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Your Role

As a Project Manager within the In Service Support Business Unit Submarine, you lead and coordinate work in our submarine and submarine rescue vessel maintenance projects. This can involve both preventive and corrective maintenance, major overhauls, as well as minor modifications. You collaborate with stakeholders both internally and externally.

As a project manager, you are fully responsible for the assigned projects from preparation through to delivery and final documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the entirety of maintenance projects
• Create and monitor time and activity plans for the project
• Cross-functional coordination of production activities
• Monitor costs, quality, and project delivery
• Assess needs and request resources both within and outside the company
• Report project progress continuously to the client

This is an independent and autonomous role where significant responsibility lies with you to steer and drive your projects to completion together with and with the help of your colleagues.

The location is Karlskrona, but business travel may occur, primarily within Sweden.

Your Profile

To thrive in maintenance projects, you must enjoy creating order in projects that often change in scope. It is important to be solution-oriented and adaptable within certain frameworks.

We believe the following qualities are important for you:

• Your ability to switch between seeing the big picture and diving into relevant details.
• Social competence and ease in building networks and making contacts.
• High drive – succeeding in delivering projects on time requires a high degree of ownership and responsibility.
• Being directive and delegating. By creating cross-functional project teams where tasks are delegated, monitored, and experiences are systematically handled.
• Your business acumen allows you to understand customer needs both in the short and long term.

Requirements

• Relevant university/college or vocational (YH/KY) education
• Being a natural leader who highlights the group and builds trust with both customers and colleagues.
• Good communication skills in Swedish and English, both verbal and written.
• Valid driver's license (Category B)
• Experience in project management.

Merits

• Experience in maintenance projects
• Leadership training, basic economic and commercial training, project administrative training
• Formal project management education or equivalent certification
• Knowledge of ships (submarines are highly meritorious)
• Knowledge of Saab's support systems

The position requires you to undergo and be approved according to the current security clearance regulations. For positions where Saab requires security classification, this may, in some cases, entail citizenship requirements.

What You Will Be Part Of

Discover endless possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart innovations, and upgrade your skills. This is a place for clever thinkers, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing their unique perspective. Every contribution counts.

Saab is a leading defense and security company with the purpose of helping nations protect their populations and contribute to safety for people and societies. With 28,000 talented employees, Saab develops technology and solutions for a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab develops, manufactures, and maintains advanced systems within flight technology, weapons, command and control systems, sensors, and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden but has a global presence where Saab is part of many nations' defense capabilities. Read more about us here (#)

Please note that we work with ongoing recruitment and that the position may be filled before the application deadline has passed.