Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a Process Quality Technician to join our passionate Quality team to support our electrode production line in Northvolt Ett, our Gigafactory located in Skellefteå.

The Process Quality Technician will be in charge of product quality compliance in our production line. You will be responsible for confirming key quality attributes of intermediate products and processes, identifying and responding to non-conformity issues in production.

The Process Quality Technician will work closely with production staff and Process Quality Engineers. While working in shifts is not required at this point, this situation is expected to change as operations ramp up. Flexibility and willingness to do overtime to cover production peaks is expected. Primary goal for this position is to help ensure quality along all production steps and product outcome to create a stable process environment during production.

In general, you have experience in quality control and relevant technical applications- previous experience in a production environment is a plus. Moreover, you are skilled in implementing production quality principles and methodology.

You will be responsible for ensuring that production processes and products meet the Northvolt's and Customers' quality specifications, defining in-line problems and recommending and following-up on improvements.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Follow the controls defined in the Control Plan
• Inspect rejects and suspect parts from the production line. Document as appropriate. Raise and close Non-Conformities
• Escalate when a critical defect occurs and conduct first-level-investigation on the root cause, including facilitate special/non standardized sample inspection
• Participation in containment actions
• When applicable, identify new failure type to be included in Failure Catalogue (FC)
• Training operators in quality related tasks
• Make sure that material that should be scrapped is correctly labeled and communicate the decision so the responsible can execute the scrapping action. Make sure that quarantine area is in orderly condition
• Participate in pulse / shop floor meetings and in the shift hand over
• Engage in regular line audits as scheduled

The person we are looking for is strongly goal oriented, curious and eager to learn. Drive and passion are coded in your DNA. You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story in Sweden and see the results of your work. Our organisation requires and values great self-discipline and a natural talent to make things happen. The Process Quality Technician is a vital member of the Quality and Production teams 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

Education/Experience

• Bachelor ́s degree (or technical school degree) in Chemical or Material Engineering or equivalent professional experience
• Experience from quality control and assurance on the manufacturing shop floor
• Experience in yearly, monthly, weekly and up to date reporting
• Experience with high volume serial manufacturing processes
• Expert in non-conformity management and problem solving methodology
• Hands on proven experience in SPC and process capabilities
• Specific knowledge of quality management systems, e.g. ISO 9001, IATF16949, TQM
• Curious, technically educated and preferably with a strong business awareness

Specific Skills/Abilities

• Excellent English written and oral skills, Swedish is a plus
• Highly organized and results driven
• Eye for details
• Proactive and goes beyond expectations
• Able to learn and acquire new information and skills very quickly
• Exceptionally good problem-solving skills
• Has a "can do" attitude and an entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently
• Ability to work in a high profile and often high-pressure international environment
• Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, sense of quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humor
• Passionate & purpose driven