Train Conductor

How does customer service work in changing landscapes in a top gang sound? We are now looking for future long-distance train conductors for part-time employment in Jyväskylä (90 hours in 3 weeks). What does a long-distance train conductor do? As a long-distance train conductor, you work in long-distance trains in versatile tasks taking care of our customers and safety at different stages of the journey. The conductor's task is to ensure the smoothest and most pleasant travel experience for our customers, and the position is perfectly suited for a person who wants to do their best for the passengers' well-being. The tasks include the sale of restaurant and additional services. Train work is irregular shift work every day of the year in varying shifts. You get to travel with our customers to Finland's wonderful destinations and enjoy the variation of the four seasons in a moving landscape office. Work that involves moving around Finland also includes rest breaks and overnight stays, for which we provide clean rest facilities. Good basic fitness helps in the work, as the work includes movement and steps accumulate nicely during the day. The work is mainly independent, but you have great colleagues by your side and as support. What do we expect from you? You are cheerful and customer-oriented You have stress tolerance and readiness to travel You enjoy doing additional sales and sales work You are good at teamwork You speak fluent Finnish and can serve our customers in English if necessary Previous experience in customer service, sales, and shift work is an advantage. In addition, a liquor license is considered an advantage. We require that you have also completed a basic first aid course (EA 1, extent 16 h). If you do not have valid first aid training, you will have time to acquire it during the training period. We will reimburse the cost of the course for you. Training Long-distance train conductor training begins in September/October 2026. The training lasts a total of about 7–8 weeks. During the training period, a trainee's salary is paid. The condition for the employment contract is the successful completion of the training and a successful health check. We offer you A unique job task in a unique working environment Work with which you affect the everyday life and travel of hundreds of thousands of people The opportunity to be involved in developing a climate-friendly travel experience Free leisure travel on Finland's local and long-distance trains Versatile travel and recreation opportunities at staff prices domestically and abroad Support for your sports and cultural hobbies and daily lunch Extensive occupational health care services Customers and growth as well as personnel well-being are at the center of what we do. We constantly develop our management and culture, as we believe that a good employee experience also produces the best customer experience. We invest heavily in the future and digitalization. All our activities are guided by responsibility and continuous development, as we want to continue to be a significant trendsetter in public transport and logistics. We promote the growth of climate-friendly travel and are on a joint journey to be the best in the world. Interested? Great! Leave your application by 16.08.2026 via the attached link. We process applications during the application period, so be fast. Need more information? Further information about the long-distance train conductor's task is provided by the Train Work supervisor, Riikka Alaraasakka. (riikka.alaraasakka@vr.fi) At VR, we accelerate the future's sustainable transport. We are a service company for travel, logistics, and maintenance. We take care of smooth everyday trips in Finland and Sweden and act as a support for industry in domestic logistics. We do meaningful work and affect the everyday lives of thousands of people every day. With us, you are involved in promoting sustainable mobility and logistics – and the well-being of society as a whole. In 2025, 16.1 million long-distance trips were made in our carriages in Finland and we transported 24.8 million tons of goods by rail. Our turnover was 1252.5 million euros and at the end of the year we employed over 9500 iron professionals. We implement our tasks with the power of our values – we care, we do together and we always strive for better. Join the joint journey to be the best in the world!