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. You will be an important part of that work!

World leader in dam safety

Vattenfall shall be one of the world's leading players in dam safety. Our dam safety work shall focus on risk management, continuous improvements and be based on openness and transparency.

About the role

We are now looking for a dedicated dam safety investigator to Jokkmokk, Luleå, Umeå, Sundsvall or Östersund!

Are you knowledgeable about dam safety and interested in a new challenge?

Vattenfall Vattenkraft is now recruiting a feasibility study leader who will focus on investigations and feasibility studies related to dams and dam safety.

As a feasibility study leader, you will be responsible for gathering and analyzing facts and then recommending appropriate measures. Our recommended measures provide the basis for future investment needs linked to our dam facilities. The scope of the feasibility study assignments is wide and can include both damming and draining functions and the level of detail varies. For example, feasibility studies may include:

• Need for instrumentation measures in our dams
• Alternative choices of stabilization measures in, for example, concrete structures or erosion damage
• Flow adjustment of dam facilities to handle design inflow, including design of new spillways and waterways
• Option selection for rehabilitation measures on spillway gates.

You will work with feasibility studies linked to Vattenfall Hydropower's investment program for dams and dam safety. In the work, you have close contact with several stakeholders within our company and other parts of the Vattenfall Group and, if necessary, also external actors, consultants and authorities.

As a feasibility study leader, you are a cohesive force to effectively implement and present feasibility studies. The work is varied and you will need to use both your management experience and your high level of specialist knowledge. You will be able to travel in your role and be exposed to magnificent sites and knowledgeable colleagues across the country.

Together with your colleagues, you will also work on the sustainable development of our dam safety work. Come and work with us!

Requirements specification

You are a civil engineer in, for example, civil engineering. Training in the energy companies' guidelines for dam safety, RIDAS, is a requirement.

You have many years of experience working with dam safety, feasibility studies and investigations including two or more of the following areas:

• Design of dams
• Analysis of dam measurement data, and civil, mechanical or electrical engineering design
• Inspection and evaluation of safety of dam installations
• Field surveys for the construction or reconstruction of dams.

You work with safety first and see possible and sustainable solutions from different points of view. You are very good at gathering information, evaluating, prioritizing and presenting different options. Your way of working promotes collaboration towards clear goals.

You speak and write excellent Swedish and English. Travel in the service occurs, driving license (B) is a requirement.

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 in the ad, it may be just you we are looking for

Additional information

Location of the position

Jokkmokk, Luleå, Umeå, Sundsvall, Östersund

Contact persons

If you have questions about the position, please contact recruiting manager Caroline Lundström, 072-524 08 38. 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?

To realize the goal of a fossil-free life, we need to take advantage of 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 bringing their unique talents and unleashing their superpowers to the team. We work towards our common goal in a first-class working environment where everyone feels equal and included.

We look forward to your application!

Welcome with your application via our ad on Vattenfall's career pages no later than October 14, 2024. If you have any questions about your application, please contact recruiter Andreas Nordgren, andreas1.nordgren@vattenfall.com

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

Vattenfall Vattenkraft is part of Sweden's socially critical infrastructure, which means that 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.