Your role
Join us in the Quality Control Technical Operations Unit! In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the technical reliability and compliance of laboratory equipment, systems, and facilities used by our quality control laboratories. A key focus of your work will be coordinating maintenance activities for laboratory equipment and IT systems, ensuring adherence to GMP and regulatory requirements. Your duties will also include validation testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and system administration of laboratory equipment and facilities.
As a Technical Specialist, you will play a crucial role in enabling our laboratories to perform analyses safely, efficiently, and in compliance with pharmaceutical standards. Our Technical Operations team acts as an enabling function, ensuring that laboratory personnel have the equipment, systems, and facilities required to perform their work successfully.
You will be based in Espoo. The position is permanent.
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following tasks:
- Acquire, qualify and validate new laboratory instrumentation in accordance with GMP and regulatory requirements
- Investigate and resolve laboratory equipment malfunctions and deviations promptly and professionally
- Coordinate tasks related to laboratory equipment and facilities, working closely with QC laboratories and other internal stakeholder groups
- Prepare documentation according to GMP (e.g., equipment SOPs, maintenance instructions, deviation reports)
- Participate and coordinate laboratory facility-related changes as the laboratory representative
- Collaborate closely with equipment suppliers and external service providers
- Contribute to laboratory and departmental development projects
You will work daily with QC laboratories, Quality Assurance, equipment suppliers, and external service providers.
What you can expect from us
We offer a diverse and varied role in a successful company, along with opportunities for professional development. You will work in a team of experts in a multidisciplinary environment with various stakeholders. You will be supported by a skilled and friendly team with good team spirit and helpful colleagues. You will receive a comprehensive induction for the role.
At Orion Pharma, your work creates true impact and well-being for our customers, patients and society at large. Our culture of friendliness, respect, mutual appreciation and diversity creates a safe working environment where you can strive for excellence. We offer a wealth of career paths and development opportunities that support the development of innovative solutions and improving the quality of life.
Please visit our website to find further information about our values and Orion Pharma as an employer https://www.orion.fi/en/careers/orion-as-an-employer/.
What are we looking for
To succeed in this role, we expect you to have:
- Language Skills: Fluency in Finnish and English (both written and verbal).
- Education: A university degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or other appropriate qualification.
- Experience: Experience in laboratory work and chemical analytical instrumentation techniques (e.g., HPLC, GC, spectrophotometers).
- Technical Skills: Good technical proficiency and ability to learn and adopt new systems quickly.
- Working Style & Attitude: Proactive, solution-oriented, innovative, and capable of both theoretical/analytical thinking and practical execution. Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously in a dynamic environment. Strong networking and communication skills.
- Advantage: Previous experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or knowledge of GMP is considered a significant advantage.
How to apply
Please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your qualifications and why you are the ideal candidate for this position by 16 August 2026.
For further inquiries regarding the role, please contact Ida Viippola, Technical Manager, at +358 50 966 3325 on 6 August from 13:30 to 14:30 or 11 August from 14:30 to 15:30.
Approved medical examination which also includes drug testing is required prior to the employment. We will also carry out a security clearance prior to the employment for the selected person.
Your new team
Orion Pharma's Global Operations covers the entire pharmaceutical manufacturing process, from sourcing of raw materials to the manufacture of products, packaging and delivery to customers. We are also responsible for the industrialization of new products and product life cycle management.
In Global Operations we have approximately 1,600 professionals working in Production, our external supplier network (Externally Sourced Operations) and Fermion Oy (API manufacturing and marketing). In addition, the organization includes Supply Chain & Procurement, Technical Operations, Facility Management, EHS (Environment, Health and Safety), CPD&LCM (Commercial Product Development & Product lifecycle management) and Operations Development.
The Quality Control Technical Operations Unit is responsible for the technical capability of the quality control laboratories and for the support functions required by the laboratories. The aim of the Technical Operations staff is to help the laboratories to succeed in their work. Technical Operations is responsible for the laboratories' equipment and IT systems, facilities, utilities and consumables. Our experts work in four different locations: in Espoo, Turku, Hanko and Oulu.
About UsOrion Pharma is a globally operating Nordic pharmaceutical company – a builder of well-being for over a hundred years.
We’re home to more than 4,000 Orionees around the world, and we’re proud to be known as a responsible employer and a great place to work. At Orion Pharma, people are truly valued and trusted, encouraged to grow, and supported by a culture where every voice is heard. We appreciate each other, strive for excellence, and build the future.
Together we develop, manufacture, and market human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Our extensive portfolio includes proprietary and generic medicines as well as consumer health products. The core therapy areas of our pharmaceutical R&D are oncology and pain. Proprietary products developed by Orion Pharma are used to treat cancer, neurological diseases, respiratory diseases, and more.
We offer careers with a clear purpose: empowering people to live their lives to the fullest.
About Orion
Skills Required
- Fluency in Finnish and English (written and verbal)
- University degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field
- Experience in laboratory work and chemical analytical instrumentation (e.g., HPLC, GC, spectrophotometers)
- Technical proficiency and ability to learn and adopt new systems quickly
- Ability to prepare GMP documentation (SOPs, maintenance instructions, deviation reports)
- Strong communication, networking skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Approved medical examination including drug testing prior to employment
- Security clearance carried out prior to employment
- Previous pharmaceutical industry experience and/or knowledge of GMP
What We Do
Orion is a globally operating Nordic pharmaceutical company and builder of well-being. Rooted in Nordic values of trust and openness, the company focuses on developing treatments and conducting research to empower people to live their lives to the fullest. Operating in over 35 countries, Orion drives innovation in healthcare to improve health outcomes for millions of people worldwide.
