Lean & Calibration Coordinator Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Development engineer, manufacturing industry
Work model On location
Application due date 11 November 2025
Are you the one? 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 realized a revenue of EUR 2.6 billion in 2023.
We connect a greener world. www.nkt.com
Become an important part of our future Lean development of our production facility together with our production in Karlskrona
Are you looking for an opportunity to inspire, motivate and implement a change process based on Lean principles? If you have previous experience and have a keen interest in developing processes in production according to these principles, this could be the right job for you! In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to improving and streamlining the operations of a company that has a key role in the green transition of our society.
Our production is growing and we see a great need to improve and streamline our operations based on the basic principles of Lean with a motivation to optimize and improve for the whole of the production business.
Develop, motivate and engage
As a Lean Developer at NKT, it is your leadership skills and initiative that will take center stage. The position involves initiating and implementing activities that increase our efficiency and reduce waste in our production. You will also have an important role in maintaining methods, tools and training materials, in the field of Lean, as well as holding trainings for production managers and operators yourself. You will be an ambassador for continuous improvement and coach the rest of the organization in this work.
You will also work as a coordinator for production calibrations of equipment
The role is a key function, to optimize the supply chain and production in Karlskrona regarding safety and quality, as well as reaching our goals for delivery precision, lead times, efficiency and stock levels. This role further acts as a natural driver and catalyst for local implementation of Lean principles and activities within our main production process MCA.
You will work with a team through improvement work close to production managers, operators, technicians and others.
It is your common goal to create lasting improvements in our three main areas of production: safety, quality and delivery.
You will implement changes with a team where the applied working hours are 5-shifts, which means that production is ongoing even when you are not on site.
In the role you will have the opportunity to develop and be responsible for, among other things, the following:
- Systematic work according to NKT's management system for quality, environment and work environment
- Working with clear standards and flow
- Lean principles
- Flow analyses
- SMED-analyses
- Kaizen events
- Value Stream Mapping
- TPM/5S
- Creating objectives for improvement areas that are elaborated and visualized and follow up on these
Inspiring and committed leader
To develop and thrive as a Lean developer, you have previous experience in managing staff and an ability to inspire and motivate entire teams as well as individual employees. You are skilled at handling challenges with a positive approach and being attentive to different individuals' suggestions, There should be clearly set goals through the improvement work.
In addition to the above, you have experience of working with SAM (systematic work environment management) and have a genuine interest in quality and improvement work.
Your CV should also include the following:
- Higher education with a focus on technology
- Experience / Training in Lean work
- Used to working in Microsoft Office, experience with SAP is meritorious
- Swedish and English in speech and writing