Project Manager — Investment & Development Projects

Odigo Consulting AB; Karlskrona kommun; On-site; SEK 650,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

NKT is seeking a Project Manager for Investment and Development Projects in Sweden. You will plan, lead, and deliver projects focusing on production equipment, machinery, and facilities, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget.

You will manage cost control, risks, and stakeholder communications, coordinating with production, engineering, HSE, procurement, and contractors while adhering to safety and governance standards.

Qualifications

• Relevant university degree (B.Sc. or M.Sc.) in Engineering, Industrial Management, Production, or equivalent.
• Proven experience independently managing investment or development projects within an industrial production environment.
• Solid knowledge of project management covering scope, schedule, cost, resources, risks, quality, and change management.
• Experience from projects involving production equipment, machinery, installations, or technical facilities.
• Strong ability to lead cross-functional teams and coordinate internal functions, suppliers, and contractors.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Microsoft Project and/or SAP is considered an advantage.
• Fluent in Swedish and English, both spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Plan, structure, lead, and deliver investment and development projects from initiation through commissioning and closure.
• Define project objectives, scope, deliverables, boundaries, dependencies, and acceptance criteria with sponsors and stakeholders.
• Establish and monitor plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, resource needs, and decision gates per NKT’s model.
• Manage cost control, financial follow-up, and reporting; identify deviations and corrective actions.
• Identify, analyze, document, and monitor risks and opportunities across technical, commercial, and scheduling aspects.
• Ensure health, safety, environment, and workplace requirements are integrated across all project phases.
• Ensure compliance with quality, machine safety, legislation, permits, standards, and governance.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional project teams; clarify roles and actions.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders across production, maintenance, engineering, HSE, procurement, finance, suppliers, and contractors.
• Prepare decision documents and report status, forecasts, risks, and needs to sponsors and steering committees.
• Manage changes in scope, cost, or schedule; document and approve per governance.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Project

SAP

Swedish-English bilingual

Education

Bachelor/Master in Engineering/Industrial Management

Tools

Microsoft 365

Teams

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Microsoft Project

SAP

Job description

NKT is seeking a Project Manager for Investment and Development Projects in Sweden. You will plan, lead, and deliver projects focusing on production equipment, machinery, and facilities, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget.

You will manage cost control, risks, and stakeholder communications, coordinating with production, engineering, HSE, procurement, and contractors while adhering to safety and governance standards.