Experienced electrical engineer
Sundsvall, Sverige
Type of Employment Part-time
Job position Civil engineer, construction, electric power
Work model On location
Application due date 19 January 2025
Are you the one?

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.

Do you want to have fun at work while working for a fossil-free society?

Now you have the opportunity to do so with us at Vattenfall Vattenkraft. To achieve our goal, we need committed employees who want to contribute to a better climate. You will be an important part of that work!

Vattenfall Vattenkraft is now looking for an experienced electrical designer for, for example, Norsjö, Östersund, Luleå, Umeå or Sundsvall. You will be part of the Power Station Technology department, our focus is sustainable development and management of Vattenfall's hydropower stations. Right now, we are about 20 employees with specialist knowledge in electricity generation, hydropower and power station technology.

Here are examples of your responsibilities:

  • Drive our work around working methods and selection of systems and applications in electrical design
  • Develop our electrical design manual and manage it over time
  • Train the business and consultants in the working methods developed
  • Review, quality assurance (peer review) electrical designs and assume a role with coordination responsibility
  • Technical requirements in, for example, procurement
  • Work with continuous improvements and business intelligence
  • Participate in assignments such as feasibility studies, project implementation and commissioning, troubleshooting and investigation may also occur.

Regular collaboration with colleagues, consultants, contractors and suppliers is part of the job. The work is varied and you are offered good opportunities to be involved in influencing how we maintain and develop our facilities at a time when hydropower is a very important part of Sweden's total electricity mix. You will be able to travel in the service and be met by magnificent hydropower plants and knowledgeable colleagues all over the country.

Requirement specification

You have solid experience of electrical design for automation plants in a CAD-based environment. You are used to working with, for example, ELPROCAD, e-plan and/or elMaster.

As an electrical designer, you are self-driven with the ability to see the big picture and you have a keen interest in the CAD tools available on the market and their advantages and disadvantages. You see a value in governing documents and standardized working methods, it is a plus if you have worked with issues in that area in your previous assignments.

It is an advantage if you have worked with CAD for large-scale, industrial electrical installations and also had roles such as coordinator or leading electrical designer. We would like you to have experience in the energy industry and hydropower.

You have a post-secondary degree in a relevant field, or you have equivalent experience acquired in another way. Your way of working is characterized by proactivity, initiative, responsibility, cooperation, order and orderliness.You express yourself clearly in speech and writing (both in Swedish and English) and have a versatile and good IT habit. A B driving license is a requirement as travel by car is part of the work.

Location

Norsjö, Östersund, Luleå, Umeå, Sundsvall or any other of Vattenfall Vattenkraft's locations.

Contact persons

If you have any questions about the position, please contact the recruiting manager Daniel Winsa. 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.

Does this feel like a job for you?

All employees at Vattenfall have important roles in leading the work forward, together we work for a fossil-free future.Welcome with your application via our ad on Vattenfall's career pages no later than January 19, 2025.

We are convinced that diversity helps build a more profitable and appealing company and strive to be good role models when it comes to diversity. Vattenfall works actively to ensure that all employees have equal opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender identity and expression, religion/belief, sexual orientation or disability.

Vattenfall Vattenkraft is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, so many of our positions 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.