Welcome to the Environmental Administration!

Our goal is that everyone living, working, and visiting Uppsala municipality can live in a good environment with good health. We are part of the community, and to succeed in our mission, we nurture and create relationships with our surroundings. We are competent and helpful and work preventively. With us, you can work with environmental protection, health protection, food control, land surveying, and permitting. Through collaboration, supervision, inspections, and dialogue, we contribute to Uppsala's sustainable development, now and for future generations.

More information about working in Uppsala municipality can be found at https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/ (https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/)

Do you have experience as an environmental and health protection inspector? Do you want a job with high flexibility and a lot of responsibility in planning how you organize and drive your work? Then this could be the job for you!

At the Environmental Administration, you have an important mission and work with issues that affect society and its residents in the short and long term.

With us, you will be part of a well-functioning team of experienced inspectors who support each other. The work climate in the group is good, and there are great opportunities to learn new things and contribute your own experiences and knowledge to the group. The size of the department allows you to influence whether you want to work focused on a few inspection areas or broader with several.

Our employees describe the work as meaningful and interesting. There is a wide range of issues, which contributes to a varied and stimulating job.

Job Description

As an inspector at the Environmental Administration, you work individually but closely with your colleagues. The mission is varied in nature and difficulty and offers a mix of work out in the field and in the office or elsewhere. The inspector role involves maintaining good contact with the municipality's residents, entrepreneurs, and other authorities. In your work, you prevent ill health through supervision based on the Environmental Code and Radiation Protection Act. You will handle incoming cases, such as complaints about noise or indoor environments, and perform inspections on health protection activities, such as sports facilities and care homes. Additionally, you may work with other inspection areas and assignments within the health protection department.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a scientific university education or other education that the employer deems relevant for the position. We expect you to have experience as an environmental and health protection inspector and good knowledge of the Environmental Code. The job requires a B driver's license. You also need to have good knowledge of the Swedish language in both spoken and written form, as well as basic IT skills. Basic knowledge of building technology and health risks in indoor environments, particularly related to ventilation and moisture, is considered an advantage.

As a person, you are calm and composed in various situations and can focus on the right things. You can make decisions and act based on your own assessments and consultations with colleagues, even if others disagree. Furthermore, you take responsibility and drive your work forward to achieve results. The job suits you if you are flexible and can easily adapt to changing circumstances. You plan, organize, and prioritize your work effectively. Last but not least, you collaborate and relate to others in a responsive and smooth manner.

Inquiries

If you have questions about the position or the recruitment process, please contact: Heike Kaden, department head, 018-727 43 26.

Union representatives: Naturvetarna, Marutsa Hansson, 018-727 43 18; Vision, Linda Lumsby, 018-727 58 13.

If you have questions regarding the registration of your application, please contact the recruitment area: 018-727 68 24.

In your application, you must state your citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only occur after verification of the work permit, which is required under the Aliens Ordinance.

Employment with Uppsala municipality may involve military placement.