Production Engineer

• Applications are considered on a rolling basis
• On-site

Job Description

Production Engineer is the main bridge between commissioning phase and production ramp up. They will work closely with the Process Engineers as Process Team finalize commissioning and prepare the production team to take over the lines. Once the production has started, the Production Engineer is reviewing performance and yield of the lines and launch projects to reduce the top losses in both categories. As the initial full data collection for performance and yield is not yet available, the Production Engineering group will work to enhance the data collection strategy while simultaneously working with the information available.

This role will allow you to enhance/increase your current understanding of the equipment and process and utilize it to create a path to a zero-loss concept to optimize the line and maintain quality performance.

Key responsibilities:

• Review loss data and identify top losses.
• Deep root cause analysis of top losses.
• Participating in project launch.
• 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.

Skills & Requirements

The person we are looking for is a team player, highly motivated, curious, and eager to learn. You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story in Sweden (to start) and see the tangible results of your work. Our organization requires and values great self-discipline, a sense of ownership and natural talent to make things happen.

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Requirements:

• BSc or MSc degree in mechanical or chemical engineering.
• 3+ years of relevant work experience within production and engineering related fields.
• Familiar with QA troubleshooting tools.
• 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 background problem solving background.
• Detailed root cause analysis skills.
• Familiar with OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) metric.

Please note that any applications submitted via email or direct messaging will not be considered.

About the company

Northvolt makes green batteries for a blue planet. Affordable, sustainable, and high-quality cells and battery systems. Built to enable the future of energy.

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 the world’s greenest batteries.

Northvolt is growing fast. We’re looking for smart people 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!