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About the Special Flight Squadron

The Special Flight Squadron conducts flight operations with radar and signal intelligence, transport aviation activities, aircraft maintenance services, and work on continued airworthiness. The Special Flight Squadron is a rapid response unit that can be deployed at short notice for missions both nationally and internationally.

Special Flight Company

Is an aircraft maintenance company organized within the Special Flight Squadron and based in Linköping, Malmen.

The main task of the company is to ensure the airworthiness of Fpl 102 Gulfstream, in line with the planned flight time utilization. Operations are primarily conducted at the Special Flight Squadron Malmen in Linköping, but work at other locations, both nationally and internationally, may occur.

Main Responsibilities

You will perform Certificate Release to Service (CRS) according to authorization B1 and/or B2 on aircraft system 102 according to the applicable capability list. We expect you to contribute to the efficiency of the operations through improvements in equipment, tools, and inventory management. Service as a flight mechanic is carried out according to FOM and local flight chief directives. As a flight mechanic, you are part of the crew belonging to the flight operational organization with technical responsibility and participate in both short-term and long-term assignments within aircraft maintenance and operational activities.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Officer in aviation technical service
• Good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing, both in Swedish and English
• Driving license B manual transmission
• Authorization B1 and/or B2
• Swedish citizenship and approved security and background check

Personal Qualities

• Service-oriented and easy to make contact with people.
• Good collaborative skills and enjoy working both in a team and independently.
• Engaged, proactive, structured, and results-oriented with high quality standards.
• High safety awareness.

We also expect you to be a good representative of the Armed Forces and support the Armed Forces' core values (see www.forsvarsmakten.se). Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

MERITORIOUS

• Extended driving license categories C/CE
• Authorization for aircraft towing
• Experience with the digital support system Fenix

Other

Employment type: Permanent. For re-employment of officers, a probationary period of 6 months may apply.

Employment category: Military position, SO 6-7

Employment degree: Full-time

Work location: Linköping

Start date: By agreement.

The position requires physical and mental capability, undertaking business trips, participating in training and exercises in the war organization. Since both the position and the tasks are tied to a war organization, you will also be assigned to our organization in a wartime capacity. This means, among other things, that you will receive training on what is expected of you during heightened readiness.

Inquiries about the position

If you want to know more about the position, please contact Elias Holmstedt or Rasmus Bystedt at 010-825 10 00.

Union Representatives

Officers' Union OFR/O, Jan Möller.
Defense Union OFR/S, Per Gunnarsson.
SACO, Ulf Svensson.
SEKO, Erling Svensson.
All can be reached via the switchboard at 010-825 10 00.

Application Deadline

Welcome with your application no later than 2026-04-27. Your application should include a CV and a cover letter where we would like you to motivate why you are suitable for this position.

For the authority's mission to be successful, it is assumed that all employees act according to the existing core values. The Armed Forces' core values uphold the equal worth of all people, justice, and equality, and promote democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se).

Applications for this position will only be accepted via the Armed Forces' website.

Information about the Armed Forces and the recruiting unit:

Skaraborg Air Force Wing is a versatile and unique air wing. Here, there are combat aircraft as well as the Armed Forces' combined resources of transport and special aviation. We conduct basic and position training for conscripted recruits and train all Swedish and foreign Gripen pilots. The unit also participates in many missions. In Sweden, the operations are located in Såtenäs, Malmen, Arlanda, and Karlsborg. Abroad, we are responsible for Gripen support in Thailand and for the Swedish personnel in the international transport aviation cooperation Heavy Airlift Wing in Hungary.

Please read more at https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/f7 (https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/f7)

Every day and every hour, our employees make efforts that affect other people's lives, both large and small, both at home and around the world.

In the Armed Forces, there is a strong value base built on openness, results, and responsibility. Professional development and personal health are valued and encouraged. There are good opportunities for internal career mobility, wellness, and a good balance between work and private life.

Employment with us means placement in a security class. Typically, Swedish citizenship is required. A security check with a background check will be conducted before employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. With employment comes an obligation to be assigned to wartime duty. The implications of this vary depending on the type of position.

Applications for employment must include a CV and a cover letter. If you proceed in the hiring process, certified copies of grades and certificates must always be presented.

Calls from external recruitment companies and salespeople are not welcome.