Vacant job

Are you a driven leader with experience in both leading and developing? We are looking for you who want a central role with responsibility for both operational and strategic issues within lifting devices. If you have a strong results focus, a passion for employee development, and want to influence by building and shaping your team, then this is the opportunity for you!

About the role:

As a unit manager at Kiwa, you are a key person with a primary focus on leading, and thanks to your natural leadership qualities, you become the core of your team to drive and develop the employees. At Kiwa, we have a collaboration that spans across different business areas, all working towards achieving the organization's goals and visions. This is an exciting role where you have the opportunity to influence and create results in personnel, budget, production, and profitability.

The role also includes continuous work with our business and customer outreach where we want to see you create new paths and opportunities in the market through your business mindset. Of course, you will not do this alone, as you have experts in the field and Kiwa's sales team to assist you. Together, we create a comprehensive solution for the customer where we deliver with high quality.

Your location is Norrköping and your team consists of 17 employees. Your employees work with inspection and examination of lifting devices. You report directly to the regional manager. The position involves travel and overnight stays.

Do you have what it takes?

• University education in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of documented leadership experience with personnel responsibility
• Previous experience in the inspection industry or other equivalent industry experience, such as in elevators, lifts, cranes, industry, or construction machinery, etc.
• Experience with budget work
• Fluent in Swedish and English, both spoken and written
• Driving license B

In addition to the above, we expect you to have experience working with improvement work and driving change processes within a larger organization.

We see that you have a good understanding of business development and resource planning to create quality and efficiency. As a person, you are analytical and structured and have the ability to plan and implement business strategies both in the short and long term.

To succeed as a unit manager at Kiwa, it is essential that you have a team-first attitude where the focus is on building relationships both internally and externally.

What can you expect from us in return?

Kiwa is today one of the most successful companies in inspection, testing, certification, and technical consulting, thanks to our employees who, through their commitment and knowledge, contribute to safety and sustainability for our customers and society. Therefore, Kiwa invests heavily in its employees and their development. Through your daily work, interesting projects, and training, you and your skills will constantly develop when you are part of Kiwa! With us, the team comes before the individual, and together we create a positive work environment where we are all part of a larger community, the Kiwa community!

• Secure and stable employment - Kiwa has a collective agreement
• Generous wellness allowance
• Compensation for, among other things, medical care, vaccinations, and the opportunity for a thorough health analysis
• A time bank so you can take time off when you want - not just when the calendar's red days occur
• The opportunity to join Kiwa's ski trip with about 100 wonderful colleagues

How to apply

Apply via our website and register your CV.

Selection and interviews are ongoing. The role may be filled before the application deadline.

For questions regarding the role, contact the recruitment manager Sofia Kjellström at [email protected].

Warm welcome with your application!

In preparation for this recruitment, we have carefully considered our advertising channels and therefore kindly ask for no contact with recruitment and advertising sales.

About Kiwa

We ARE Kiwa - Are you?

For us at Kiwa, our values, ARE, are the starting point in everything we do. Ambitious, Reliable, and Engaged. Do you feel comfortable with our values, strive to create trust and credibility with customers and your employees, and is the safety of society and individuals important to you?

Kiwa is today one of the most successful companies in inspection, testing, certification, and technical consulting. We are a global player with local roots. We have strong customer relationships and high service with a focus on safety, technology, and sustainability. We have a wide range of services within process safety, property and lifting safety, agriculture, as well as within the food and construction industries. As a group, we operate in over 40 countries and have about 12,000 employees worldwide. In Sweden, we have about twenty offices between Kiruna and Malmö where a total of 900 employees work together for a safer society.

Other information

Kiwa's goal is to have a drug-free workplace. Therefore, we conduct random alcohol and drug tests throughout the year.

Background checks may occur during the recruitment process.