SSAB - Chef - Hardox
Oxelösund, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Production Manager, Manufacturing
Work model On location
Application due date 3 August 2025
Are you the one?

Are you looking for a broad and developing role in the business where you meet different challenges both in the operational everyday life and in the more long-term work at Hardox a section that is in focus? With 55 employees working 5 shifts, becoming part of the SSAB family means joining a journey. A journey that we believe is crucial for the future of the planet and sustainability. Steel has been one of the most important materials for the development of our society and will continue to be so in the future. In our homes, in bridges connecting our cities and in the cars of tomorrow. At SSAB, we are proud of our history and our leadership in high strength steel. At the same time, we are aware that steel production is one of the industries that emits the most greenhouse gases in the world. This must change. We have therefore developed the world's first fossil-free process for steel production and are committed to becoming largely fossil-free. As part of SSAB, you will be important in realizing this goal and thus contribute to a green transition of the entire steel industry.

Your main responsibilities

  • Responsible for the production flow in the business and acts as a hub in the operational everyday life linked to safety and production.
  • Contributes to good and clear communication between the own section and the department's interfaces through a wide network of contacts.
  • Supports employees in production-related issues.
  • Coordinates activities in the plant to optimize the use of the company's resources.
  • Follows up the business against agreed goals and key figures.
  • Acts in the event of deviations from goals and key figures.
  • Active in developing working methods together with employees.
  • Initiates and leads meetings within the business as part of the managerial role.
  • Regularly participates in various projects.
  • Working closely with operational technicians and operators within the area of responsibility.
  • Contributing to maintaining and developing a safe working environment, good quality and optimal production.


About you

  • We are looking for you who are enterprising, independent and comfortable in a leadership role based on your area of responsibility.
  • You have an easy way of making contact with people in other organizations and have good collaboration skills.
  • It is natural for you to have a coaching approach to our employees in the issues that you together drive in the business and you are comfortable leading both smaller and larger work groups linked to activities in our area.
  • You see our business as part of a larger perspective and are concerned about our customers, both internally and externally.


Our offer

At SSAB, diversity and inclusion are part of our culture. We apply our values - driven, genuine and ahead of the curve - in our daily decision-making, always with the customer in focus. This makes us all team players, with a common drive to improve. When you join SSAB, you will be part of an organization of passionate problem solvers working together on important challenges. We will support your growth by offering a safe and friendly workplace that is conducive to work-life balance. At SSAB, you will have the opportunity to broaden your knowledge and grow.

We offer a wide range of valued benefits to our employees. Here are some examples:

Profit sharing

Flexible terms for reduced working hours

Health care allowance

Recruitment process

1. Apply

2. Pre-recorded questions

3. Interview

4. Tests

5. Reference checks

6. Come and meet us

7. Health screening

8. Sign

Background check may be conducted as part of the recruitment process.

Do you have any questions regarding the position?

Please contact the recruiting manager Daniel Karlsson, Department Manager Heat Treatment & Formatting.

Contact Daniel via email - daniel.karlsson2@ssab.com

We do not accept contact from recruitment companies, ad sellers and the like regarding this advertisement.

Trade union information is provided by Akademikerföreningen, Unionen and Ledarna, which can be reached via our switchboard on tel. 0155-254 000.

Some words from your future manager

"Safety is and will always be my and my organization's most important goal. I believe in freedom with responsibility and that my staff dare to make decisions and will support their decisions. To work preventively and find deviations and make suggestions to close gaps. Collaboration with colleagues both internally and externally is incredibly important and treating everyone with respect according to our values."

SSAB is a Nordic and US-based steel company that builds a stronger, lighter and more sustainable world through refined steel products and services. Together with our partners, SSAB has developed SSAB Fossil-free™ steel and plans to reinvent the value chain from the mine to the end customer, virtually eliminating carbon emissions from our own operations. SSAB Zero™, a largely carbon-free steel based on recycled steel, further strengthens SSAB's leading position and our comprehensive sustainable offering independent of the raw material. SSAB has employees in more than 50 countries and production facilities in Sweden, Finland and the US. SSAB is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and secondarily listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. Join us on the journey! www.ssab.com, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube.