Health and safety engineer/specialist to join HSE-team in Manufacturing at

We are now looking for a healt and safety engineer to join our HSE-team in Manufacturing organization at Northvolt Ett, Skellefteå.

The HSE-team is a central resource for work environment and environmental related issues within the organization.
You, as an work environment engineer, will support the organization with your expertise in matters regarding occupational health and safety and work for continuous improvements. The work tasks includes constitute support regarding risk assessments, chemical exposure, investigations and legal requirements.

Another important part of your work will be to support the organization in integrating health and safety as part of the general culture in the workplace (safety culture).

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Work in close collaboration with managers and other parts of the organization to coordinate and drive the work with occupational health and safety as well as safety culture
- Lead and participate in risk assessment and investigations
- Contribute to, drive, develop and follow-up on the work done regarding systematic work environment
- Inform, train and coach leaders and employees in occupational health and safety
- Monitor and interpret changes in regulations, and have contact with authorities
- Manage and be superuser for existing systems regarding occupational health and safety

We are looking for a person who has a great interest in occupational health and safety in combination with continuous improvement.

You have an academic education as a work environment engineer, work environment specialist or similar, or alternatively have acquired corresponding knowledge through longer work experience.
You have good knowledge and/or experience of working with chemical risks, risk assessments, occupational health and safety measurements as well as legislation regarding work environment and its application.
Furthermore, knowledge of battery manufacturing, process industry, process safety and the Machine Directive are merited. Experience from the construction and civil engineering sector is also an advantage.

You are fluent in English and can write in both English and Swedish. Driver’s license class B is a required.

As a person, you are responsive and have good social skills. You like to switch between big and small tasks, strategically and operationally. You are trustworthy, solution-oriented, communicative and driving. You are used to creating and maintaining good relationships with others in your work.

You take your own initiatives and have a good ability to analyse information to find the root cause of complex problems and issues. Furthermore, it is required that you are structured and good at administration as the work often involves several work tasks in parallel.

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

Travel with associated overnight stays is included in the work. A training period in Västerås may be relevant.

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

Education/Experience

- Education as a work environment/occupational health engineer or equival ent skills acquired in another way.
- Proven experience as work environment engineer/specialist or coordinator ( 2-5 years) or similar.
- Working knowledge of and experience with workplace health and Swedish safety legislation, rules, regulations and reporting processes.
- Good knowledge of risk assessment.
- Good knowledge of chemicals
- Experience from construction or industry, maintenance and inspection.
- Experience in machine safety
- Knowledge of occupational health requirements and measurement
- Experience and interest in manufacturing industry is a plus


Specific Skills/Abilities

- Excellent English and Swedish written and oral skills, additional language is a plus
- Highly organized and result-driven
- Proactive and goes beyond expectations
- Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently
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Has a can do attitude and an entrepreneurial spirit

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Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management

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Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, sense of quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humor



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.