Optician / optometrist

Would you like to work as part of a cheerful and lively team in Kouvola? If so, read on! We are looking for an optician for the Prisma team in Kouvola, as part of a close-knit, multidisciplinary top team where work is done with strong expertise, great care and attention to customers’ needs. Join Silmäasema’s top team in the southeast! We are looking for an optician who is enthusiastic about customer service to strengthen our Kouvola team. You will join an energetic and cheerful team where every day brings new encounters and opportunities. Customer service is close to our hearts, and strong team spirit is visible in everyday work. You will not be left on your own: you will have supportive and skilled colleagues, and cooperation, openness and a good atmosphere genuinely matter to us. Our team is ambitious, and we work toward shared goals in a relaxed but purposeful way. Your supervisor will be store manager Pirita Salama. There are 15 vision-care professionals in our team, and ophthalmologists also regularly hold appointments at our stores. Your home store will be the Prisma store, but we hope you can also work when needed at the store clinic in central Kouvola. Shifts fall within store opening hours, currently 9–18 on weekdays and 10–16 on Saturdays. The position is permanent, and working hours are 30–37.5 per week. We hope you can start at the beginning of December. Who are we looking for? You may be an experienced optician or an optometry student close to graduation. Our team has a wide range of expertise, so we welcome people with different backgrounds. Most important is that you want to provide our customers with the best vision-care solutions together with the whole team. You are genuine and energetic, enjoy getting things done and are motivated by shared goals. In the examination room, you use your expertise confidently and recommend the solutions best suited to each customer’s needs. What does being part of Silmäasema mean? At Silmäasema, expertise means more than knowledge. We believe the best results come from courage, curiosity and working together. Our culture is based on our values—courage, clarity and taking responsibility—and on the idea that we help one another, share our expertise and succeed together. You have room to grow, develop and succeed, and you are never left on your own. It matters to us that you enjoy your work, develop professionally and have well-being outside work too. That is why we offer, among other things: - Encouraging rewards: a clear team-specific monthly target bonus model where success is recognised, as well as the possibility of annual personal salary increases and bonuses. - Comprehensive staff benefits: up to €600 in recreational funds, which you can use for activities such as sports, culture or commuting in the way that suits you. - Coaching-oriented management: a supervisor who supports you in everyday work, gives feedback and helps you succeed. Employee surveys show that supervisory work is consistently one of the best things about working at Silmäasema. - Varied learning opportunities: after comprehensive onboarding, you can develop your expertise through Silmäasema Academy courses, monthly training and coaching days. - Future development opportunities: deepen your expertise in different specialist roles or build your own career path within the organisation, for example as an administrative specialist or supervisor. The monthly salary for a 37.5-hour week is €3,248–€4,000, depending on your skills and experience. Silmäasema also invests in sustainability. An important part of this work is continuously developing the sector so that people in Finland can enjoy good eye health. You can read more about our sustainability work here: https://yritys.silmaasema.fi/vastuullisuus/. Silmäasema is a smoke-free workplace. Apply as soon as possible! You can apply easily by filling in your contact details on the form. Applications close on 8 November, but we review applications during the application period and will fill the position as soon as we find a suitable person. If you have questions, please contact store manager Pirita Salama at pirita.salama@silmaasema.fi. Silmäasema Silmäasema is Finland’s largest provider of vision care and eye health services. We look at the whole picture, from meeting and caring for our customers to the eye health of people in Finland. More than 1,700 vision-care and eye-health professionals serve nearly one million customers each year. In Finland, Silmäasema has around 160 optical stores and ophthalmology centres, 18 private eye hospitals and five units providing public eye-health services across the country. Silmäasema’s revenue in 2025 was €267 million. In Estonia, Silmäasema has 10 optical retail locations under the Eagle Vision brand.