Module experience and the capability to be essential to Norway's battery industry development?

FREYR Battery
FREYR plans to develop up to 43 GWh of battery cell production capacity by 2025 to position the company as one of Europe’s largest battery cell suppliers. The facilities will be located in the Mo i Rana industrial complex in Northern Norway, leveraging Norway’s highly skilled workforce and abundant, low-cost renewable energy sources from hydro and wind in a crisp, clear and energized environment. Corporate headquarters are located in the Oslo area. FREYR will supply safe, high energy density and cost competitive clean battery cells to the rapidly growing global markets for electric vehicles, energy storage, and marine applications. For more information, please visit www.freyrbattery.com

Project Engineers Module

We are looking for candidates who want to be a part of the project team to design and build the first Li battery cell and module plants in Norway. We have started to build the first cell plant this summer. FREYR have plans for giga plants in the years to come. The person who takes on this role will be able to follow the design, installation and ramp up of the production equipment and have influence on the plant solutions, performance and efficiency of the last end of the plant were the cells are assembled to modules. You will be able to apply everything you know in this role, be challenged and learn a lot.

Job description
You will be in a team of experienced engineers in participating to work out the right solutions for the module part of the plants. You will also follow the process through all project phases including ramp up of the plants. You will also be participating to work out the specifications for the production equipment and auxiliaries, plant integration and participate in the request process and select the right vendor and solutions. After placing the purchase order the vendors will be followed closely and you will participate in the design phase, tests, FAT, installation, SAT and ramp up of the production.

Main tasks:

• Participate to develop, design, build and implement FREYR and 24M technology production equipment and production lines for module assembly
• Participate in project teams to develope, design, installation, building and ramp up of Li battery cell module assembly
• Manage a Project workpack team for module assembly

Qualifications Required

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in manufacturing industry (preferable from Li cell module manufacturing), metallurgic or chemical industry as subject matter engineer or subject matter manager. It can be within operation, operation support, technology, development, engineering or maintenance
• Masters degree in classic engineering subject
• Fluent in spoken and written English

Advantageous

• Experience of working in an international and multicultural company
• Experience in design, construction and start-ups of plants or bigger modification projects
• Experience in operation or maintenance

Personal qualities

• Proven problem solving abilities
• Takes personal responsibility
• Co-operative
• Ambitious
• Empathetic 
• Commercial mindset
• Self-confident
• Thrives in start-up environment
• Creates structure

What we offer
We offer the right candidate an important role in developing Norway's first battery cell and module production facilities. Energy storage is an important key to the world's switch to a sustainable, green economy. FREYR is a frontrunner in Europe's rush to build capacity in battery production. A shift from fossil fuel to electricity-from-renewables could deliver 75 - 90% of the CO2 emission reductions required. FREYR has to move fast. The world needs both battery cells and modules now, and ever better battery cells in the future. With us you will learn a lot and a lot will be expected of you. We aim to pick high performers that will slot in immediately.

INFORMATION
Register CV and a letter of motivation to be considered.

Respond by: 21.11.2021
Start Date: After agreement
Location: Mo i Rana, Oslo can be discussed.

For further questions about the position or process, please contact Jefferson Wells;
Sondre Bratteberg, e-mail: sondre.bratteberg@jeffersonwells.no, tlf: +47 91 62 98 08

For further questions about the position, please contact FREYR AS;
Roar Karlsen, e-mail: roar.karlsen@freyrbattery.com