Do you want to work closely with the operations and contribute to quality and development all the way from mine to port?

With us, you will have a key role in a technically skilled and collaborative team where analysis, method development, and quality are at the center.

The most important job of the future

We want to lead the transition of our industry towards a sustainable future. Just as we want to change the world, we want to develop everyone who is with us on the journey, personally and professionally. Do you want to help shape the future of the world’s mining and mineral industry?

About the business

The mission of Kiruna Malmförädling is to refine the ore from mine to finished product. The main parts of the process are sorting, concentrating, and pelletizing. The department consists of a total of eight sections, four of which are part of the main process and the other four are support sections within quality, technology and process development, material processes, and maintenance.

Read more about us at the refining here: LKAB Refining (https://lkab.com/en/about-lkab/from-mine-to-port/refine/).

Quality Service North, part of the ore refining, has world-class laboratories that deliver high-quality and mission-critical analysis results through customized solutions to all of LKAB's operations. We consist of about 55 dedicated employees working at five different workplaces: Physical Laboratory, Quality Control, Chemical Laboratory, Quality Technical Support, and a management team. We collaborate closely with a special team from Maintenance stationed at the workplace. Together, we ensure that we maintain the highest standards!

Your role

Within the section North Ore Refining Quality Service and the workplace Quality Technical Support, we are now looking for a development engineer to strengthen our team. The section works to provide analyses of materials from mine to port.

As a development engineer, you will work on the development of mainly physical methods and sampling but also some chemical analysis methods. You will be responsible for several aspects of the development work from planning to reporting. The work is done in collaboration with other engineers at the workplace and with engineers from other parts of LKAB; a large part of the work is cross-functional. The position also includes participation in, among other things, ISO work. The workgroup includes other engineers who work with quality in various roles.

What you bring with you

You are a good analyst and can easily see opportunities and solutions to the questions that may arise. You are communicative and cooperative within different workgroups and actively contribute to quality work. You take responsibility, can lead your own projects, are flexible, and work independently.

In addition to this, you need to have:

• A university degree with a relevant focus or equivalent experience. Engineering and natural science education is considered suitable.
• Good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.
• A valid driver's license, which is a requirement for all positions at LKAB.

It is an advantage if you have:

• Experience in development, laboratory, and quality work, including planning of e.g., sampling, analyses, and evaluation.
• Experience in the industry, mainly within the mining and raw materials industry.
• Knowledge in chemistry, mineralogy, statistics, method development, and measurement uncertainty calculations.

Warm welcome with your application!

We strive for a fair and objective recruitment process. Therefore, we usually do not ask for personal letters. Instead, we ask you to answer questions related to the specific position you are applying for. Your answers help us understand your skills and experience, so take the time to answer as clearly and thoroughly as possible.

Applications are processed continuously, so do not wait with your application.

Start: By agreement.

Location: Kiruna

Extent: Full-time, daytime.

Contact: For more information about the position, please contact Group Manager Adrian Larsson at phone: +46 730-72 83 77.

Union contacts Kiruna/Svappavaara:

• Sakari Alanko, Unionen, 0980-725 08
• Maja Krutrök, Ledarna, 0980-535 50
• Peter Johansson, Akademikerföreningen, 0980-718 79

LKAB is an international mining and mineral group based in northern Sweden and with the whole world as a workplace. We lead the way towards carbon dioxide-free production, and we do it together – in an open, warm, and safe working environment with technology and development in focus. We welcome challenges, innovative ideas, and initiative, always with equality and diversity in focus.