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NKT Trainee program (next program starts in 2022)

Do you want to enter a key role in empowering the green transformation and creating a sustainable society? Are you newly graduated with your master's degree with a focus on electrical engineering or areas such as physics, electric power or mechanics?

Are you encouraged by taking responsibility and solving complex problems by team work? Are you passionate about large projects, cutting edge technology and want to work in a heavy industry?

Then our certified trainee program is for you! Our Trainee program allows top graduates to get an ideal start to their careers.

Quick facts:

Program length: 12 months with start September 2021
Application has closed for 2021-2022 program
Permanent fulltime placement with market salary
Program certified by TraineeGuiden
Educational background: Electrical Engineer, Physics, Power Systems, Mechanics
Content: job rotations, international internship, tailored trainings

Our Trainee program is certified by TraineeGuiden who has certified Swedish trainee programs since 2006. Its purpose is to simplify the process of applying for trainee programs. At the same time, employers are given guidance on what should be included in a trainee program in order to achieve the highest quality of the program.

Our program extends over 12 months at NKT Karlskrona and you will be permanent employed from day one with all benefits our employees normally has. The program consists of a combination between theory and job rotations, both domestic and one international.

The setup of the trainee program will give you a unique possibility to learn the industry and company from ground and up, work in an international environment, across functions and to establish a strong company network. The various parts include both theoretical as well as practical aspects and tailor designed trainings will be integrated to your program.

You will get both a broad foundation to stand on and the opportunity to individually focus on specific areas according to your ambitions, wishes and business needs. Upon completion of the trainee program you will have a permanent position at our Engineering function.

Rotations

The first two weeks of the Trainee program consist of an onboarding and introduction to NKT. This will include the normal onboarding process for new employees to give you a broad overview of the company.

The program includes in total four job-rotations – whereas one international, each approximately twelve weeks. The objective of the rotations is for you to achieve a solid understanding about the operative parts of the company, culture and create your own company network.

Your own interest plays an important role in choosing rotations and we encourage to include different areas of the business in the rotations, this in order to achieve a broad “end to end” understanding of NKT. During the rotations the you will get the responsibility to solve well-defined tasks and solve problems that is typical for NKT. On each rotation you will be appointed a supervisor in addition to your reporting manager at Engineering.

International Internship

The abroad rotation is meant to accelerate your personal growth by solving tasks typical for NKT in an international environment. Together with your manager you will decide which international rotation that best serves to complete your Trainee program and give you the best prerequisites for a continued career at NKT. Internships could be related to our offshore installation or some of our international cable factories. The internship will also give you an insight to how it is to work in different cultures and how this is influencing relationships and work.

Trainings & Personal development

We will during the program offer you trainings, this in order to give you the best prerequisites for a continued career at NKT. The training program will be tailored based on your needs, examples of trainings include Business Presentations Techniques in English and basic Project Management.

An continuous dialogue with your direct manager as well as your job rotation´s supervisors will ensure your personal development both on an technical as well as on a personal level.

We are looking for newly graduated students from a Swedish university with master's degree in the field of electrical engineering or areas such as physics, electric power or mechanics. Are you encouraged by taking responsibility and solving complex problems by team work? Are you passionate about large projects, cutting edge technology and want to work in a heavy industry?

Then you could be one of two who gets the desirable opportunity to join NKT as trainee!

After finalizing the program you will hold a position within the Engineering team in Karlskrona. Our engineering team are divided in three different areas; Tender, Project and Accessories working closely with each other.

We expect you to take on the role as a Engineer within the team contributing with technical knowledge and skills as well as contributing to our great team spirit sharing knowledge, best practise and collaboration.

We are driven by our shared beliefs: “We Advance”, “We Connect, We Deliver”, “We Care” and we expect our trainees to play a key role embracing these together with the team.

As a trainee at NKT we will give you best possible conditions to develop not only technically but also personally during the program. We will dedicate effort and resources to give you a proper onboarding, preparing you for a long-term and successful career in the company.

Keen to know more about the program?
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Send an e-mail to: trainee@nkt.com

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Meet former trainees

Hedda Lundqvist, Senior Manager Commercial & Tender Interconnectors

Tell us a bit about who Hedda is:

My name is Hedda Lundqvist and I have a degree in engineering physics and work as a manager for one of our sales departments at the Karlskrona factory. In my team there are eight Commercial and Tender managers who are project managers in the sales phase and we sell both cables and the installation of these.

I really like the combination of a very technical company with a unique product and a lot of international customer contacts. On a daily basis I come across and discuss about both tricky contract questions, optimized cable designs and offshore installation possibilities.

What is the main advantages of the NKT Trainee program?

The main advantage is that you get a broad overview of the company and get to know a lot of people and their different perspectives in a fast way. I also got very good job training from colleagues and formal training courses quickly after I started. When I started the trainee program we were a few newly graduated engineers who started on the same day, so we became a close knit group and had a lot of fun together.

What opportunities did the trainee program enable? What did your career look like after the trainee program?

For me the trainee program helped me to get to know the company very fast and to see how my work fitted in the company. I met a lot of interesting and inspiring people and could see which jobs where available in the short and long term for a person with my background and interests.

The possibility to go abroad was also a highlight for me since I wanted to work in an international environment.

I got to try a few different positions and ended up in sales and after a few years as a Commercial & Tender manager I got the opportunity to be the manager of one of the sales departments.

Erik Eriksson, Senior Engineer

Tell us a bit about who you are:

My name is Erik Eriksson and my journey started at NKT in 2008 NKT after completing a Master of Science in Engineering Physics at Umeå University. I have a strong passion in working close to technology in large projects in an international environment and NKT has been a great match in this context.

I have during my time at NKT had the opportunity to try different roles including specialization within multiphysics, project management and management of technical teams.

What is the main advantages of the NKT Trainee program?

The trainee program gave me an extensive understanding of NKT in an “end to end” perspective, mainly by rotations at different functions in the company. The trainings integrated to the program was also highly appreciated and was focusing on leadership, project management and effective presentation techniques. The last part of the program included an international rotation in the US which also gave a good insight on our abroad operation. Last but not the least, the program gave me many new friends and provided me with a strong network which has been shown to be valuable many times during my time at NKT.

What opportunities did the trainee program enable? What did your career look like after the trainee program?

For me it has been an advantage with the strong network established during the program and the opportunity to build a broad understanding of the company in such a short time. My interest upon completion of the program was on technical specialization and I did therefore devote my first years focusing on multiphysics problem solving. After that I was offered a position as technical project manager for one of our large delivery projects and I realized that driving large technical projects was very motivating and encouraging, in particular when results were generated by a strong team work. After that I had the role as Tender Engineering Manager followed by a role as R&D Manager in Karlskrona.