Sektionschef

We are on an exceptional journey with new exciting projects and are looking for an experienced leader who has what it takes to lead in change and possess the kind of leadership that inspires people to walk the extra mile! DRIVE TRUST & EXPERTISE are our core values. Join us in our strive making the world safer!

Your role

You will lead and grow a team of mechanical engineers whose main responsibilities are related to mechanical design i.e. Outfitting & Furnishing, within our surface ship projects. The section's everyday life is filled with dialogue with various stakeholders within the organization such as R&D or Production. The team is located in Karlskrona, close to where our products are realized and built.

In this role, you will work in different projects closely together with the team members and have good opportunities to drive the team in an independent way. You will work together with your peer managers setting up strategic plans and line out the next generation strategy for our naval projects. As a leader, you will drive and motivate a highly engaged and experienced team and you will encourage them to take a big portion of personal responsibility and create a helping organization both within and outside your own section. You define individual and project related goals for all team members, and support them to succeed in their daily work.

You will report to Head of Vessel Systems and be a member of the management team where you take an active part in the strategic work, such as long-term planning, process development, team-to-team cooperation and technical roadmaps.

The main tasks are:

* Project responsibilities including resource planning, project progress follow-up for your team's activities and accountability for the team's deliveries in all projects.
* Responsible for the technical quality of your team deliveries.
* Responsible of the team's quotation work, line budget and project budget.
* Continuously improving work methods to improve quality.
* Manage line activities including performance management, salaries, competence and process development.
* Responsible of technical and competence roadmaps for your team and the team's technical area.


Your profile

We are looking for you who have a genuine interest in people and are solution-oriented, understanding the importance of interacting and working cross-functionally to find the best answers to complex problems. You have experience from developing complex mechanical products preferably in a large scale project set up. You have an agile mindset and are familiar with implementing continuous integration and deployment.

A success factor will be the ability to quickly get an overview and understand business, build networks and gain trust within the company. We believe you have a strategic thinking and is working in a structured and long-term way but can be flexible and take fast decisions when required. You have a great interest in leadership and driving business forward as well as a genuine technical interest. You are highly motivated and you have an ability to engage and enthuse your employees. You have the ability to understand and analyze technical problems and challenges within own technical area to advice coworkers, take decisions and setup technical roadmaps.

Required skills:

* MSc or BSc within mechanical engineering, naval design or equivalent experience within the area.
* Some years of experience in a leading position, leading engineers as line manager, team or project manager working with organizations in change and with large scale projects.
* Excellent communication skills in Swedish and English, verbal and written.

Desired skills:

* Good knowledge in one or more areas 3D-CAD, design for manufacturing, design of details / components in pipelines, sheet metal, welding, machining
* Knowledge and experience from naval applications

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

What you will be a part of

This is a chance to be part of a skilled, hard-working and helpful team in an open minded environment! Our approach is that everyone should be successful in their work. As a member of Vessel Systems management team, you work strategic together with your fellow managers. The team consists of experienced managers which all have the ambition to help each other to reach individual and common goals. Vessel Systems is a part of Design & Engineering at Business Unit Surface Ships and work from our offices in Karlskrona and Malmö.

At Saab we believe in work-life-balance. We hope you bring the experience to know the importance of good balance between work and free time and also when it´s important to put in an extra gear.

Business Area Kockums
Inside our leading naval factory


If you are interested in what benefits you can take part of as an employee at Saab in Sweden, you can read more about them here. Last application date is 1st of May; however kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement. Your application may be in Swedish or English.