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 distributes electricity to households, businesses and society - around the clock all year round. Our electricity network is over 12,000 miles long and we distribute electricity to almost 900,000 customers. We build, operate, maintain and invest in our electricity network to ensure that you as a customer receive a reliable supply.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. Vattenfall takes great responsibility for creating a fossil-free Sweden where a stable electricity grid is a prerequisite for success. We need you to get there. Do you want to make a real difference for Sweden to succeed in the energy transition and achieve the climate goals?

The role of Operations Engineer

A secure grid operation is an important key to help our customers to a climate-smart life. Vattenfall Electricity Distribution is making major investments in the future of our electricity network, and our network operations department is responsible for all monitoring and operational planning in connection with work to be carried out in Vattenfall's network. We offer a varied job and a workplace with a good community where you become an important cog in the wheel to make the whole thing work.

In the Operations Planning department, we are five groups that work together on planning short and long term operations in our networks. We also work closely with the Operations Monitoring department, which works with monitoring and operational services to manage what is happening in the network as efficiently as possible. We are looking for employees for our Transmission Operations Planning group (40-130 kV). The work as an operations engineer suits you who like logical challenges and to work in a coordinating way. The service is daytime but there is the possibility of service in the operations center, which can mean shift work, on-call or standby.

Examples of main tasks:

Plan and prepare work in the regional network, ensure that it is done electrically safe and minimize the outage times for our customers. Writing and checking operational orders.
Maintain a close dialogue both internally and externally, including with our customers, contractors and other network owners.
Participate in project meetings for investments and maintenance in our regional network.
Perform various forms of operational calculations.

Requirements specification

In addition to your technical skills, we attach great importance to your personal qualities. We are looking for you who are stimulated by being able to use your analytical skills in connection with slightly more complex issues. You also need to be thorough and quality-conscious in your work. Good interpersonal skills are required as the position involves several internal and external interfaces. You have the ability to adapt easily to changing circumstances and can remain calm even in more pressured situations.

Education in electrical power or equivalent work experience is required.
Work experience from regional networks is meritorious.
Fluent Swedish in speech and writing is required.

Additional information

In addition to the fact that you get to help shape 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're keen for our employees to have a good work-life balance. We also have a lot of other staff benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Find out more here:Compensation & Benefits - Vattenfall SE

Location

Trollhättan

Contacts

If you would like to know more about the position, please contact recruiting managers Jennie Åhlander 070-3992917 or Sebastian Vass 072-5055008.

For more information about the recruitment process itself, contact recruiter Jessica Petersson, 070-0398 770, jessica.petersson@vattenfall.com.

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

Does this sound like an exciting challenge? Then we look forward to receiving your application no later than November 29, 2024. We only accept applications via our career site.

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

We are convinced that diversity contributes to building 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 us and how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

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