Company description

Ringhals AB is part of the Vattenfall Group and is the largest power plant in the Nordic region. We have over 40 years of experience in electricity production and are now facing new challenges of various kinds that require safety awareness and innovative thinking. Ringhals is located on the west coast in Varberg municipality, six miles south of Gothenburg.

Our employee culture is characterized by competence, knowledge and positive people who want to share their knowledge. At Ringhals, we are constantly working to develop our business and our way of working to be able to meet the demands that customers and the outside world place on us, which is why we see the development of the individual as a major part of the company's future. With us, you are offered personal development in a workplace with many opportunities.

Please read more about our business https://group.vattenfall.com/se/var-verksamhet/ringhals

About the role

Are you a recent graduate in the field of technology and engineering? With us, there are good opportunities to broaden your knowledge. Read more about the development opportunities in the role further down in the ad.

This is the job:

If you become a process operator with us, your employment will begin with a comprehensive operational and process-oriented internal training aimed at the Ringhals plant. You will learn both the theoretical basics and follow a shift team for practical elements at the plant.

After the training, you will be an important part of a shift team, consisting of just over 25 people, who all have different roles in the work. The shift team is responsible for the operational management and supervision of the Ringhals plant and together you ensure that the plant produces electricity in wet and dry. You work according to a rolling shift schedule where the shifts are evenly distributed between morning, afternoon and night. During a shift period, you work both weekdays and weekends, the period ends with a longer leave.

Your tasks as a process operator include: 

• Process monitoring from local control room
• Running turbine and reactor systems
• Performing periodic tests of turbine and reactor systems
• Performing shutdowns and resets of system components
• Preparing and updating operating instructions
• Participating in training and retraining

Requirements

This is you:

Are you interested in power and heat, electricity, control technology or how a nuclear power plant works? Then you are the one we are looking for!

As you will work closely with different positions in your shift team, it is also important that you can build good relationships and see cooperation as a success factor. As the nature of the work can be fast-paced and sometimes stressful, it's important that you can stay calm and focused on the task at hand. During some shifts, the pace can also be calmer, we therefore see that you have the ability to identify what needs to be done, grasp the task and drive the work forward.

Qualifications:

• Complete upper secondary education from technical or scientific upper secondary school. Alternatively, you have the equivalent level of education through other studies. Passed grades in the following upper secondary courses or equivalent:

• Very good knowledge of Swedish in both speech, writing and reading comprehension

More advantageous is if you have:

• Work experience from, for example, the power and heating industry, shipping, paper and process industry
• Additional technical training, preferably with a focus on power and heat technology, alternatively electrical power, operating engineer or marine engineer
• Experience of shift work
• Experience or interest in leadership

Further information

Read more about the control room here: Ringhals - operations staff for the control room | Vattenfall

Employment conditions: Probationary employment for the first 6 months, then permanent employment. Basic salary during the study period, in case of shift work, Ob supplement will be added. Health tests will be carried out before employment, including allergies, asthma, eczema.

Access: In order to gain a deeper understanding of the business and the service, it is good if you can start your employment already during the summer of 2025, the latest start date is at the start of training in August 2025.

Before your application:

Attach a summary of grades from high school and possibly higher education in your CV (only two files can be attached to the application). It needs to be clearly stated whether you have passed or failed grades in the following upper secondary courses or equivalent:

After the deadline for applications, we will make a first selection. Those who proceed in the process will be contacted by recruiters.

For more information about the position itself, please contact the recruiting managers Johan Cregård 0705-384943 or Magnus Lindblom 0727-269694. For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Sofia Berggren sofia.berggren@vattenfall.com or Lina Friberg lina.friberg@vattenfall.com

Location: Ringhals

Union representatives: Patrik Andersson- Akademikerna, Jonas Eriksson - Unionen, Anders Karlsson - Ledarna, Alexander Johnsson- SEKO. All can be reached on 0340-66 70 00.

Application: Welcome with your application no later than 30/4 2025. Selection and interviews are ongoing. You apply for the job by answering some selection questions and attaching (only) your CV, no cover letter. We only accept applications via our website.

We look forward to your application!

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 how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

Vattenfall is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure and our operations are subject to rules on security protection, nuclear non-proliferation and export control. Due to these rules, many of the positions in our operations are subject to pre-employment screening. For those positions that lead to participation in security-sensitive activities or placement in a security class, this control means that security clearance is carried out in accordance with the Security Protection Act.