Special Helicopter Group (SHG)

is a special operations unit within the Swedish Armed Forces' special operations system (FMSF) located at the Helicopter Wing in Linköping. SHG's primary tasks are tactical transport, intelligence gathering, and air support. Like other units within FMSF, SHG has high demands for availability from specially selected personnel, with extensive operational experience and a high level of training and competence.

About the Position

SHG is seeking several employees within the logistics function for the positions of LOGISTICS OFFICER and QUARTERMASTER. These positions are being recruited both for the S4 staff and for the unit's newly established base company. The company includes several supporting functions, including technical services, communications/IT, logistics, and fuel. Depending on your background and interests, you will be placed in a suitable position.

The Logistics Officer/Quartermaster is responsible for leading, coordinating, and managing logistics within the squadron together with a smaller work team. The logistics function at the company is more closely tied to operations and more hands-on, such as managing aviation fuel, while S4 plans and prepares.

Additional diverse tasks will be added, and the work places high demands on initiative, problem-solving ability, and the willingness to see and understand what needs to be done in order to increase the unit's efficiency and capability. Travel within and outside of Sweden occurs frequently in daily service. The position requires maintaining readiness for national and international operations, sometimes with short notice.

Main Responsibilities

• Be a material officer, conduct inventories.
• Support commanders with logistics issues.
• Assist the squadron with purchases and orders in daily operations.
• Be the quartermaster during and prior to exercises.
• Be prepared to be responsible for the squadron's premises.

Qualifications

• Specialist officer SO 6-7.
• Good ability to express oneself in speech and writing in Swedish and English.
• Approved according to FM FysS.
• Driver's license class B.
• Logistics experience within the Armed Forces.
• Swedish citizenship.

Meritorious

• Driver's license/permit C, CE, forklift, loader.
• Vehicle instructor.
• Training in technical services company or equivalent.
• Knowledge in logistics management SAP/PRIO.
• Supply training.
• Previously completed international service.
• Interest in technology/vehicle services.

Applicants from all branches of the armed forces are welcome to create increased competence diversity.

Personal Qualities

• Service-minded and responsible.
• Good collaboration skills and also self-driven.
• Resilient and robust with the ability to handle rapid changes.
• Meticulous and structured.
• Security-conscious.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability during selection tests.

For the authority's mission to be successful, all employees are expected to act according to the values that exist. The Armed Forces' values uphold the equal worth of all people, justice and equality, and promote democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se (https://www.forsvarsmakten.se)).

Other:

Employment rate: Full-time, scheduled working hours
Work location: Linköping
Start date: By agreement

Information about the Recruitment Process

Applicants for positions at SHG, who have been deemed suitable after selection, will undergo a selection process involving various tests at Malmen during week 636. In connection with any call to selection, details regarding working hours, travel, equipment, and preparations will be provided. For inquiries about the position, contact: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Union Representatives

OFR/O, Mats Häggström
Defense Union, Christoffer Willers
SACO-S, Suzanne Ericsson
SEKO, Urban Hellqvist
All can be reached via switchboard 013-28 30 00

Application Deadline

Welcome with your application by 2025-05-17. Your application should be sent via email and must include a completed application form and CV.

Save the application form as “FirstName_LastName_LogisticsOfficer”, fill it out and email it together with your CV to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Note that this position cannot be applied for in ReachMee, but only via email.

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

Information about the Armed Forces and the Recruiting Unit:

The Armed Forces Helicopter Wing is a unit with both land and maritime operational focus that can operate in missions in Sweden and internationally.

Helicopter support is requested by many, for example for personnel, material, or medical transports, command, reconnaissance, or surveillance missions. The Helicopter Wing often participates in missions and exercises with other units but also supports society in various crisis situations.

Operating throughout Sweden, the breadth of tasks and the size of the wing with over 950 employees provide variation in work and opportunities for personal development. The majority of the Helicopter Wing is located in Linköping (Malmen), where we also manage Malmen Airport and Linköping garrison, with two large units in Luleå (Kallax) and Ronneby (Kallinge).

Read more at https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/hkpflj (https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/hkpflj)

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

The Armed Forces has 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. Usually, Swedish citizenship is required. A security review with a background check will be conducted before employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. Employment also includes an obligation to be placed in wartime. This obligation varies depending on the type of position.

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

Calls from external recruitment companies and sellers are not welcome.