Pipe Layer at VA SYD

Do you want a job where you and your colleagues contribute to an important societal function as a construction worker? Do you enjoy working outdoors and with your hands? Then continue reading about our position as a pipe layer within contracting at VA SYD!

Your upcoming role

As a pipe layer in the Contracting Unit, you will be part of a team with a dedicated team leader.

The team you will join consists of another pipe layer, an excavator operator, and a truck driver. Together, you form an efficient pipe-laying team with the support and guidance of the team leader. Your tasks include:

• performing excavation, pipe laying, and ground works on water and sewage lines within the operational area
• carrying out service measures in connection with water and sewage preparedness
• digital reporting of completed work
• on-call duty may be included with a response time of 60 minutes

The work is carried out in the form of projects or assignments of varying sizes and scopes. Working hours are from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and the position is based in Malmö, but you will work in all VA SYD member municipalities. The tasks are developing, and the unit follows technological developments in its field.

The Contracting Unit primarily works with contracting work on water and sewage networks and service measures related to water and sewage preparedness. The unit has about 40 employees, most of whom are pipe layers with various specialist skills.

We offer

You will join a workplace with a good community and pride in our goals and socially important missions. We care about our employees and invest in participation and development as well as a balance between work and leisure, offering wellness time, wellness grants, and the possibility of vacation day exchange. We actively work to ensure that VA SYD is experienced as a very good workplace by our employees. In the role of pipe layer, there are good opportunities for skills development regarding work methods. The workplace has a well-regarded gym available for use before or after working hours.

Who are you?

For our Contracting Unit, we are looking for an engaged and proactive pipe layer with strong collaborative skills. Good service comes naturally to you, and you thrive in a job with a lot of customer contact. You have a good ability to plan your work and can adapt to changing circumstances. As a pipe layer, you will work with various types of pipe laying jobs, which means you need to be flexible. You express yourself well in Swedish, both spoken and written. You obviously stand behind our environmental identity and our core values: quality, commitment, and responsiveness.

Your experiences

We are looking for someone with good water and sewage knowledge who is trained as a pipe layer/construction worker within construction and civil engineering, certified as a pipe layer, or has acquired equivalent knowledge in other ways. It is advantageous if you have several years of experience in the field, but the most important thing is that you have the will and commitment to work as a pipe layer and meet the following requirements for the position:

• Experience in civil engineering work in the ground and external water and sewage
• Completed high school education (preferably in construction and civil engineering)
• Computer skills (as we work with digital reporting)
• Driver's license B
• Experience in plastic welding is a merit

Do you want to help drive environmentally smart solutions in community building? Welcome with your application!

Read more about our ongoing work: https://www.vasyd.se/Driftinformation (https://www.vasyd.se/Driftinformation)

Who is VA SYD?

VA SYD is one of Sweden's largest water and waste organizations that invests heavily in sustainable sewage treatment and promotes 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 SEK per year. We purify, quality assure, and deliver drinking water and take care of what is flushed down our sewers to protect oceans 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.

Other 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 operations 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.