Water Supply Network

Do you want to ensure clean water and a good living environment for everyone living and staying in Uppsala municipality? Do you want to contribute to our essential societal work by developing our stormwater management and contributing to good water quality in the municipality's lakes and waterways? Then apply for the role of strategist focusing on stormwater issues.

About the position

As a strategist in the Water Supply Network department, you will work with long-term plans and strategies for the development of public stormwater management, aiming to ensure a sustainable, safe, and cost-effective stormwater management system where treatment and retention are adapted to needs.

Your work will include establishing and revising governing documents within the stormwater area and, in collaboration with the municipality, developing action plans to ensure that the environmental quality standards for water can be achieved in our waterways. You will provide expert support in investment projects conducted within the department regarding the design and sizing of new stormwater facilities as well as the development of existing ponds and reservoirs.

You will collaborate closely with the municipality regarding plans and local action programs that affect stormwater management and serve as the municipality's competency resource in the stormwater area. You will also work with the department's other strategists and modeling engineers, as well as with investigation engineers and project managers.

Examples of tasks included in the position:

• Develop strategies and long-term plans for the continued development of public stormwater facilities
• Participate in planning stormwater management in new planning areas, both internally and together with the municipality
• Be the company's contact person in the municipality's work with environmental quality standards for water and related issues within the comprehensive plan, water service plan, local action programs, and similar plans.
• Provide expert support in the design and sizing of new and existing stormwater facilities
• Establish and revise governing documents within the stormwater area as needed
• Serve as the municipality's competency resource in stormwater issues
• Monitor research and development and participate in various research clusters within the area of responsibility
• Lead the company's internal innovation work within stormwater

You will report to the Section Manager within Network Planning and be part of a group with two other strategists and two engineers working on hydraulic modeling of the water, wastewater, and stormwater networks. Within the section, you will also work with investigation engineers who handle both development and renewal projects. Your workplace will be in Uppsala Business Park and Librobäck, with the possibility of remote work.

Qualifications

• Civil engineer in land and water or environmental and water or equivalent
• Several years of experience working with water supply and stormwater issues
• Previous experience working with environmental quality standards and action plans for stormwater.
• Previous experience working with stormwater facilities for treatment or retention.
• Knowledge and experience in water supply legislation and the urban planning process
• Good communication skills in both spoken and written form.

We place great importance on your personal qualities and want you to share our common core values: we are responsive, forward-thinking, and curious, and apply them in your professional role. We are looking for someone with a strong commitment and interest in stormwater issues. To thrive in this role, we believe you have the ability to independently drive your work forward, but also that you are relationship-building and have good collaboration skills, as the role involves many internal and external contacts.

Application

We conduct ongoing selection and interviews, so please submit your application as soon as possible, but no later than 2026-02-11. With reference to GDPR, we do not accept applications via email.

For more information about the position, please contact:

Section Manager Anna Sundén, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
HR Partner Agnes Jansson, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

We handle the recruitment process internally and kindly but firmly request no contact from recruitment and staffing agencies.

Other information

A large part of our operations is classified as essential societal functions as we supply Sweden's fourth largest city with drinking water. For this position, a security screening with a background check will be conducted before employment. You should also be prepared to be assigned within the framework of Uppsala Water and Waste's role in total defense. Uppsala Water applies a 6-month probationary period.

About Uppsala Water

Welcome to Uppsala Water and Waste AB. Our goal is to actively contribute to a sustainable society. We do this by continuously developing new resource-smart solutions and encouraging recycling and reuse. We provide Uppsala with drinking water, treat wastewater, and manage stormwater. We create circular services where we produce biogas from food waste, reduce water consumption, and reuse materials in the best way. We contribute to a circular Uppsala.

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