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 21,000 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, companies 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 https://www.vattenfalleldistribution.se/om-oss/

About the role

Do you want an exciting everyday life and work for a fossil-free future and make a real difference for Sweden to succeed in the energy transition? With us, you get to influence tomorrow's climate-smart society and create the electricity grid of the future.

A secure grid operation is an important key to helping our customers to a climate-smart life. We are making major investments for the future in our distribution network and therefore need to hire more experienced and committed employees in Trollhättan. 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.

As an operations engineer, you will, among other things, work with:

• staff in the operations center, from which the company's electricity network is monitored. The work in the operations center is governed by the need and involves shift work, on-call or standby
• prepare work in the electricity network, ensure that it is done electrically safe and minimize outage times
• maintain a dialogue both internally and externally
• perform various forms of operation-related calculations to control quality and function
• help to staff outage planning or other groups within Network Operations when needed

You will undergo a solid basic training. The training includes theory and practice in Outage Planning Local and Regional Networks and Operational Monitoring Local and Regional Networks. The training parts end with theoretical and practical tests.

Requirements

We are looking for you who have:

• electrical power engineering education or many years of practical experience in the industry
• you master Swedish both in speech and writing
• good computer and system skills

As a person, you are a problem solver who thrives on complex issues and quickly adapts to changing needs. You take responsibility for your tasks and have a strong commitment to customers and technology. You are also a good communicator and find it easy to cooperate and get along with others. We attach great importance to your personal qualities.

Further information

We offer: In addition to helping shape the smart energy society of the future, we offer a workplace where you constantly learn new things that enable several development opportunities. With our career and development model, we want to create clarity in the opportunities you have to develop in the direction you want. It is important that your whole life works, which is why we want our employees to have 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.

We also have a wide range of other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Read more about our benefits here.

Location: Trollhättan

If you would like to know more about the position, please contact the recruiting manager Tobias Sandberg 0727 13 57 59.

For more information about the recruitment process itself, please contact recruiter Catalina Roa Rodriguez, 070-002 68 02.

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.

Please send your application no later than 16 March. Selection and interviews will take place after the application deadline. We only accept applications via our website. We do not accept personal letters in the application. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV.

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.

Vattenfall is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, so 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!