Engineering Manager

Northvolt has exciting job offers for Process Engineering Managers to initially join our bold project team in Västerås and later transfer to Skellefteå, where we start production within the next few years.

In joining us you will play an important part from the very start in building one of the first large scale European battery factories. Northvolt will play an important role in the transformation to a carbon-free society.

We are continuously building a team of both experienced engineers and great leaders with engineering backgound.

The Process Engineer Manager will be in charge of a fast-growing team. As leader of the unit, you will have the opportunity to build a competent and dependable team from scratch, capable to scale Northvolt’s operations in Sweden and beyond. You will be in charge of setting up and executing the long term process strategy reporting to the Director of Process Engineering.

The process team will primarily and initially support the Construction, Environmental, Supply-Chain and R&D teams to create a world-class production of li-ion battery cells.

In general, you have a long experience in the field and have been driving large, innovative, and challenging improvement projects in the area of yield, cost, quality, or efficiency.

Specifically, you have a deep understanding of working and cooperating with Lean, Production, Maintenance, IT, Automation, and Facility team.

The candidates for the management positions will be responsible for monitoring the operations of our systems, including quality and compliance. The candidate should also be able to recommend improvements to the process through the tracking of metrics and reporting of data. The candidate should definitely have strong technical abilities in order to succeed in this role.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

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Sustain and improve process yield

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Provide technical support as necessary

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Establish process metrics and goals

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Develop and issue process designs

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Manage and train process engineering team

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Lead the improvement projects and update the progress weekly in the factory


The persons we are looking for are team players, curious and eager to learn. You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story in Sweden (to start with) and see the results of your work. Our organization requires and values great self-discipline and natural talent to make things happen. The Process Manager is a vital member of the Factory Process team and the key to Northvolt's mission to enable the future of energy.

Apply with CV and cover letter or your complete LinkedIn profile.

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

Education/Experience

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BSc or MSc degree in Engineering

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5+ years of relevant work experience within high volume production engineering in a battery field is a must

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Minimum 2 years of management experience in the Process Engineering

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Experience in supervising a team of process engineers and proven successful leadership in a multicultural environment

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Successful track record of leading process improvement projects in a production factory

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Curious, technically educated


Specific Skills/Abilities

- Excellent English written and oral skills, Swedish is a plus
- Highly organized and result-driven
- An eye for detail
- Proactive and goes beyond expectations
- Has a "can-do" attitude and an entrepreneurial spirit
- 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 two gigafactories: Northvolt Ett in Skellefteå, Sweden, and Northvolt Zwei in Salzgitter, Germany. 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.