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Quality and Safety Specialist in Kokkola

Protect provides a service to its customers that helps them to act responsibly by safeguarding their people, the environment and their business. In this way, customers can ensure the performance of their business by preventing accidents and incidents and reducing their after-effects.

Our services include HSEQ expert services and the PRO24 system delivered as a Saas service. We have strong expertise in particular in fire, chemical, environmental and occupational safety. Our expert services also cover the construction and development of management systems.

Our offices are located in Kokkola, Helsinki, Tampere and Pietarsaari. Protect has a total of 37 employees. Our subsidiary Protect Estonia started operations in Estonia in spring 2020.

As an employer, we see our staff as our most important asset and their wellbeing and safety are essential to our success. We want to deliver on the promises we make to our employees from the job application stage. When it comes to well-being, we strive to ensure that our management and operational practices and models are clear, transparent, supportive of well-being and, above all, equitable for all. To maintain continuous learning and work motivation, a personal training plan is maintained with each employee, reflecting the individual’s own aspirations and, of course, the company’s core mission and strategy. We want to understand each employee’s individual strengths and enable them to contribute to our shared knowledge bank. In our working practices, various digital opportunities are being exploited in increasingly innovative ways. This is reflected in well-being, family-friendliness, equality and also respect for the environment.


We are looking for new quality and safety experts to join our expert team in our services business in Kokkola

The work of a specialist is varied and you will be involved in development tasks both at the customer interface and within our organisation. Depending on the scope of the project, expert work is carried out either independently or as part of a team of experts. However, you will benefit from the experience and expertise of our strong expert organisation, supported by colleagues, your supervisors and tools that allow you to work flexibly and without being tied to a specific time or place.

We expect you to have the following skills or qualities

  • You will have a proven track record in quality, management, occupational health and safety or environmental and sustainability development.
  • You know the requirements of industry standards and legislation and have the ability to put them into practice.
  • You will be able to play the role of both project leader and expert in several development projects running in parallel at the same time.
  • You will enjoy working with customers to develop, spar and train them.
  • You have a degree in a relevant field, such as a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, or other educational background that you consider suitable for the job.
  • In addition to Finnish, the ability to work fluently in English and/or Swedish is considered an advantage.

Apply for a job

The goal is for this open-ended employment contract to begin in October or November 2022. Your primary work location will be in Kokkola. We utilize various remote and hybrid work models, and everyone has extensive opportunities to influence their own work, both in terms of content and location. The salary for this position follows our pay structure and ranges from €3,000 to €3,800 per month, based on your education, work experience, and the skills required for the role. The person selected for this position will participate in a monthly bonus system based on the results of our service business. We support our employees’ well-being with comprehensive health insurance, membership in our employee benefit fund, and benefits such as the ePassi card and a company bicycle. Please send your application and resume to rekry@protect.fi by Friday, September 4, at the latest. Include your name and the keyword “HSEQ” in the subject line of your application email. The first interviews will be conducted via Teams during weeks 36–37. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview with a union representative, followed by an in-person meeting at Protect’s Kokkola headquarters. We aim to make our selections during September 2022, and all applicants will be informed of the process’s Progress. Interviews and candidate selections may take place even during the application period, so please submit your application as soon as possible!

 

For more information about the position, please contact Reetta Olkinuora, Director of the Division,protect or tel +358 40 5619167. Contact 26-29.8. and 31.8.-4.9.