Operations Technician at LaxåVärme AB

Laxå Municipality is a pleasant small municipality located in southern Örebro County. We have 450 employees distributed across four operational areas – Municipal Management, Community Development, Education, and Care and Welfare. We work according to our values where the key words are respect, responsiveness, forward-thinking, and positivity. Is this something you can agree with? If so, keep reading!

LaxåVärme AB is a wholly-owned municipal company owned by Laxå Municipality. LaxåVärme AB was established on July 1, 1997, when the district heating operations of Tivedsenergi AB were purchased. The company produces heat for approximately 200 customer facilities. The production is about 35 GWh/year. LaxåVärme has 4 full-time employees and 2 hired for standby. The company has been environmentally certified since 2016. LaxåVärme's fuel usage in 2024 amounted to 98.6% fossil-free fuels in the form of briquettes and pellets.

Are you looking for a new challenge in a wonderful environment where we help each other and strive for a strong cohesion to achieve the best results? Do not hesitate to apply.

Description

LaxåVärme AB is in an exciting phase, the company is building a new boiler to be able to burn moist wood fuel in the form of chips, bark, and forest residues. The boiler is to be completed in the spring of 2026 and will replace our largest briquette boiler.

Responsibilities

• Operation, supervision, service, and development of our production facility
• Planned and corrective maintenance as well as repair and renewal work.
• Participate in efforts to improve and optimize technology and processes.
• Work according to the laws, regulations, and policies that concern the facilities.
• Service and replacement of customer centers.
• Operation and maintenance of distribution networks, meter changes, as well as other tasks within the company.

The work places high demands on collaboration and quality awareness as well as a flexible working approach and holistic view. The tasks require you to be analytical and have good organizational skills. You should be able to take your own initiatives and you will work both independently and in a team.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with an operations technician education (preferably KY/YH), or another similar technical education. Or experience working in the energy sector, process industry, or similar. For the job, you need to have good computer skills.

Meritorious

• Knowledge in the areas of control and regulation technology and computerized operation monitoring.
• Experience with work in EDP and Ready.
• Electrical authorization.
• Experience with similar tasks in power or process industry.
• Experience mixing and loading chips, bark, and forest residues with a wheel loader.

Requirements

A driver's license (B) is required for the position.

Your Qualities

You are engaged and have an interest in the long-term work of developing our operations, but you also thrive in the fast pace of the business. The position includes both external and internal contacts with other operations. This means you need to have good communication skills and can express yourself well in both speech and writing. For the position, you need to have organizational skills and a sense of service. You also have good collaboration skills, are flexible, and can work both in a team and independently. As an ambassador for the company, you know how important it is to nurture and develop the company's brand and values, team spirit, engagement, kindness, and respect. We place great importance on personal suitability and that you contribute to a good collaborative climate.

Application

Warm welcome with your application by Sunday, January 18, 2025. Interviews will be conducted continuously during the recruitment process. We therefore ask applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

We apply Sobona's Energy Agreement.

We are convinced that diversity enriches and therefore welcome both women and men from different backgrounds as applicants. It is important how we act and are perceived by the outside world, which is why we value ethics and morals highly.

In this recruitment, we have already made our choices of advertising channels and partners. We kindly but firmly decline any form of assistance with recruitment from external actors.