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Cook

Posted Oct 6 (18 days ago) · Last updated Oct 24 · Open 18 days, longer than the usual 10 for this role

Key facts

Permanent cook role in a production kitchen; requires professional-kitchen experience and Finnish.

How this salary compares

€360,005 - €373,88217627% above mid-level roles
This salary is above the market medianBased on 220 job postings
Monthly salary comparison for Cook
MarketLower bound (25th percentile)MedianUpper bound (75th percentile)
mid-level roles€2,078 per month€2,287 per month€2,500 per month
This offer€396,005 per month€403,638 per month€411,270 per month

Est. take-home €177,196 - €183,989

Where and how
ValkeakoskiOnsiteMid-Level
Languages required
Finnish
Education
High school

Original job ad

Translated by JobCrawls from the Finnish ad.

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Come and make small miracles with us every day! Here you can do meaningful work and influence our customers’ healthy, comprehensive nutrition. We are looking for a Cook to join our cheerful team at the Pitkäniemi production kitchen in a permanent position. Working time is 38.25 hours per week, and working hours fall between 5:30 and 19:00, Monday to Sunday. The cook independently and responsibly plans and prepares meals and products for different customer groups as part of the production-kitchen team. The duties may also include preparing special diets and customer service. You will be able to make broad use of your skills and develop both yourself and your team’s operations. We hope you have: - A basic or vocational qualification as a cook or institutional-catering cook - Previous work experience as a cook in a professional kitchen - A hygiene passport - Good organisational skills and a careful approach to work - Basic IT skills It is an extra advantage if you have knowledge of special diets or an interest in learning to prepare them. The role requires strong spoken and written Finnish and good communication and teamwork skills. We hope you want to develop yourself and the operations of the Pitkäniemi production kitchen, and that you have an enthusiastic and open-minded approach to work. You are not put off by changing situations and can respond to them quickly and flexibly. An eager attitude to learning new things and commitment to work are our well-being ambassadors’ secret weapons. Our workdays involve building up steps and a lot of standing, so we hope you enjoy being on the move during the day. We invest in our employees’ well-being in many ways, including offering all our service-production employees a free meal as an employment benefit. Did you know that the collective agreement we use allows very long annual holidays of up to 7.5 weeks after more than 15 years of work experience? We support employees’ sports and cultural activities through ePassi. We also invest in developing employees’ professional competence by offering training opportunities during employment. You will also have a friendly team and modern work equipment. At Voimia, people are united by the joy of working together, a strong desire to serve customers and the aim of continuously developing their professional skills. Our pay system is based on the YTES agreement. Pay consists of a base salary determined by the demands of the job, the employee’s professional skills and work performance, as well as an experience supplement determined by experience (up to 10%). The base salary for this job at full working time is €2,250.03–€2,336.76 (€13.80–€14.34 per hour). For example, a base salary of €2,250.03 plus a 10% experience supplement for 10 years of work experience (€225.00) gives a total salary of €2,475.03. Please apply as soon as possible, but no later than 25 October 2026. The position will be filled as soon as a suitable person is found. If you are interested, submit your application promptly. The work starts by agreement. For more information, contact site supervisor Heli Viitamäki, tel. 044 4314 058.

About the role

Summarised by JobCrawls from the job ad above.

Requirements

  • Basic or vocational cook or institutional-catering cook qualification
  • Previous cook experience in a professional kitchen
  • Hygiene passport
  • Good organisational skills and careful work approach
  • Basic IT skills
  • Strong spoken and written Finnish
  • Good communication and teamwork skills
  • Willingness to learn and commitment to work
  • Ability to adapt quickly and flexibly to changing situations
  • Comfort with standing and moving during the workday

Responsibilities

  • Plan meals and products for different customer groups
  • Prepare meals and products independently and responsibly
  • Prepare special-diet meals when needed
  • Provide customer service as needed
  • Contribute to the development of personal skills and team operations

Skills & technologies

Meal PreparationSpecial-diet CookingCustomer ServiceOrganisationIT SkillsHygiene Passport

Benefits & perks

Recruitment process

  1. Apply as soon as possible and by 25 October 2026
  2. Position filled when a suitable candidate is found
  3. Work starts by agreement

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About Pirkanmaan Voimia Oy

Financial overview
€98.8M
Revenue
€1.2M
Profit
1.0%
Profit margin
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Pirkanmaan Voimia Oy · 6 open roles
Top locations (all time): Tampere, Finland · 14 · Remote - Finland · 3 · Kuhmoisiin, Finland · 1 · +5 other locations
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Current open roles at Pirkanmaan Voimia Oy on JobCrawls
LocationActive listings
Tampere, Finland14
Remote - Finland3
Kuhmoisiin, Finland1
Valkeakoski, Finland1
Orivesi, Finland1
Vesilahti, Finland1
Pirkkala, Finland1
Nokia, Finland1
Current role mix at Pirkanmaan Voimia Oy on JobCrawls
Role typeActive listings
Cook3
Cleaning Service Worker2
Facility Cleaner2
Cleaner2
Tuotantojohtaja ateriapalvelualalle1
Multiservice Worker1
Production Worker1
Catering/Cook1
Food Service Worker1
Purchase Invoice Specialist1
Service Worker1
Cleaning Professional1
Food Services Supervisor1
Dietetic Cook1
Current role-level mix at Pirkanmaan Voimia Oy on JobCrawls
Role levelActive listings
Mid-Level17
Manager2
About the employer

Pirkanmaan Voimia Oy is owned by the cities of Tampere, Nokia, Ylöjärvi and Virrat, the municipality of Vesilahti and the Pirkanmaa wellbeing services county. It produces and arranges meal and cleaning services for its owner-customers across Pirkanmaa.

Core values
Joy of working togetherStrong desire to serve customersContinuous development of professional skills
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