Materialhandler to Labs in Västerås

Northvolt’s goal is to develop the world’s greenest batteries to ensure the transition towards renewable energy. With recycling and innovation in focus, Northvolt wants to defeat climate change without compromising on ecosystems, overuse of natural resources or pollution of water and land. Northvolt prepares and leads the change for the next generation of environmental thinking!

In a fast-paced and changing world where environmental awareness and electrification are increasingly in focus, the batteries of the future will have a major impact. Tomorrow's energy sources require new solutions, developed by driven, knowledgeable and curious employees.

Do you want to contribute with knowledge and work experience on the journey towards a more sustainable future? Do you want to be part of the work at one of the largest battery factories in Europe?

Then we have the job for you at Northvolt Labs in Västerås!

Key-responsibilities includes but are not limited to:

As a Materialhandler, you will be responsible for loading and unloading materials in accordance with current routines and guidelines. You will also handle waste materials. This role also includes controls and packaging.

The daily work includes updating data in the systems, following up and acting on system deviations and communicating deviations to internal parties and also analyzing and communicating results to these. Furthermore, you will participate and contribute to process development and improvement work.

In your role as Materialhandler, your main tasks will involve:

- Loading and unloading
- Control and packaging
- Continuous work with improvements

About our future colleague…

To thrive in the role of Materialhandler, we believe that you have previous work experience in the logistics area with a focus on material supply. If you have previous experience of similar tasks and process industry, you will be able to contribute to the business. If you have worked within dry-rooms and clean-rooms in your previous work, that’s an advantage.

You also have previous experience of working with improvement work. You have good knowledge of the Office-package and experience of working with IT tools. You feel comfortable communicating in both Swedish and English, in speech and writing. It is an advantage if you have additional language skills.

To thrive in this role, you have the ability to operate and maintain both processes and relationships. You have a pro-active approach and are stimulated by solving problems. As a person, you are communicative, results-oriented, service-oriented and comfortable working both independently and in groups. We also see that you have a strong commitment, drive and good ability to prioritize among your daily tasks.

We put great focus on personal suitability.

Requirements for this role:

- Truck certificate A+B
- Completed safety training
- Be able to communicate freely in English in speech and writing
- To be able to work in shifts


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!