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Company Description

VB Energy Group is an environmentally and occupational health certified energy company headquartered in Ludvika. The company employs around 75 people and is involved in electricity sales, district heating, electricity distribution, and operation of hydropower stations. The main owner of the company is Vattenfall, with Ludvika Municipality and Fagersta Municipality as minority owners. Please visit our website vbenergi.se for more information.

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 21,000 employees. We have electrified industries, supplied energy to homes, and transformed lives through innovation for over a hundred years.

About the Role

Do you want to contribute to Sweden's fossil-free energy supply? Now you have the chance to work in an exciting and varied role with great opportunities for development. VB Energi is now looking for an Electrical and Automation Technician with a focus on district heating!

As an Electrical and Automation Technician, you will belong to the Ludvika/Grängesberg operations team, which is part of the Production Department. The team is responsible for the operation and maintenance as well as projects within district heating. In the role of Electrical and Automation Technician, you will perform maintenance, troubleshooting, and be responsible for projects at our production and distribution facilities, thereby contributing to our customers receiving deliveries of environmentally friendly district heating. On-call duty may be included. We work with continuous improvements, and in this work, you will play an important role in driving and implementing both large and small changes. We place great emphasis on safety in everything we do at our facilities, and it is our highest priority in our daily work.

Your tasks are divided into two areas:

Electrical and Automation

• Troubleshooting control systems, regulators, and field components
• Programming control systems and sequences
• Regulator optimization, signal conversion, and sensors (pressure, temperature, flow, level)
• Motor controls, frequency converters, and valve and damper control
• Plan and execute preventive maintenance of control/regulation equipment
• Documentation
• Communication (e.g., Profibus, Modbus, or Profinet) & network (diagnostics and configuration)
• Projects
• Facility optimizations
• Contractor management

Maintenance

• Preventive maintenance on the facilities
• Mechanical work

Requirements

In this role, you will learn a lot on-site, but to succeed, it is good if you have:

• Education as an automation technician or equivalent work experience
• Experience in maintenance and mechanics
• Good computer skills, including knowledge of MS Office
• Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written
• Driving license B
• Experience in the energy sector is an advantage
• Experience in improvement work is an advantage

You feel a strong personal responsibility and commitment to your tasks. You are used to working independently and have your own drive. As a person, we appreciate that you can easily create structure and plan your work well. In this role, circumstances may change, and it is important that you are flexible and quickly adapt to the situation. Personal qualities such as reliability, honesty, and humility are highly valued for this role.

Additional Information

We Offer

An opportunity to join a team that works together for safe and stable operations. You will have a varied everyday life with challenging tasks.

In addition to being part of shaping the future's smart energy society, we offer a workplace with good opportunities for development. It is important that life works well overall, and therefore we care that our employees experience a good balance between work and leisure.

Location: Ludvika

For more information about the position, contact the recruiting manager Fredrik Andersson, [email protected]. For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Kajsa Loman, [email protected].

Union representatives are Torbjörn Jonsson Unionen, Mikael Boström Sveriges Ingenjörer, and Pertti Palonto SEKO. You can reach them through the switchboard at 0240-876 00.

Welcome with your application by January 18, 2026. We only accept applications via our website. We do not accept personal letters in the application. You can apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV.

We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and strive to be good role models regarding diversity. VB Energi actively works to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender identity, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or disability. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

Working at VB Energi means working with socially important infrastructure. Thus, many of our services are security classified, and you may be subject to military placement. If this position is security classified, a security review will be conducted before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act. Any military placement occurs with support in the employment contract and the Total Defense Duty Act.

We look forward to your application!