Company description

VB Energikoncernen is an environmentally and work environment certified energy company with headquarters in Ludvika. The business with about 75 employees includes electricity sales, district heating, electricity distribution and operation of hydropower stations. The company's main owner is Vattenfall with Ludvika municipality and Fagersta municipality as co-owners. Please visit our website vbenergi.se for further information.

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 within a generation and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.

About the role

Do you want to contribute to Sweden's fossil-free energy supply? Now you have the chance to work in an exciting and varied role where there are great opportunities for development. VB Energi is now looking for an Operations Technician with a focus on district heating!

Your tasks

As an Operations Technician, you belong to the Fagersta/Norberg operations group, which is part of the Production Department. The group is responsible for operation & maintenance and projects within district heating. In the role of Operations Technician, you work primarily with the operation and maintenance of our production facilities and thus contribute to our customers receiving delivery of environmentally friendly district heating. You have a major impact on the planning of operations, maintenance and projects. You will be an important support in the daily and long-term operation and maintenance work to secure facilities with high availability.

We work with continuous improvements and in this work you have an important role in driving and implementing both large and small changes. We put great focus on safety in everything we do at our facilities and it is our highest priority in our daily work.

Your area of responsibility

• Operation and maintenance at our production and distribution facilities.
• Load machine driving is included in the service.
• Development and improvement of work routines and processes, there is the possibility of having specific responsibilities within the production department.
• The service also includes standby duty, lonely work and shift work occurs depending on the season.

Requirements specification

In this role you will learn a lot on site, but to succeed it is good if you have:

• Training as an operating technician or equivalent work experience.
• Good computer skills, basic knowledge of MS Office.
• Advantageous with knowledge in process, electricity, control and control technology, maintenance or mechanics.
• Driving license B.

We are looking for a team player who finds it easy to collaborate with others. You have great drive and commitment. As a person, we like to see that you find it easy to structure and plan your work. In this role, circumstances can change and it is important that you are flexible and can adapt to the situation. Personal qualities such as reliability, honesty and humility are highly valued for this role. The work places great demands on communication skills in Swedish in both speech and writing.

Further information

We offer

An opportunity to be part of a team that works together for a safe and stable operation and thus contributes to our customers receiving delivery of environmentally friendly energy. You get a varied everyday life with challenging tasks, the opportunity to develop both yourself and the business by participating in various projects and working on improvement measures.

In addition to being involved in 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 want our employees to have a good work-life balance.

Location: Fagersta

For more information about the position itself, please contact the recruiting manager Fredrik Persson, fredrik.persson@vbenergi.se. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Kajsa Loman, kajsa.loman@vattenfall.com.

The union representatives are Torbjörn Jonsson Unionen, Mikael Boström Sveriges Ingenjörer and Pertti Palonto SEKO. You can reach them through the switchboard at 0240-876 00.

Welcome with your application no later than February 23, 2025. Selection and interviews will take place after the deadline. We only accept applications via our website.

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 the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation or disability. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

Because the safety of Vattenfall and its employees is paramount, we will carry out a pre-employment screening prior to each hire. These checks are based on your role that you will fill within Vattenfall.

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

We look forward to your application!