Metsä Fibre's major project in Kemi is looking for skilled workers

Metsä Group is building one of the world’s most modern mills in Kemi. The construction of the bioproduct mill of Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, in Kemi started in March 2021, and some 15,000 people will work at the mill’s construction site before the mill is started as planned during the third quarter of 2023. Metsä Fibre’s bioproduct mill project in Kemi requires several employees, and the project will employ specialists from across Finland. 

Cooperation between several parties will be required to carry out such a massive industrial project. TE Services carries out systematic long-term work to help employers and job seekers meet. Skilled specialists from TE Services are available for both parties. It is important that job seekers find a job, and all parties operating in the large industrial project and at its worksite find skilled employees. 

In the spring of 2021, the Lapland TE Office appointed a project team to respond to the needs of the major project as demand for skilled employees increases in Kemi. Our Metsä Fibre team includes a broad range of competence in different areas, including employer and business services, employee training, EURES and international services, and services for private customers. We aim to meet the needs of the major project with a large network, addressing local and national operators, and excitement among networks and jobseekers has been high.  

Our team at the Lapland TE Office is often asked questions about the availability of jobs and the application process. When looking for jobs, it should be considered that dozens, if not hundreds, of employers look for skilled employees for various construction phases in different channels. The contractors selected for the project, their subcontractors and employee service companies potentially selected as their partners have vacancies in various construction phases.  

“Hundreds of different employers have already looked for more than 4,000 skilled employees during the construction phase of Metsä Fibre’s major project in TE Services channels. Some 90 per cent of these jobs have been advertised by various employee service companies, which is an indication of the significant role of employee leasing in finding the correct employees,” says Ida Paaso, recruitment coordinator at the Lapland TE Office.   

The demand for employees has ranged from assistants to professionals, without being limited to technical sectors alone, as employees are also needed for various services. At best, thousands of employees work daily at the construction site, and the growing number of employees can be seen in various ways in Kemi when the people working inside the mill’s gates use local services.  

Metsä Fibre’s major project and its excellent job opportunities increasingly attract job seekers in Lapland and nationally. In the spring of 2021, the Lapland TE Office opened the national Metsä Fibre hotline for employers looking for skilled employees for the major project and for job seekers.  

Our local specialists help employers in recruiting employees and in questions related to international recruitment and employee training, as well as in planning and organising recruitment events. We help job seekers apply for jobs during the construction phase and in questions related to competence development. The hotline is available to employers and job seekers from Monday to Friday between 9 am and 4:15 pm by calling +358 295 039 551. We can also be contacted by emailing metsafibre.lappi@te-toimisto.fi. 

To help employers and job seekers meet, the Lapland TE Office opened a recruitment platform for jobs during the major project’s construction phase, which allows employees and employers across Finland to meet online 24/7.  

The website serves employers, job seekers and the Lapland TE Office’s networks during the construction project, and it provides comprehensive information about the project, jobs, training, services and, for example, living in Kemi.  

You can also find more information about the major project and related job opportunities, as well as our key contact details, in Job Market Finland.

Metsä Fibre’s major project in Kemi

Contact us

Ida Paaso
Recruitment Coordinator
Employment agency Sea Lapland 
0295 039545
ida.paaso@te-toimisto.fi
Lapland TE Services

Photo: Ida Paaso