Job Advertisement: Work within the Street/Park Unit in Mullsjö Municipality

Mullsjö Municipality is small in size but offers great quality of life. Here you will find an active outdoor life with fish-rich lakes, scenic views, and miles of hiking and cycling trails. Unique industrial environments, churches, art, and theater, combined with an active business and community life, create a vibrant and growing municipality. In Mullsjö Municipality, we work closely together to succeed based on three goal areas: Safety, Togetherness, and Growth.

The Street/Park Unit is one of five units within the Community Building Administration and is responsible for managing the municipality's streets, roads, traffic facilities, lighting, parks, playgrounds, and other public spaces within Mullsjö Municipality. The unit is also responsible for parking supervision, leases, land leases, as well as applications for traffic organization plans and excavation permits. Additionally, the unit is responsible for the maintenance and management of the municipality's forest resources. We who work within the Street/Park Unit are a dedicated team working to create safe, accessible, and sustainable public environments.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

You will work together with your colleagues to maintain and care for the municipality's streets and green areas, which means you will be working with all types of green space maintenance and street work. The position includes, in consultation with colleagues and supervisors, developing, implementing, and reporting maintenance plans for the municipality's urban and park forests. You will also have ongoing contact with forest managers and contractors.

The work involves the use of tool carriers, lawn mowers, chainsaws, brush cutters, tractors with forest trailers, and more.

During the winter, you will be part of the unit's snow preparedness team, where you will be called out to clear snow from pedestrian and cycling paths at night, in the evenings, and on weekends.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who has at least completed and passed a high school education in natural resources with a focus on forestry or construction and civil engineering. Alternatively, another education combined with experience that we collectively assess as equivalent.

To thrive in this role, you need to be self-sufficient, able to see the big picture, and have the ability to drive the process forward. You enjoy working goal-oriented and see a pursuit of improvements as a natural and obvious part of your work. You like to be outdoors in all weather conditions. We place great importance on your personal qualities, which are essential for fitting into the group. We are looking for someone who is open, solution-oriented, and cooperative.

We also believe that you are goal-oriented, initiative-taking, and responsible, as well as confident in yourself and comfortable representing the municipality to citizens and businesses.

It is a requirement that you have:

• A completed and approved high school education in natural resources with a focus on forestry, construction, and civil engineering, or another education combined with experience that we collectively assess as equivalent.
• A valid driver's license with at least B-category for manual transmission.

It is advantageous if you have:

• Chainsaw training.
• Experience working with chainsaws and forestry.
• Training in APV (work on roads).
• Experience handling and driving tractors in terrain, garden machinery, tool carriers, and brush cutters.
• Training for e.g., work from platforms, forklift and lift certificates, and fall protection.

OTHER

We strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, and therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds.

All candidates called for an interview must verify their identity by presenting identification (passport or national ID card issued by the Police Authority) at the time of the interview.

If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must provide proof of a valid work permit or be exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. In connection with employment, you must also verify your citizenship. You can do this with a passport or a personal certificate together with identification. Employment can only occur after verification of the work permit, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance.

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Warm welcome with your application!