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 fossil-free living possible within a generation 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 https://www.vattenfalleldistribution.se/om-oss/

About the role

Do you want to have 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.

We at Vattenfall Eldistribution AB are looking for you who have a passion for electric power and want to work at the forefront of the technical development of our smart plants. As a Power System Specialist with us, we promise that you will be challenged in exciting and complex issues.

The Project Engineering department needs to be strengthened with a specialist in primary high-voltage devices with a main focus on switchgear, air and gas insulated switchgear. The group is responsible for ensuring technical content in the planning and implementation of plant investments and provides specialist plant engineering support to the business. We translate plant strategies, operating experience and development projects into actual standardized solutions that are implemented in the business. Unleash your superpowers with us!

As a Technical Specialist, your main responsibility is to support the investment business, which means acting as a technical resource in our projects. Your main tasks will be the following:

• Ensuring the quality of the new facilities in collaboration with the project manager.
• Setting requirements for plant design, both overall and project-specific.
• reviewing technical design and checking the design
• Participate in the development of documents for plant design, e.g. Vattenfall's Technical Guidelines (VTR).
• Ensure that the plant meets the requirements of the technical specification and Vattenfall Technical Guidelines.
• Participate in tender evaluation for large projects regarding primary equipment issues
• Participate in discussions with suppliers, both overall and in connection with project deliveries
• Interact with other departments on projects
• Conduct technical investigations linked to projects.
• Drive technical development within own area of expertise.

Some travel is included in the position, both to suppliers and to the projects you are currently working on.

Requirements specification

We are looking for you who have:

• An engineering degree in electrical power at university or college level. Alternatively, you have acquired your skills through industry experience and successive trainings in the electrical power industry.
• Solid experience in electric power issues and familiarity with the structure and functioning of the electricity grid.
• have in-depth knowledge and experience of working with switchgear, air and gas insulated switchgear
• Have good knowledge of high voltage regulations/ESA/Norms/Technical guidelines.
• Easy to express yourself in speech and writing in both Swedish and English.
• Driving license class B.

In addition to the formal skills we are looking for, we attach great importance to your personal qualities. We believe that you as a person want to deepen your technical knowledge as a specialist. You are responsible, which means that you drive your work forward on your own and with good quality. You find it easy to communicate and cooperate with others as you are largely included as a resource in larger project groups.

We see it as a merit if you have:

Experience of working on or maintaining other primary equipment, such as power transformers and reactors.Knowledge of construction law (AB04 and ABT06)

Additional information

What we offer

In addition to helping shape the smart energy society of the future, as a program manager you will play a central role in our vision to enable climate-smart living within a generation. With us, you will have the opportunity to work in a corporate culture where we strive to be open, active and positive with tasks that develop and challenge you. The health and well-being of our employees and partners is important to us. A good working environment is fundamental to everything we do and safety is always at the center. It is important to us that your personal values are in line with our culture of making each other better, staying one step ahead and delivering on our promises. We also offer a wide range of other staff benefits, such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Read more about our benefits here.

Location: Gothenburg, Trollhättan, Solna, Uppsala, Västerås, Luleå or Umeå

Position: Cable specialist

If you would like to know more about the position, please contact the recruiting manager If you would like to know more about the position, please contact the recruiting manager Frida Hjertén on +46 70-290 96 42 or frida.hjerten@vattenfall.com

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Agnes Jansson, agnes.jansson@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.

Welcome with your application no later than October 13. Selection and interviews are ongoing, so do not wait until the last day to apply. We only accept applications via our website.

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