Qc Specialist

Your role

In this role, you will design and manage the daily and weekly analysis schedules for laboratory analysts, ensuring the appropriate allocation of resources. You will create a comprehensive overview of all ongoing analyses and products, as well as determine the priorities for analysis requests coming from various sources. You will monitor the execution of the plan together with the analysts and the supervising chemist, adjusting schedules as needed to ensure smooth operations.

Your tasks also encompass reviewing analyses to guarantee the quality of raw materials, participating in investigations and root cause analyses related to quality deviations, and guiding and supporting analysts in raw material analyses. You will also take part in development initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as quality assurance, purchasing, and production planning.

What you can expect from us

We offer a meaningful role within Chemical Quality Control, where you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of raw materials, cleaning validation samples, water samples, gels and ointments, as well as pharmaceutical products. You will have the opportunity to be a frontrunner in planning analysis work and developing processes that secure the timely availability of medicines for customers. The role is supported by a skilled and collaborative team, and it provides excellent opportunities for professional growth and development.

At Orion, 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 as an employer https://www.orion.fi/en/careers/orion-as-an-employer/ .

What are we looking for?

• A relevant university degree in chemistry or a related field (FM, DI, YAMK)

• Solid organizational skills with a proactive, self‑driven and goal‑oriented working style, along with the ability to manage large entities and respond quickly to changing situations.

• Strong stress tolerance and confidence to challenge, ask questions, seek solutions, and take initiative.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, as you will collaborate with multiple stakeholders.

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry, especially in quality control or GMP environments.

• Experience in chemical analytics and chromatographic techniques (especially HPLC) is a strong advantage.

• Experience with Lean practices will be considered an advantage.

• Readiness to work occasional evening shifts.

• Fluent Finnish and English, both spoken and written, are required.

How to apply

The position is temporary until January 15, 2027. If you are interested, please submit your application at the latest on March 3, 2026.

More information about the position is available from the hiring manager, Anniina Vesalainen, tel. 040 825 4502.

We typically review applications already during the application period and may start interviewing candidates before the application deadline. Therefore, we invite you to send your application as soon as possible.

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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

Quality management (QM) is responsible for ensuring the quality of materials, products and operations, as well as maintaining and developing the quality system and monitoring the regulatory environment. Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety unit is responsible for the global pharmacovigilance system of Orion Corporation and for the continuous safety surveillance, regulatory reporting and safety risk management activities of human and veterinary medicinal and non-medicinal products.

The QM function consists of about 350 experts who work in Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Quality System, Method Development and the Pharmacovigilance & Drug safety unit. We are located in Espoo, Turku, Salo and Kuopio plants, in addition to the Quality Assurance team in India reporting dotted-line to QM.