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Do you want to work with environmental issues where your expertise makes a real difference? As an environmental specialist at the Swedish Transport Administration, you contribute to a landscape-adapted infrastructure by ensuring that nature and the environment are managed correctly in projects.

Job Responsibilities

We are now looking for reinforcement in the Northern region from a colleague in the environmental area!

As an environmental specialist, you provide support in managing the environmental issues that arise in both large and small investment projects, from early planning to completed construction. You support the coordinating environmental specialist and the project manager, guiding the project organization to ensure that the Swedish Transport Administration sets correct and relevant environmental requirements, contributes to goals for the environment and health, and ensures good environmental adaptation. In some projects that have a stronger focus on environmental issues, you may also take on the role of coordinating environmental specialist.

With us, you will support several different projects in identifying and assessing environmental aspects and follow the environmental work through all phases of the projects. This may involve ensuring the preparation of documents for notifications and permit applications, participating in procurement of consultants and contractors, as well as conducting reception checks of the consultants' and contractors' deliveries. You will contribute knowledge regarding nature value inventories (NVI), species protection dispensations, compensation measures, Natura 2000 assessments, and the infrastructure's impact on animals, plants, ecosystems, and landscapes. You will also be able to conduct smaller inventories and follow-ups, such as nature value assessments, inventories of watercourses, and follow-ups of fauna measures.

You will be part of a national environmental unit with over 100 environmental specialists within the Investment business area at the Department of Technology and Environment. This provides you with great opportunities for collaboration with and support from other environmental specialists, as well as professional development and knowledge exchange within the organization - which we see as a significant strength. With your in-depth expertise in the environmental field, there is also the opportunity to work strategically with environmental issues at a national level.

Qualifications

For the role of environmental specialist, we are looking for someone with several years of relevant work experience in the environmental field, where you have largely focused on issues related to the natural environment, particularly in relation to the Environmental Code. We envision that you have broad experience working with, for example, nature value inventories (NVI), species protection dispensations, compensation measures, Natura 2000 assessments, investigations regarding barrier effects of infrastructure in the landscape, or other similar tasks within the subject area.

In addition to the above, you have:

• a university degree of at least 180 credits in the environmental field with a natural science focus (preferably biologist or ecologist) or other education combined with relevant experience and competence that we assess as equivalent
• a valid driver's license for passenger cars
• good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written

We consider it an advantage if you also have:

• good knowledge in other environmental areas related to infrastructure projects
• experience in planning processes for road and/or railway projects
• experience in following up on implemented environmental measures, e.g., wildlife passages, species-rich environments, species protection dispensations, etc.
• experience working professionally with GIS

Who are you?

As a person, you are structured and analytical with the ability to see the whole and connections in complex issues. You can independently structure your work and take responsibility for the progress of your tasks while being flexible and able to reprioritize among tasks when the situation requires it. Furthermore, you are goal- and result-oriented and enjoy having a coordinating and supportive role where you need to be able to act independently and in a team with other colleagues.

The work as an environmental specialist involves many contact points both internally and externally at the Swedish Transport Administration, as you participate in meetings, collaborate, and have contact with project management, colleagues, and other specialists, consultants, contractors, and authorities. To contribute in the best way, you need to communicate clearly and pedagogically and adapt your communication based on the recipient. Another important success factor is the ability to investigate various issues and make trade-offs and assessments based on different interests with consideration for the whole.

Additional Information

Do you want a flexible everyday life with the possibility to work from home? In this role, you can work remotely up to two days a week.

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Application

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Within Investment, we lead most of the Swedish Transport Administration's projects related to reconstruction and new investments. We work with the whole process - from planning and construction to completed road or railway. Always with a focus on smart solutions and efficient project management. With us, you work with colleagues and various stakeholders, all with their own knowledge and experiences, to create sustainable transport solutions.

At the Swedish Transport Administration, we work to bring Sweden closer together. We believe that a combination of different experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives is the best foundation for building a workplace free from discrimination and an environment where everyone thrives and does their best. We believe in diversity where the common denominator is reliability, commitment, and courage. Because that is how we best represent our society.