Shift Manager

• Applications are considered on a rolling basis

Job Description

Join Northvolt's journey and become a member of our Production Shift Managers team at our gigafactory in Skellefteå, Sweden. We're on the lookout for driven individuals with manufacturing industry experience to help us in the production of the world's greenest lithium-ion batteries.

As a Production Shift Manager at Northvolt, you'll have the unique opportunity to be at the forefront of building one of Europe's largest battery factories and contribute to the global transition towards a carbon-free society. Our mission is ambitious, and we need passionate individuals like you to help us achieve it.

At Northvolt, you'll be part of a rapidly expanding company fuelled by innovation and a dynamic atmosphere. Working in our cutting-edge facility, you'll be immersed in new technologies and surrounded by a team of dedicated professionals.

Collaboration is key at Northvolt. As a Shift Manager, you'll work closely with other managers, maintenance experts, quality assurance teams, and environmental specialists to ensure seamless operations. Leading a team of 15-50 employees, you'll play a vital role in driving success and shaping our future processes. We value creativity, initiative, and personal growth, striving to foster a supportive work environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Join us in our quest to create the world's most sustainable and inclusive workplace. Make your mark with Northvolt and be part of something extraordinary.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Take lead in building your shift teams by supporting in recruiting, specifically by interviewing candidates in close collaboration with the manufacturing recruitment team
• Develop and support your team in becoming great at what they are supposed to do by on-boarding, training and developing them - we believe in rotation of work duties for competence development
• Ensure your team has everything they need to ensure that SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), WIs (Work Instructions) and other policies are followed
• Suggest and implement improvements - individually and with your team
• Follow up shift performance and act on deviations
• Report deviations affecting the production and perform risk analysis to solve underlying issues

Apply by filling out the application form.

Full time employment, fixed base salary + shift allowance and overtime pay.

Planned starting date is asap.

Skills & Requirements

• High school diploma/engineering degree or other relevant education
• Minimum of 2 years of experience from manufacturing industry, where you have successfully worked with tasks described in the key responsibilities
• Experience from leading others
• Good understanding of importance of safety and quality and the ability to make others understand and act according to this importance
• Good English both written and oral skills, basic Swedish and other languages skills is seen as a plus
• High work ethic, critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Qualities that we cherish in all Northvolt employees are flexibility, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges and grit. In the team you will find passionate and purpose driven colleagues who all work for a more sustainable future.

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.