Manager Process Engineering

Manager Process Engineering, Perstorp

As a leading specialty chemicals innovator, we know little things make a powerful difference! Using nature’s tiniest building blocks, Perstorp has for more than a century worked to improve the daily lives of millions of people around the world with innovative chemistry. You will find us all the way from your car and mobile phone to towering wind turbines and the local diary farm and so on…

Perstorp completes a chain of solutions in organic chemistry, process technology and application development. Every aspect of our corporate culture is infused with our core values of focused innovation, reliability and responsibility. Simply put, we work to make good products even better, with a clear sustainability agenda. Today we have approximately 1350 employees worldwide in Asia, Europe and North America.

We are now looking for a driven Manager to our team of Process Engineers placed in Perstorp.

About the position:

Your main function is to lead and coordinate the team members and to consistently develop and further improve the performance of the team.

Your main assignments and responsibilities will be:

- Resource planning of the team members according to relevant work processes to ensure optimal usage of competences and to initiate a high personal development

- To coach and support team members in successful task completion (line as well as project) and more generally in career and competence development to match developing corporate needs

- To act as a technical resource within relevant field if applicable

- Engaging with strategic team, technical account manager, process owners and project managers to capture corporate needs as input for developing GTI (Global Technology & Investments) competence strategy and plan

- To liaise with process owners and project managers to monitor and ensure optimal workload for team members (securing a healthy work-life balance).

- To act as a role model within health and safety via the stated principles in GTI Health & Safety Policy and to strive to always improve the health and safety aspects to further enable Perstorp Careway.

In this role you´ll be responsible for personnel and budget of the relevant department and corresponding cost center. You´ll be responsible of recruiting new personnel, both consultants and Perstorp employees to safeguard necessary resources, and you will secure Perstorp´s inhouse access to relevant key and core specialist competences within the technical area. You adhere to and act as a role model for all the Perstorp leadership values and codes of conduct.

Your qualifications:

You have a Master´s degree or similar within the engineering field and proven capability of organizing and structuring complex assignments, preferably in technical projects, where you´ve gained an understanding of the challenges and the obstacles and pitfalls of such projects. Former experience of having a personnel responsibility is not an absolute requirement although you need a know-how in resource planning and in the coordination of work efforts, as well as a strong will to lead and/or to develop as a leader. Preferably you also have experience of change management with a fondness for innovation and new thoughts, possess strong interpersonal and collaboration skills and a work process-oriented mindset. You are committed, open-minded and responsive. Proficiency in English is required.

Our offer:

The Perstorp Group is a world leader in several sectors of the specialty chemicals market for a wide variety of industries and applications and at the same time offers the benefits of the small company with a warm and familiar culture where your contribution really will matter and be recognized! We can offer you an exciting work in an international environment where professionalism and personal development is highly valued. At Perstorp you will get a true opportunity to contribute and influence: what you do really counts and right now there are many interesting and challenging projects in the pipeline.

Application:

For more information about the position, please contact Linda Persson +46729779755Please send you application via Apply on-line not later than October 25 but please note that the position may be filled before the given date.