Lead Engineer

Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a lead engineer. In joining us you will play an important part from the very start in developing a new generation of large-scale European battery factories. Northvolt will play an important role in the transformation to a carbon-free society, and this is your opportunity to take part in leading those efforts and help drive us to success.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Review loss data and identify top losses
• Lead deep root cause analysis of top losses
• Lead improvement activities for Production as they are identified
• Project launch to eliminate top losses
• Documentation review to ensure proper documentation package is available post-commissioning
• Collaborate with Process Engineering to create handover requirements
• Facilitate a smooth transition between commissioning phase and ramp up/production phase
• Seniority and block lead role in defining block priorities for coordination, documenting processes, and corresponding improvements.
• Be involved in customer meetings to report about line status
• Lead DOEs
• Support, develop and train other Engineering colleagues in technical methods and ways of working
• Oversee and coordinate several process steps
• Subject matter expert in a specific field

Qualifications and experience:

• BSc or MSc degree in mechanical or chemical engineering
• 6+ years of relevant work experience within production and engineering related fields
• Experienced with QA troubleshooting tools
• Extensive successful track record of leading process improvement projects in a production factory
• Experience from scaling production in a fast-growing environment ideally in the Battery, Food, Pharma, Paper & Pulp, Semiconductor, Electrochemical or similar industry
• Curious, technically educated, and preferably with a strong business and problem solving background
• Experience and interest in design and commissioning
• Detailed root cause analysis skills
• Experience with OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) metric

Specific skills:

• Highly organized and result-driven
• Proactive and goes beyond expectations
• Exceptionally good negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Extremely detail oriented
• Has a "can-do" attitude and an entrepreneurial spirit
• Passionate & purpose-driven

Apply with CV in English or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary.

Planned starting date is ASAP.