Butchers & Meat Cutters to Finland for the spring 2025

We are looking for SKILLED BUTCHERS & MEAT CUTTERS to join our client in central Finland - Outukumpu, from April 2025! This role is suitable for you if you have experience with beef butchering/beef meat cutting and are ready to start off your new full-time career in peaceful Finland.

The position is fixed-term, with the Finnish employment contract starting in April 2025 and lasting until the end of September/ October 2025.

You will work independently on the production line as part of a dynamic team, processing beef. It is full-time work from Monday to Friday, between 6-14, with a total of 40 hours/week. The work is physically demanding and routine, so we are looking for applicants with experience in similar roles and good physical condition.

As a butcher, you ideally know all stages of butchering from skinning to post-cleaning of the carcass. You will be ︃​︁︄︄​︉︀​︂︃︆working mainly in the skinning stages of the carcass (hind legs, front legs, abdominal area, and neck skinning). However, you will also work in various other stages of hide removal, head washing, esophagus tying, gutting, and splitting the carcass with a saw. Animal slaughter is not part of the job. Speed and accuracy are the main requirements for the role, as employees have to keep up with the line speed.

As a meat cutter, you will work in the cutting room where the Marelin cutting line is used. The meat comes to the cutter as pieces detached from the carcass, so all main parts of the carcass must be known for cutting.

We offer you:

· Competitive salary of 20-30 €/hour gross (Monthly salary range around 3200-4800€ Gross).
· Remuneration is in line with the meat industry collective agreement and is influenced by previous experience in similar roles and your performance.
· Staff discount at the factory shop
· Assistance in finding accommodation during the work period
· Enjoying a great work-life balance, while securing good monthly earnings
· Opportunity to be part of a well-known Finnish company

Barona is handling the recruitment, but you will sign the employment contract directly with our customer. Our client is a leading Northern European food company, with more than 100 years of history in the Nordic market, and with about 3000 employees. Responsibility to employees, consumers, and other shareholders is at the core of their business, and you will have the chance to work in a truly ethical environment.

If you are interested in the position, please send us your application with your CV! We will start interviews right away. For this position, a second interview with our client is required.