Mechanical Design Manager

Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a Mechanical Design Manager to join us in our mission to contribute to a greener future. The role is a part of our passionate teams either in Västerås or Borlänge. By joining us, you will be a key player in ramping up Campus Labs in Västerås or Kvarnsveden Site in Borlänge, and contribute to building one of the first large scale European battery factories.

About the job
You will have the overall responsibility to manage the Mechanical design for all facilities and infrastructure projects in Västerås or Borlänge, through all project design stages i.e. concept, basic, detailed, as-built and final handover to the Operations and Maintenance teams.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Gather requirements from end users and define mechanical requirements for the design of the facilities and infrastructure.
- Lead the mechanical design during all project design phases.
- Identify and support opportunities for cost savings, efficiency and business improvement.
- Support the Project Design Coordinator in the preparation of scope of work documentation, design development and change management process the projects.
- Work with the Northvolt Group Construction engineering team in the development of design guidelines, technical specifications, and procedures.
- Provide mechanical engineering technical support at design, procurement, commercial, construction and commissioning phases.

The person we are looking for is self-driven, caring and structured. You thrive by collaborating with others towards common goals. You are used to a high paced work environment and got good time management skills. Qualities that we cherish are self-initiative, flexibility, sense of quality, friendliness, respect, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humor.

Northvolt is an equal opportunity employer. We're a diverse group of individuals, united by a common mission, who recognize that while our actions as individuals have a role to play in driving Northvolt towards its goals, we always seek to move forward as a team. We offer you an open and welcoming atmosphere where we win as a team – and fail as a team. Northvolt is growing at the speed of light and we are a strong believer in internal career development.

Apply with CV in english or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary.
Planned starting date is asap.
We believe that you have:

- Bachelors or Master’s in Mechanical engineering
- +10 Experience in design of mechanical systems such as HVAC, district cooling/heating, plumbing, and piping, preferably for large scale industrial projects.
- +5 Experience in leading mechanical engineering design work from concept stage to hand-over, preferably for large scale industrial projects
- Knowledge of Swedish/European regulations and norms
- Fluent English communication skills.
- Computer literacy (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project)
- Good understanding of BIM, Revit and Navisworks environments

Bonus points for:

- Experience in design of clean and dry rooms.
- Experience and interest in manufacturing industry
- Fluency in other languages (Japanese, Swedish, Chinese, French)
- Experience from a multi-cultural environment


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 gigafactory Northvolt Ett in Skellefteå, Sweden. 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.