Senior Project Manager

We’re looking for a

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER - ELECTRIFICATION,
BU HEATING SYSTEMS, KANTHAL
Are you a business minded person with analytical traits and passionate about business success? If you’re excited by the challenge of managing our largest projects while contributing towards creating a sustainable and fossil-free world for the future, you might be the one we’re looking for. Together with us, you have a truly unique opportunity of directing the next phase of our journey and transforming this exciting area!
Kanthal is a world-leading brand for products and services in the areas of industrial heating technology and resistance material. We develop innovative solutions in creative partnerships with our customers, and with a strong commitment to reduce the environmental impact. With skilled people and pioneering technology, we support some of the world’s most exciting and biggest projects.
Your mission
In this role, you will be leading our largest Electrification Projects in the key industries around the world, contributing directly to our business growth. Your mission will be to manage full performance of every phase of a project or a group of projects with the Furnace Electrification area including the strategic & tactical planning, directing, supervising, and controlling all technical, fiscal and administrative contractual function.
With customer focus as your main objective - you will be a key person in our project execution and responsible for delivering on time commitments while demonstrating creativity, foresight, and mature judgement in anticipating and solving problems. You will be responsible for project execution plans for staffing, budgeting, scheduling, and establishing critical project objectives while applying your leadership skills to manage client and internal changes. You will Manage the production of engineering deliverables, administration of any subcontracted activities, and the overall safety, cost, schedule & quality of assigned projects. Your success will come from a communicative leadership, where you involve and engage team members and stakeholders.
We strive for a genuinely collaborative culture, and you contribute to a strategy that provides a clear direction for the business growth. We strongly believe in diversity and support inclusion across all dimensions. Together, we would contribute towards providing a diverse and inclusive work environment within Kanthal.
As the Project Manager, you will report to the Head of the Business Unit – Heating Systems and will share the responsibility of driving and developing our project business towards a strong and successful future.
Your profile
We’re looking for someone with a strong Project management background, preferably in mid/large scale EPC projects and have a proven track record of project planning, organization skills and a PMP certification. You have expertise in managing Commercial aspects of a project and solid experience of project risk and opportunity management. Your true willingness to collaborate and solid leadership skills is of great importance for us.
As we act both locally and on the global stage, you’re fluent in both written and verbal English.
Your personality truly makes the difference! You’re creative, entrepreneurial, and self-motivated and your professional style is based on creating trust through communication.
Job Location
Hallstahammar with flexibility to work from home 1-2 days a week.
We’re looking forward to meeting you!
Application
Send your application no later than 7th Nov 2021. Read more about Kanthal and apply at https://www.kanthal.com/en/about-us/careers/, Job ID: R0033181 If you wish to attach a cover letter to your application, please make sure to attach the file when uploading your resume. We will start the screening of applications from 25th Oct 2021 onwards while the application window is open.
For further information about this position, please contact:
Aaron Roy , Recruiting manager
Union Contacts:
Mikael Gunnarsson, Unionen, 0220-217 81
Petter Lindblom, Akademikerföreningen, 0220-216 63
Johan Baringson, Ledarna, 070-6162054
Recruiter:
Malin Hessel, 070-6162045
Business area Sandvik Materials Technology, in which Kanthal is incorporated, is a world-leading manufacturer of advanced stainless steels and special alloys for the most demanding industries. With a unique expertise in materials technology and extensive insight into industrial processes and applications, products and services are continuously developed to increase customer productivity and safety. Strong focus is on developing game changing materials for a sustainable future. For more information https://materials.sandvik.