Health & Safety Specialist

Have an appetite for more? Would you like to join an international and competent bakery company where we share a passion for baking? Lantmännen Unibake is a leading international bakery expert specializing in bakery frozen goods. We provide high-quality bakery and confectionery products to professional kitchen and retail channels. In Finland and the Baltics, about 550 people work for us, and globally over 6,000. Our goal is to make bread and pastries a profitable business for our customers through tasty products and innovative solutions. We are now looking for a development-oriented and efficient Health and Safety Specialist for the Joutseno bakery in a permanent position. In this position, you report to the manager of the Joutseno bakery. You are responsible for the development and implementation of the Joutseno bakery's occupational safety culture, processes, and practices. You ensure that the working environment and operating methods meet legislation, company requirements, and best practices. Your duties include: - active development of the occupational safety culture - implementation and maintenance of processes and operating methods - handling safety deviations and root cause analyses - reporting and system management - training and guiding personnel You will act as the local occupational safety manager and lead the bakery's occupational safety committee. You will work closely with the Health & Safety Manager for Finland and the Baltics and other H&S experts and also participate in the implementation of global operating models and projects. We expect from you: - strong occupational safety expertise and experience from a production environment - at least 5 years of work experience in similar positions - education suitable for the position - fluent Finnish and good English language skills - evidence of utilizing root cause analyses - experience in change management projects Experience in the food industry is considered an advantage. You work independently and goal-oriented, put things into practice, and want to develop operations in the long term. Your approach is systematic and analytical, and you are able to make decisions even in changing situations. You naturally collaborate with different stakeholders and get people involved in doing. We offer you A place in an encouraging and international baker family, where you have the opportunity to get to know delicious bakery products and the bakery business. We offer opportunities to develop professionally or even find new career paths as part of the significant international Lantmännen Group. Our goal is a diverse, friendly, and relaxed work culture guided by customer focus, our values, and common management tools. Responsible business from field to table and taking care of employees' well-being are matters close to our hearts. We do long-term and goal-oriented work to realize our sustainability commitments. Read more about us: www.lantmannenunibake.fi Application instructions: Please send your application along with your CV and salary request by August 16, 2026, by clicking "Submit application". Further information about the position is provided by Päivi Härkönen, Manager of Joutseno Bakery, tel. +358 40 487 3063 on Tue 4.8.2026 15.00–16.00 and Tue 11.8.2026 15.00–16.00.