Material Specialist

Are you an experienced Material Specialist? Do you want to bring your expertise and knowledge into play supporting our clear purpose to connect a greener world? Then we have the ideal opportunity at NKT Falun for you

We can offer you a seat in an international company where your knowledge of raw materials has an important part in our development of new solutions and designs supporting the green energy transition.

A trusted advisor with knowledge and drive for material-related issues

As our material specialist, you will be responsible for providing knowledge about materials used for both the new design of cables as well as supporting and driving investigations of material-related issues concerning both products and production. Doing so, you will keep a holistic perspective on the interdependencies between materials in cable design and production and be a trusted advisor to other colleagues in the R&D organization. It means you will be the one blocking or releasing materials for future solutions.

Some of your responsibilities will be:

Testing of new materials in production Testing and verification the functionality of the product Responsible for materials in new (end existing) designs Issuing technical specifications for sourcing of raw materials Material strategies Provide support to quality- and production department

We are looking for a curious problem solver

The person we are looking for is an analytical team player with the mindset of always solve problems. You have the skills to lead projects and to collaborate with various stakeholders, such as production, quality, design, procurement, sales, product management and more. The tasks requires the ability to perform laboratory analysis and technical approve materials and suppliers. You are supportive and feels comfortable providing technical support in material when needed.

Your requirements:

B.Sc or M.Sc in material science or similar, chemical engineer, or experience equal Project management skills Fluent in English Good knowledge in Swedish is prefferable Good knowledge in the area of materials, preferred polymer chemistry

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