Boliden is a high-tech metals company with its own mines and smelters working long-term to secure society's access to base and precious metals. For a century, our work has been part of the value chains that shaped modern society. At Boliden, we know that the metals we extract and make available will play a crucial role in the future as well—what matters is how we produce them. Join us and drive change for future generations.
Your Role
As Unit Manager for Mechanical Maintenance South, you are responsible for creating conditions for safe, efficient, and well-functioning maintenance work. You lead and support the team in daily operations, ensure appropriate expertise and resources, and work toward well-being, engagement, and clarity.
The role includes personnel and budget responsibility as well as administrative tasks within finance, personnel, and management systems.
Your Team
Your immediate team consists of ten mechanics. Together, you work to ensure that maintenance is planned, prioritized, and carried out safely and efficiently. In day-to-day operations, you collaborate closely with maintenance planners, operations unit managers, production and process engineers, among others.
The team serves the southern facilities: lead calcining, lead refinery, e-calcining, precious metals plant, electrolysis, tank areas, and storage facilities.
Your Responsibilities
• Lead and distribute daily work within Mechanical Maintenance South.
• Ensure work is conducted safely with support from work permits, risk analyses, and applicable procedures.
• Conduct safety rounds.
• Drive improvement initiatives.
• Conduct development conversations and plan and follow up on training and competency development for employees.
• Work according to and develop methods for communication, planning, and reporting.
Your Contribution
To thrive in this role, we believe you are a confident and present leader with the ability to create engagement and participation within the team. You communicate easily with different parties and are attentive and humble in your leadership.
We are looking for someone who is comfortable taking responsibility and who, in a structured and inclusive manner, contributes to moving work forward. You create conditions for collaboration, development, and a work environment where employees feel included and have the opportunity to grow.
We are looking for you who have:
• Upper secondary education, preferably supplemented with post-secondary education in a relevant field.
• Leadership experience.
• Experience from industry, mechanical maintenance, and/or workshop work.
• Good ability to communicate orally and in writing in Swedish and English.
• Good IT and system knowledge.
• Class B driver's license.
It is meritorious if you have experience with personnel responsibility and knowledge of labor law, LEAN principles, and process development. We would like to see that you have worked in maintenance systems before, but it is not a requirement.
Why Work With Us
At Boliden, we believe in fostering a workplace where care, courage, and responsibility are central to everything we do. We offer a workplace where we believe in collaboration and where what you contribute will have a direct impact on future generations. We are a company made up of responsible and creative people who all work toward the same vision: to become the world's most sustainable and respected metals supplier.
Apply today to become part of something truly meaningful!
At Boliden, diversity and inclusion are drivers of innovation. We know that different perspectives and experiences strengthen us and help us stay at the forefront of an important and exciting industry. Therefore, we encourage applications from people with different backgrounds and perspectives. Together, we build a workplace where everyone can feel safe and inspired to reach their full potential.
Want to know more about the role? Contact Section Manager Anders S Karlsson, [email protected].
Questions about your application are answered by our Talent Acquisition Partner Amanda Johansson, [email protected].
Union information is available from Elin Söderlund, Sveriges Ingenjörer, 070-265 95 23, Mikael Norrby, Unionen, 0910-77 37 76, and Dan Nilsson, Ledarna, 0910-77 38 67.
Application Deadline: August 26, 2026
Due to holiday periods, feedback in the recruitment process may be delayed. If you have any questions, please contact us via email. We will get back to you as soon as we are able.
As part of Boliden's qualitative recruitment work and systematic safety efforts, background checks may be included in the recruitment process.
If you are a representative of a recruiting firm, please refrain from contacting us regarding this advertisement. We appreciate your consideration.Boliden is a high-tech metals company with its own mines and smelters working long-term to secure society's access to base and precious metals. For a century, our work has been part of the value chains that shaped modern society. At Boliden, we know that the metals we extract and make available will play a crucial role in the future as well—what matters is how we produce them. Join us and drive change for future generations.
Your Role
As Unit Manager for Mechanical Maintenance South, you are responsible for creating conditions for safe, efficient, and well-functioning maintenance work. You…