Senior Lean Manufacturing Engineer

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

Job Description

Northvolt is looking looking for a driven Senior Lean Manufacturing Engineer with different levels of experience to join us in our mission to contribute to a greener future. The role is part of our Production Excellence Team based in Västerås, Sweden. By joining us you will have a key role in building and implementing Northvolt Excellence System.

About the Job You will work hand in hand with our operational teams on driving improvement projects, training and coaching the organisation on problem solving, and creating value by finding and removing waste. You will have opportunities to work with everything from detailed improvements in production, quality and various other operational topics to designing and implementing processes and system improvements. Further, you will contribute to writing our book on excellence and training the organisation in our ways of working.

Key responsibilities:

- Executing VSM according to safety, quality, delivery, cost KPIs and highlighting bottlenecks to organization, - Data collection (OEE, CT, WIP..) and efficiency analysis, doing regular reporting of capacity - Performing time studies to develop labor utilization standards. - Upskilling of shop floor staff and engineers with creation of training material for general Lean practices -Developing and executing Value Stream Mapping, Standardized Work, Daily shopfloor management,5S,SMED,Kaizen system etc. - Being the voice of Labs for KPI discussions - Setting customer project targets on KPI trends and following the performance during serial production by participating the meetings - Lead line side improvement projects relating to production systems, operational efficiency and OEE losses. - Creating special training concepts and executing the trainings to manager levels - Collaboration between different NV sites

Requirements:

Educational background and previous experience required for the role.

• A Bachelor degree of Science in Mechanical, Industrial, Production or Manufacturing Engineering
• Min. 5 years experience in production engineering or industrial engineering
• Automative industry experience is a big plus
• Proven experience especially in VSM, 5S, Standard work, OEE, Workload model, Kaizen studies, etc.
• Strong ability and a proof to understand and manage OEE improvement work
• Good presentation skills based on data
• Six sigma belt education is required

Specific skills:

• Excellent English written and oral skills, Swedish is a plus
• Highly organized and result-driven
• Driven in setting up and leading training
• Having coaching & mentoring skills
• Strong communication with stakeholders
• Open minded for the development and challenges
• Eager to be in shopfloor where the value is created

Personal success factors:

• Flexible and communicative personality
• Shows grit and determination in finding the best situational solutions.
• Has a can do-attitude and honest
• Driven and motivated

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!