Strategic Project Manager

Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a Project Manager to join our stellar team in Stockholm/Skellefteå.

You will be a part of the Northvolt Ett Program team in expanding and ramping up a subset of the factory safely within budget and on schedule. Responsibilities will cover both the design and execution phases to ensure successful installation and start-up of plant whilst coordinating long term planning for future factory growth. Coordination of Northvolt and contractor resources to ensure successful completion of the project.

In joining us you will play an important part from the very start in building one of the first large scale European battery factories. Northvolt will play an important role in the transformation to a carbon free society.

The Project Manager will be in charge of defining and deploying the strategic aspects of the project during the design phase and measure its progress. As leader of the unit you will have the opportunity to build a competent and dependable team from scratch, capable to scale Northvolt’s operations in Sweden and beyond. You will be in charge of setting up and executing the long term goals reporting to the management.

The unit will primarily support the company to find the most efficient way of producing cells.

You will be working intimately with almost all teams; design, procurement, finance, construction, logistics, legal and process.

In general you have a long experience in the field and have been driving large, innovative and challenging cross functional projects.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

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Responsible for a strategic subset of the program throughout all phases of the project – Basic and detailed Design, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and Startup.

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Managing Project teams (Design, Procurement, Process, Construction and Automation teams) and Northvolt partners (integrators , installation partners ...) ; and monitoring schedule and cost progress.

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Interface management (between CSA, MEP, Clean & Dry room and equipment installation)

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Planning and coordination of basic and detailed engineering design. Flag issues early which could impact schedule and costs and put actions in place to mitigate.

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Monitor Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental performance.


The person we are looking for is a great project manager, who is curious, proactive and goes beyond expectation. You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story in Sweden (to start with) and see the results of your work. Our organization requires and values great self-discipline and a natural talent to make things happen. Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, sense of quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humor. The project manager is a vital member of the program team and key to Northvolt's mission to enable the future of energy.

Apply with CV and cover letter or your complete LinkedIn profile.

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

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A relevant university degree (B.Sc. / M.Sc. or similar). Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree preferred but not required

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Preferably 5+ years of well-rounded project &/or strategy experience in factory construction (design, construction and commissioning phases), as Project/Strategy Manager or Project Engineer on multidiscipline projects.

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Industrial background – Advanced Manufacturing, Chemical Processing, Oil & Gas, Mining, Mineral Processing or similar

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Worked in multi-cultural environment before

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Fluency in written and spoken English

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Experience working with MS Office


Bonus points for:

- Fluency in other languages like Japanese, Swedish, Chinese or French
- Experience in clean and dry rooms


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.