Start your career with a summer job at Metsä Group!

Metsä Group's summer job search in Finland is now open. We will hire around 700 summer workers for our mills, wood procurement districts and head office in Finland. The application period ends on 14.2.2025.

What kind of a job motivates you? A fun and encouraging team, meaningful work or decent wages? A summer job at Metsä Group offers you all this.

We offer diverse and responsible summer jobs all over Finland. You can develop your skills in areas such as production, maintenance, ICT, sales and operations, sourcing and logistics, R&D, customer service and marketing. There are also interesting international internship opportunities for engineering students in Germany and for a finance student in Poland.

I liked my co-workers’ support and learning new things the best.

For summer jobs in Finland, please also check out our Finnish pages. There you will find the job descriptions and get an overall picture of the summer jobs we offer. There you will also see all the summer job openings for non-Finnish speakers in one view (job descriptions with English titles).

5 reasons to choose Metsä Group

A summer at Metsä Group is an excellent springboard for your career. It offers a good overview of the forest industry and the opportunity to work for a sustainable future – with a great group of people.

  1. Proper induction: Metsä Group invests in summer employees’ job orientation and learning. A proper induction creates the foundation for safe work.
  2. Nice and encouraging co-workers: Our 2024 summer employees spoke warmly about their nice co-workers and the good atmosphere. They felt they were always able to ask for advice.
  3. Meaningful work and responsible duties: At Metsä Group, you can help promote the world conquest of fossil free materials. Interesting and responsible duties provide a good overview of the forest industry’s value chain.
  4. Fair pay: Metsä Group pays its summer employees fair wages that match each job’s requirements. Pay is an important motivating factor that also adds to the meaningfulness of work.
  5. Opportunities for professional promotion: Metsä Group offers excellent opportunities to learn more and develop into a skilled expert in your field – and continue to work with northern wood in the future. 
When I began my summer job, it was great to see how Metsä Group welcomed its new employees. I received help whenever I needed it.
Summer jobs

Five tips for summer job applications

  1.  Explore the numerous duties on offer – go ahead and apply for several jobs.
  2. Broaden your horizons (locations of production units and wood procurement districts) – this will multiply your chances of landing a job.
  3. Complete the application carefully – this will help you stand out from the competition.
  4. Be yourself at the interview – we want you to succeed and choose Metsä Group!
  5. In the application, also describe your competence through your studies and/or hobbies – we don’t expect summer employees to be full professionals.

Click the following links to learn more about our summer jobs. Under each task area, you can also see the locations that offer the task as a summer job. 

Summer out of town: working in a mill