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Electrical Designer at Vattenfall Services
Academic Work Sweden ABVästerbottens län, Umeå
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Do you want to be part of Sweden's leading contracting company in the energy and electrical power sector? Vattenfall Services builds, maintains, and develops the electricity grid and is an important part of the work to make Sweden fossil-free within a generation. To achieve their goals, they need more skilled and dedicated employees! Therefore, they are now strengthening their operations with more Electrical Designers across Sweden!
ABOUT THE POSITION
Vattenfall Services builds, maintains, and develops energy solutions for businesses and public services. Among their customers, you will find grid and energy companies, industries, municipalities, county councils, and contracting companies. In Sweden, they have over 2,300 employees in about 90 locations. Their areas of operation are construction – maintenance – consulting services.
You are offered
The opportunity and freedom to manage your time towards concrete goals in a corporate culture characterized by entrepreneurial spirit. At Vattenfall Services, independence and results orientation are key concepts. They also offer great opportunities to build and broaden your skills alongside helpful and industry-savvy colleagues.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Job Tasks
Vattenfall Services' customers include energy and grid companies, industries, infrastructure companies, real estate companies, and contracting companies. The position involves designing electrical constructions for transformer stations, grid stations, and hydropower stations. This can include everything from control systems, local power, relay protection, etc. You will work together in projects with project managers and other designers in electrical, mechanical, and automation.
They also work with service and maintenance of communication and control system equipment on distribution, regional, and trunk networks. As an electrical designer at Vattenfall Services, you will work with electrical construction in projects of varying sizes. The work includes everything from redrawing and updating documentation to new constructions. Here are examples of tasks/responsibilities that may be included depending on your current technical experience:
- Establish complete electrical constructions
- Design adaptations
- Facility design in CAD environment
- Control and redrawing of existing drawings
- If necessary, take on the role of design leader for projects
WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU WHO
- Have several years of work experience in electrical power facilities and scheduling
- Have a post-secondary electrical power education or equivalent work experience in electrical power
- Experience working with electrical power facilities 20-400 kV
- You have good knowledge of ElprocCAD and/or Elmaster, or similar electrical design tools
- Possess good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written
- Have a B driver's license
It is an advantage if you also have:
- Knowledge of relay protection philosophy, configuration, and experience in a CAD-based environment
- Experience mentoring junior electrical designers
We are looking for someone who is analytical and enjoys solving complex problems; for you, nothing is impossible! You are well-versed in the field and are eager to share your knowledge with your colleagues. Taking on a task and independently reaching the goal is a given for you, while you have no problem involving others or asking for help to complete the task. Since the work involves complex issues, we also want you to be structured in your approach.
Our recruitment process
This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work, and our client's request is that all questions regarding the position be sent to Academic Work.
We apply ongoing selection and will take down the ad when enough candidates have reached the final stages of the recruitment process. When applying, a CV is requested. A cover letter is not used as a selection method and therefore does not need to be attached. The recruitment process includes two selection tests: a personality test and a cognitive ability test. The tests are a tool to find the candidate with the highest potential for the position and to promote equality, diversity, and a fair recruitment process.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY
Please read more about Vattenfall Services here!
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