AdressThe key responsibilities of the Deputy Quality Control Manager is to coordinate the execution of testing activities of a sub-team within the Laboratories Quality team at Northvolt ETT. This includes ensuring the execution of the control plan on a daily basis, along with coordinating the daily activities with logistics, HSE and production team. Additionally, the Deputy QC manager's responsibility is to work with the shift managers to maximise the use of available resources (personnel, equipment, material), that can meet the high demands of our internal customers in terms of quality, efficiency, and turn-around time of results.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Assist QC Area Manager in operations Management of QC activities
• Communicate to the team their daily priorities.
• Ensure expectations and responsibilities are clear and tasks executed.
• Coordinate logistics of incoming/outgoing samples to/from QC lab
• Assure immediate collection and reporting of results back to production.
• Follow-up safety standards and safe operation guidelines in QC lab.
• Coordinate 5S activities in QC lab.
• Ensure laboratory consumables are maintained and reordered when needed.
• Review prioritizations of special testing requests.
• Ensure training programs are scheduled for cross-training employees and skill matrix is up to
date.
Accountability/Authorization
• Budget responsibility: No
• Direct reports: No
• Authorized to decide on investments according to role and policy.
Northvolt is an equal opportunity employer. We're a diverse group of individuals, united by a common mission, who recognise 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.
Apply with CV in english or your complete LinkedIn profile.
Full time employment, fixed salary.
Planned starting date is asap.
We believe that you have:
- Prior experience (2+ years) of working in a laboratory and or testing environment.
• A degree in engineering or operations management.
• Experience in resources shift planning
• Experience in coordinating cross-functional teams
Specific skills
• Excellent English written and oral skills, Swedish is a plus
• Elementary computer literacy (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, ability to learn new platforms)
Personal success factors
• Highly organised and results driven with an eye for details.
• Solution oriented mindset - exceptionally good problem-solving skills and flexibility.
• Proactive, passionate and purpose driven - goes beyond expectations.
• Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management.
• Ability to work in a high profile and often high-pressured international environment.
• Able to learn and acquire new information quickly.
• High ability to keep to good laboratory practice including 5S, cleanliness, routines, etc.
• Strong technical interest.
• Communicative and "likeable" personality; drives and inspires others.
• Shows grit and determination to continuously thrive to optimise current routines and
processes.
• Has a can do-attitude and an entrepreneurial spirit. When any process is stopped, figures out
how to get to "go."
Bonus points for:
- Experience and interest in manufacturing industry
- Fluency in other languages (Japanese, Swedish, Chinese, French)
- Experience from a multi-cultural environment
