Vacant job

The position is placed within the Environmental and Community Building Administration, which is one of eight administrations in Linköping Municipality. We ensure that urban planning takes into account many values: business and culture, traffic and the environment. Now and in the future. Together we develop an attractive, exciting, and sustainable city. Do you want to improve the everyday life, future, and quality of life for the residents of Linköping? With us, you can combine important assignments with a meaningful everyday life. Welcome to us!

Your tasks

Our wonderful team is now looking for a new employee who wants to develop together with us. If you are curious about a varied and challenging job in a competent workgroup, you might be the one we are looking for!

As a food inspector, you work to ensure safe food and that companies take into account documentation, food traceability, and that the food sold is the same as that marketed to consumers. You work based on applicable legislation and EU regulations regarding food control. Thus, you work responsibly and independently to plan and carry out entire processes with controls, inspections, and audits.

The position includes regular control and associated documentation but also working with local operational collaboration (LOS) in cooperation with other authorities and actors to promote safety for citizens and prevent unhealthy competition. The work also involves working with crime prevention controls.

We offer

a driven and committed workgroup that works for community benefit, where learning and competence development are part of the daily work. In the group, we share our experiences and support each other in various issues. This is a developing job in a well-functioning organization with an exciting future ahead.

We operate from premises in Ebbepark, and working hours are mainly scheduled Monday to Friday from 07:45 to 17:00 with flexible working hours, but evening and night work may occur.

Your workplace

Linköping is a growing municipality where environmental issues continue to be a high priority. Therefore, we need to strengthen the environmental department with more employees who will help drive the municipality's urban development forward and contribute to Linköping having safe and good environments for the city's residents, businesses, and future generations to live, reside, and operate in.

Our employees work to ensure a good environment in the municipality - we monitor air quality, noise, water, and climate, and are responsible for food safety and ensuring that there are good living environments. We control industries and businesses and work strategically with environmental issues and environmental communication in various areas. All this is done in our four units: the health protection unit, the climate unit, the food unit, and the environmental protection unit.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for someone with a higher education in the food area, such as an agronomist, nutritionist, food economist, microbiologist, environmental scientist, or other higher education deemed relevant by the employer. For the position, knowledge of food legislation and applicable regulations related to the area is required. Previous experience in food control or work in the food chain, regulatory authority, or experience in inspections and supervision is considered meritorious.

As you will be working with documentation, writing decisions and materials, and collaborating with both internal and external actors, good knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form is required. Good computer skills are a must as we work in digital case management systems and with digital tools. Travel within Linköping Municipality is part of the job, which also requires a B driver's license.

To be successful in the role, we see that you value and strive for good collaboration and view differences and discussions as a developing part of the work. You take responsibility for your tasks and structure your work to drive your processes forward. You easily adapt to changing circumstances and have the ability to quickly change your perspective or approach. As a person, you are secure and stable, and you can easily distinguish between the personal and the professional.

We are committed to being impartial in our regulatory activities and therefore wish that you, as an applicant, can also be impartial to avoid conflicts of interest.

Selection will begin after the application deadline on January 11, 2026. In this recruitment, we will use tests as part of our assessment.

Welcome with your application!

Additional information

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Start date: By agreement

Employment type: Permanent position

Employment rate: 100%

Number of vacancies: 1

Ref. no: 16291

In this application, you do not attach a personal letter.