Expert in Noise and Vibration

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The Traffic Office is responsible for managing and developing Stockholm's public spaces to ensure they are safe, attractive, accessible, and sustainable. The mission includes everything from taking care of the existing urban environment to implementing strategic investment projects and planning for tomorrow's growing metropolis. To accomplish our mission, we are about 470 colleagues, primarily located in the newly renovated premises of the Technical Board House on Kungsholmen. Together, we ensure that Stockholm continues to be a leading city with sustainable transport solutions and vibrant environments, both today and in the future.

Welcome to us

The Infrastructure Department has about 80 employees distributed across six units.

We manage, among other things, the maintenance of the city's bridges, quays, tunnels, traffic signals, and public lighting. We are also responsible for the city's dam safety work. This includes everything from large infrastructure projects to smaller street and urban environment improvements, operational and maintenance projects, as well as collaboration projects with the Swedish Transport Administration and the Traffic Administration.

After nineteen years with us, our current expert in noise and vibrations will retire. This will happen at the end of 2026, which means you will have the opportunity for a thorough introduction and you will be able to work alongside them for an extended period.

We offer

We offer you a safe workplace where we help and support each other in our daily work and care for a good working environment. You will have the opportunity for personal development/skills enhancement as well as participation and influence in the workplace.

We have flexible working hours and the possibility to exchange vacation day allowances for extra time off. Depending on tasks and operational needs, there is the opportunity to alternate between office work and working from home two days a week. Workplace environment and health are important to us. We offer wellness compensation, wellness hours, and the opportunity to participate in wellness activities. Read more about our benefits here and Stockholm City as an employer here, Stockholm City on LinkedIn.

Welcome to grow in a growing city - where your contribution truly makes a difference!

Your role

As an expert in noise and vibration, you will work with:

• leading new and existing projects according to the city's action program against noise.
• receiving and handling feedback from citizens.
• working on measures in existing environments.
• being an expert in the planning phase of the office's other projects, for example, when establishing speed-reducing traffic obstacles.
• being the office's expert on questions from other actors in the city and other municipalities.
• being involved in the ordering of noise and/or vibration investigations and reviewing investigations that have been conducted.
• managing noise-exposed properties including grants for noise-reducing facade measures.
• offering grants to citizens to reduce noise.

The role involves a lot of collaboration with other departments, such as traffic planning, infrastructure, and urban environment. Within Stockholm City, there are also networks around noise and vibrations that you will participate in.

Being able to monitor the external environment and having a burning interest in the issue is an important part of the role.

Your skills and experience

We are looking for someone who has:

• a Master's degree in Civil Engineering with a focus on acoustics or environmental science.
• Experience working with disturbances caused by traffic.
• Project knowledge, experience working in projects.
• Good knowledge of applicable regulations and environmental legislation.
• High ability to express oneself verbally and in writing in Swedish.

It is an advantage if you also have:

• Competence in geotechnics and geoscience.
• Experience from municipal operations.
• Knowledge of noise calculation programs.
• Familiarity with Stockholm's infrastructure.

As a person, you are driven and self-assured. In the role, it is important to be meticulous and able to anchor and involve relevant stakeholders within and adjacent to your own organization. Many cases are very complex and require a high social ability to collaborate, compromise, and act professionally. As a person, you have the ability to convey what legislation and regulations mean while acting pragmatically.

Other

We recruit without a personal letter to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences required for this role. In assessing your application, we will base it on your CV and a number of questions you will be asked to answer when applying for the position. We ask that you respond concretely and succinctly to the questions, and that there is a clear connection between your answers and your CV.

As part of the recruitment process, we use personality tests on final candidates. The start date for the position is by agreement.

Warm welcome with your application! Stockholm City works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competencies and thereby counteracting discrimination.