Deputy Manager Onshore and Platform Installation

Do you have practical experience of site installation works?

Would you like to help make the world a better place?

Do you want to work with advanced cable installation works with a global customer base and exposure in the renewable, oil & gas, and interconnector industries?

Then apply for the role of NKT Deputy Manager Onshore and Platform Installation

NKT is expanding our Installation Team and offering a unique opportunity to join one of the world’s leading suppliers of the largest and most complex cable projects.

As part of NKT’s Installation Department, you will be surrounded by colleagues with various site and engineering experiences and operational disciplines. The Deputy Manager Onshore and Platform Installation role consists of mentoring colleagues within the group of their daily work enabling the possibility to discuss details and tender specific challenges and support the team which is in a growing phase while maintaining high quality in the delivery.

Success criteria includes the ability to work in a project organization, the ability to multi task, keeping a rational thinking through stressful situations and managing people and their expectations and aspirations.

Primary tasks and responsibilities

• Enforce SHEQ mindset within the team and at all sites
• Report to the Manager of Onshore and Platform Installation
• Lead a team of ca 15 persons
• Performance reviews
• Development and qualifications of employees in the team
• Recruiting and hiring tasks
• Delegating work tasks
• Drive and contribute to the development of the organization
• Making sure processes are followed and developed
• Resources planning of on-going and coming site activities and projects
• Allocating tasks between team members and support the team as and if required
• Ensure adherence to department budget
• Ensure coordination and execution with stakeholders internally and externally
• Drive continuous improvements and gathering lessons learned

Qualifications and experience

• MSc or other equivalent education
• 10+ years’ experience from HVDC cable installation activities or similar
• Strong leadership focus in an international environment with a strong safety awareness.
• Hands-on and practical mindset with focus on result and progress
• Proficiency in Swedish and English are required, along with high written and spoken communication skills.
• Basic IT skills
• Possibility to travel 30-60 days per year sometimes on short notice
• Location for this position is at the NKT office in either Karlskrona or Malmö, Sweden

NKT is looking for a highly motivated person who can take ownership of their work and deliver high-quality results according to agreed deadlines.

At NKT, we want you to thrive in international and fast-moving environments where you can apply your analytical abilities, practical knowledge, diplomacy, and integrity.

Contact and application

NKT is committed to fostering a diverse organization and a culture where people from different backgrounds can thrive and are inspired to perform at their best. We believe that a diverse organization enables sustainable performance, and an inclusive and welcoming culture makes for a better workplace.

Read more about our offer and listen to some voices of NKT Connectors here!

Apply with your CV and personal letter via the link below by August 31st, 2024.

Tests may occur in our recruitment processes.

If you have any questions regarding the position, you are very welcome to contact Recruiting Manager, Manager of Onshore and Platform Installation Lee Nicholson, lee.nicholson@nkt.com.

Please note that due to the GDPR regulations we cannot accept any applications via e-mail. 

Union representatives

Sveriges Ingenjörer - Christian Fisch, +46 455 56 380

Unionen - Joakim Wikström, +46 734 070 243

Ledarna - Roger Jönsson, +46 455 55 911

We look forward to your application!

Be a Connector of the green tomorrow!

About NKT

At NKT, we are all Connectors. We connect to develop leading technologies that enable the world’s transition to renewable energy - and we stay connected to grow as people and professionals. As a company, NKT connects a greener world with high-quality power cable technology and takes centre stage as the world moves towards green energy. NKT designs, manufactures and installs low-, medium- and high-voltage power cable solutions enabling sustainable energy transmission. NKT is headquartered in Denmark and employs 5.000 people. NKT is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and realised a revenue of EUR 2.6 billion in 2023.

We connect a greener world. 

www.nkt.com