Møre Trafo on the Curriculum

Together with Møre Trafo’s District Manager for Central Norway, Nils Johan Sylte, Pernille presented Møre Trafo, products, and job and career opportunities at Scandinavia’s largest manufacturer of distribution transformers and turnkey substations to engineering students in Trondheim.

Pernille from Brattvåg accepted a job at Møre Trafo last winter as an Electrical Power Engineer for transformers. Until then, she had worked as a teacher – lecturer with additional qualifications at Haram upper secondary school. 

She enjoyed her job as a teacher in Haram and really had no plans to change profession when someone tipped her off about an open position at Møre Trafo. After a company visit to explore the opportunities, she decided to breathe new life into her civil engineering career. 

“Both the company and the opportunities seemed so exciting that I quickly decided this was something I really wanted to try. I haven’t regretted it. I really enjoy working as an engineer in a production company together with incredibly skilled, competent and friendly colleagues,” says Pernille.

In Trondheim, she told the NTNU students about her own study background and experience before she joined Møre Trafo, and about her workday as a design engineer and what it is like to work as an engineer in a production company.

“The students seemed genuinely interested and engaged in what I do as an engineer, in Møre Trafo as a company, our products, and the career and development opportunities. They were especially interested in hearing about my experiences working as an engineer in a production company,” says Pernille, who spoke warmly about both the company and the workplace.

Pernille thought it was a real honor to be both an ambassador for the company and to take part in the presentation for the students.

Good recruitment depends on Møre Trafo having a strong reputation and coming across as an attractive company for students. In surveys after previous NTNU presentations, Møre Trafo has made a solid impression. A large share of the students say that Møre Trafo appears as an attractive company both for summer jobs and as a permanent workplace.

It’s a challenge to recruit power engineers, but Møre Trafo is not just a secure workplace, it’s also an exciting, attractive place to work with a huge order intake. Business is booming, and the pressure is especially high on production and delivery of transformers. Møre Trafo plays a major role in the green transition in Norway, where “everything” is moving from fossil to electric – buses, cars, boats, and ferries.

That’s why she also took part in the presentation of Møre Trafo for the EMIL students (the energy and environmental engineering student association) at NTNU in Trondheim. She did it together with Møre Trafo’s District Manager for Mid-Norway, Nils Johan Sylte.