Do you want to be part of introducing the world's first green and nitrate-free explosive? At Hypex Bio you will have the chance to create the future of the explosives industry with global reach, and make a real difference to the environment and the industry.
We can offer a challenging and exciting role where you get to use your interest in leadership, technology and project management. We welcome you to join our dedicated team and help us in our continued growth journey!
About the company
Hypex Bio is a Swedish company that has developed the world's first green and nitrate-free bulk explosive for civilian use. Our groundbreaking technology has gained global attention and our vision is to become a new industry standard for sustainable explosives. We need to continue to grow significantly to achieve a strong global presence, as there is a rapidly increasing demand for our product.
Job description
In the role of Site Manager at Hypex Bio's factory in Kankberg, you work to manage, motivate and support your employees to ensure that production, work environment and logistics work optimally. Examples of your main responsibilities and tasks include:
Personnel and budget responsibility
Ensure production and maintenance according to established routines
Our project representative in the collaboration with Boliden
Continuous development of routines and working methods
Support production when needed
Qualifications:
A minimum of 2 years management experience
Very good knowledge of Excel and the Office package
Fluent Swedish in speech and writing
Good English in speech and writing
B driving license
Additional:
Technical education
Experience in manufacturing or mining industry
Experience in project management
Experience in working with ERP systems
Experience in ISO 9001 or similar standard
Personal qualities
To succeed in the role you need to be responsible, self-driven, curious and positive. You are an active listener and enjoy improving and structuring our ways of working. You are a relationship-building, engaged and socially competent person who is able to spot opportunities and clearly communicate your ideas in large groups. You have a solution-oriented approach, listening skills and a willingness to improve existing working methods. You have a high level of risk awareness with an understanding and respect for instructions, laws and regulations.
As we are a small team, you need to be unpretentious and be prepared to take on mundane tasks such as cleaning or supporting production, while in the next moment you can take on regional responsibility to drive the business forward. We help each other where needed to achieve our ambitious goals.
We are a young and growing company so you will need to be patient as ways of working, processes and your role description evolve continuously, but your opinions will have an impact on the way forward.
We place great importance on your personal qualities and how they complement our team.
Other information
The position is a full-time position with an initial probationary period of six months. The workplace is Hypex Bio's facility next to the Kankberg mine in Boliden. Some possibility of remote work is available. Selection and interviews are ongoing and the position may therefore be filled before the deadline, please submit your application as soon as possible.
We apply competence-based and unbiased recruitment. We welcome applicants regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other beliefs, disability, sexual orientation or age.
We would like to inform applicants that Hypex Bio will perform pre-employment security screening for the specific position. According to the Act (2010:1011) on Flammable and Explosive Goods (LBE), persons involved in explosives handling must be approved by the competent authority. Such approval is necessary for employment with Hypex and constitutes a step in the recruitment process.
The deadline for applications is 2026-02-08.