In Hultafors, you will be part of building a future-proof and high-tech production — from the inside.

Hultafors is now investing in an entirely new production line for measuring tapes — an initiative that increases capacity, modernizes manufacturing, and takes the company’s production to the next level. With new digitalized lines, Industry 4.0 solutions, and the technology of the future, the operation is expanding significantly and creating new job opportunities.

This is part of the company’s long-term strategy to bring production back home, strengthen quality assurance, and build a sustainable, efficient, and innovative industrial operation in Sweden and Europe for our core product groups. The industrial investment affects several of Hultafors’ key product areas, including measuring tapes.

We are now looking for an automation engineer who wants to contribute to this important development journey.

The position

About the role – Automation Engineer (PLC/Robotics)
As an Automation Engineer, you work with automation, PLCs, and digitalization in Hultafors’ own factories as well as with external production teams. You work both hands-on and strategically, taking ideas from concept to finished solution, and you contribute to developing the production environments of the future.

Key Responsibilities:

•Work with automation and PLC programming centrally within Hultafors and with our production units

• Ensure that automation equipment complies with legal requirements, internal standards, and safety regulations
• Drive development within Industry 4.0 and digitalization

• Lead or participate in machine-building, quality, efficiency, and environmental and safety projects

• Develop concepts, cost estimates, and decision-making material

• Work with troubleshooting, disturbances, and improvements in production

• Drive activities that increase safety, quality, delivery precision, and efficiency

• Collaborate closely with project managers, designers, production teams, and external machine builders

• Participate in forums for automation and production development

Why Hultafors?

• One of the region’s most exciting industrial investments
• Work in a modern, high-tech, and growing production environment
• A combination of in-house development, production, and innovative technology
• Opportunity to work with high-tech automation platforms such as B&R systems, digitalization, and smart factory flows
• A stable international company with strong brands

Qualifications
Relevant education within automation, mechatronics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or similar — at university, college, or vocational (YH) level. Equivalent knowledge gained through work experience or specialized courses is also considered an asset.

Experience
Approximately 5 years in:

• Automation, PLC programming, robotics, or production engineering
• Industrial production, machine building, automation solutions, or industrial IT
• B&R, Schneider Electric, or similar control systems
• Driving ideas from concept to implementation

Personal qualities
• Self-driven, proactive, and solution-oriented
• Structured and confident in technical reasoning
• Communicative and attentive
• Curious and a fast learner
• Able to plan, organize, and manage multiple projects in parallel
• Ambitious and development-oriented

More information and how to apply

Hultafors Group is collaborating with FRAM rekrytering for this recruitment process. You can apply by clicking the “Apply Now” button, which will take you to a form to submit your contact information along with your CV and, if desired, a cover letter. We operate with ongoing selection, so please submit your application promptly and take the next step in your career – where your experience can make a difference every day.

For more information about the position, please contact:
Katarina Czudowska at 0735-17 37 89