We are looking for an experienced Chemical Process Manager to join us in our mission to contribute to a greener future. The role is a part of our passionate CAM (Cathode Active Materials) team based in Skellefteå or Västerås. By joining us, you will be a key player in establishing CAM and contribute to building one of the first large scale European battery factories.

About the job

Being the Manager of a team of process engineers for assigned CAM process area includes:

• Line management responsibility for the assigned process engineers
• Technical accountability for Process design of CAM facilities in Northvolt including:
• Industrialization of CAM recipes and concepts
• Development of technology and process improvements
• Process commissioning of new CAM facilities

About the team

Our CAM team is responsible for developing and producing our own Cathode Active Materials. We have both CAM and cell to allow strong iterative R&D and optimization of cell performance using tailored CAM properties. We have our first giga factory under the construction and started to team up to kick start engineering activities for our expansion plant. We are an agile, dynamic and autonomous team of highly skilled engineers and specialists seeking common goals!

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for the Process Engineering design and development
• Responsible as the technical authority for the assigned process area
• Responsible for Process area deliveries in projects, allocating resources into the project and program teams
• Establishment and running of relevant processes and forums to control the process engineering delivery
• Line management responsibilities for a group of process engineers:
• Leadership of the team in line with the wider CAM Process Engineering function
• Resource planning for the area team
• Recruitment and team management
• Team competence development and succession / progression planning

The person we are looking for is driven, caring and structured. You thrive by leading others and work towards common goals. You are used to a high paced work environment and got good time management skills. Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, sense of quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humour.

Northvolt is an equal opportunity employer. We're a diverse group of individuals, united by a common mission, who recognise that while our actions as individuals have a role to play in driving Northvolt towards its goals, we always seek to move forward as a team. We offer you an open and welcoming atmosphere where we win as a team – and fail as a team. Northvolt is growing at the speed of light and we are a strong believer in internal career development. For us it’s important to look at your skills and potential, please refrain form including your picture and age with your application to help us with this.

Apply with CV in English or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary.

Planned starting date is asap.

Skills & Requirements

We believe that you have :

• BSc or MSc degree in Chemical Engineering/Process Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of relevant work experience within high volume production in a related field.
• Proven supervisory and leadership skills.
• Successful track record of leading process development and project establishment in early initiation phase including feasibility basic and value engineering practices in complex chemical processes.
• Experience from scaling production in a fast-growing environment, ideally in the battery industry, mineral processing, chemical manufacturing, Pharma, Paper & Pulp, Electrochemical or similar industry.

Bonus points for:

• Experience and interest in manufacturing industry
• Fluency in other languages (Japanese, Swedish, Chinese, French)
• Experience from a multi-cultural environment