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Boat Driver/Boat Commander for EOD Boat Group 44. Clearance Diving Division

With us, you become an important piece of the puzzle in the Swedish Armed Forces' vision: for a stronger defense – meeting every threat, overcoming every challenge. It is we who make it happen together. Seriousness and responsibility in a positive collaborative climate where everyone is knowledgeable, open, and engaged. Health and personal development are important to us as employees as well as to our employer.

At 44. Clearance Diving Division, you are offered diverse tasks at a unique workplace within the Armed Forces, characterized by good unit spirit, competence, and collaboration.

44. Clearance Diving Division

44. Clearance Diving Division falls under the 4th Naval Combat Flotilla and is located in the beautiful surroundings of Skredsvik, Uddevalla. The division's main task is to create freedom of movement for naval combat forces with a focus on coastal and archipelago areas as well as around marine infrastructure, and it can operate both at sea and on land, as well as nationally and internationally. Personnel from the entire Armed Forces work here, not just the Navy, so you will become part of a competent team with a wide range of tasks. There are also opportunities for career development in several tracks.

As a Boat Commander/Driver at 44. Clearance Diving Division, you belong to the EOD Boat Group and become a natural part of the strong community within your own unit and the division. The boat group has a number of different tasks, including transporting the unit's EOD groups to operations, providing close protection with weapons and technical systems, and serving as a platform for the unit's various entities when solving tasks. This takes place in the archipelago, near the coast, or freely at sea. The group's boats are of the RiB type with great possibilities for adaptation depending on the tasks to be solved.

Main Duties

As a member of the boat group, you are responsible for the group's boats and equipment. You must be able to navigate both inshore and offshore at high speeds, in varying weather and light conditions with high precision. Through your training, skill, and safety awareness, you ensure that the unit's groups can be transported to solve tasks.

You will work with, among other things:

• High-speed navigation
• Collaboration with the unit's other entities, national and international
• Weapon service, primarily support weapons
• Technical service

The Swedish Armed Forces are experiencing strong growth, and the tasks may develop over time.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• Completed conscription/High school diploma with passing grades
• Nautical license N8
• Handling of fast vessels (can be equated with trained combat boat driver/commander and/or G-boat driver/commander)

Personal Attributes

To succeed in the role of Boat Commander/Driver, you must be highly professional, safety-conscious, and possess good seamanship. Great importance will be placed on your social competence, ability to collaborate, and sense of responsibility; as an individual and a team member. You are very important for the group's delivery of results and cohesion.

MERITORY

• G-boat driver
• Combat boat driver/commander
• ROC (Rescue Operations Course)
• Engine license M8

For the authority's mission to be successful, it is required that all employees act according to the existing value foundation. The Armed Forces' value foundation guards the equal value of all people, justice, and equality, and promotes democracy and human rights (read more at http://www.forsvarsmakten.se).

OTHER

Employment Type: Fixed-term employment as GSS/K (Group officers, soldiers, and sailors with part-time service for 8 years with the possibility of extension up to 12 years, according to the Act (2012:332) on certain Armed Forces employments. The Armed Forces apply a six-month probationary period for those not already employed by the authority.

Employment Level: Full-time

Work Location: Skredsvik, Uddevalla

Position: Military

Start Date: By agreement

Information about the position

Fj Marcus Larsson, [email protected]

Information about the recruitment process

Louise Olsson 010-822 31 28

Union Representatives

OFR-O Joakim Pukk, reachable via FM switchboard 0171-15 70 00

Application

Welcome to apply by 2026-04-30. Your application should include a CV and a cover letter where you motivate why you are suitable for this position.