Operations Technician at Ellinge Wastewater Treatment Plant

Are you looking for an interesting job with varied tasks where you, together with your colleagues, contribute to an important societal function? Then you might be our new operations technician at Ellinge Wastewater Treatment Plant, beautifully located just south of Eslöv! We are looking for someone who wants to work as an operations technician and help lead the development towards high water quality.

Your Upcoming Role

As an operations technician at VA SYD at the Ellinge wastewater treatment plant, you will play an important role in being responsible for monitoring the operation of the plant's various functions together with your colleagues. The work is performed practically outdoors in the fresh air as well as indoors at the computer. Your tasks as an operations technician include:

• Monitoring the treatment process of the plant.
• Process optimization and follow-up.
• Responsibility for addressing faults and problems that arise in operations.
• Sampling and monitoring of water quality and quantity at all facilities in the distribution chain.
• Preventive work to analyze and assess trends based on information from our operational systems.
• Reporting in our maintenance system IDUS.
• On-call duty may be required, with a maximum response time of one hour.

The production department, which includes the Ellinge wastewater treatment plant, comprises our production facilities for wastewater treatment and biogas. Ellinge is the region's second-largest treatment facility and, together with 10 smaller treatment plants, constitutes the operational area served from Ellinge. The work is based at our nice office in Eslöv, but the operational area also spans parts of Lomma and Lund municipalities.

We Offer

You will become part of 11 goal-oriented colleagues who care about having fun together at work and take pride in our socially important mission. Over time, you will have the opportunity to participate in projects carried out at our facilities. If needed, professional development through our industry organization Svenskt Vatten may be offered after some time in the position. There are also opportunities to participate in the development of new technologies that will be important for future wastewater treatment requirements. Our working hours are typically from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, but you will be able to adjust your working hours within the flexible time frame to some extent.

Who Are You?

We are looking for someone who stands behind our core values of quality, commitment, and responsiveness. We seek someone with a strong focus on safety and work environment who contributes to good collaboration and a positive atmosphere. To thrive in this role, you are curious and have a good ability to adapt to unforeseen events and changes in operations. You are also results-oriented and a good problem solver. We appreciate initiative in activities that contribute to improvements. The role involves both independent work and collaboration with colleagues, so it is important that you enjoy both aspects.

Your Experience

We are looking for someone who has:

• an operations technician education at the post-secondary level or equivalent work experience from either water and wastewater operations, process industry, or similar.
• A valid driver's license (B).
• Good computer and system skills.
• Experience working with process control systems and maintenance systems.
• Experience in operations and maintenance work from water and wastewater operations is desirable and meritorious.

Do you want to contribute to societal benefits while driving environmentally smart solutions in community building? Welcome with your application!

Who is VA SYD?

VA SYD is one of Sweden's largest water and waste organizations that is making significant investments in sustainable wastewater treatment and driving environmentally smart solutions in community building. Our operations run around the clock, serve over half a million customers, and generate one and a half billion SEK per year. We purify, quality assure, and deliver drinking water and manage what is flushed down our drains to care for seas and watercourses. We manage heavy rainfall by creating creative solutions for the water's path and collect waste for recycling and reuse. We motivate and inspire our customers to make smart environmental choices.

Additional Information

At VA SYD, we work with a competency-based recruitment process. This means that all applicants are assessed based on the same criteria and prioritized competencies. Our interviews focus on the competencies that are important for the role, which include professional experience, knowledge, and behaviors. This way, we can match the right candidate for the role and make an effective and fair selection.

VA SYD conducts socially important operations and therefore places high demands on security and confidentiality awareness among our employees. Some of our positions are security classified, which means that you as an applicant may need to undergo a security review before employment in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585). Some of our positions may also involve military placement.