Department Manager, Machining

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Do you want to take the next step in your career and help develop a modern machining operation? At Ellagro in Örebro, you'll take on a key role where you combine technical expertise, leadership, and change management – with a great opportunity to influence both your team and work methods. About the Position As department manager for machining, you'll hold a central position in the operation where you lead a team of 6 people and oversee daily operations. You'll combine hands-on involvement with leadership and work closely with both your team and production. Beyond ensuring a stable production flow, you'll play an important role in developing work methods, competencies, and collaboration within the team. The operation has ambitions to grow in the coming years, both by strengthening the organization with more staff and by developing production capacity over time. This position therefore offers excellent opportunities to influence both day-to-day work and long-term development. Your Responsibilities As department manager, you'll have overall responsibility for the machining department and its daily operations. You'll work closely with production and provide support to the team on both technical matters and priorities, while driving development forward. A central part of your role is to create structure, ensure smooth workflow, and build a more autonomous organization where knowledge is shared and more people can take on responsibility. You will, among other things: Lead and allocate daily work and monitor production Ensure work follows plan and handle deviations Support the team on technical matters, setup, and programming Work with production planning and monitoring in Monitor Develop work methods, workflows, and processes for increased efficiency The role is initially operational with presence on the production floor, but over time there is opportunity to take on greater and more strategic responsibility. Qualifications We're looking for someone with a strong technical background in machining who thrives in a role where you can combine hands-on work with leadership and continuous improvement. You have a solid understanding of production as a whole and can both dive into details and step back to create structure and planning. To succeed in this role, we believe you: Have experience with cutting machining, both milling and turning Have worked in a CNC environment and are comfortable with the technology Have good knowledge of production techniques such as tools, fixtures, and workholding Have experience with production planning or similar responsibilities Have leadership experience or a clear ambition to take on a leadership role Have the ability to teach and a desire to help your colleagues improve It's a plus if you have experience with the Monitor business system and offline programming. If you have experience with both, we consider that particularly valuable. Personal Qualities We place great importance on your personal qualities and your ability to build trust within the group. You are a leader who dares to challenge and drive change, while remaining open to input and building relationships over time. You thrive in an environment where you can combine structure with flexibility and where you can influence both work methods and culture. As a person, you are: Confident and clear in your leadership, with the ability to provide direction Unassuming and present – you work closely with the team Organized and analytical, with a focus on order and efficiency Pedagogical and communicative – you enjoy teaching and developing others Solution-oriented and proactive You're motivated by seeing others grow and by building an operation that works sustainably – not just in the short term. About Ellagro Ellagro is a production partner for technology companies. Quality and technical expertise are part of our DNA. Through long-term investments in technical competence and an efficient machine park, we create optimal production solutions for our customers. We value long-term relationships and enjoy working closely with our clients. We have 200 employees and annual revenues of 400 MSEK. Our operations span three production facilities – two in Sweden and one in Poland. Each facility operates as an independent company with its own management team. At the same time, we work closely together in competence and capacity to provide the best possible solutions for our customers. Other Information Work Hours: Daytime Start Date: By agreement Location: Örebro Welcome to submit your application by August 11. Selection will be conducted after the application deadline. In this recruitment, Ellagro has chosen to collaborate with OnePartnerGroup. Applications are submitted via OnePartnerGroup's website. We do not accept applications via email due to GDPR. This is a permanent position, and you will be employed directly by Ellagro. As a first step in the process, shortly after you apply for the position you will receive an SMS and email from our AI colleague Sara (sender OnePartnerGroup/OPG) with a link to answer a few screening questions. If you advance in the process, you will be invited to an interview with us if you match the developed candidate profile. This will be followed by an interview with Ellagro and then reference checks. You can read more about Ellagro at https://ellagro.com/sv/. If you have questions about the position that are not answered by the job posting, you're welcome to contact Rickard Fornes at [email protected]Do you want to take the next step in your career and help develop a modern machining operation? At Ellagro in Örebro, you'll take on a key role where you combine technical expertise, leadership, and change management – with a great opportunity to influence both your team and work methods. About the Position As department manager for machining, you'll hold a central position in the operation where you lead a team of 6 people and oversee daily operations. You'll combine hands-on involvement with leadership and work closely with both your team and production. Beyond ensuring a stable production…

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3. 7. 2026

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