Project Manager

Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers, and society. Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water, and shipping.​ As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too.

Background
The Water Desalination Group ( WDG ) is part of Business Unit Gasketed Plate Heat Exchangers and focuses on development and maintenance of the Desalination products. The WDG group serves the Divisions with products and process support for Alfa Laval’s complete range of desalination systems. We As a group we work closely together to support our sales organizations, our project execution organization and production units.

About the job
We offer an interesting job opportunity within the Business Unit GPHE, mainly managing different kinds of projects connected to either Product Management or R&D within the water desalination / freshwater generator product portfolio. We in the Water Desalination Group, develop and maintain freshwater generators and desalination plants for a global Marine and Energy sector. We follow and manage the product from an idea on the blackboard to delivery and together with our service units, the product is followed in its lifespan.

Your role will mainly be as project manager for product- development project together with system- and optimizations project for the product group. Furthermore, you will participate in the daily work in connection with the development, maintenance and improvement of PLM data, configuration, compliance and documentation related to the products. You will contribute to improving the products performance and quality as a team member of the team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing leadership for internal project teams.
• Interacting with and reporting to Steering Committees, stakeholders, and line managers, as necessary.
• Develop and maintain product and documentation architecture and configuration tools
• Develop and maintain product documentation and databases
• Collect, improve and implement product information and other relevant information on products
• Drive the digital transformation for the product and internal processes

This position is based at our Copenhagen office in Søborg.

Travel commitment expected of approximately 20 - 30 days per year.

Who you are
To excel in this role, you should have a genuine passion for clean technologies and a strong drive to create positive change through innovation. You are a positive, customer-focused individual with a goal-oriented approach and a collaborative, solution-focused mindset. With a blend of creativity, strong analytical skills, and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, you enjoy bringing fresh ideas and strategic insight to the team.

What you know
To thrive in this role, you should hold an engineering degree in a relevant field, such as systems design, mechanical, or chemical engineering, along with several years of experience in a related industry. Strong IT skills are essential, and familiarity with tools like calculation software, PLM systems, CAD, Excel, and Word is required. Practical experience with mechanical design is a plus.

Given the international scope of this position, fluency in both written and spoken English is a must.

Assessment practicalities
We care about diversity, inclusion, and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and secure workplace, we conduct background checks on final candidates for this role.

What’s in it for you
We offer an inspiring and challenging position in an open, friendly, and international environment. A team where we work together in an agile and entrepreneurial way to develop business and create value for our colleagues and customers. Your work will have a true impact for a cleantech and Alfa Laval’s future success.

For more information, please contact:
Tanja Sukaj, Talent Acquisition Partner, [email protected]

Niels Schifter, Manager, Water Desalination Group, [email protected]

We review applications continually, so please send yours no later than 30th of November 2024.If the right candidate appears, the advertisement will be closed earlier. Due to GDPR, applications sent directly via email will be disregarded without notice.

Location: Soborg