Group Manager R&D Drilling Application

Epiroc is a leading productivity partner for the mining, infrastructure and natural resources industries. With cutting-edge technology, Epiroc develops and produces innovative drill rigs, rock excavation and construction equipment, and provides world-class service and consumables. The company was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, and has passionate people supporting and collaborating with customers in more than 150 countries. Learn more at www.epirocgroup.com.

Group Manager R&D Drilling Application
To our new Group Manager R&D Drilling Application; here is a great opportunity for you to make a difference and contribute to Epiroc's success and develop world leading, sustainable and safe products, which are supporting the global society's ongoing transition to digitalization, automation and CO2-reduction. At the same time, you will get chance to grow as person together with great colleagues in a global environment.
Join our team
Our current Group Manager for Drilling Application team will take on a new role in the organization so we are looking for his successor. We have a globally market leading position with our Underground Drilling Products and are investing heavily in technology- and product development to stay competitive and meet the ongoing technology shifts in our industry, electrification, digitalization and automation. The R&D Drilling is a global organization and, in this role, you will have the opportunity to work with colleagues around the world.
Your mission
Your mission in this role will be to lead and develop the R&D Drilling Application team as well as the roadmap and plan for Drilling Application platforms and solutions, from Technology Development, NPD to Maintenance and Customer orders; meeting needs in product- and project roadmaps. The application team is responsible for booms, feeds, drill units, rod- and bolt handling systems, where we see increasing request for automation functionality. Work is done in close collaboration with other teams within R&D Drilling, Global R&D, SW-team and other functions such as Marketing, Sourcing, Technical Service and Production.
An important part of the role is being member of the R&D Drilling management team, where we value differences and bringing new perspectives and experiences to the team.  As a member of the R&D Drilling management team you will contribute to leading the entire organization towards our vision and strategy, where cultural journey, globalization, innovation and technology transitions as important examples.
Location and travel
Location for this position will be in Örebro, hybrid work possible in agreement with your manager. Global travel will be included in the role. In case a candidate from a different country applies and is successful, Swedish local terms and conditions will apply.
Life at Epiroc
By joining our team, you can expect an atmosphere of creativity, innovation, and workplace diversity. You will be a part of a group of skilled, dedicated, and helpful colleagues who live by our core values: Collaboration, Commitment, and Innovation. We work in a global environment with over 113 different nationalities!
In addition to the fact that we have a culture that is characterized by development combined with having a good balance between work and leisure, there are some things that makes us a little extra proud to work at Epiroc:  
* Global career opportunities
* Epiroc University, for your own competence development
* Community involvement
* Benefits package, which amongst other things include flexible working hours and bonus.

Application and contact information
In this recruitment process we review applications continuously. Welcome with your application as soon as possible by creating an account in our recruitment system. Last day to apply for this position is 2023-03-07. In this recruitment process we are reviewing applications continuously.
For questions about the position please contact hiring manager: Global R&D Manager Drilling, Martin Hellberg 070-6337003 or martin.hellberg@epiroc.com
For questions about the recruitment process or application please contact: Recruitment specialist, Maria Tedsjo, maria.tedsjo@external.epiroc.com.

Your profile
We are looking for you, who has Leadership experience and the right skills to challenging, motivate and coaching the team. Experiences within management team, developing efficient teams as well as working in and leading Global organization are meritorious. You have a strategical- and holistic capability and a technical understanding. You are customer centric, target driven and a collaborative team player and we hope that you are curious, and like us, dare to think new. Competence in mechanical design, FEA-analysis, simulation, control system, automation, robot technology seen as meritorious but not mandatory. We are a global organization with colleagues in Sweden, India and China, why verbal and written English is a requirement in the role.