VA Engineer

Do you have a knack for building good relationships and want to use your technical expertise? Then read on about our position as a VA Engineer! It is a job with varied tasks and great personal responsibility, while there is always something to learn.

We are looking for someone with broad practical experience from the construction process, for example in plumbing, who has led teams or currently works as a VA Engineer and now wants to take the next step in their development with us.

Your upcoming role

As a VA Engineer, you will work extensively outward-facing, for example by:

• Independently handling installation matters by reviewing drawing documents and inspecting VA installations.
• Providing instructions and advice to everyone from larger construction contractors to private individuals through extensive customer contacts and site visits.
• Ordering and following up on smaller contracting work from our internal contractors.
• Calculating connection fees and preparing invoice documentation.

The Cartography & VA Connection unit consists of 13 people who work with customer contacts, connection matters, surveying VA pipes and devices, map production, and drawing archives. Distribution is responsible for all parts of a distribution facility; pipeline networks, pump stations, reservoirs, pressure boosting stations, and tanks. The department is responsible for both renewal planning and pipe network improvements. The responsibility for Bulltofta water treatment plant also lies here.

We offer

Here you will work independently and with varied tasks, alongside colleagues with high competence and experience who care about helping each other. You will come to a workplace that takes pride in our socially important mission. You will be given a lot of personal responsibility and the opportunity to influence both your work and your own professional development. We care about our employees and invest in participation and development as well as a balance between work and leisure. You will be offered, among other things, flexible hours, wellness time, wellness grants, and the possibility of vacation exchange. We actively work to ensure that VA SYD is perceived as a very good workplace by our employees.

Who are you?

We are looking for someone who enjoys customer contacts and is attentive with a good ability to collaborate and create positive relationships with our customers. You are flexible in your approach and have the ability to adapt to different types of situations independently. Of course, you value working meticulously with a solution-oriented mindset and have a good ability to see improvements and take the initiative for them. You naturally want to stand behind VA SYD's environmental identity and our core values of quality, commitment, and attentiveness. The role requires good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written.

Your experiences

We see that you have the following experience to thrive and succeed in the role:

• VA technical background with practical experience from the VA industry.
• Class B driver's license.
• Experience as a team leader or supervisor is meritorious.
• Experience working with DPWater/Organizer is meritorious.
• Experience with installation issues related to VA such as service connections or building permit referrals is meritorious.
• Experience with VA Tax (P120) is meritorious.

Welcome with your application!

Who is VA SYD?

VA SYD is one of Sweden's largest water and waste organizations that is heavily investing in sustainable wastewater treatment and driving environmentally smart solutions in community building. Our operations run around the clock, have over half a million customers, and generate one and a half billion in revenue per year. We purify, quality assure, and deliver drinking water and take care of what is flushed down our drains to protect seas and waterways. We manage heavy rainfall by creating creative solutions for the water's path and collect waste for recycling and reuse. We motivate and inspire our customers to make smart environmental choices.

Additional information

At VA SYD, we work with a competency-based recruitment process. This means that all applicants are assessed based on the same criteria and prioritized competencies. Our interviews focus on the competencies that are important for the role, which include professional experience, knowledge, and behaviors. This way, we can match the right candidate for the role and make an effective and fair selection.

VA SYD conducts socially important activities and therefore places high demands on security and confidentiality awareness among our employees. Some of our positions are security classified, which means that you as an applicant may need to undergo a security review before employment in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585). Some of our positions may also involve military placement.