Despro Oy
Passionate Engineers Creating the Future
We aim to revolutionize industry practices with our strong vision: We are genuinely customer-focused and exemplary in staff engagement and workplace well-being. We apply ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 certifications in our operations to ensure quality.
FOUNDED
2015
IN Tampere
revenue
10,4 M€
in 2023
staff members
120
in 2023
owned
100%
by own staff
Despro oy
Expertise and Collaborative Development
Despro was founded in 2015 to meet the demand for highly specialized and comprehensive distribution network design. When no suitable supplier could be found on the market, a team of passionate engineers decided to establish one.
Despro specializes in expert services for renewable energy and critical infrastructure. Our diverse expertise covers the entire lifecycle of networks, from design to commissioning and maintenance. We serve contractors, network owners, and other industry players with professionalism and flexibility.
We boldly create solutions that address the evolving needs of the market and our clients. We are present and listen carefully, collaborating to find the best solutions that help our clients achieve their goals on time.
Our team of skilled and happy engineers is revolutionizing industry practices with our strong vision. Our versatile expertise is built on extensive experience in leadership and specialist roles within the energy and telecom sectors, as well as in operational development. You’ll find top industry experts among us.
We take the well-being and inclusion of our staff seriously. At Despro, we perform meaningful expert work at the highest level and maintain a healthy work environment. Our operations are guided by trust, courage, respect, and accountability. We succeed together as a team, supporting each other.
Our goal is to be the best partner in the industry, as judged by our clients and employees. We regularly measure our success, and our quality is reflected in record-high customer satisfaction, excellent employee satisfaction, and a stable financial position.
Despro is fully owned by the active management, which allows us to remain agile and responsive to market changes. Despro has quickly become a comprehensive, bold, and perfectly sized engineering firm.
We approach our work with passion and are committed to enabling the green transition together. Now operating in 12 locations with over 100 skilled and happy engineers.
Join our team of top experts in leading renewable energy – as a client, colleague, or partner!
How We Operate
Our Quality Policy
Despro Engineering Oy’s quality policy is based on the company’s values and quality manual, which together establish unified and high-quality operating methods for Despro. These ensure the best possible quality in Despro’s service packages for our clients.
The CEO of Despro, together with the management team and staff, is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality operations. We make sure that our shared goals and operating methods are understood and followed across all areas of the company. Agreed operational processes in various areas provide the foundation for unified practices. The implementation of the quality policy and processes is monitored annually through internal and external audits, management reviews, and a balanced scorecard defined for each business line. Our goal is continuous improvement. We apply ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 certifications in our operations to guarantee quality.
Personnel
At Despro, we ensure the things that people genuinely want from their workplace:
- Utilizing expertise and potential – Meaningful work, with appropriately challenging, diverse, and interesting roles.
- Developing expertise and potential – Encouragement to learn, collaborate, and grow, with opportunities to do so together.
- High level of well-being – Employee well-being is taken seriously, regularly monitored, and supported through active measures to maintain and enhance it.
- Work-life balance – Work is completed during working hours, ensuring time for rest and recovery.
- Meaningful work and responsibility – Operating in an industry that truly matters and makes a broader impact on society and the world.
- Industry leadership – Sharing knowledge with clients and other stakeholders, positioning ourselves as leaders in the field.
- Flexibility in work – Freedom to organize work schedules and the option to work remotely.
- A relaxed, respectful, and supportive work environment – We genuinely enjoy working together, fostering a fun and collaborative atmosphere.
- Engagement and influence – Employees are actively involved in decision-making processes.
Customer
The work package delivered by Despro to the customer must meet the customer’s requirements and the terms of the agreement. We strive to deliver work packages with as few errors as possible. Error-free delivery is ensured through internal inspection processes, active customer communication, and skilled project personnel.
To guarantee quality for the customer, we continuously measure customer satisfaction across all projects.
The results of customer surveys are promptly forwarded to the project organization, facilitating the continuous improvement of our operations. Negative feedback is addressed immediately and reviewed by the management team. Customer satisfaction results and trends are monitored by each business unit. Customer satisfaction targets are included in Despro’s unit-specific scorecards.
Partners
Despro aims to establish long-term partnerships, with whom we continuously develop operations and service relationships. Through these efforts, we strive to deliver higher-quality work packages to our customers.
Our partners must adhere to occupational safety laws, regulations, and other similar directives and guidelines issued by Despro or authorities.
How We Operate
Our Personnel, Health, and Safety Policy
Despro Engineering Oy’s personnel policy outlines the key principles of personnel management across various sectors. High-quality personnel management has been a cornerstone for Despro from the very beginning. We build the company by recognizing the value of each individual and genuinely fostering a shared future. Promoting a responsible work community is part of every Despro employee’s duty. Our shared values are trust, respect, and accountability. Our personnel processes and principles bring together various practices and translate high-quality personnel management into actionable steps.
Health and Safety
Despro Engineering Oy requires its personnel to work and operate in a safe manner. Through targeted safety measures and continuous improvement, we ensure our operations adhere to the latest safety standards, with a goal of continuous enhancement. Our practices meet all legal, regulatory, industry, and client and partner requirements.
We maintain a nationwide leadership and occupational safety organization that works closely together to:
- Communicate openly about health and safety matters
- Ensure necessary guidelines, instructions, and results are accessible to everyone
- Conduct regular safety inspections at all locations
- Guarantee that all employees have the necessary skills to perform their tasks safely
- Ensure the induction process functions properly when introducing new services.
Personnel Planning and Recruitment
Personnel planning at Despro Engineering Oy is based on the company’s strategy and the derived action plans. Our personnel and training plans are developed annually in collaboration with the staff. We advance joint development projects related to personnel planning with various development groups and update the direction of these projects and new needs twice a year based on the results of staff satisfaction surveys, in cooperation with our employees. Despro Engineering Oy does not use child labor and does not tolerate discrimination in any form. Our work environment is equal, and staff have the freedom to organize. We encourage open communication and participation in shared matters.
Despro’s recruitment supports the company’s business goals and is based on assessed needs and role-specific skills and performance requirements. As a growing company, we regularly offer diverse career opportunities within the organization, recruit new experts with strong experience in the field, and also train new experts through regular recruitment training programs. For each position, we select the most suitable and development-capable candidate.
Compensation
Despro’s compensation policy is based on applicable laws, regulations, and agreements. In addition, salaries are determined by the demands of the role, the level of responsibility, the employee’s skills, performance, and results. The accuracy and fairness of salary and demand levels are reviewed annually for the entire staff.
The occupational safety organization and the management team address all workplace accidents and safety observations, share the lessons learned, and actively brainstorm new health, safety, and quality improvement projects. Our principle is to monitor the progress of development projects and ensure they are completed with commitment. We actively collaborate with occupational health services, with a particular focus on project management and fieldwork.
We actively report identified safety deficiencies or areas for improvement through deviation reporting. We identify safety and occupational health risks as part of our comprehensive risk management. Through risk management, we ensure the continuity of our operations and prevent accidents, occupational diseases, and other risks.
Responsible management, employee involvement, and high-quality expert collaboration are the cornerstones of our occupational safety and health practices. By listening to each other and learning together, we build a safe and thriving Despro. Every Despro employee is involved in developing a unified company culture and implementing personnel policies. The definition of Despro’s personnel strategy is part of the company’s strategic work, and the progress of this work is monitored according to the management’s annual calendar.
Leadership and Supervisory Functions
We place a strong emphasis on high-quality leadership and the development of our leadership culture. The quality of leadership is assessed annually. For a growing company operating in multiple locations, it is crucial to ensure the provision of high-quality and equitable leadership services throughout the organization. Despro’s leadership is service-oriented, responsible, and aligned with our values.
It is the supervisor’s responsibility to orient each employee to Despro’s values and responsible practices and to ensure that employees understand their responsibilities and goals.
Supervisors conduct biannual coaching discussions with each employee. The focus areas of these discussions are well-being, career planning, job quality, and common goals. Supervisors are responsible for the expertise of their team members and the targeted, long-term, and diverse development of their skills. Annually, through Despro Academy, we initiate training programs that support the company’s strategy. Additionally, we encourage employees to proactively and actively develop their skills through individual training, which Despro strongly supports as an employer.
Responsibilities
The personnel policy has been approved by Despro’s management team. Each member of the Despro leadership is responsible for ensuring compliance with the personnel policy and principles within their own area of responsibility, as well as for managing personnel resources. The immediate supervisor is the employer’s representative in personnel matters.
