Task Force Lead to HVDC

We are looking to strengthen our ability to handle business critical issues by hiring a Task Force Lead with responsibility to lead critical mitigation actions (containment) and investigations for HVDCs global projects.

You will be responsible to manage unforeseen incidents, often triggered by quality related shortcomings, with high business, and thus financial, impact. The incidents often need to be solved within a short timeframe, managing many stakeholders such as the customer, suppliers and HVDC senior management. During, or latest after, the performed containments actions necessary investigations shall be planned and executed, to ensure lessons learned are implemented.

The investigations are defined by quality issues that have a huge business impact, that are time critical and have high customer attention. These investigations are often done using the 8D methodology. The containment and correction actions require extensive project management skills with high level stakeholder management and can last for 6-12 month and involve a team of 10-20 persons.

The role as Task Force Lead will give you a comprehensive view of the organization as well as a large network in the company.

Your responsibilities

• Clarify the problem, establish Scope of Work (SoW) and get alignment with stakeholders
• Distinct between short-term actions (the containment) and the long-term actions (investigations) Form & lead the team and clarify the RACI (Responsibility, Accountability, Inform, Consult)
• Drive the different parts of the investigation, e.g., identify impact on ongoing delivery projects and installed base, drive the failure analysis to find the cause, plan & execute correction actions including material supply and production, perform risk assessments, analyze root causes to understand internal issues with processes and implement corrective actions
• Drive CI projects together with different stakeholders regarding HSE, Quality and Deliveries.
• Lead or participate in customer meetings and commercial discussions

Your background

• You have extensive experience of complex project management and are used to being exposed to senior management and customers
• You hold a university degree, if you have a degree in electrical engineering or other technical areas it is seen as an advantage
• You have good understanding of Quality management
• As a leader you are structured, open-minded, and communicative
• You have commercial skills and knowledge
• As you will be part of a company that operates on a global arena, fluency in English is required

More about us

Are you ready for an exciting new challenge? Does the above description sound like you? Welcome to apply until 2024-05-19. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so don’t delay – apply today!

Recruiting Manager, Mattias Johansson mattias.johansson@hitachienergy.com, can answer your questions about the position. Union representatives – Sveriges Ingenjörer: Mikael Hjort, +46 107-38 29 86; Unionen: Fredrik Holmgren, +46 107-38 21 85; Ledarna: Christer Fridlund, +46 107-38 29 12. Any other questions can be directed to Senior Talent Acquisition Partner cajsa.fellerfeldt-eklund@hitachienergy.com