Planning Manager

Planning Manager

Northvolt

Job Description

Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a Planning Manager to join our stellar team in Skellefte. The role is a part of our excellent Expansion team based in Skellefte. In joining us, you will play an important part in building one of the first large-scale European battery factories. Northvolt will play an important role in the transformation to a carbon-free society.

As a Planning Manager, you will have ownership of the integrated planning and control for Northvolt Ett, the large-scale battery factory being built in Northern Sweden. This integrated Primavera planning consists of key parts from all the detailed plans of Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Automation, Process equipment, Long lead equipment, Commissioning, and ramp up through to start of Operations. You will lead three planners within the program team and internally collaborate with two more from the construction team as well as those in our contractors' organizations.

**Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:**

• Evaluate and set the strategic planning direction to meet NV requirements
• Develop, manage, and maintain an overall integrated schedule for Northvolt Ett
• Develop the necessary tools to report and measure progress
• Produce necessary monthly, bi-weekly, and weekly reporting to monitor progress of Northvolt Ett
• Liaise with the NV Ett Operations team monitoring construction and commissioning

The person we are looking for is strongly goal-oriented, curious, and eager to learn. You will have the chance to have a real impact on our success story in Sweden to start with and see the results of your work. Our organization requires and values great self-discipline and a natural talent to make things happen. The lead planner is a vital member of the Program team and key to Northvolt's mission to enable the future of energy.

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 strong believers in internal career development. For us, it's important to look at your skills and potential. Please refrain from including your picture and age with your application to help us with this.

**Apply with CV in English or your complete LinkedIn profile.**

• Full-time employment, fixed salary
• Planned starting date is as soon as possible
• Work with great people

**Josephine Korijn** *Investment Manager*

"We move at a fast pace, and decisions are made in a deliberate, thoughtful, and bold manner."

**Mohamed Farah** *R&D Electrode Manager*

"At Northvolt, there is no right or wrong. Everyone brings something to the table."

**Maria Åstrand** *Director Raw Materials*

"It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of starting up a new industry segment."

**Erin Mathews** *Industrialization Manager*

"I love being a part of such a bold effort to tackle the energy problem."

Skills Requirements

• A B.Sc., M.Sc., or MBA
• Relevant University Degree
• 10 years working experience as a planner or project controls manager in a demanding industrial environment
• Excellent English written and oral skills
• Preferably experienced in advanced manufacturing facilities
• **Bonus points for:**
• Passionate and purpose-driven
• Can-do attitude and entrepreneurial spirit
• Highly organized and result-driven
• Experience from a multicultural environment

**Benefits:**

• Great Place to Work
• World-leading technique
• Top specialists as team peers
• International environment
• Fast-paced entrepreneurial culture
• Warrant program
• Wellness grant
• 4 weeks of vacation
• Unlimited sick days
• Employee Stock Option Program
• Employee Spending Account
• Telemedicine

**About the company** Northvolt makes green batteries for a blue planet. Affordable, sustainable, and high-quality cells and battery systems built to enable the future of energy. 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 the world's greenest batteries.

Northvolt is growing fast. We're looking for smart people 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.

**Anna Hannesdóttir** *Contact Person* *Send e-mail*