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Company Description

Enabling fossil freedom that drives society forward – that is our purpose. We are looking for talented students who want to help us on our journey towards fossil freedom. By writing a thesis at Vattenfall, you will have a unique opportunity to contribute to our purpose.

About the Role

The Building Construction and Calculation group, which is part of the Mechanics/Process and Construction Engineering unit, has a broad area of work and possesses extensive expertise in advanced strength calculations.

The strength of nuclear power plants plays a crucial role in providing fossil-free and reliable energy production. To ensure the long-term sustainability and safety of the plants, it is important to continuously improve their structural integrity. Traditional reinforcement methods have shown limitations, and there is a need to explore new, innovative solutions based on proven research in the field. The thesis work will focus on identifying such solutions within reinforced concrete through advanced structural and material models and simulations, with the aim of contributing to a safer and more efficient nuclear power industry.

The purpose of the assignment is to evaluate existing and develop new reinforcement methods that can improve the long-term structural strength and safety of nuclear power plants for reinforced concrete.

This assignment is for one or two students.

Requirements

We are looking for students who want to work towards fossil freedom and who are soon graduating from their academic studies. You also identify with our principles: Active, Open, Positive, and Safety.

• Master's degree or engineering education in civil engineering, construction engineering, or solid mechanics with a focus on calculations.
• To succeed in the assignment, good knowledge of Finite Element Method, Structural Dynamics, programming in Python, and scientific writing in LaTeX is required.
• Previous experience with commercial software such as Abaqus is an advantage.
• Scope – 30 credits.
• Since the scientific language is English, good language skills are required.

Additional Information

• The assignment starts: upon agreement.
• Location: Forsmark - Östhammar.
• Application – a file with your CV and a copy of your grades.
• The application deadline is April 27th.
• Contact person and supervisor at Vattenfall: Benjamin Bondsman, benjamin.bondsman@vattenfall.com, 070-308 57 09.

Diversity and Inclusion – in everything we do

We believe that heterogeneous teams can outperform homogeneous teams. But we can only unleash and harness the power of diversity when everyone feels included. Read more about our important work with diversity and inclusion here (https://careers.vattenfall.com/se/sv/jobba-med-oss/mangfald-inkludering).

About Vattenfall

At Vattenfall, we are determined to enable fossil freedom. To succeed, we, as one of Europe's largest energy companies, must first become completely fossil-free ourselves. But that is not enough. To contribute to a fossil-free society, we must do more than just focus on sustainable energy production.

For we are convinced that to enable fossil freedom, we must view the challenge from a broader perspective than just producing energy sustainably.

Join us on the journey towards fossil freedom.

As Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classified. This means that if this position is security classified, the final candidates may be subject to a special security review in accordance with the Security Protection Act.