Group Leader for Maintenance and Mechanics at Danica Foods in Lycksele

Danica Foods is now recruiting a Group Leader for maintenance and mechanics! Do you want to be part of an engaged team and join an exciting growth journey in a manufacturing company? We are now seeking a Group Leader in maintenance and mechanics who wants to take responsibility for daily operations and develop our work processes. The role is perfect for you if you enjoy working close to operations, have leadership experience, and like solving problems together with your team members. About the Company Danica Foods is a leading food producer focused on quality, innovation, and sustainable development. At our facility in Lycksele, we continuously work to develop our operations, strengthen our competitiveness, and reduce our environmental impact. Sustainability is an important part of our work. We strive to use energy and natural resources as efficiently as possible and continuously work on improvement initiatives to reduce our energy and water consumption. As part of this, we have collaborated with Umeå University, where students have had the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge in practice by identifying and developing improvement opportunities within our production. At the same time, Danica Foods is on an exciting growth journey. Production has increased significantly in recent years, with a clear goal to continue growing. Through strong market focus, increased market shares, and collaboration with our operations in Denmark, Norway, and Poland, we continue to develop both the organization and our production processes. With us, you will have the opportunity to work in an operation where improvement work, sustainability, and confidence in the future are a natural part of everyday work. About the Role As a Group Leader, you are responsible for maintenance work in the factory. This means supporting the production organization. You have an operational leadership role focused on ensuring that our production lines function optimally through well-maintained machinery. The work involves a significant presence in production where you follow up on operational disruptions, prioritize efforts, and ensure that proactive measures are implemented. You participate in daily morning meetings where current issues, deviations, and improvement areas are discussed. Today, maintenance work largely consists of urgent interventions, but an important part of your assignment will be to increase the proportion of preventive maintenance and create more structured work methods. Your Responsibilities Lead and allocate daily maintenance and mechanics work. Ensure high availability of our production lines. Prioritize and follow up on fault reports and operational disruptions. Work proactively in the operation around the machinery and support team members in daily work. Drive and develop preventive maintenance efforts. Train and coach employees in basic troubleshooting and corrective actions. Work with digital improvements, such as managing fault reports and follow-up through system support. Participate in experience exchanges with operations in Denmark, Norway, and Poland to develop and implement best practices. We are Looking for You If You Have leadership experience, for example as a group leader, team leader, or with personnel responsibility. Have a technical background, preferably in mechanics, maintenance, or industrial production. Are organized and have good ability to prioritize between urgent and planned activities. Are present, communicative, and enjoy being out in the operation. Have a coaching approach and enjoy developing people. Are self-critical, solution-oriented, and driven by continuous improvement. Have the ability to build trust and bring the organization along in change work. Preferably have experience in welding, milling, or pneumatics. Experience with control and automation technology is a merit. We Offer A key role in a growing operation. Opportunity to influence and improve work methods and processes. Close collaboration with engaged colleagues and management locally. A varied day-to-day where technology, leadership, and improvement work are in focus. About the Recruitment Process: In this recruitment process, Danica Foods AB is collaborating with Adecco. The deadline for applications is September 13, but please apply as soon as possible, as we may close the process earlier. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. If you have any questions about the position or the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Karin Rundgren at Adecco, phone 073-684 74 33 or via email [email protected]. For questions about application registration, contact Adecco's support at [email protected]. Adecco uses tests as part of the recruitment process to ensure fair and quality-assured assessment. We look forward to receiving your application!

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