Company description

Vattenfall Vattenkraft is responsible for Vattenfall's 90 hydropower plants and about 300 dams in the Nordic region. We are about 500 employees in Sweden and Finland with headquarters in Luleå. Hydropower's renewable electricity production is a prerequisite for creating a climate-smart and fossil-free society where we play an important role as an enabler for the sustainable energy system of the future.Our production corresponds to about 25% of Sweden's total electricity needs. To deliver high availability in our production, we need to constantly challenge ourselves, develop our working methods and take advantage of digital opportunities.

About the role

The department is responsible for maintaining the company's dam safety in accordance with policy and national laws. We strive for world-class dam safety. The department is on the verge of a concerted effort to accelerate our efforts to improve dam safety at our facilities in the near future.

The position is part of the Swedish organization together with the entire team that has a great deal of expertise in the field of dust technology. Freely varied work with great opportunities to set up your own planning. Making things happen, interacting with several parts of the organization and with many different people. In your role as a dam safety coordinator, you will collaborate to implement dam safety improvement measures mainly at the facilities along Dalsland and Sjuhäradsbygden.

The main tasks of the position:

• Coordinate and plan implementation of maintenance activities, e.g. inspection, monitoring, verification control
• Conduct annual inspections and continuous measurement evaluation using available measurement systems (e.g. PI) and plan resource allocation for electrical and mechanical inspectors with the maintenance unit
• Project manage planned dam maintenance activities
• Participate in in-depth inspections, permit control, maintenance and projects
• Support and conduct exercises locally regarding contingency planning for production groups,
• production centers, operations management/VHI, authorities and others.
• Continuously handle issues related to dam safety and report to the dam technical expert if necessary
• Participate in supervision according to LSO and other regulatory supervision
• Annual report to DS as a basis for annual report.
• Apply the risk management process for dams
• Collaborate with other roles and functions regarding dam safety
• Strive for continuous improvement for both individual and company-wide goals
• Perform other tasks according to the immediate manager's directives

Requirements

We are looking for you who have

• Academic degree that is applicable in the field equivalent to 3 years of university education
• Experience in dam safety and hydropower
• Very good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written.

We see that you have professional experience in the work area and also have data analytical skills. You are mobile as the service involves frequent visits to the plants, which requires you to have access to a driving license B.

We attach great importance to your personal qualities. As the role is coordinating, it requires the ability to lead and drive actions even without a formal managerial role. At the same time, you have the ability to go out yourself and carry out practical inspections and be able to see and assess the condition of the facilities. You are orderly, service-oriented and enjoy playing a cohesive role. You build partnerships and collaborate internally and externally to achieve common goals. Furthermore, we believe that you are unpretentious and responsible in your own work.

Further information

In addition to being involved in shaping the smart energy society of the future, we offer a workplace with good opportunities for development. We encourage you to move on and explore new areas within the company. With our career and development model, we want to create clarity in the opportunities you have to develop in the direction you want. It is important that the whole life works and therefore we are keen that our employees experience a good balance between work and leisure.

For more information about the position, you are welcome to contact recruiting manager Patrik Groth, patrik.groth@vattenfall.com, 070 398 45 51. The union representatives are Anneli Jönsson Ledarna, Samuel Jernlif Unionen, Magnus Nilsson Akademikerna and Anders Karlström SEKO. All can be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard, 08-739 50 00.

Location: At one of our establishments at Trollhättan, Dals-Långed or Kinna. The position includes travel at Vattenfall's dams, facilities in Västra Götaland and Dalsland.

We look forward to your application!

Take on your next challenge and apply no later than October 29, 2024.If you have any questions about your application, please contact recruiter Andreas Nordgren, andreas1.nordgren@vattenfall.com, 070 002 67 97.

Does this feel like a job for you?

To realize the goal of a fossil-free life, we need to harness different perspectives, experiences and skills. We need thinkers, creators, developers, problem solvers and a wide range of other roles with one thing in common - everyone contributing their unique talents and unleashing their superpowers in the team. We work towards our common goal in a first-class work environment where everyone should feel equal and included.

We are convinced that diversity enriches and therefore continuously work towards equality and inclusion in our workplace. Read more at https://careers.vattenfall.com/se/sv/jobba-med-oss

Vattenfall Vattenkraft is part of Sweden's socially critical infrastructure, so many of our services are security classified. If the position you are applying for is security classified, in accordance with the Security Protection Act, a register check and security interview will be conducted before employment