Production Manager

Production Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead, motivate, and develop the team to maximize their potential. Provide training, succession planning, and performance monitoring to ensure a highly skilled workforce aligned with company goals.
• Develop and implement annual operating plans and budgets, optimize plant productivity, manage resources efficiently, and coordinate with stakeholders to meet business objectives and customer expectations.
• Oversee process design, review PFDs, P&IDs, and mass/energy balances, participate in hazard analysis, and ensure compliance with industry standards for operational efficiency and safety.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, assess and integrate new technologies, implement quality management systems, and optimize plant efficiency with cost-effective solutions.
• Collaborate with the Maintenance Department to develop strategies minimizing plant downtime while ensuring smooth and sustainable operations.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations, manage budgets and procurement processes to optimize cost control, and maintain continuous plant operations.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in engineering with strong knowledge of DRI plant operations, metallurgy, thermodynamics, kinetics, and fluid dynamics.
• Extensive leadership experience in high-demand industrial environments, preferably in HBI/HDRI production, greenfield projects, startups, or commissioning.
• Strong understanding of process optimization, ISO systems (9001/14001/45001), and industry regulations to ensure operational efficiency and compliance.
• Keen analytical abilities, excellent problem-solving capabilities, and exemplary technical writing skills to support decision-making and documentation.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills, with fluency in English; basic Swedish is an advantage.