Director Mechanical Engineering

Volvo Penta is recruiting:


Director – Mechanical Engineering


Our employees describe Volvo Penta as a great place to work, built upon respect and commitment.
Being part of our team means being a part of highly skilled and proud professionals who work with passion and trust.


Volvo Penta develop world-leading complete drive systems for marine and industrial applications, with the strong vision to be leader in sustainable power solutions. We are an exciting and highly innovative company facing many positive challenges and opportunities. We embrace the change to stay ahead and now it is time for us to prepare the next generation products and solutions.


We are now looking for the Director Mechanical Engineering within Product and Solution Development (PSD) at Volvo Penta.


Key responsibilities:
Engineering and Technology, lead the department responsible for Fuel Cell, Combustion Engine, Electromobility installations, Transmission, Exhaust Aftertreatment and Simulations development within R&D at Volvo Penta.
Budget, accountable for department budgets and engineering costs within your field of responsibility.
Design & Release, responsible for design, requirements and CAE verification. Engineering documentation and release process through all design stages.
Management role, you have responsibility over a department with 7 groups and 150 team members, leading leaders and highly motivated engineers, building knowledge and develop key competence areas.
Development of working processes and practices within your area of responsibility in the quest for continuous improvement.
Speed in execution and creating flow is a key asset for the role.
Member of the PSD management team, the management is a global team, covering all core processes of Product Development; including Technology Development, Mechanical & Electrical design, Software & Connectivity solutions, Verification & Validation and Project Management. Everyone in the team has a great opportunity to influence the future of Volvo Penta.

Competence Profile:
Dedication to customer success, ability to build deep understanding of customer needs and capability to translate this into vision and plans supporting the overall targets for the R&D community.
Hands on visionary, meaning the ability to convey a compelling vision but also the competence to bring it down to real roadmaps and actions.
Teamwork and collaborative spirit, to be able to build on the pool of knowledge and assets within Volvo Penta, the broader Volvo Group as well as external partners.
Leadership. You are capable of leading and motivating your entire team to further build processes and skills to execute set plans and meet set targets. Your quest for continuous improvements is a key asset.
Extensive Engineering experience, with a passion for conventional powertrains, electric hybrids and fuel cells in a marine and industrial environment

We expect you are a social person who enjoys working with others in flexible team constellations.


We believe you have a University degree as the basis for your career. You are fluent in English as well as Swedish both in business and privately as well as in speaking and writing.


As the most successful candidate you will show a winning attitude and great persona in combination with a strong track record and references. In prioritizing candidates, we will pay attention to matching your profile to our team diversity since we have a strong belief in the diversity aspect within our organization. Our people make the difference


The position is based in Gothenburg, Sweden.


Timeline
Last application date is 16th of January


For further information, please contact:
Hiring Manager: Johan Hallnéus, Vice President Product & Solutions Development, +46 708-206532
HR contact: Teresa Krook teresa.krook@volvo.com


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