Lean Manufacturing Engineer (Production Area Specific)

• Applications are considered on a rolling basis

Job Description

We are looking for a driven engineer to join us in our mission to contribute to a greener future. The role is part of our passionate operations team based in Skellefteå. By joining us, you will be a key player in building one of the first large scale European battery factories.

The Lean Manufacturing Engineer will lead and participate in the development and training of Northvolt Excellence systems and related methodologies and standards. You will be in charge of coaching, deploying and driving Lean principles, methods and standards in the manufacturing environment as well as the support practices. You will be in charge of developing and executing the Excellence system and Lean implementation Roadmap with site management.

Key responsibilities within the Lean Manufacturing Engineering role include but are not limited to:

• Implementation and deployment of new Excellence systems and standards within specified area
• Establish work measurement programs and analyze work samples to develop labor utilization standards
• Develop collective lean tool box, i.e. 5S, SMED, Takt, Kaizen, Kanban and flow etc and assure instruments are available to lean project participants
• Develop job standardizations and work principles to ensure efficient production
• Working with production engineers to create educational content (including writing of instructions, procedures and standardised methods)

Personal Success Factors we are looking for:

• Has the ability to take decisions and calculated risks even in high pressure, uncertain environments
• Is willing to push beyond conventional methodologies and ways of thinking
• Team player, contributes with passion and energy
• Ability to learn about different cultures and work in an international environment

Apply with CV in English or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary. Planned starting date is asap.

Skills & Requirements

Knowledge /Experience:

• A Bachelor degree of Science in Mechanical-, Industrial-, Production-, Electrical- or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent or 3+ years experience in Production management.
• More than 4 years experience in manufacturing
• More than 2 years experience in Lean teams, or similar
• Experience with excellence systems
• Six sigma education is a plus

Specific Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent English written and oral skills, Swedish is a plus
• Excellent in Lean philosophies and related methodologies
• Strong ability to understand and manage OEE improvement work
• Experiences in 5S, SMED, Standard work, VSM, Takt, Kaizen, etc.

About the company

Northvolt makes green batteries for a blue planet. Affordable cells and high-quality battery systems. All manufactured with a record-low carbon footprint. Purposely built to provide Europe with the opportunity to switch to renewable energy – efficiently and entirely.

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 batteries so great – they will one day make oil history.

Northvolt is growing fast. We’re staffing our international office in Stockholm, our R&D facility, Northvolt Labs, in Västerås, as well as our Gdansk facility for production of battery systems. We're also hiring for our gigafactory Northvolt Ett in Skellefteå, Sweden. We want to work with smart individuals 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.