Project Engineer for the Network Division

At the Network Division, you will be involved in expanding and maintaining the backbone network – a crucial part of Sweden's electrification. To succeed in our socially important mission, we need to build 300 kilometers of lines and commission 20 stations each year. Together, we create a stable and sustainable energy infrastructure for the future.

About the Position

As a project engineer, you will have the opportunity to develop within the field and exchange your experiences with competent colleagues within the unit and in collaboration with many others internally and externally. Over time, you will develop by taking on larger and more complex assignments. There is an opportunity in the role to specialize in a specific area of work as well as to develop broadly as a designer.

In this role, you will act as technical support in projects and serve as an important bridge between project managers and technical specialists in geotechnics, foundations, land, and structures, and will be responsible for liaising with consulting firms in overhead line projects. You will actively participate in project meetings, design meetings, construction meetings, and similar forums, as well as in consultations, regulatory dialogues, and property owner meetings.

Your work will involve technical requirements specification and review of technical documents in preliminary and detailed design for both line projects and line measures in the transmission network. You will also support management with tasks related to overhead line design and participate in the procurement of necessary services and resources for design assignments, such as specialists and land surveys.

Furthermore, you will be responsible for developing and updating technical guidelines in the area of overhead line design and contribute to the development and management of Svenska kraftnät's design process.

The Overhead Line Project Technology section consists of three units. You will belong to the Technical Management North unit, which currently consists of six employees and three consultants. The role of technical support is to assist projects in technical and design-related issues. The section manages TR15-01 and -02. The majority of employees are based in Stockholm, but also in Gothenburg and Sundsvall.

About You

Required Qualifications:

To thrive in this role, we believe you enjoy taking responsibility and leading your tasks in a structured manner. You find it easy to collaborate, cooperate, and communicate with others, which is important as the role involves building new relationships and having many points of contact both within the organization and externally.

We are looking for someone who is curious, eager to learn, and creative, with a solution-oriented mindset. You take initiative, drive activities to achieve results, and find new, innovative ways forward when obstacles arise. You would like to be involved in building the operations within your area and contribute to developing processes, tools, and templates for an efficient and sustainable structure.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

You have at least a three-year university degree in civil engineering, construction, geoscience, or equivalent competence acquired in another way that we assess as equivalent.

Additionally, you have:

• At least 5 years of work experience in design within geotechnics, land surveys, or foundations.
• Good knowledge and experience of working according to Eurocode 7.
• Documented experience in power line projects.
• Fluency in both spoken and written Swedish and English.
• Driving license B.

We consider it an advantage if you have:

• Experience in reviewing geotechnical documentation.
• Experience in conducting field land surveys.
• Experience working with GIS tools and other remote analysis tools.
• Good experience in training others.
• Experience with geophysical survey methods.
• Experience in designing pile foundations.
• Experience in contracting within land and construction.

Good to Know

• The position is located in Sundbyberg, Sundsvall, Gothenburg, Luleå, or Västerås.
• Opportunity for remote work up to 50% #LI-hybrid.
• Domestic travel occurs a few times a year.
• Application deadline is December 8, 2025; we use screening questions instead of a personal letter.
• The position is a permanent employment.
• Benefits | Svenska kraftnät

If you have questions about the position, please contact the recruiting manager Nadja Hernandez, tel: 010-475 9709. For questions about the recruitment process, contact the responsible recruiter Ethel Marx, tel: 010-489 2055. Union representatives are Annika Ingeborn, SACO, 010 475 87 72, and Erica Midfjäll, ST, 010 475 87 31. You can also reach us via email: [email protected]

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Additional Information

We place high demands on our employees' security and confidentiality awareness. Before a hiring decision is made, a security review according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) will be conducted in cases where the position involves handling classified security information or participation in sensitive security activities. If the employment concerns a position in a security class, the security review will also include a background check and, in some cases, a special personal investigation. For employment at Svenska kraftnät, Swedish citizenship may be a requirement for certain positions. Employment comes with an obligation to be placed in a war situation.

Svenska kraftnät works to promote diversity and combat discrimination and welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences in our recruitment.

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