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

Sweden has embarked on a historic transition and is facing a comprehensive electrification of society. To demonstrate our ambition to contribute to the energy transition and to continue to enable increased electrification of Sweden, we aim to distribute twice as much electricity in our grid by 2030 and to transmit electricity with 99.99% reliability of supply.

Vattenfall Eldistribution Nätanslutningar is responsible for the company's customer-initiated grid connection projects to the local grid (0.4-24 kV). The role and responsibility of the department is to coordinate and operate large and complex grid connections from call-off to completion.

Do you want to help shape the electricity network of the future and create strong relationships with customers, suppliers and contractors?

The role of Production Manager

You will be responsible for driving customer-initiated local network connections that involve construction in the local network such as new connections, expansions, rebuilds, connection of production facilities and temporary facilities (>63 A) for both private and corporate customers.

In your role as Production Manager, you will be responsible for customer dialogue, management of suppliers, contractors and other internal / external stakeholders. Your tasks will be covered by call-offs, to drive and follow up the execution of contracts and administratively manage and close the case for projects with a contract sum between SEK 0.4 - 3 million or of a complex nature. Before call-offs, you will also review and understand projects that are submitted for execution

You will be part of a team of twelve people located in Västerås, Solna and Trollhättan. The team has extensive experience of contracting and works independently and supports each other when needed. In general, everyone helps to create diversity and inclusion and contribute to developing the business.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Manage, follow up and administer customer initiated local area network connections
• Create relationships and manage dialogue on an ongoing basis with customers, installers, contractors, suppliers, authorities and internally interact with other functions within the company
• Review and manage design documents, project finances, project documentation and close out projects
• Hold kick-off meetings, attend construction meetings, order contractor performance, review preparations and inspect/order inspection of project execution
• Call for delivery and manufacturing of substations
• Problem solving in situations that require it in order to create efficiency and progress
• Work proactively with the management of risks in projects and coordinate with the relevant parties when needed

Requirements specification

We are looking for you who have

• Relevant academic education, preferably in energy, electric power, project management or equivalent relevant work experience
• Driving license B
• Communicates fluently in Swedish and has basic knowledge of English

We see it as a merit if you have knowledge in

• Contract law, BAS-P/U, ESA, EBR and Roadworks
• Previous experience from construction and/or project management and have product knowledge
• Microsoft Office 365
• SAP, NetBas (GIS) and AutoCAD
• An interest in participating in process and business development projects

To be successful in the role, it is important that you have very good communication skills, personal drive and a business mindset. You are responsible, structured and independently drive your work forward with good quality. The role of production manager is broad with many contact areas and it is therefore important that you have good social skills and dare to act when needed in order to create satisfied customers and strengthen relationships.

Further information

We offer

In addition to the fact that you get to be involved in shaping 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 offer a wide range of other employee benefits, such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Find out more here:Compensation & Benefits - Vattenfall SE

Location: Solna

For more information about the position itself contact the responsible manager: Johan Tezelson, 072-577 01 47 or johan.tezelson@vattenfall.com.

For questions about the recruitment process contact the responsible recruiter: Lea Skånberg, lea.skanberg@vattenfall.com.

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

Please send your application no later than January 22, 2025. Selection and interviews will take place after the application deadline. 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 here:Diversity and inclusion - Vattenfall

Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, thus many of our services are security classified.