Manufacturing Associate

Time has come to ramp up the recruitment of Manufacturing Associates for Northvolt Labs, our cutting-edge manufacturing line in Västerås. The strategy of Northvolt Labs is to meet the growing demand of green batteries at the same time as meeting high demands for customization from our customers. Northvolt Labs is a facility where we design, test, industrialize and qualify products before bringing it to large-scale production. Northvolt is a multi-cultural organization with 70+ nationalities which means that a lot of our daily work is executed in English. We work in teams and in collaborations with other teams within the company.

As a Manufacturing Associate you will control the equipment and process materials used in our production. You will work according to Northvolt values and routines. Safe operation production line is our highest priority and will therefore be a crucial part of any task in the lab. As an Manufacturing Associate you will work closely with other Shift Leaders, Production Manager, Safety, Quality, Environment, Maintenance and Process Teams. Working hours is nightshift continuously 22:00-06:00 Monday-Friday.

Exciting times lies ahead for the company and you will get a unique opportunity to enable the future of energy through being a part of and building the Northvolt-team. For the right person, this is a great chance to take their next career-step into becoming a Shift-leader, Engineer or Specialist Technician.

Key responsibilities

- Make sure that the production flows according to the production plan by operations.
- Report failures and deviations on equipment as well as conducting root cause analysis on various issues.
- Assure safe conditions through Lock Out Tag Out Try Out according to routines when having repairs or inspections of equipment.
- Perform risk analysis and issue permits according to routines.
- Actively participate in Safety, Quality, Environment and Improvement work according to Northvolt routines and legislation


Skills & Requirements

- +3 years of experience from process industry / Education within engineering
- We believe you have the experience from working with some of the following; permit procedures, Lock Out Tag Out, near miss reporting, safety audits, maintenance audits, process control systems, and daily following up on safety actions
- We believe that you have some leadership experience or leadership potential.
- Understanding of how to utilize the equipment to run efficient manufacturing with optimization of energy and costings.
- Administrative competence, ERP, work orders, mail, incident reporting.
- High work ethic, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Qualities that we cherish in all Northvolt employees are flexibility, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges and grit. In the team you will find passionate and purpose driven colleagues who all work for a more sustainable future.

Northvolt was founded in 2016 with the mission to build the world’s greenest battery cell, with a minimal carbon footprint and the highest ambitions for recycling, to enable the European transition to renewable energy. Northvolt’s team of experts is building the next generation battery cell factory focused on process innovation, scale and vertical integration. Once completed, it will be Europe’s largest battery cell factory and produce 32 GWh worth of capacity annually.

The future needs high-quality, green batteries. And it needs lots of them.

We are currently in an exciting fast-growing phase and operate in a busy, fast moving environment, dealing with a wide range of stakeholders. We are 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 are also preparing for upcoming positions at the main factory, Northvolt Ett, in Skellefteå.

We want to work with experienced battery experts as well as talented and purpose driven people from all kinds of disciplines to make this happen. Those of us already on board share a bold streak and a passion for our mission. We are prepared to work hard in pursuit of excellence. We enjoy the ride and our main drive is to make a difference for real. We are a team dedicated to thinking new, working hard and having fun. Join us today!