Research manager corrosion to Sandvik Materials Technology

RESEARCH MANAGER CORROSION PROPERTIES

ARE YOU A PASSIONATE LEADER WITH A SOLID CORROSION RESEARCH BACKGROUND THAT MOTIVATES YOUR TEAM WITH A DRIVE FOR MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY? – THEN, YOU’VE COME TO RIGHT PLACE!
At Sandvik Materials Technology (SMT), our mission is much more than delivering good products, technology, and processes - working together to develop solutions based on our customers' needs and thus achieve our business goals, is a better way to describe our daily work. With curious employees and safety as our priority, we create a work environment where you can develop both personally and professionally.
SMT is on an exciting journey towards becoming a standalone company and will be listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm on August 31, 2022. On the day of listing, SMT will be renamed Alleima.
With a clear direction for our journey ahead, utilizing our position as a technology leader, progressive customer partner, and sustainability driver, we aim to become an even stronger company in our industry.
Are you ready to take on this challenge together with us? Join us on our journey!
You’ll be a part of our Strategic Research function, which is a central core at SMT supporting all three divisions, Tube, StripTech and Kanthal. Together, we work with long-term strategic goals, to develop the company in a materials evolution direction. You’ll be reporting to Mattias Klockars, Director Strategic Research Labs and be a part of the Strategic Research management team to ensure cross-functional collaboration and business development.
You will lead and develop a team of 4 skilled engineers and laboratory technicians. Together, the team host advanced equipment for Corrosion testing such as electrochemical corrosion, stress corrosion, and immersion corrosion testing. Alongside conducting material analysis an integral part of our work is devoted to method development to support our research projects.
As Research Manager you involve your team in planning and follow-up the unit's goals and assignments, both as a team and individually. You will develop and adapt your team’s ability regarding instrumentation, test methods and competence to meet the needs in our research agenda and to support our production and market teams. You will continue building on the strength in the team by enabling best practice and sharing of competence as well as structured collaboration. You will also manage annual budget and financial targets, actively work with HSE&S and drive continuous improvement initiatives. As part of your strategic agenda, you will develop external collaborative initiatives with research institutes, universities and other companies.
The team is relatively small and operational corrosion specialist tasks will be part of the assignment where you actively participate in research and development projects. Furthermore, you ensure that our methods are developed based on the new needs that arise and supervise colleagues regarding corrosion testing and contribute with your corrosion knowledge where the need arises. You are an important piece of the puzzle in identifying investment needs and running investment cases as well as in the work of identifying and implementing improvements in our processes.
Who are you?
We are looking for someone with a can-do attitude, a structured mindset, an engaging leadership and a solid background in corrosion science of Stainless steels, nickel base alloys and special metals, who seeks a dynamic workplace where you can develop both your team and yourself! You thrive in an environment where continuous improvement and collaboration is key to further develop the business. You are a committed leader with the ambition of leading a team with many stakeholders, such as research engineers, technicians and managers on the client side, that motivate and empower others through clear communication and feedback.
Since you will lead a team with unique personalities and backgrounds you speak and write fluently in either Swedish or English.
Get in touch!
This role is based in Sandviken, Sweden, with possibilities to work from home a day per week. Are you curious to know more, we look forward hearing from you!
Send your application no later than June 13th, 2022. Read more about Sandvik and apply at www.sandvik.com/career. Job ID: R0034466
Are you interested in learning more about this exciting position? Please contact:
Mattias Klockars Director, Strategic Research Labs +46 (0)70 602 05 60
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact:
Stian Pharo, HR Generalist SMT Staff Functions +46 (0)70 240 68 97


Union contacts – Sweden


Maria Sundqvist, Akademikerföreningen, +46 70 651 73 81
Kjell-Åke Klockervold, Ledarna, +46 70 314 24 43
Mikael Larsson, Unionen, +46 70 307 30 48
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Sandvik Materials Technology is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a world-leading manufacturer of high value-added products in advanced stainless steels and special alloys as well as products for industrial heating. The cutting-edge expertise is based on an integrated production platform and industry-leading metallurgy and R&D​​. In 2021, sales were approximately 13.4 billion SEK with about 5,500 employees.