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About Water and Environmental Resources

Water and Environmental Resources ensures that you receive fresh drinking water from your tap every day and a clean local environment. We work to make your everyday life function here and now, and to ensure that nature's resources last. We exist so that future generations can also enjoy the mountains, rivers, forests, and land.

The company is owned by the municipalities of Berg, Bräcke, and Härjedalen. We are responsible for the operation of the owner municipalities' water and sewage supply, producing and distributing drinking water, as well as treating and purifying wastewater. The company is also responsible for the municipalities' waste management, collecting and handling waste and sludge. In total, we have just over 100 employees.

We operate over a large geographical area and have offices in Sveg, Hede, Funäsdalen, Svenstavik, Hackås, and Bräcke, which provides great opportunities to work from different locations. Currently, several larger projects are underway, including a major expansion of municipal water and sewage in Härjedalen. The aim is to ensure long-term stable operations for water and sewage supply, with increased environmental requirements and development in tourist areas.

Do you want to work operationally and strategically to ensure the distribution of the world's most important food? Do you have the ability to create sustainable teams and are you looking for a varied role in a developing company?

Then this might be the job for you!

We are now seeking reinforcement for our water and sewage department for the Berg/Bräcke municipalities, where the area manager will support our foreman in operations. As an area manager, we hope you are passionate about working with daily operations and long-term improvements to help employees develop and strive towards set goals together.

About the position

Water and Environmental Resources manages the operation of the water and sewage supply for the municipalities of Berg, Bräcke, and Härjedalen.

The area's facilities consist of water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, pipelines for water and sewage, as well as pressure boosting stations and pump stations. In Berg/Bräcke, these are managed together by four local foremen and 12 operations and pipeline technicians. The area manager will be part of the management team of the VA department together with the VA manager and other area managers, KMA, and strategic functions. In this role, you will be responsible for the area's work environment and administrative tasks. You will lead maintenance planning, budgeting, and purchasing in collaboration with the department head and purchasing coordinator. The investment budget for Berg/Bräcke is approximately 25 million and the operational budget is approximately 30 million.

A central part of the role is the responsibility for the work environment for all employees within the operational area, which requires leadership with good foresight, engagement, and drive in matters related to systematic work environment management. Another important part of the assignment is to create good collaborations across departmental and municipal boundaries, contribute to decision-making data, and ensure processes and routines that create conditions for implementation and good results.

About you

We place great value on your personal qualities, where leadership, planning, and orderliness are essential. As the team player you are, you have the ability to create engagement and participation to achieve results together. As a leader, you are communicative, present, and clear. A driver's license is required for the position, and on-call duty may be included.

We see that you have:

-previous experience as a manager or foreman in the water and sewage industry, or equivalent experience from process/manufacturing industry, property management, construction, or civil engineering.

-experience as a client towards contractors and/or suppliers.

-leadership experience with personnel responsibility.

-technical education that the employer deems relevant for the assignment.

-good computer skills within the Office suite.

It is advantageous if you have:

-experience with maintenance systems and operational monitoring.

You are a person who:

-has a genuine interest in developing operations and employees, wants to influence, improve, and take responsibility.

-has a broad technical understanding with a focus on the whole.

-has the ability to see your employees' potential and stimulates their development by broadening responsibilities and providing constructive feedback.

-has good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written.

We offer:

As an employee with us, you will be an important part of sustainable community building, and here you will work to do good for people and the environment for many generations to come. Engagement, curiosity, and interest in building relationships are what unites everyone who works here and is what makes Water and Environmental Resources a workplace characterized by community, joy, and teamwork.

-A modern digital work environment with many features and all internal communication gathered in Microsoft 365.

-Competence development – to stay at the forefront, it is absolutely necessary that our employees continuously gain new knowledge. Therefore, we are responsive to requests for training, and there is an opportunity for development.

-With a flexible approach, we want to make it easier for you to combine work with family life and an active leisure time.

-Wellness hour and wellness allowance.

Location: Bräcke, Hackås, or Svenstavik

Selection and invitation to interview may occur continuously during the advertising period.

Salary and other employment conditions will be agreed upon at the time of employment.