(Senior) Industrial Engineer

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

Job Description

Northvolt has an exciting job possibility for a (Senior) Industrial Engineer, you will be a vital member of the Industrial Engineering team and key to Northvolt's mission to enable the future of energy. You will be working intimately with the Equipment Engineering & Process team to design and implement a highly automated production process both in terms of efficiency and quality.

You will be responsible to build up a global OEE Roadmap for all equipment in the value chain. You will perform work measurement studies as well as create & analyse the workload models for our upcoming Gigafactories. This data will be used to optimize gross margin through capacity improvement and streamline operations. Furthermore, you will analyse potential factory layouts and execute changes to optimize manufacturing capacities.

The Industrial Engineer provides high-quality decision support using Excel analysis, discrete event simulation, linear programming, and other methods. The role will require an in depth understanding of Industrial Engineering & Lean tools and you need to work closely with multiple stakeholders across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Build up a bottom-up OEE calculation for the whole value chain in the battery process
• Conduct work measurement studies for production equipment, conveyance, and human work to optimize operational efficiency and productivity for the engineering stakeholders
• Identify value-adding and non-value-adding tasks in manufacturing engineering concepts and streamline processes by providing line-balancing options and eliminating redundant tasks
• Design optimal buffers to ensure optimal performance
• Support high-level decision-making through linear programming, Monte Carlo simulations and simple excel data analysis
• Collaborate with the simulation team to provide key input data for 3-D modelling and occasionally develop discrete event simulation models to gain deeper understanding

The person we are looking for is strongly goal oriented, curious and eager to learn. Furthermore, you like to interact with multiple stakeholders on a regular basis and enjoy bringing people together. You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story in Sweden, Germany and Canada and see the results of your work. Our organization requires and values great self-discipline and a natural talent to make things happen.

Apply with CV and cover letter or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary.

Planned starting date is asap.

Skills & Requirements

Education/Experience

• Degree in Engineering (Industrial/Production/Manufacturing or similar).

• Track record of excellence in current and prior roles

• 5+ years of experience within a similar role

• Competency with Microsoft Office suite, specifically high proficiency with Excel

• Distinguishing experiences/skills: 2D/3D CAD, lean manufacturing, work measurement (e.g. MTM analysis), analytics (SQL, Tableau), discrete event simulation, operations research methods

• Must have worked in multi-cultural environment

Specific Skills/Abilities

• Excellent English written and oral skills

• Highly organized and result-driven

• Proactive and goes beyond expectations

• Has a can-do attitude and an entrepreneurial spirit

• Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management

• Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, sense of quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humour

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.