Production Manager – Steelworks, Outokumpu Avesta
Do you want to take the lead in the heart of the Swedish steel industry?
Outokumpu is seeking a strategic, communicative, and engaged Production Manager for our Steelworks in Avesta. Here, you will have the opportunity to combine technology with inspiring leadership and take overall responsibility for the production of both polished and unpolished slabs. Your mission? To ensure production characterized by safety, quality, and resource efficiency.
Your role – where strategy meets production
As Production Manager, you lead through others and create the conditions for the team to succeed. You build structures, coordinate processes, and drive improvement initiatives from idea to reality. You have a clear mandate to influence, develop, and optimize the entire production flow.
With 11 direct reports, including managers and shift leaders, you are responsible for leading a team with broad competence and varied experience. You create structure in a complex everyday environment, build effective collaboration methods, and play a key role in driving both ongoing production and long-term development forward.
You will also be part of the steelworks' management team, where you collaborate closely with other functional managers and contribute to the overall strategic development of the business.
Your responsibilities
• Lead the production management team and be the immediate supervisor for process managers and shift leaders
• Ensure a safe working environment and secure operations – with a focus on both people and the environment
• Develop skills and build a strong culture of technical and leadership learning
• Drive improvement initiatives and optimize production processes – from raw materials to finished slabs
• Formulate and implement workflows and processes that create clarity and efficiency
• Coordinate functions and align people, goals, and methods
• Represent production in projects that shape the future of the steelworks
Who are you?
You have a technical university degree or equivalent experience, along with several years of leadership experience in manufacturing. You possess a good understanding of process industry and a genuine interest in technology, machinery, and production systems.
As a leader, you are:
• Structured and analytical – able to see the big picture while acting on details
• Communicative and inclusive – you build strong teams and help people grow
• Strategic and operational – you switch between long-term goals and daily challenges
• Confident and clear – you delegate with trust and follow up with engagement
You have experience in workplace safety and improvement methodologies. You are fluent in both Swedish and English, in both spoken and written forms.
Why Outokumpu?
With us, you will lead production at one of Sweden's most advanced steelworks – where technology, innovation, and sustainability go hand in hand. You will be part of an engaged team where your leadership makes a real difference.
Outokumpu is a global leader in stainless steel and an important player in the green transition. With over 100 years of experience, we are today one of the world's most sustainable producers of stainless steel – a material that is 100% recyclable.
In Avesta, advanced technology meets a long tradition and deep expertise. Here, we invest in both people and processes to create the industry of the future.
In this role, we offer a salary of 58,000 – 75,000 SEK/month based on education, experience, skills, and geographical location. Please contact the responsible Talent Acquisition Partner for more information.
We offer
• A dynamic work environment in an international corporation
• Significant opportunities for professional development and career paths
• Secure employment with collective agreements and attractive benefits
• A workplace characterized by safety, sustainability, and innovation
• The opportunity to contribute to a more sustainable future – every day
Application & Contact
Submit your application by January 6, 2026, via our career page.
Selection is ongoing – the position may be filled before the application deadline.
Contact persons:
• Henrik Andersson, Recruiting Manager – 070-0882624
• Josefine Frisendahl, Talent Acquisition Partner –
[email protected]
Union contacts:
• Unionen: Patrik Sundell, 070–088 10 11
• Ledarna: Patrik Norberg, 070–088 12 06
• Sveriges Ingenjörer: Gunnar Lindstrand, 070–088 19 57
At Outokumpu, we promote diversity, equality, and inclusion. All employees should feel welcome and treated equally.