We are looking for a driven Senior Project Engineer to join us in our mission to contribute to a greener future. The role is a part of our bold and passionate PMO based in Stockholm who oversee Northolt’s delivery of new factories in Europe and North America as we scale up our production capacity. By joining us, you will be a key player in ensuring our projects are delivered using consistent governance, project management processes, procedures and project control requirements.
About the job
As a Senior Project Engineer you will coordinate and develop project management and governance processes and drive their successful roll out across our programs.
In a typical day you will be developing new procedures across a range of project management and project control requirements, liaise with key stakeholders to understand their needs and gain their support, create electronic tools and databases for control and reporting. You will drive the successful roll out of process to our project teams and engage with them to unsure successful implementation.
You will also provide general support to our projects teams on a range of issues as required.
To excel at this role you have at least 5 years of experience working within project management organisations of large engineering and construction projects with experience in developing procedures and processes. You understand the life cycle of construction and engineering projects and the interdependency of the various teams and disciplines within. You are a generalist who is adaptable and take the lead when challenges arise and proactively drive progress. Northvolt environment has very high demands on flexibility and strategic thinking, therefore you are comfortable setting new plans and structures to achieve our goals.
Based in Skellefteå travel to our project sites both within Sweden and internationally will be required with varying frequency.
About the team
The Factory Programs PMO team function is to ensure governance of all ongoing factory programs, consistent application of common project processes and specifications, and ensure the transfer of learning and good practice between our programs.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
· Develop, manage and implement new project management procedures.
· Develop the necessary tools to support new processes.
· Provide general support within the PMO team on a range of project issues.
· Working within a team and with other departments.
· Transfer learnings and best practice between factory projects
The person we are looking for is driven, structured and a team player with strong inter-personal skills. You thrive by showing initiative, resolving problems and proactively working towards common goals. You are used to a high paced work environment and have good time management skills. Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, friendliness, grit and a sense of humor.
Northvolt is an equal opportunity employer. We're a diverse group of individuals, united by a common mission, who recognize that while our actions as individuals have a role to play in driving Northvolt towards its goals, we always seek to move forward as a team. We offer you an open and welcoming atmosphere where we win as a team – and fail as a team. Northvolt is growing at the speed of light and we are a strong believer in internal career development. For us it’s important to look at your skills and potential, please refrain form including your picture and age with your application to help us with this.