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 20,000 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 is one of Sweden's largest electricity grid companies and supplies electricity to 900,000 private and business customers. Read more about us at: www.vattenfalleldistribution.se

About the role

An exciting everyday life - for a fossil-free future. With us, you get to influence tomorrow's climate-smart society and create the electricity grid of the future.

The Asset Surveillance department has a national responsibility for Vattenfall Electricity Distribution's detection capability in the security area physical protection, which includes the operation and management of all security technology as well as full operational and staffing responsibility for our monitoring centers.

Do you want to lead a team that works on the front line of monitoring our critical infrastructure? Do you have security management experience and want to help develop our monitoring capability into one of the most efficient and reliable units in the industry? We are now looking for a Group Manager for our Northern Monitoring Center, who will lead and motivate the operators in their 24/7 mission.

About the role

As the Manager of our Monitoring Center, you have the overall responsibility to lead & coach the operator team, support incident management and further develop security procedures to meet both current and future challenges. You play an important role in ensuring that our critical assets remain protected. The role is an important part of the department that ensures that the company's detection capability is in line with both external laws and requirements and the company's internal ambitions. You will report directly to the Executive Director of Asset Surveillance and be part of his/her management team. With the role comes staff responsibility for 10 direct reports.

Duties

• Management and development of the team: Responsible for planning, managing, coaching and developing 10 shift surveillance operators in maintaining a high level of security, accuracy and efficiency.
• Security strategy and incident management: Develop and implement strategic plans for surveillance, manage serious incidents and support operators in critical decisions.
• Quality Assurance and Process Improvement: Conduct regular quality reviews of surveillance activities, including CCTV and remote roaming, and work proactively to improve processes and procedures.
• Collaboration and Reporting: Communicate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the highest standards of security. Report incidents and actions to the management team.
• Training and Security Culture: Ensure the team has the necessary training and knowledge to manage technical systems and follow best practices for a safe and secure work environment.

Requirements specification

We are looking for someone who is:

• Experienced leader in security - with proven leadership experience in guarding, security center or similar environment.
• Strategic and analytical - you are able to see the big picture and make quick decisions to deal with emergencies while working long-term on development issues.
• Communicative and inspiring - you have the ability to motivate and build strong teams and are clear in your communication.
• Technically savvy and results-oriented - you have a good knowledge of surveillance systems, security programs and remote roaming and ensure that the team achieves its goals.

To succeed in the role, you have several years of experience working in a security center, preferably with managerial or coordinating responsibilities. Furthermore, you have experience in leading and developing teams, as well as being used to working in a shift operation. We attach great importance to your personal qualities. We believe that you have good communication skills and find it easy to establish good contacts both internally and externally. You are confident and stable as a person and can easily adapt to new conditions. In this position, it is also important that you are persistent, structured and security conscious. You need to be able to express yourself well in Swedish and English, both in speech and writing.

We offer

• A responsible role where you lead a team that protects society's critical infrastructure.
• Opportunities for further training and personal development in security and leadership.
• A workplace with a strong security culture and a focus on collaboration and innovation.

Further information

As a manager at Vattenfall Eldistribution, you are motivated by driving transformation by:

• Engaging your employees to participate in development work
• Responsible for raising new business development needs
• Taking a clear sponsorship including responsibility for benefit realization for our business development projects
• Responsible for reception and compliance of new ways of working

Other informationIn addition to being part of 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's important to make your whole life work, which is why we are committed to ensuring that our employees enjoy 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. Read more about us at: www.vattenfalleldistribution.se

Location

Luleå

Want to know more?

For more information about the position contact the recruiting manager 070-261 43 09 or mathias.hedgren@vattenfall.com. For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Jessica Petersson 0700-398770, jessica.petersson@vattenfall.com

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