Senior Program Planner

Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a Senior Program Planner to join our stellar PMO team at Northvolt Systems in Stockholm.

The Senior Program Planner will be responsible for project planning, scheduling and monitoring, along with project controls for customer projects (for new product development and industrialisation project environment) at Northvolt Battery systems. As a Senior Program planner- you will be responsible for setting up project schedules within the program using a generic Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). You will also be responsible for Monitoring and controlling the project schedule using effective periodic updates on progress of works from the stakeholders (mainly the program core team members).

In general you have atleast 8 years of work experience in the field of Project Planning and Scheduling for large, complex, innovative and challenging infrastructure, industrial projects.

Key responsibility

- Develop, optimize and maintain overall time plan for the Program and detailed time schedule for each work stream
- Plan and organize the project scope by work package to create the baseline critical path schedule and continuously track the progress with the project team and work package leads, using MS Project, Primavera or other similar tools
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Manage progress measurement (Northvolt and external partners) and produce weekly reports to monitor progress

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Run and manage scheduling coordination, both internally as well as externally

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Guide the project team towards the project milestones in the schedule

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Monitoring risks and opportunities to optimize the time plan and de-risk delays

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Close monitoring and tracking of customer related changes for input to contract management and claims department

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Produce schedule related KPI’s to track progress - Earned value analysis (e.g. milestone performance and deliverable related progress)


The person we are looking for is strongly goal oriented, curious and eager to learn. You will get 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.

Apply with CV and cover letter or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary.
Planned starting date is asap.

Qualifications/education/experience

- A university degree, preferably in Engineering or Business
- Or a tertiary qualification and planning & scheduling experience. Additional qualification in planning & scheduling is an advantage
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Typically minimum 8 years of experience in Project Planning, Scheduling and Monitoring role.

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Has planning and scheduling experience from large/complex projects of similar scale, along with working in a multicultural environment (e.g. working in international teams, international projects etc)

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Has worked on several projects and/ or bids, ideally in similar business area


Specific skills

- Project Scheduling using critical path methodology
- Experience of integrated Project Controls using Work Breakdown Structures
- Primavera P6, MS Project or other planning tool
- Excellent English written and oral skills, Swedish is a plus
- Stakeholder Management and strong communication skills
- Ability to challenge inputs and an eye for detail
- A structured approach to working & problem solving
- Good analytical skills and the ability to apply logical thinking
- Financial awareness
- Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management
- Passionate & purpose driven


Northvolt makes green batteries for a blue planet. Affordable cells and high-quality battery systems. All manufactured with a record-low carbon footprint. Purposely built to provide Europe with the opportunity to switch to renewable energy – efficiently and entirely.

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 batteries so great – they will one day make oil history.

Northvolt is growing fast. We’re staffing our international office in Stockholm, our R&D facility, Northvolt Labs, in Västerås, as well as our Gdansk facility for production of battery systems. We're also hiring for our two gigafactories: Northvolt Ett in Skellefteå, Sweden, and Northvolt Zwei in Salzgitter, Germany. We want to work with smart individuals 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.