Vacant job

Description

The Västfastigheter operations area is responsible for operation, supervision, maintenance, and corrective maintenance as well as customer service.

Our properties are complex and technically challenging. With our specialist knowledge and understanding of our customers' conditions, we help create the prerequisites for life-saving care.

The Hospital Properties Operations area at SU is responsible for the operation and maintenance of buildings and outdoor environments for the Sahlgrenska University Hospital's properties in Gothenburg and Mölndal, which include Östra Hospital, Sahlgrenska, Högsbo Hospital, and Mölndal Hospital. We perform supervision and maintenance, and address faults.

We are now looking for an operations manager for the Sterile and Technical Property Operations unit at SU!

The Role of Operations Manager

As an operations manager, you have overall responsibility for operations, personnel, budget, and work environment. Furthermore, you will participate in and lead the procurement of service agreements, be part of the management team, and be responsible for ensuring that the operational assignment is followed and executed within your area of responsibility. The unit is spread across Gothenburg and Mölndal at the four hospitals included in the area, and they support each other and have close collaboration.

The unit has 14 technicians divided into different focus areas, and a operations specialist who coordinates sterile services at the various hospitals, all reporting to you. The focus areas within the unit include responsibility for equipment and costs related to waste management. There are also workshops for the repair of beds and other rolling stock. The unit is also responsible for the storage function at Sahlgrenska and has a local responsibility at Högsbo Hospital. As an operations manager, you will be able to start your day at one of the hospitals and during the day move between hospitals to meet your staff and the different operations.

As support in your managerial role, you have your colleagues within the management team, HR, and finance. Through trust-based leadership, you support, develop, and motivate your employees so that together you achieve the organization's goals and meet customer demands.

You report to the area manager.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with experience as a manager, preferably within a larger organization and from the technical industry or a related field, with an understanding and interest in technology. Post-secondary education in property technology or a similar field is seen as an advantage but is not a requirement.

The position of operations manager consists of both strategic and operational work, and personal qualities related to our managerial criteria weigh heavily in the recruitment. You have an easy time seeing the big picture and breaking down vision and goals so that they become understandable for technicians in everyday life. Your communicative style makes you informative and follow up, and you understand that information is received differently by different individuals. The role involves a lot of collaboration with various parties, which makes collaboration skills and enjoying collaboration very important. You have no problem being proactive and actively seeking information or seeking support from your surroundings when needed. The ability to make decisions is central, as the operations are sometimes conducted under pressure.

Recruitment Process

In this process, we do not request a personal letter, but instead, we would like you to answer a number of questions when you register your application. Please remember to answer in detail as we make our first selection based on your answers. After the application deadline, we will contact the candidates who are relevant for a first interview. The first interviews are scheduled for March 3, so please mark your calendars now.

As part of the recruitment process, in-depth interviews and testing will take place at the region's Executive Recruitment Center in Gothenburg. The executive recruitment process in Västra Götaland Region is based on the region's four managerial criteria: Value-based leadership, Goal- and result-oriented leadership, Communicative leadership, and Development-oriented leadership. The tests are planned for week 10 or 11 with feedback via Teams on March 12.

If you have questions regarding the position, please feel free to contact the recruiting manager Peter Svensson.

The position may be placed in a security class. This means that a security review and background check may be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Security Protection Act before employment.

We warmly welcome your application by February 22!

Property, support, and service is Västra Götaland Region's own service organization and property manager that ensures that things work as they should. We take care of property operations, ensure that all employees are paid, that premises are cleaned, and that assignments within the region are staffed with specialist competence. We want to work closely with those we support because we believe that together we can make a difference. With openness and a focus on development and collaboration, we strive for a good life in Västra Götaland Region.

About Västra Götaland Region

Västra Götaland Region exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for everyone. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland. Västra Götaland Region actively works to digitize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you have basic skills and can use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in development to learn new things. Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in a war position.

If you want to know more about Västra Götaland Region, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation at https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

Västra Götaland Region prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If you as an applicant have questions about the advertised position or for special reasons cannot register your information in a public system - contact the contact person for the respective advertisement.

To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you as a seller: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing, placement, and recruitment companies as well as other external actors and sellers of additional job advertisements. Västra Götaland Region has contracted agreements.