Maintenance Engineer - Northvolt Ett (Skellefteå)

Northvolt is establishing it's first mass-production facility in Skellefteå and in joining us you will play an important part from the very start in building one of the first large scale European battery factories, and aid Northvolt and our customers in the transformation to a carbon free society. When old technology is phased out and overtaken by electrification in the coming years, batteries are going to become the differentiating factor.
Time has come to ramp up the recruitment of Maintenance personnel for Northvolt Ett in Skellefteå and we are looking for Maintenance Engineers, Maintenance Technicians & Mechanics, Controls & Instrumentation Technicians, Shiftleaders, among others. Exciting times lie ahead and in joining us you get the opportunity to create the future of energy.
You will be a part of establishing maintenance routines and learn from equipment suppliers as well as the commissioning teams in order to become an expert within the factory. Your role will include the execution of preventative maintenance in collaboration with operators as well as being reactive to perform corrective maintenance when needed.
These roles are for you who always loved taking things apart, who isn’t afraid to work with your hands and to problem solve, always working towards the root cause and solving the problem.
Experience and/or interest of mechanical systems, electrical systems, automation or instrumentation is a merit.


Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Assure Safe conditions with Lock Out Tag Out Try Out according routines when having repairs or inspections of equipment.
Perform risk analysis and issue permits according to Northvolt routines.
Take proper and fast action when having failures and deviations affecting the production.
Work proactively with the operators to enable continuous operator maintenance.
Execution of preventative and corrective maintenance.
Follow maintenance plans
Ensuring and leading the work with Safety, Quality, Environment and Improvement work according to Northvolt routines and legislation together with your shift team.
Creating a good working environment with inclusion, motivation, engagement, creativity, good communication and high ambitions.
Establishing a good culture where all of us work together to provide the best solutions to employees, customers, suppliers, owners and thereby the best to Northvolt.
Always strive to improve with focus on safety, quality, environment and production efficiency mainly towards but not limited to operator control central.
Continuous Improvement (CI) for shift team.
Giving positive and constructive corrective feedback to your own team members and other shift teams, in order to make room for improvements and development.
Enabling rotation of work duties, in order to develop the competence within the shift team.



The first people to join our Maintenance team are curious, eager to learn and real problem solvers. We are looking for team members that are strongly goal oriented, as well as good communicators. 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.


Education/Experience
+3 years of Safety experience from process industry working with permit procedures, Lock Out Tag Out, near miss reporting, safety audits, maintenance audits and daily following up on Safety actions.
+3 years of experience from Process Industry (battery/pulp and paper/food/chemicals/microelectronics/oil & gas/pharmaceutical processing or similar)
+2 years of experience in Maintenance Engineer position
Technical associate degree



Specific Skills/Abilities
Good English both written and oral skills.
Basic Swedish and other languages skills is seen as a plus.
Deep understanding and experience of equipment, piping, pumps, valves, control tools, chemicals, electronics.
Experience of general maintenance of machinery and equipment
Set up long term maintenance activities
Cost and spend analysis of the equipment
Evaluation of needed spare parts of the equipment
Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical issues
Take the lead in developing and optimize maintenance programs for equipment
Certifications and experience within clean/dry-room, hot works, radiation/laser safety, chemical safety or forklift is a merit.
High work ethic, multi-tasker, strong analytical ability and attention to details, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, accuracy, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges and grit.
Passionate and purpose driven, we work together for a more sustainable future.



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


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