Process Operator, Technical Products

Our business purpose, Making Better Happen™, describes our pursuit of continuous improvement.

AAK specializes in plant-based oils that are value-adding ingredients in a range of popular consumer products. We make these products tastier, healthier, and more sustainable. With our oils, the sensory properties of products can be enhanced—for example, making premium chocolate smoother, plant-based burgers juicier, or low-fat puff pastry flakier. By replacing ingredients with AAK's plant-based alternatives, our customers can also optimize and streamline their production. With value-adding oils and fats, we help our customers succeed better.

Customer collaboration in product development and understanding what "better" means for each individual customer is at the core of our business. With our flexible production facilities and extensive expertise, we deliver our value-adding products to a range of industries, including chocolate and confectionery, bakery, dairy, plant-based foods, specialty nutrition, food service, and personal care. Our 4000 employees work closely with our customers through 25 regional sales offices, 16 innovation centers, and supported by over 20 production facilities.

AAK, headquartered in Malmö, is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange and has been striving for continuous improvement for 150 years.

Our facility in Karlshamn is a multi-factory. All of the company's business areas are represented here. Swedish-grown rapeseed is an important raw material, while a large number of different vegetable fats are shipped directly to the factory in Karlshamn from growing countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The Nordic region is an important home market, while specialty products are exported from Karlshamn worldwide.

About the position

As one of our employees is going on parental leave, we are now looking for a temporary process operator for our Technical Products department. The department's task is to produce the right fatty acid/glycerol to the quality demanded by our customers. The processes consist of 6 sub-processes: splitting, glycerol evaporation, glycerol distillation, pre-distillation, hydrogenation, and final distillation. Your main duties are material handling with a strong focus on servicing and maintaining order in the department. The role also includes some manual control of the process. Other common tasks include sampling and analysis of products, making blends, registering analysis samples, and error reporting in SAP.

High demands are placed on troubleshooting and problem-solving skills when needed. You will become an important part of the team and a prerequisite for achieving the department's goals.

Your work location is Karlshamn, and you will report to department manager Carl Andersson. The position is a temporary contract until 2027-01-31, and working hours are 6-shift rotation.

Who are you?

We are looking for someone with upper secondary school qualifications in technology/science or equivalent. To succeed in the role, we believe you have a few years of experience working as an operator in the process or manufacturing industry. We also welcome experience with business systems, preferably SAP.

Personal abilities:

As a person, you have a desire to develop both yourself and our process. Among personal qualities, we particularly value that you are initiative-taking, meticulous, able to maintain order and structure, and can prioritize to achieve set goals. You take great responsibility for what you deliver, are driven in your work approach, and enjoy technology and problem-solving.

With us, initiative, innovation, improvement, and teamwork are in focus!

Contact and application

If you want more information about the position, please contact our Tefac process manager Carl Andersson at telephone 0454-82553 or via email.

If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact HR Business Partner Karl Lindqvist via email.

Apply with your CV and a personal letter explaining why you are the right person for this position no later than May 22, 2026. Note that applications are not accepted via email. We apply continuous selection, which means the position may be filled before the application deadline.

We have made our choice of channels for this recruitment and kindly refrain from contact from salespeople, recruitment agencies, or staffing companies.