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 is responsible for ensuring technical content in the planning and implementation of plant investments and delivers specialist plant engineering expertise to the business. We translate plant strategies, operational experience and development projects into actual standardized solutions to be implemented in the business. Unleash your superpowers with us!

As a Technical Specialist, your main responsibility is to provide specialist expertise to the investment business, which means acting as a technical resource in our projects. Your main tasks are as follows:

Ensure the quality of the new plants and that the plant design is optimal.
Contribute to the definition of requirements for plant design, both overall and project-specific.
Participation and consultation in project descriptions, feasibility studies, etc.
Quality assurance of the technical parts of the tender documents.
Participate in tender evaluation regarding the technical functions of the plant.
Reviewing technical design and checking design during factory tests.
Ensure that the plant meets the requirements of the technical specification and Vattenfall's Technical Guidelines.
Collaborate with other departments in projects.

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

Requirements specification

We are looking for you who have

An engineering degree in electrical power engineering at college or university level or equivalent competence.
Several years of experience from electricity network projects and are well acquainted with the structure and function of the electricity network.
Knowledge and experience of cabling issues such as laying methods and trench design.
Experience in working with technical guidelines and standards for regional network cables.
Experience in testing of cable, cable construction and cable accessories.
Experience and knowledge of regional network cable calculations.
Knowledge of Heavy Current Regulations/ESA/Norms/Technical Guidelines.
You have easy to express yourself in speech and writing in both Swedish and English.
B driving license.

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 consider it a merit if you have

Knowledge of construction law (AB04 and ABT06)

Further information

What we offer

In addition to helping shape the smart energy society of the future, as a program manager you will have a central role in our vision to enable a climate-smart life 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 ahead of the game 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.

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.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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