Unit Manager for Water Distribution

In the city of Mölndal, we take pride in having Sweden's most important jobs, where we together create the best possible everyday life for our citizens. With knowledge, courage, and creativity, we develop our operations and contribute to making Mölndal an even better place to live and work. Welcome to make a difference in people's everyday lives every day!

The City Services Administration has an important and exciting mission to deliver, coordinate, and develop services for residents and administrations in the city of Mölndal. The administration has about 550 employees and is organized into four operational areas: meals and local care, water and recycling, city maintenance, and support and customer service.

The Water and Recycling operational area works for a sustainable future by ensuring clean water in both taps and waterways and promoting more sustainable consumption with reduced waste. We do this by developing, maintaining, and improving our operations.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Do you want to influence community benefit and contribute to a safe, sustainable, and secure water supply for the residents of Mölndal? Then this could be the right assignment for you.

As the unit manager for water distribution, you have overall responsibility for leading and developing the unit that daily delivers important water services to the residents of Mölndal. Your assignment includes responsibility for budget, work environment, and personnel, and you drive the strategic and operational work forward in line with the city's goals and vision.

In this role, you are responsible for leading the unit's operations within water distribution with a team of about 15 employees, including operations leaders, pipe layers, operations technicians, and measurement technicians.

This means planning, following up, and developing operations, new installations, and maintenance of water pipelines in-house. You drive and monitor projects within the distribution area, from operations and maintenance efforts to ongoing service, while ensuring that the work is carried out in accordance with applicable safety regulations and environmental rules.

An important part of the assignment is coordination, where you collaborate closely with other units, operations, and contractors. You manage environmental issues, ensure that work environment plans are met, and are responsible for planning, scheduling, staffing, and follow-up in operational systems.

The position may involve working with classified information and requires security clearance and background checks. On-call duty may occur.

You are part of the management team for Water and Recycling and report to the area manager.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for a confident, clear, and solution-oriented leader with a strong drive to develop the operations and create tangible community benefit. You have a couple of years of experience leading employees and operations. Experience from municipal operations is considered particularly meritorious.

You have a university degree, preferably with a focus on water technology or another relevant technical field. Alternatively, long experience in water operations that is deemed equivalent.

You possess technical understanding of water distribution and have experience with construction contracts, good knowledge of construction AMA, and the ability to interpret water pipeline maps. You also have good knowledge of work environment issues related to the construction phase and a genuine interest in new technology and innovative solutions.

You are accustomed to working with budgets and financial follow-up and have experience with procurement according to LOU and contract law.

As a person, you are skilled at building relationships and collaborating with various stakeholders, both internally and externally. You are decisive and confident in making well-founded decisions even in complex or pressured situations. Your leadership is characterized by presence, structure, and engagement; you build trust, drive development, and help your employees grow.

Apply for the position today!

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In this recruitment, the city of Mölndal is collaborating with Jefferson Wells. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Maria Svedberg at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or recruitment consultant Anna Edemyr at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

We work with ongoing selection, so please submit your application as soon as possible, but no later than January 4. Please note that no applications will be processed during weeks 52-1.