Vacant job

Description

As an employee of Gislaveds municipality, you are a co-creator at your workplace.

You are given the opportunity and expected to contribute to the development of the organization through your knowledge and experience. Here, respect for differences and the equal value of all people is fundamental.

Do you want to work in a future-oriented and sustainability-focused municipality?

Gislaveds municipality is looking for an engaged and competent environmental engineer who wants to contribute to the municipality's work for a long-term sustainable and safe environmental management. We offer a varied and developing role where you will work with strategic, technical, and operational issues within the environmental field.

Placement: The position is placed within the Community Development Administration, in the planning department of the action planning unit. Here we work to develop and plan strategies for the municipality's long-term community planning and sustainable infrastructure.

About the role: As an environmental engineer, you will be part of our team and work closely with project managers, water engineers, and other specialists. You will play a central role in the development of the municipality's environmental work and contribute with technical expertise, planning, and follow-up. Your work will include both daily operations and long-term development projects.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement liming efforts, including procurement, distribution control, and water sampling.
• Be responsible for applications, reports, and financial management related to liming activities.
• Ensure that the municipality complies with regulatory requirements for closed landfills through monitoring programs, sampling, and environmental reporting.
• Map, assess risks, and manage contaminated areas.
• Drive projects related to remediation, restoration, and fishery management.
• Analyze and minimize environmental impact in the municipality's projects and processes.
• Develop and implement sustainability strategies, environmental assessments, and risk analyses.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to drive environmental improvements.
• Contribute to education and information dissemination on environmental and sustainability issues.
• Perform other tasks as needed that fall within the scope of the employment's purpose and the organization's needs.

Qualifications

• At least three years of higher education with a focus on environmental and health protection, environmental science, or other relevant education.
• Several years of experience in environmental work, preferably in the public sector.
• Good knowledge of environmental legislation, environmental standards, and sustainability work.
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with data, reporting, and environmental assessments.
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work independently and in collaboration with others.
• Good communication skills and the ability to convey technical information clearly and pedagogically.
• Swedish language proficiency in both spoken and written form.
• Driver's license (B).

Your employee engagement is deeply connected to your ability to collaborate and participate in your and the organization's development. For us, this means having good cooperation with your manager and colleagues, both in your own workplace and in the rest of the municipal group. You meet everyone with a high level of service, friendliness, and high quality through customer and service focus. You take responsibility for being involved in organizational issues and are solution-oriented.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability and that your view of employee engagement aligns with ours.

We apply background checks (extract from the criminal record) as a form of suitability assessment for all who are offered employment in activities where there is direct and regular contact with children and youth.

Do you want to be part of our success? Welcome with your application!

In Gislaveds municipality, full-time employment is a right, and therefore job vacancies are advertised as full-time. When the organization can accommodate part-time work, it is of course an option. Positions shorter than 3 months and certain positions may be exempted. In preparation for the recruitment process, Gislaveds municipality has taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly request no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.