Laboratory Position in Mjölby Municipality

We are Mjölby Municipality. Together, we deliver services and functions, build communities, and exercise authority. Our work benefits society with the citizen’s best interest in focus – throughout life.

The Community Planning Administration is one of Mjölby Municipality's six administrations, responsible for several central community functions. With approximately 450 employees, we work with planning, development, and management of the municipality's infrastructure, properties, parks, and outdoor environments. The administration is also responsible for water and sewage operations, waste management, meal services, cleaning, and emergency services.

The Water and Waste Department has about 35 employees distributed across three units: Water Network/Customer, Water Facilities, and Waste. The laboratory is organized directly under the Water and Waste Manager and serves the Water Facilities unit as a customer. Mjölby Municipality has several wastewater treatment plants and waterworks, and the laboratory currently analyzes wastewater from the treatment plants. The laboratory is located at the treatment plant, and the daily staff group consists of 11 people who share a lunchroom and changing rooms.

Do you want to work closely with the operations in a smaller team where you can both develop the laboratory and ensure the highest quality in every analysis?

RESPONSIBILITIES

The laboratory is accredited according to SS-EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 and is located at the Mjölkulla wastewater treatment plant in Mjölby. The laboratory is accredited for the analysis of ammonium, biochemical oxygen demand, total phosphorus, total nitrogen, pH, suspended solids, and organic carbon in wastewater/leachate.

Your responsibilities include quality assurance for the accreditation and responsibility for internal and external audits. You will be part of a team of 1.5 employees in the laboratory, and together you will be responsible for ensuring that analytical instruments, methods, analyses, quality control, and the documentation required by an accredited laboratory function properly, which involves both practical and theoretical challenges. The laboratory has recently implemented a management system, for which you will be the system administrator.

In addition to the accredited analyses, which are part of the operations' self-monitoring program, operational analyses of wastewater and sludge are also performed. The operations are certified according to Revaq, which imposes special requirements on sampling and handling of the sludge.

The tasks are varied, including planning and performing analyses on wastewater from the municipality's four treatment plants and reporting the results to customers. The position includes primary responsibility for the laboratory's development to meet future needs and requirements related to preparedness and safety. This includes expanding the laboratory and planning to build the capacity to perform certain drinking water analyses.

QUALIFICATIONS

You should have a university degree in chemistry, or equivalent vocational training where chemistry and/or laboratory analyses are included, or other qualifications deemed equivalent by the employer.

You should have good computer skills, and experience with the management system O3 Lims is an advantage.

You should have laboratory experience, and it is crucial that you have good experience in analyzing ammonium, biochemical oxygen demand, total phosphorus, total nitrogen, pH, suspended solids, and organic carbon in wastewater/leachate.

It is highly meritorious if you have worked as a quality manager in an accredited laboratory. You should have an interest in quality work.

You have the ability to apply specialized and detailed expert knowledge and the ability to communicate this to others in a pedagogical manner. You demonstrate understanding and leverage the organization's various areas of expertise.

You have the ability to plan and organize your work. You find it easy to set goals, organize resources, follow up, and complete activities.

You have the ability to follow instructions, procedures, legal requirements, and policies, as well as adhere to set timelines.

You have the ability to quickly learn new tasks and gather and manage information to support decision-making. You encourage organizational learning and share knowledge that is useful for the organization.

You have the ability to write clearly, concisely, and well-structured, and can adapt your texts to the intended audience.

We are a secure and sustainable employer. Large enough to offer employees good working conditions and exciting development opportunities. Small enough for close collaboration, participation, and influence.

With a focus on our mission to benefit society, we enable space for personal responsibility and creativity. Together, we drive the municipality and sustainable community development forward.

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In your application, please attach relevant educational certificates and diplomas that support your CV. If you proceed to an interview, we will verify your ID. Read more about our recruitment process at www.mjolby.se/ledigajobb (http://www.mjolby.se/ledigajobb).

Our municipality is expanding with approximately 28,824 inhabitants. We are close to each other and close to the rest of the world, with excellent communication links. Mjölby Municipality's vision is summarized in a slogan: Worldly and Homey. Worldly stands for openness, innovation, a desire to grow, and belief in the future. Homey stands for pride and joy in the hometown. With us, it is easy to live a good life.