About Us
WE ARE ON FIRE!
Jøtul is a leading worldwide brand and global market leader sold in 44 countries on 6 continents. Our conscious adaptation to the individual markets, conditions, and customer needs, is a vital part of our international success.
Crafted in Norway, built in Maine, Jøtul North America has maintained a Maine presence since 1980. Jøtul’s only North America location in Gorham, ME manufacturers products for the US and Canada markets.If you are looking for a positive work environment and being rewarded for your ideas, then we invite you to come join the Jøtul team.
We are looking for ambitious and adaptable candidates who like problem solving. As a Best Places to Work company, practicing Lean/Toyota Production System principles, we acknowledge and reward employees for their knowledge, skills, adaptability, flexibility, and good behaviors while meeting business needs.
We offer a comprehensive benefit package that includes paid vacation, personal, and holiday time; employer paid dental, life, and disability insurance; significant employer contribution to health insurance; 401k with company match!
Our mission is to be the premier hearth products supplier in the industry. We accomplish this with:
At Jøtul we define culture through our everyday business practices, actions, and communications. Transparency fosters the positive environment that we strive to maintain. We are transparent in everything, from financials to real challenges impacting the company. It’s not always good news but it keeps everyone on the same page.
At Jøtul we have adopted an employee driven continuous improvement system aka The Idea System. We believe the success of our organization is based on the small ideas recommended by every employee. In fact, this system is part of our employee development program that I’ll talk about shortly.
We encourage all employees to be involved in providing a positive, fun, and supportive work environment. Negative, uncooperative, and disrespectful behavior is not tolerated at Jøtul as it undermines the successful contributions to the organization.
The ability to retain 52% of our workforce for over 10 years is evidence that we are doing something right.