

You will work closely with Treasury’s Market Operations and Middle Office teams, and also with banks. This is a half-day task for the mornings.

As a person we hope you would have an accurate and analytical way of working with flexible attitude and capability to work both independently and as a part of a team. This task requires ability to work according to set timetables.

The summer job is suitable for students in the area of finance at university of applied sciences or university, you can also be an early-stage student.

The summer job of Integration Services is located in Espoo.

Summer trainee’s work focuses on various tasks related to application integrations, depending on trainee’s experience and competence. Trainee may be at least involved on integration documentation renewal (restructuring Teams, Sharepoints and other systems, migrating documents), verifying integration asset lists and managing some standard activity on integration services (back office ticket dispatching and other support activity).

Trainee may also be involved (or get experience) on more demanding assignments – for example, documenting current integrations and processes, investigating incident tickets and even acting as back up for integration experts. You would be mostly working with o365 tools, but potentially also with ServiceNow ticket system, Azure integration tools and SAP integration tools.

We expect you to be reliable, flexible, proactive and a good team player. We value your ability to work independently and your willingness to learn and develop on the job. Good written skills are advantage, as you would be creating documentation as part of your tasks.

You can work at least with o365 tools (MS Outlook, Word, Power Point, Excel) and with basic web-based tools. You might already be familiar with integration solutions. In this job, you will be trained and get used to them. You may be studying or may have studied Information Technology or have gained similar experience from some other area as well.

You can find the advertisement for this summer job with the title "Summer Job at Metsä Group - ICT Integration Services".