Company description

Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has around 21,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming lives through innovation for over a century. We now want to make it possible to live fossil-free and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.

Vattenfall Eldistribution AB distributes electricity to households, companies and society - around the clock all year round. Our electricity network is over 12,000 miles long and we distribute electricity to almost 900,000 customers. We build, operate, maintain and invest in our electricity network to ensure that you as a customer receive a reliable supply. Read more about us at https://www.vattenfalleldistribution.se/om-oss/

About the role

Do you want to make a real difference for Sweden to succeed in the energy transition and achieve the climate goals?We will make major investments in our network and are now looking for several Electric Power Engineers with expertise in control systems for our projects.

We are in a historic transition and are facing a comprehensive electrification of society. One way we are doing this is by increasing the investments we make in our electricity grid. To be able to do this, we need more committed employees in the Plant Investment unit who work with our investment projects in local and regional networks.

Now you have the chance to become one of our next power system engineers with a focus on control plant issues with the technology in focus and act as a technical resource in our investment projects.

About the role

As an Electric Power Engineer with us, we promise that you will be challenged in exciting and complex issues. The Project Engineering department is responsible for ensuring technical content in the planning, implementation of plant investments and delivering plant engineering specialist expertise to the business. With technology at the heart of our work, we are involved in developing practical solutions to technical challenges in operations, development and plant construction.

Your main responsibility will be to provide specialist expertise to the investment business, which means acting as a technical resource in our projects. Your tasks will include:

• Ensuring the quality of the new facilities and that the facility design is optimal.
• Assisting in the evaluation of tenders for the technical functions of the station
• Reviewing the technical design and checking the design during factory tests.
• Act as responsible representative during commissioning tests and commissioning and ensure that the plant meets the requirements of the technical specification and Vattenfall's Technical Guidelines.
• Collaborate with other departments within the Plant Investment unit.

Travel to neighboring projects is required.

Requirements

We are looking for you who have

• An engineering degree in electrical power engineering or have gained equivalent competence through work experience
• Worked with a variety of electrical power issues and are familiar with the structure and function of the electrical network, preferably with a focus on fault isolation and control equipment systems.
• Easy to express yourself in speech and writing in both Swedish and English
• Driving license class B

It is meritorious if you have experience of

• Relay protection testing

We are looking for you who thrive in a role where you get to use your analytical ability and collaborate with others. You are driven by curiosity and want to constantly learn more about technology and how technology can be used in the best way to be able to act as good technical support in projects.

Further information

We offer

In addition to being able to help shape the smart energy society of the future, we offer a workplace where you constantly learn new things that enable several development opportunities. 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 your whole life works, which is why we want our employees to have a good work-life balance. We believe that diversity and inclusion lead to innovation, improved business performance and increased engagement and we strive to represent the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we operate. Find out more about us at: www.vattenfalleldistribution.se

We also offer a wide range of other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Read more about our benefits here.

Location: Solna, Västerås, Gothenburg or Trollhättan.

If you want to know more about the position, please contact:

Ludvig Lindström, Head of Human Resources in Solna and Västerås, tel +46 70-287 48 39 or ludvig.lindstrom@vattenfall.com

Linus Alström, Head of Human Resources in Trollhättan and Gothenburg, tel +46 70-251 25 69 or linus.alstroem@vattenfall.com

For questions about the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Caroline Grammenos, +46 72-224 97 01 or Catalina Roa Rodriguez, +46 70-002 68 02.

Union representatives for this position are Christian Ericsson, Ledarna, Anne-Marie Sjöbohm, Akademikerna, Asim Nokic, Unionen, Ulf Tengman, SEKO. All contact persons can be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard 08-739 50 00.

Please send your application no later than 28 February 2025.Selection and interviews will take place after the application deadline. We only accept applications via our website.

We look forward to your application!

Vattenfall is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, thus many of our services are security classified. If this position is security classified, a security check will be carried out before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act.