Mechanical Engineering Manager

Northvolt

Skellefteå, Sweden

About the job

The Mechanical Engineering Manager provides technical guidance and leadership to all Ett personnel within their assigned discipline. They will provide standard work processes, procedures, guides and drawings for the Ett program of works within their disciplines. They will conduct audits of critical works to ensure the designs are complete, compliant with applicable codes and standards, Ett guidelines, of adequate quality to support downstream functions, and to eliminate wasteful overdesign. They will stay up to speed on current technologies within their discipline and will provide technical training and workshops for their assigned personnel.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to

Development and implementation of all procedures, standards and guides associated with the disciplines under their purview;
Identifying all applicable codes and standards to be followed within their disciplines and ensuring same are incorporated into all Ett designs;
Hiring of new personnel within their disciplines;
Assignment of discipline personnel to projects based on staffing plans developed by the projects;
Annual performance reviews of all personnel within their disciplines;
Conducting audits of critical deliverables to ensure appropriate quality and completeness;
Maintaining a discipline staffing plan for the Ett program of works within their discipline, including start and finish dates;
Oversee discipline training and development plans;
Coach and mentor discipline personnel;
Review of project baselines and execution plans, including estimated quantities, cost and schedule;
Technical bid evaluations for respective disciplines/scopes of work;
Acceptance of conceptual, basic and detailed designs executed internally or by third party;
Development of lessons learned within respective disciplines;
Attending weekly Engineering staff meetings;
Other duties as assigned by the Engineering Director.

Personal Success Factors

The person we are looking for is driven, caring and structured. You thrive by leading others and work towards common goals. You are used to a high paced work environment and got good time management skills. Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, sense of quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humor.

Skills & Requirements

We believe that you have:

An engineering degree from a recognized university;
A minimum of 15 years of experience designing heavy industrial facilities;
Experience managing design teams, including subcontractors, to execute facility design;
Experience in development of work processes and design guides;
Experience conducting audits of designs to ensure adherence to identified codes and standards, and Ett guidance;
Experience of designing industrial buildings according to European and Swedish codes and safety standards;
Experience on brownfield and greenfield projects;
Experience in all project design phases, from concept to basic and detailed design;
Experience of following design projects through to construction phase;
Experience of site based engineering roles;
Experience with setting up work methods and procedures, work with process evaluation and documentation.