Food Inspector at the Food Control Unit

As a member of the food control unit in central Sweden, you will work to ensure that food companies comply with food legislation. You contribute to ensuring that consumers receive safe food and can make well-informed choices. We are now looking for two food inspectors to join the border control team located at the border control station in Gothenburg port.

Your Responsibilities

As a food inspector at border control, you will be responsible for inspecting imported food from countries outside the EU. A day at border control involves both administrative tasks and physical inspections and sampling of the food being imported. The job also includes regular dialogue with importers, cargo handlers, and other authorities, such as the Swedish Board of Agriculture and the Customs Agency.

Border Control Team

You will be part of the border control team, which consists of approximately 25 employees distributed across our border control stations in Gothenburg port, Norvik port, Helsingborg port, Gävle port, Södertälje port, and Arlanda airport. Stationed in Gothenburg, you will be part of a group of eight people.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is either a graduate or still a university student in a relevant natural science field. This could include environmental and health protection, biology, food agronomy, veterinary science, or other equivalent education. You should have good administrative skills. Experience working with food legislation or public control is an advantage.

As a person, you need to be self-driven and able to make well-founded decisions and initiatives. You are confident in yourself and the decisions you make. At the same time, the position requires strong collaboration skills; it is together with your team that you succeed and develop. Consulting with entrepreneurs and other stakeholders is also a central part of the job, which requires you to be clear and receptive in your communication. We will place great emphasis on personal suitability.

You should have good knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form, as well as the ability to understand and communicate in English. A valid driver's license (B) is required.

Welcome to Contact Us

The application deadline is 2026-03-31. Apply via the job advertisement on livsmedelsverket.se/lediga jobb, marking your application with diary number 2026/01224.

If you would like to know more about the position, please contact the recruiting team manager Annika Sundström at tel. 018-17 43 67. The representative for Saco-S is Åsa Eneroth and for ST Ronny Holmqvist. Both can be reached via our switchboard at tel. 018-17 55 00.

More Information About the Position

Employment Type: Temporary employment - substitute

Extent: Full-time (can be discussed)

Start Date: June 1, 2026 – August 31, 2026 (can be discussed)

Organizational Affiliation: Department of Food Control / Unit for Food Control in Central Sweden

Location: Gothenburg

About the Swedish Food Agency

The Swedish Food Agency works to ensure that the food produced, sold, and served in Sweden is safe and honest, for a society where it is easy for people to eat in a healthy and sustainable way, and to ensure a safe food and drinking water supply in everyday life and in crisis situations. Our tools are knowledge, advice, regulations, and control. In total, we are about 700 employees, of which more than 390 are in Uppsala and about 300 work with food control across the country.