Structural Mechanical Engineer with emphasis on pressure vessel code

Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers and society. Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water and shipping.​ As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too.

We are looking for a dedicated Structural Mechanical Engineer with emphasis on pressure vessel code to join our Existing Product Development Team based in Sweden, Ronneby or Lund.

What you can expect

If you’re focused on the details and driven by results, you can expect to thrive in an environment where you’ll be empowered to drive excellence and make a difference.

We are focused on speeding success for our customers, ensuring quality and enabling value along the way. We drive innovation through collaboration to build the future in the most sustainable ways possible. And we do it all in a dynamic culture where we strive to achieve the highest standards through open and positive communication. Our products are highly engineered and we’re proud of what they can do and how they enable our customers to maximize their productivity and competitiveness.

We’re also a long-established leader in the field. That all makes for a complex global environment in which, if you’re equally productive and ambitious, you’ll be supported to thrive. Here, whether in terms of skills and knowledge, career path or location, you can grow where you are or anywhere in the world. Our culture is secure and offers ever-evolving opportunity: people stay with us because they can choose many ways in which to grow and develop.

About the Job

We’re a long established, world leading company with even bigger ambitions. So, we have much more potential to achieve and products to innovate – responsibly and sustainably.

You’ll enjoy a challenging, rewarding role that offers the opportunity to make a real impact on a sustainable, successful future – for us, our clients and the planet. Co-operating, locally and internationally, with our designers & specialists from various functions, you'll play your part in leading new and existing product development by adapting both calculation methods and calculation tools.

As far as development and existing product improvement is concerned, you will support our projects within product development with product certifications according to various authority regulations as PED, ASME, UL, Marine approvals and national local regulations worldwide.

The product certification methodology is carried out using established methods that applies a combination of mechanical destructive testing witnessed by Notified Body and calculations. The product certification also includes documentation in the form of drawings.

In certain part of this role, you may work with interpretations of various pressure vessel and construction regulations. This means working actively with various authorities to ensure that changes are beneficial for our products. It’s an all-encompassing role that will also see you work with R&D reviewing and ensuring that the product design meets the dimensioning requirements placed on the product itself based on specific regulations. It includes deep diving in requirements, regulations and/or technical documentations.

If you are interested in these different aspects of product certifications and the interpretations of various pressure vessel and construction regulations - this may just be the role for you.

We are all about hiring for potential, so depending on our needs, your interests and your competence, you may focus on different parts of the above-mentioned areas of responsibility within pressure vessel standards and/or calculation.

Who You Are

You’re driven by results and focus on the details to achieve them. You’re open, communicative and you enjoy working together with people with different skills to achieve the best results. You’re also co-operative, flexible and you know that building business is all about meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectations.

You have a genuine interest and good knowledge within structural mechanics. You are analytical and can easily create hypotheses to facilitate the understanding of our constructions. You also have an interest in the physics of a heat exchanger and have the ability to translate it into analytical equations or calculation models and compare it to the requirements in the relevant regulations. You also can look outside the box and are not afraid to question the current truths and find alternative solutions. Just like us, you’re also ambitious, goal driven, deadline-focused and eager to surpass expectations.

What you know

Educated to university degree level, or equivalent, in mechanics or mechanical engineering.

You would ideally also have experience of using different types of CAD tools and calculators, communicating technical information tailored to the recipient and developing & implementing technologies, processes and tools for structural mechanics.

You display good communication skills in the English language (reading, speaking, writing). It would be a bonus if you were likewise fluent in the Swedish language.

What’s in it for you

We present an exciting position within an open and welcoming environment, where we collaborate to foster personal and collective growth and create value. Your work will make a substantial impact on Alfa Laval's future success. 

For more information, please contact:

Malin Haller, Development Manager, malin.haller@alfalaval.com

Divya Sharma, Talent Acquisition Partner, divya.sharma@alfalaval.com

Union information:

Agnieszka Olofsson Akademikerna: +46 761 324 377

Ulf Johansson, Unionen, +46 733 975 607

Internal candidates must apply through Workday

We care about diversity, inclusion, and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you may be invited to play the assessment games.

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