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

We now want to strengthen our team with another Dam Technical Expert with expertise as hydrologist for the dam safety department. The department is responsible for the management and follow-up of dam safety work within Vattenfall Vattenkraft. We analyze the safety of dams and set requirements for their design, compile action needs, initiate projects and announce operational restrictions when necessary. You will work on a variety of investigation, development, calculation and analysis work. We hydrologists also participate in national and industry-wide development and research projects.

We are currently seventeen people working in Luleå, Solna, Trollhättan, Kinna, Umeå, Älvkarleby, Örnsköldsvik and Östersund and we are now looking for a dam technical expert with competence as a hydrologist with a location in Luleå, alternatively Solna. The position is a permanent full-time position.

We offer

We offer a responsible and varied work in a company that invests in long-term development. In this role, you will keep yourself well informed about dust safety in your area of responsibility and also within the company as a whole. You will provide the organization with dam safety and contribute to the development of dam safety within the company and society.

You will work with:

• Identify and evaluate deficiencies and deviations regarding the status of the facilities regarding dam safety, initiate appropriate measures.
• Identify needs, develop proposals and lead dam analysis studies
• Apply the risk management process for dams
• Propose measures and establish action plans for increased dam safety
• Prepare decision-making documents for feasibility studies and projects
• Participate in the management and development of the field of hydrology in dam safety
• Participate in the implementation of guidelines for determining the design flow for dams

Requirement specification

The applicant has training as a hydrologist or training and experience in the field of dam safety and is a civil engineer with a specialization in Civil Engineering, You have the ability to handle many issues, you are analytical, goal-oriented and trustworthy and have easy to collaborate with others Meritorious if you have program knowledge in GIS, FEM, CAD.

B-driving license is a requirement as travel occurs. You have the ability to handle many questions, you are analytical, goal-oriented and trustworthy and have easy to collaborate with others and also have good communication skills in speech and writing in English and Swedish.

Whether you are suitable for the position or not depends both on your skills / experience but also on your personal qualities. Therefore, do not hesitate to apply even if you do not meet everything listed above, it may be just you we are looking for.

Further information

Location

The position is located in one of Vattenfall's offices in Luleå or Solna

Please submit your application no later than April 24, 2025. Apply as soon as possible, selection is ongoing.

We look forward to your application!

Contacts

For questions about the position, you are warmly welcome to contact recruiting manager Patrik Groth, 070-398 45 51. If you have any questions about your application or the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Andreas Nordgren, +46 70 002 67 97.

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, +46 8 739 50 00.

Does this feel like a job for you?

We are convinced that diversity helps to 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 the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender identity and gender expression, religion/belief, sexual orientation or disability.

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