Maintenance Engineer

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

Job Description

We are looking for a dedicated Maintenance Engineer to join us in our mission to contribute to a greener future. The role is a part of our excellent/bold/passionate Maintenance team based in Västerås. By joining us, you will be a key player in establishing Northvolt Labs and contribute to building one of the first large scale European battery factories.

About the job As maintenance engineer you will be a part of establishing maintenance routines and learn from equipment suppliers as well as the commissioning teams in order to become an expert within the factory. Your role will include the execution of preventative maintenance in collaboration with operators as well as being reactive to perform corrective maintenance when needed. This role is for you who always is eager taking things apart, who isn’t afraid to work with your hands and working towards the root cause and solving the problem.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Interface with operators, technicians and other production personnel to understand and communicate improvements that needs to be done and has been done
• Take the lead in developing and optimize maintenance programs for equipment
• Train others in maintenance specific tasks
• Follow up on performance of reliability of the equipment
• Make cost and spend analysis of the equipment
• Responsible for larger reinvestments when needed
• Set up long term maintenance activities
• Evaluation of needed spare parts of the equipment
• Together with the rest of the team, being a key player to develop and maintain a safe work environment
• Participate in the process when new equipment arrives
• Follow up KIP:s and analyse for improvement

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.

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

Skills & Requirements

We believe that you have :

• A Bachelor’s degree engineering or any related fields
• Minimum of 2 years working experience in maintenance or production
• Excellent English written and oral skills
• Elementary computer literacy (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Bonus points for:

• Good technical knowledge about mechanical, automation, hydraulic and pneumatics
• Proven skills in working with continuous improvements in industrial environment
• Hot work certificate

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!