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Company Description

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. Within the Vattenfall Group, there are about 21,000 employees. We have electrified industries, supplied energy to homes, and transformed lives through innovation for over a hundred years. We now want to make it possible to live fossil-free and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.

Vattenfall Eldistribution AB distributes electricity to households, businesses, and communities – around the clock, all year round. Our electricity grid is over 12,000 kilometers long and we supply electricity to nearly 900,000 customers. We build, operate, maintain, and invest in our electricity grid to ensure you as a customer receive a reliable supply. Read more about us at https://www.vattenfalleldistribution.se/om-oss/ (https://www.vattenfalleldistribution.se/om-oss/)

About the Role

Do you want to make a real difference in Sweden's energy transition and achieve climate goals? We will make significant investments in our grid and are now looking for a Power Engineer with expertise in control systems for our projects.

We are undergoing a historic transition and are facing extensive electrification of society. One way we are doing this is by increasing the investments we make in our electricity grid. To achieve this, we need more engaged employees within the Facility Investment unit who work on our investment projects in local and regional networks.

About the Role

As a Power Engineer with us, we promise you will be challenged with exciting and complex issues. The Project Technology Substations department is responsible for ensuring technical content in planning, implementation of facility investments, and delivering facility technical specialist competence to the business. With technology in focus, we are involved in developing practical solutions to technical challenges within operations, development, and facility construction.

Your main responsibility will be to provide specialist competence to the investment operations, which means acting as a technical resource in our projects. Your tasks will include:

• Ensuring the quality of new facilities and that the facility design is optimal.
• Participating in bid evaluations regarding the station's technical functions.
• Reviewing technical design and checking the design during factory testing.
• Acting as the responsible representative during commissioning tests and commissioning, ensuring that the facility meets the requirements in the technical specifications and Vattenfall's Technical Guidelines.
• Collaborating with other departments within the facility investment unit.

Travel to projects in northern Sweden may occur, as well as occasional trips abroad.

Requirements

We are looking for someone who has:

• An engineering degree in electrical power technology or has acquired equivalent competence through work experience.
• Experience with a variety of power engineering issues and is familiar with the structure and function of the electricity grid, preferably with a focus on fault isolation and control equipment systems.
• Fluency in both spoken and written Swedish and English.
• Driving license class B.

It is an advantage if you have experience in:

• Relay protection testing.

We are looking for someone who thrives in a role where you can use your analytical skills and collaborate with others. You are driven by curiosity and want to constantly learn more related to technology and how technology can be used most effectively to provide good technical support in projects.

Additional Information

We Offer

In addition to being part of shaping the future's smart energy society, we offer a workplace where you constantly learn new things that enable several development opportunities. With our career and development model, we aim to create clarity in the opportunities you have to develop in the direction you want. It is important that life works as a whole, and therefore we care that our employees experience a good balance between work and leisure. We are convinced that diversity and inclusion lead to innovation, improved business results, and increased engagement, and we strive to represent the diversity among our customers and the society we operate in. Read more about us at: www.vattenfalleldistribution.se (http://www.vattenfalleldistribution.se)

We also offer several other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable pension agreements, parental leave supplements, and more. We work according to a hybrid model with both office presence and the possibility of remote work. Read more about our benefits here.

Location: Jokkmokk, Luleå, or Umeå

For more information about the position, contact the recruiting manager Linus Alström, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Jessica Petersson, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Union representatives for this position are Christian Ericsson, Ledarna, Anne-Marie Sjöbohm, Akademikerna, Jan-Olof Eriksson, Unionen, Ulf Tengman, SEKO. All contact persons can be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard at 08-739 50 00.

Welcome with your application by February 22, 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.

Working at Vattenfall means working with critical infrastructure. Therefore, many of our positions are security classified and you may be subject to military placement.

Vattenfall Eldistribution is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, and therefore many of our positions are security classified. If this position is security classified, a security review will be conducted before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act.

We look forward to your application!