HSE Controller

Northvolt has an exciting job offer for an HSE controller to join our stellar team in Skellefteå.

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.

The HSE controller will spend most of the time in the field on site and plan, coordinate and conducting safety inspections and identify workplace hazards and correct them before they cause accidents.

In general you have proven experience as a safety worker or similar and good knowledge in workplace health and safety legislation, rules, regulations and reporting processes

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Lead daily Coordination Meetings between our contractors.
- Check and support the construction within area of ​​responsibility, so that it complies with all current safety regulations and that all employees are aware of HSE requirements and are prepared to follow HSE procedures.
- Follow-up to actions that errors noted from safety rounds are fixed.
- Giving permit and controlling hot work.
- Checking barriers and fences around dangerous areas.
- Control and maintain emergency and HSE equipment.
- Perform inspections regarding fire and safety risks or hazards and recommend corrective action.
- Responsibility for fire prevention, secure escape routes, emergency lighting equipment to extinguish fires.
- Hazardous waste management.
- Collects data and reports on all HSE and accident events.
- Support to perform risk assessments.
- Perform checks to ensure that personal has right PPE and permits to use them (eg Sky-lift, fall protection, etc.).
- Control that contractors have done all Risk Assessments.

The person we are looking for is strongly goal oriented, 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 a natural talent to make things happen. The HSE controller is a vital member of the Construction team and 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

- Proven experience as safety worker or similar.
- Working knowledge of and experience with workplace health and safety legislation, rules, regulations and reporting processes.
- Experience from construction or industry.

Specific Skills/Abilities

- Driver's licence for car.
- Approved certificate for Hot Work.
- Speaks and reads Swedish, as well as English. Additional language is an advantage.
- Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet and email software.

Personal success factors

- Strong interest in occupational health and safety.
- With a keen eye for detail, that identify potentially dangerous situations and take decisive action to prevent them.
- A natural problem solver who are comfortable handling conflict and can manage violations of health and safety rules efficiently and effectively.
- Happy and self-driven. Responsible, structured, enterprising and goal oriented.
- Can work outdoor all year long, sometime at high altitude and in tight spaces.


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.

Join us today. Together, let’s enable the future of energy!