Quality Engineer

Metsä Tissue

Metsä Group is a successful forest industry group with roots in the Finnish forest - Our parent company is a cooperative of over 90,000 forest owners. Metsä Group’s Tissue and Greaseproof Papers business, Metsä Tissue, produces hygiene products for households and professionals, and greaseproof papers for cooking and food packaging. Our high-quality locally produced brands – Lambi, Serla, Mola, Tento, Katrin and SAGA – make daily life cleaner. 

We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and different stages of life. Metsä has space and opportunities for many kinds of talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability or other characteristics – Metsä is for all. Read more: metsagroup.com/metsaforall.

Main duties and responsibilities:

•  Ensures and manages independent laboratory quality control in accordance with QAS and internal quality procedures.

•  Manages the quality laboratory, including organizing measurements, tests, and archiving samples.

•  Leads the quality/laboratory team, coordinates priorities, provides professional competencies, training, coaching, and regular feedback to team members.

•  Supports production in achieving quality goals, resolving non-conformities, and monitoring compliance with quality procedures and operator self-control.

•  Cooperates in production trials, first productions and tests; He/She comments on the quality of trial and first productions.

•  Cooperates in blocking and unblocking materials, semi-finished products, and finished products.

•  Cooperates in investigating the causes of customer, supplier and internal complaints; informs production about complaints in a timely manner.

•  Performs RCA, statistical analyses, evaluates measured quality results, monitors the effectiveness of measures, and prepares reports for quality meetings.

•  Responsible for the service, calibration, recording, and functionality of laboratory instruments and equipment used for quality control.

•  Provides analysis of reference samples and places orders for analysis of finished products to external laboratories according to sales, PdM or customer requirements.

•  Maintains and further develops the quality management system, updates documentation, guidelines, work procedures and materials for improving quality systems.

•  Supports internal and external audits, plant inspections, and oversees the timely closure of notifications and actions in the HSEQ system.

• Performs quality walks and records them in the OMS.

•Maintains the PUMA system and promotes a culture of product safety;

•  Participates in HSEQ and continuous improvement projects.

•  Leads the Traceability team, prepares the final report and ensures the annual traceability test.

•  Manages and utilizes corporate quality information systems including TMES quality module, OMS, Power BI, PUMA, Eco-Online HSEQ, and SAP as needed.

•  Responsible for random inspection of input raw materials in production, initiating complaints against suppliers, and communicating with purchasing.

•  Proposes changes to product specifications (PDS) in collaboration with product management and the sales department.

•  Represents the HSEQ Manager in the area of product quality and safety within the scope of the assignment.

Employee perks, benefits:

Interesting and motivating work for M/W in a well-known international company - in a paper mill in Žilina. Possibility of further professional development. We offer min. base salary 2 100 EUR/month, depending on work experience and other benefits.

Education:

•  University II. degree with a technical, qualitative or related focus.

•  Alternative relevant technical education supplemented with demonstrable experience in quality in a manufacturing environment.

Working experience:

•  Minimum 3 years of experience in quality, manufacturing, laboratory control or management systems; Experience in a manufacturing company is a prerequisite.

•  Experience with ISO systems, internal/external audits, complaint handling, RCA, corrective and preventive measures.

•  Experience in team management, laboratory, or paper/related manufacturing industry is an advantage.

Additional trainings, licenses:

•  Training in quality management systems and ISO.

•  Internal auditor / quality auditor or quality manager an advantage.

Language skills:

•  Slovak language – fluent.

•  English language, both spoken and written, min. B2.

Career in the new era at Metsä Group  

A playing field for creative professionals – develop and grow at Metsä Group. If you’re looking for a broad field of work and diverse opportunities to develop production, products and your own skills, you’re looking in the right direction! Metsä Group invests significantly in the regenerative business of the future and develops its operations based on the principle of continuous improvement. Our culture encourages innovation, and new ideas are welcomed enthusiastically. Our large Group offers many opportunities for job rotation and career advancement. 

Metsä Group has a responsible corporate culture that creates a safe working environment for all of us. We value good leadership and support for personal career development. We encourage you to display your competence and will provide you with opportunities to use it! 

Enter a new era in your career,​ welcome to Metsä Group!​ 

Anonymous recruitment - this is how it works 

This is an anonymous recruitment process. The gender and date of birth of the applicant are not asked for on the application form. Personal details such as name, mother tongue, time of studies, name of educational institution and contact details are hidden until the interview stage. Attachments (such as CVs) are also hidden.  

Recruiters have access to the contact details of those invited for interview once the applicant has been selected for interview.  

Our system will guide you through the application process. The questions on the application form will help you present your skills and experience anonymously. Answer all questions carefully. If you’re invited for interview, your CV will be displayed to the recruiters to support the interview. 

Read more and watch the video on anonymous recruitment. 

What happens next?  

Click on the link below to apply. Note that attachments won’t be visible in anonymous recruitment until the interview stage, so it’s important to fill in the application form carefully. Please send your application as soon as possible, as we’ll already start processing applications during the application period. Please include your curriculum vitae and salary request. You’ll receive a confirmation message the next morning after your application has been received.  

The application will be open until 1.8.2026. We wish you the best of luck!