Director of Health, Safety, Environment and Security

Are you an inspirational leader of leaders that can bring our organization to a world class safety culture where everyone gets home safely every day? Do you want to contribute to a safe transformation to a carbon free society? We now have an exciting job offer for a Director of Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSES) at Northvolt Ett in Skellefteå.

As Director of Health, Safety, Environment and Security you will make sure that health and safety, security, fire safety, energy and environment meet the highest standards and comply with the legislation and the internal standards. This role offers both hands-on work in our daily operations as well as strategic work in the site management team, the HSES management team and global collaboration in the HSES Network.

Team: You will lead and further build the HSES-organisation of approx. 40 employees and consultants. You will have four direct reporting managers and two experts.

Scope: As Director Health, Safety, Environment and Security, your scope covers all the functions in Skellefteå including both construction, commissioning and manufacturing. For you to be successful, we expect you to be a self-driven, experienced leader of leaders within the HSES area. You are also a team player who appreciate interacting with your colleagues and motivate them to contribute to a great safety culture.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to

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Preparing and enforcing policies to establish a culture of health and safety where everyone gets home safely every day

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Develop management system for environment, energy, fire safety and health and safety

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Provide leadership and support in complying with all external demands and internal objectives

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Develop risk reduction strategies for practices, procedures, and facilities to ensure adherence to the law and other requirements

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Build and coach a world class HSES team

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Be responsible for security

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Develop and execute HSES plans for proactive work

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Conduct coaching and training within environment, energy, fire safety and health and safety

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Perform HSES audits and inspections and ensure delivery of action plans to handle deviations

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Lead incident investigations to ensure root cause analysis and actions of high quality

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Recommend solutions to issues, improvement opportunities or new prevention measures

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Report on HSES awareness, issues and statistics

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Member of Northvolt Ett Management Team and representative in HSES related forums

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Be responsible for cooperation and collaboration with local authorities and trade unions in HSES matters.


The person we are looking for is strongly goal-oriented, curious and structured. You are an experienced leader of leaders within the HSES area. You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story and see the results of your work. Our organization requires and values great self-discipline and a natural talent to make things happen. As Director Health, Safety, Environment and Security you are the key to Northvolt's mission to enable the future of energy.

Apply with CV or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary. Planned starting date is asap.

Please note that this job requires a lot of knowledge about Swedish laws and regulations.
Qualifications/education/experience

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University degree and 8+ years of professional HSE experience in manufacturing industry, preferably from automotive[ML1] [SL2] , chemical or pharmaceutical industry

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Deep understanding of Swedish legal guidelines in the HSES areas, especially in health and safety

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Ability to standardise work, produce reports and develop relevant policies

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Good knowledge of data analysis and risk assessment

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Documented experience in leading of leaders and in coaching teams and individuals


Specific skills

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Good knowledge and experience of European and especially Swedish legislation

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Deep knowledge in the requirements of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001

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The ability to communicate guidelines to a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural workforce is essential.

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Excellent English and Swedish written and oral skills, other languages is a plus


Personal success factors

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Excellent organizational and motivational skills

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Structured approach

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Outstanding attention to detail and observation ability

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Strong verbal, written, analytical, and persuasive skills and the ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees and management

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Exceptionally good negotiation and problem-solving skills

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Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently

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Passionate & purpose driven



Northvolt makes green batteries for a blue planet. Affordable cells and high-quality battery systems. All manufactured with a record-low carbon footprint. Purposely built to provide Europe with the opportunity to switch to renewable energy – efficiently and entirely.

To accomplish this, we do things differently. We design, manufacture, and recycle everything under one roof. We even build our own factories. All this is incredibly challenging and requires us to think in unconventional ways. We’re constantly experimenting, learning and adapting to make batteries so great – they will one day make oil history.

Northvolt is growing fast. We’re staffing our international office in Stockholm, our R&D facility, Northvolt Labs, in Västerås, as well as our Gdansk facility for production of battery systems. We're also hiring for our gigafactory Northvolt Ett in Skellefteå, Sweden. We want to work with smart individuals from all disciplines. Strong individuals that truly want to make a positive impact on the future. Those of us already on board share a passion for our mission. We’re prepared to work hard in pursuit of excellence. We enjoy the ride and our main drive is to make a difference for real. As a team, we’re dedicated to thinking new, working hard and having fun.