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Company Description

Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is Vattenfall's electricity grid business and one of Sweden's largest grid operators. We are responsible for a critical infrastructure that distributes electricity to more than 900,000 businesses and households. As an employee, you contribute daily to a functioning society and a secure electricity supply for future generations. Together, we are building the grid of the future and enabling the transition to a sustainable society. Read more about working with us here.

About the Role

Do you want a meaningful job where you can make a real difference for both society and the energy transition? With us, you are part of a socially vital operation featuring exciting projects, cutting-edge technology, and colleagues who value one another.

We are now looking for you to take a key role in shaping the future of our maintenance operations as Department Manager for Northern Stations.

We are facing one of Vattenfall Eldistribution's largest initiatives ever – a historic effort to build a stronger, more resilient, and fully independent capability in maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair. In a time when the external environment demands increasing robustness and durability, we are taking decisive steps to secure a grid that withstands harsh conditions and delivers when it is needed most. As Department Manager, you are a key figure in this development.

Responsibilities and Duties

As Department Manager for Northern Stations, you are a key figure in this development, leading a growing department with approximately 60 employees and four experienced managers reporting directly to you. Together, you will build an organization characterized by engagement, security, and pride, where safety is always our guiding star – in a risky environment, we look out for each other and create security together.

This is a mission for you who want to combine strategic leadership with proximity to daily operational activities. In the near future, much will be about building the team – creating structure, direction, and common ways of working that strengthen both capacity and competence. You work solution-focused and drive the development of our processes, working methods, and practical execution, always with safety and quality in focus.

In this role, you are responsible for, among other things:

• Leading, coaching, and developing your management team, ensuring the organization has the right capabilities and competence over time, and being active in the unit's management group.
• Driving the development of work processes, execution, and working methods with a focus on improvements, efficiency, and safe operation of our facilities.
• Being responsible for budget, forecasting, and follow-up.
• Ensuring good communication and collaboration both internally and externally.
• Contributing to a high standard in facility maintenance and establishing robust routines for safety and quality.

The role is central to our continued build-up of an independent maintenance capability, where you drive development through participation, clear direction, and a strong focus on collaboration.

Requirements

We place great importance on your personal attributes and are looking for a secure, communicative, and development-oriented leader who creates engagement, direction, and collaboration through others. You have experience leading teams in operationally complex environments and are accustomed to building working methods, structure, and culture in organizations that are growing and changing.

We are looking for you who have experience in:

• Driving improvement work and developing working methods and culture.
• Working structured with planning, budgeting, and follow-up.
• Creating trust, security, and clarity in change processes.
• Building strong teams and leading through participation.

We expect you to have an academic education and/or several years of experience in a leading position with responsibility for personnel and operations. You communicate fluently in Swedish and English and hold a B driver's license as business travel is required. Leadership experience and the ability to develop both individuals and the business are considered assets.

Additional Information

We offer an exciting workday and a good work-life balance at an attractive workplace with great opportunities for development. We work in a safe and motivating environment with a strong and positive culture characterized by care for everyone. To ensure you thrive, we offer opportunities for continuous learning, good working conditions, and a wide range of employee benefits. Read more about our benefits here.

Location

Solna, Uppsala, Västerås, Luleå, or Umeå.

For more information about the position, contact the hiring manager Dick Larsson, [email protected]. For questions about the recruitment process, contact the recruiter Johanna Sperling, [email protected].

Union representatives for this position are Christian Ericsson (Ledarna), Anne-Marie Sjöbohm (Akademikerna), Jan-Olof Eriksson (Unionen), Ulf Tengman (SEKO). All contacts can be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard 08-739 50 00.

Welcome to apply by April 19, 2026! We do not accept cover letters. You can apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV. We only accept applications via our website. Selection and interviews will take place after the application deadline. Tests will be part of this recruitment process.

Working at Vattenfall means working with socially critical infrastructure. Therefore, many of our positions are security-classified, and you may be subject to wartime placement. If this position is security-classified, a security clearance will be conducted before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act. Any wartime placement will be based on the employment contract and the Total Defence Act.