Central Engineering Manager

Stegra is on a mission to change the global steel industry by producing green hydrogen, iron, and steel - with the goal of eliminating CO₂ emissions. Instead of coal, we use green hydrogen and fossil-free electricity, meaning our primary emissions will be water and heat.
By 2030, our ambition is to produce 5 million tonnes of green steel annually at our fully integrated, digitized, and sustainable plant in Boden, Northern Sweden, currently under construction. But this is just the beginning. Our expertise in green hydrogen will enable us to decarbonize industries beyond steel, paving the way for a cleaner future.
What you’ll do
The Central Engineering Manager is responsible for leading and coordinating disciplined engineering activities across the business to ensure alignment, technical consistency, and operational efficiency. This role ensures delivery of engineering solutions that meet safety, quality, cost, and schedule requirements, while supporting the overall strategic objectives of the business


Key Responsibilities:
The Central Engineering Manager reports to the Head of Engineering and supports them in driving standardization, optimization, and safety across Stegra Boden Project
Lead and coordinate a central engineering team, serve as the custodian of technical standards, ensure discipline leads develop best practices and tools to support engineering design, and implement standardization and cost optimization initiatives across the business.
Oversee the development and execution of engineering processes and procedures that support safe, sustainable, and efficient engineering execution.
Facilitate cross-discipline technical coordination and issue resolution across the engineering organization.
Collaborate with procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations to ensure seamless integration of engineering into project lifecycle stages.
Support talent development and succession planning by mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
Act as a technical representative in external and internal reviews, audits, and client engagements.
Ensure engineering design compliance with relevant industry codes, company standards, and legal requirements.
Act as business owner for key engineering contracts with 3rd party suppliers/partners, managing performance and agreeing long-term strategies to support engineering delivery.
Complete all tasks as directed by the manager and fulfill all assigned responsibilities.



Qualifications:
We are looking for applicants with prior engineering/project management experience in an industrial plant environment and significant experience delivering engineering projects. You will be able to adapt to, and excel in, a dynamic business environment, and should be a problem solver who can work with many stakeholders to drive cross-functional teams to a common goal.


8+ years of relevant industry experience with steel manufacturing processes or similar heavy industries
Technical and Process Safety knowledge within operations/manufacturing environment
Detailed working knowledge of European and Swedish standards and regulations
Proven success managing engineering for capital-intensive industrial projects (ideally on large scale >€500M+)
Experience to lead diverse, multi-cultural, cross-functional engineering teams and external contractors.
Extensive knowledge of process plants, utilities, and heavy industrial facilities with a preference for direct Metals or Hydrogen Systems.