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We are now looking for a Department Manager for Muskövarvet - a central and responsible role in a technically advanced and security-classified environment. As a department manager, you are responsible for leading, planning, and developing the operations within your department, with full responsibility for personnel, working environment, technology, and results.

The role involves close collaboration with the production manager and other department managers. You have a clear mandate to make decisions within established financial frameworks and are expected to actively contribute to both the department's and the company's overall improvement efforts.

The position is both strategic and operational, where you combine leadership with technical preparation and presence in the operations. You play an important role in ensuring that work is carried out safely, efficiently, and in accordance with applicable laws, agreements, and internal governing documents.

Please note:

Muskövarvet is a security-protected workplace. This means you must be a Swedish citizen, have a clean criminal record, and be approved in a security review with a background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585).

As a department manager, you are responsible for planning, leading, and following up on the daily operations within your department.

You have delegated personnel responsibility, which includes:

• supervision and staffing of approximately 8-12 people

• daily dialogue, follow-up, and support for employees

• management of absenteeism, rehabilitation, and any work adjustments

• conducting employee discussions, salary discussions, and competence development

An important part of the role is to create clarity around expectations and tasks, as well as to contribute to good collaboration and a safe working climate in the department.

You are also responsible for technical preparation within your area of operations. This means participating in cost calculations, cost and time assessments, and producing clear job descriptions and instructions.

Responsibility for work environment and environmental issues is a central part of the position. You are responsible for ensuring that systematic work environment efforts are continuously conducted within the department, including risk assessments, permits for hot work, and follow-up of work environment rounds. You ensure that employees are given the opportunity to participate in work environment efforts and that applicable laws, regulations, and instructions are followed.

In case of obstacles, risks, or situations where the task cannot be carried out safely or correctly, you are responsible for initiating measures or, if necessary, reporting the task in writing to the production manager.

You actively participate in budget work for your own department and are responsible for ensuring that operations are conducted within established financial frameworks. Any deviations or deficiencies are reported to the production manager as soon as they are discovered.

Location: Muskö, Stockholm

Scope: Full-time

Working Hours: Mon-Thu 7-16, Fri 7-13:30

You are a secure, clear, and responsible leader with the ability to combine structure with responsiveness. You have a natural focus on safety, quality, and order, and understand the importance of working according to established routines, especially in a security-classified environment.

You thrive in a role with significant responsibility and are comfortable making decisions, managing deviations, and driving improvement work. At the same time, you are unpretentious and present in the operations, with the ability to create trust and engagement among your employees.

• Experience in a leadership position within industrial or technical operations

• Experience in personnel responsibility and work environment efforts

• Good technical understanding

• Experience in planning, follow-up, and documentation

• Good computer skills

• Technical post-secondary education

• Experience in technical preparation, cost calculation, or project work

• Experience from workshops, shipyard operations, or defense industry

• Knowledge in labor law or HR-related issues

We will place great emphasis on personal suitability. 

Selection is ongoing, and the position may be filled before the application deadline. 

Muskövarvet AB is a sought-after and recognized maintenance and repair yard established in 2005 and has been part of the defense group Saab since 2018. The operations are mainly conducted in Örlogshamnen on Muskö, about 60 km south of Stockholm.

The yard works with comprehensive solutions for both military and civilian vessels – from construction, service, and technical support to repairs, conversions, and maintenance, on vessels up to approximately 50 tons. Among the clients are civilian shipowners and virtually all public shipowners, with the Armed Forces as the largest client.

Muskövarvet is a company where the distance between decision and action is short, and where you as an employee have great opportunities to be involved in the development and improvement of the operations. The company values employee satisfaction and participation highly, with a corporate culture characterized by teamwork, joy, and continuous competence development.

We at Dala Industrisupport are a reliable partner in competence supply, with over 100 years of combined experience. We have our background in the industry and have good insight into the challenges of the sector. We believe that the willingness to learn is at least as important as experience – and we are convinced that competence development is the key to the future of industry. Therefore, we are committed to building long-term partnerships. Through our presence and personal service, we help both companies and employees reach their full potential!