Asset Development Manager to Cracker

About the role

Location: Sweden - Stenungsund

Hours: Full-Time

Type of Contract: Permanent

Make Leadership Real!

Are you passionate about leading people, driving project excellence, and steering technical development? Borealis is seeking an Asset Development Manager to lead and guide our process and asset development engineers at the Stenungsund cracker. In this critical role, you will secure the long-term technical development of products and processes, always prioritising the highest standards of safety and process safety.

As Asset Development Manager, you will:

• Lead, coach, and develop a significant community of process engineers in the assigned production area.
• Drive the strategic development of the plant, ensuring alignment with sustainability goals, risk reduction, and business objectives.
• Initiate and steer improvement projects in line with the Operations strategy (including Must Win Battles and energy efficiency improvements).
• Collaborate closely with engineering partners to support feasibility studies, concept development, and the execution of investment projects.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement technical improvements while ensuring full compliance with safety, environmental, and operational standards.

You will be part of the Plant Operations Team (POT) at the cracker, actively contributing to operational excellence initiatives, and also a member of the Asset Development Management team, working to continuously improve project and engineering practices across Borealis.

About you

You hold a Master’s degree in a relevant engineering field—ideally within process engineering—and have accumulated at least 10 years of experience in production, process engineering, or project engineering in the chemical or related industries.

You bring proven experience in leading technical experts and managing technical studies, coupled with a strong commitment to HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment). You are fluent in both Swedish and English at a business level.

As a leader, you excel in coaching and providing constructive feedback, actively engaging and inspiring your teams. You combine a high level of analytical thinking and initiative with the ability to drive results and make a tangible impact through your expertise. Furthermore, you are adept at building networks and collaborating effectively with internal stakeholders across production, maintenance, HSE, group experts, and Borealis networks.

Our offer

Borealis has competitive compensation and benefits which you can read more about on our Career Page.

For this role in Stenungsund we also offer:

• Health and wellness allowance
• Bonus
• Reduced working hours
• Extended parental leave supplement
• Borealis has an employee foundation where you can, for example, rent cabins in the mountains and apartments in Spain at favorable rates.

Application Process

If you're excited about the prospect of joining our team and being a part of Making It Real, please submit your application via the “apply now” button in the job posting to apply directly.

If you have any questions, please contact Gabriella Mjölnevik, gabriella.mjolnevik@borealisgroup.com. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy for further applications when we have received sufficient applications that meet the advertised requirements and will contact you as soon as screening is closed.

At Borealis, we are committed to an equal recruitment process. We value diversity, and all applicants & employees are treated fairly and equally. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination based on factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. 
 

Borealis only accepts candidate resumes from recruiters or recruiting agencies if they have been explicitly commissioned by Borealis for a specific recruitment and if the data is provided to us in line with the General Data Protection Regulation. Borealis will not accept or pay fees for candidate resumes of any form or kind that were sent unsolicited to either HR or directly to our hiring managers.