Vacant job

The sharpened security political situation that Sweden finds itself in places increasingly high demands on the availability of the Navy's vessels. If you have work experience with composite, steel, carpentry, or painting work in a marine environment, you may be the person we are looking for. The position involves work on hulls, tanks, and ship equipment on surface combatants, mine countermeasures vessels, and support ships. We value mutual trust, and with us, you will have both personal responsibility and good opportunities for competence development. Our employees are important to us, and with us, you will have the opportunity to combine the professional with the private.

About the Office

The Operations Control Office (DSK), which is part of the Navy Staff's Material Office, designs and procures maintenance and repairs for the Swedish Armed Forces' ships and boats. With professional employees, we carry out and develop the operations together with the rest of the Swedish Armed Forces, as well as in close cooperation with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and the defence industry. The department (DSK) consists of approximately 90 employees distributed across four locations. This position is located on Muskö and is titled System Engineer in the Swedish Armed Forces.

Main Responsibilities

• Prepare preventive and corrective maintenance measures in dialogue with operating units and convert these into orders with suppliers
• Check and quality assure (e.g., through documentation review, inspections, and verification) maintenance performed by suppliers
• Provide data for economic follow-up of placed orders
• Follow up on the technical status of material (including spare parts, documentation, maintenance status, and performance verification) and propose measures
• Conduct dialogue regarding orders/overhauls with suppliers and operators
• Act as a customer representative within your own technical area towards other technical parties within the Swedish Armed Forces, FMV, and the defence industry

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• Approved upper secondary education
• Post-secondary education with a technical focus or other relevant competence for the area that the employer assesses as equivalent
• Knowledge of composite, steel, painting, and carpentry work
• Experience with ship systems, systems engineering, requirements management, and operation and maintenance of these
• Communicates fluently in Swedish and English, both orally and in writing, and has good knowledge of technical English within your own technical area
• Experience working in technical support systems for operation and maintenance
• Good ability to handle the most common Office software
• Good administrative skills
• Driver's license (Category B)

Personal Attributes

As the role involves many contact surfaces, you have good collaboration skills and listen to others, relating to them in a sensitive and flexible manner. You take initiative, initiate and carry out activities, and achieve results. Weighing together complex information and showing judgment in statements, actions, and decisions comes naturally to you. Furthermore, you are structured in such a way that you plan and organize your work efficiently and adhere to timeframes. We place great emphasis on your personal attributes.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience handling technical information in both paper and digital formats, as well as using operation monitoring systems
• Experience working in the SAP support system
• Experience in technical service in the Swedish Armed Forces
• Experience in technical work from the shipping, shipyard, or offshore industries
• Experience from the shipyard industry
• Service aboard Swedish warships

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

For more information about the position, click the link:

https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/varnplikt-och-karriar/jobba-i-forsvarsmakten/lediga-jobb/49055/teknisk-bestallare-skrov-och-skeppsutrustning/ (https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/varnplikt-och-karriar/jobba-i-forsvarsmakten/lediga-jobb/49055/teknisk-bestallare-skrov-och-skeppsutrustning/)

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

Information about the Swedish Armed Forces and the recruiting unit: The Swedish Armed Forces are undergoing extensive development work to build a stronger defense against the backdrop of a deteriorated international situation and a new defense political direction focusing on national defense. Leading a stronger defense aims to increase robustness, simplify command and control relationships, and increase the prerequisites for mission tactics through the decentralization of mandates and responsibilities. Within the framework of this work, the Swedish Armed Forces have organized a Navy Staff to lead the Naval units. The Navy Staff is established on Muskö in Haninge Municipality. In the Swedish Armed Forces, there is a strong value base built on openness, results, and responsibility. Professional development and personal health are valued and encouraged. There are good conditions for internal career mobility, wellness programs, and a good balance between work and private life. Employment with us implies placement in a security class. Swedish citizenship is usually required. Security screening with register control will be conducted prior to employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. Employment entails an obligation to be war-placed. The employment also includes an obligation to serve abroad. The meaning of this varies depending on the type of position. A CV and cover letter must be attached to the application for employment. If you proceed in the employment process, certified copies of grades and certificates must always be presented. Calls from external recruitment agencies and salespeople are declined.