Job Advertisement: Engineer or Technician at the Operations Control Office (DSK)

Do you have experience working in the Armed Forces and want to return or continue having the Armed Forces as your employer?

DSK is looking for both civilian personnel (technicians and engineers) as well as (former) military personnel. DSK is perceived by the majority of its employees as a civilian workplace.

Are you seeking new challenges and see the Armed Forces as an interesting employer? We value mutual trust and with us, you will have both personal responsibility and good opportunities for professional development. Our employees are important to us, and you will have the opportunity to combine the professional and the private.

About the Operations Control Office (DSK)

The Operations Control Office (DSK) is part of the Naval Staff and a department within the Navy's Materiel Office.

DSK designs and procures technical maintenance, both preventive and corrective, for all naval material of the Armed Forces. We work in close cooperation with the Defence Materiel Administration and the industry. The unit consists of about 90 employees distributed across four locations.

This position is located in Karlskrona.

Main Responsibilities:

• Prepare preventive and corrective maintenance needs, in dialogue with users on ships and boats, and convert these into orders to suppliers.
• Control and quality assure (through e.g., documentation review, inspections, etc.) maintenance performed after work has been completed by the supplier.
• Provide data for maintenance budgets and carry out financial follow-up of placed orders.
• Follow up on the status of materials (including spare parts, documentation, maintenance debts, material controls, and performance verification) and propose actions.
• Participate in and provide technical system support during analysis work, studies, development, and procurement of new and modified material systems with integrated subsystems and documentation.
• Engage in dialogue regarding orders/reviews with suppliers and users.
• Represent the customer within your technical area against other technical parties within the Armed Forces, the Defence Materiel Administration, and the industry.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications:

• Engineer or technical education at least at the high school level or other relevant work experience in the field.
• Experience with ship systems, systems work, requirements management, and operation and maintenance of these.
• Communicates fluently in Swedish and English, both spoken and written, and has a good knowledge of technical English in the relevant technical area.
• Driver's license B.
• Good computer skills.

Personal Qualities

As the role involves many contact points, you have good collaboration skills and listen to others, relating to them in a responsive and smooth manner. You take initiative, start activities, and achieve results. Weighing complex information and showing judgment in statements, actions, and decisions comes naturally to you. Furthermore, you are structured and plan, organize, and follow up your work effectively.

Great importance will be placed on personal suitability.

Meritorious:

• Knowledge of ship technical systems focusing on electrical and control systems.
• You have experience in technical systems work and maintenance within the ship technology area on the Navy's ships and boats.
• Experience in handling technical information in both paper and digital formats, as well as experience using operational follow-up systems.
• Previous machine service on board Swedish naval vessels recently.

For the authority's mission to be successful, all employees are expected to act according to the existing values. The Armed Forces' values uphold the equal worth of all people, justice and equality, and promote democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se).

Inquiries about the position can be made by

Peter Blomdahl

Information about the recruitment process can be provided by

Magnus Olsson

Union Representatives

SACO-S Åsa Zachrisson
OFR/S Björn Engren
OFR/O Fredrik Lambert
SEKO Lenny Johansson.

All can be reached via FM switchboard 08-788 75 00

Other:

Employment form: The position is a permanent full-time employment that begins with a 6-month probationary period if you are not already employed by the Armed Forces. The position includes business trips, primarily within Sweden.

The position is civilian.

Work location: Karlskrona.

Start date upon agreement.

Welcome with your application by 2025-04-14. Your application should include a CV and a cover letter explaining why you are suitable for this position.

Applications for this position will only be accepted via the Armed Forces' website.