Project Manager

Project Manager

Northvolt

Heide, Germany

About the job

You are responsible for driving and controlling the execution of identified scope delivery across total lifecycle of project, ensuring efficient interfacing, collaboration with procurement, construction and commissioning, and ensuring reporting and control of schedule, cost and quality for the DS1 project and associated buildings for our planned Gigafactory in Heide. You will have a small team of Project Management Team Project Engineers, which you will lead, mentor and coach to support the overall project targets. You will work closely with our factory planning team, engineering, contractors, and your peers project managing the production buildings and processes to execute your project in line with our ambitious targets. This means you are working in a highly cross-functional environment and acting as an intrapreneur in a fast-paced environment.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

As a Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving the design, development, and deployment of discipline and interface scope packages for our DS1 project and associated buildings within the Gigafactory. You will have the unique opportunity to lead a small team of dedicated Project Engineers, guiding, mentoring, and coaching them to ensure the successful execution of the project and the attainment of our ambitious targets. You will report to the DS1 Project Director and support the successful delivery of the DS1 building.

You have the opportunity to drive the build-up of a lighthouse green battery factory in Germany and grow this project almost from day one.

• Project Leadership: Take charge of the discipline and interface scope aspects of the project, ensuring that all elements are meticulously planned, managed, and executed to meet project objectives;
• Project Execution: Plan, Engineering and Design, Procure, Construction, Commission, and liaise with the environmental and permitting team to ensure compliance with regulations. Manage the monitoring of potential blockers, risks, opportunities and Ensure the resolution and implementation of solutions or streamlining execution;
• Team Development: Lead, mentor, and empower your team of Project Engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment;
• Technical Execution: scope management and meeting technical and quality requirements;
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with our factory planning team, engineering professionals, contractors, stakeholders, and peers to integrate CSA and MEP solutions seamlessly into the overall project;
• Ambitious Targets: Drive the project towards achieving our ambitious goals (meeting cost and schedule compliance), playing a key role in the successful construction and launch of the Gigafactory;
• Intrapreneurial Spirit: Embrace the opportunity to act as an intrapreneur within our fast-paced environment, where creative problem-solving and initiative are highly valued.

The person we are looking for is driven, caring, and structured. You thrive by leading others and working towards common goals. You are used to a high-paced work environment and got good time management skills. Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, a sense of quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit, and a sense of humour.

Skills & Requirements

We believe that you have:

• Engineering degree (B.Sc./M.Sc. or similar);
• Broad industrial experience including green-field project know-how;
• 10+ years relevant project management experience with proven track record in comparable industries specifically design, engineering, construction and commissioning projects;
• Fluency in English, German language Fluency Advantages.

Bonus points for:

• Working in large scale multi-discipline projects;
• Experience from a multi-cultural environment;
• Experience with managing multiple contractors.

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