Port Control Operator at Gävle Port

Do you want to be the hub in an operation where safety, coordination, and quick decisions make a real difference – around the clock?

Gävle Port is looking for Port Control Operators for the traffic unit. In this role, you have a central responsibility to lead, coordinate, and ensure safe and efficient operational activities throughout the port area.

About the Role

As a Port Control Operator, you are a key function in the port's operational management. You work at the heart of the business and are responsible for coordination, traffic control, and safety within maritime, rail, and road transport.

The role involves shift work in a control room, where you daily handle complex flows, receive alarms, make guiding decisions, and coordinate efforts during both everyday disruptions and serious incidents. You have close contact with the Fire and Rescue Service, Police, Coast Guard, Swedish Customs, Swedish Armed Forces, as well as shipping companies, ship agents, railway operators, and other actors in and around the port.

Gävle Port is one of Sweden's most important logistics hubs and serves as a node for import and export in Central Sweden and Southern Norrland.

The company is owned by Gävle Municipality and is responsible for port infrastructure, traffic control on land and water, operation of the energy port, and the development of a safe and sustainable freight transport system.

At our company, dedicated employees work in an organization characterized by our keywords: joy, respect, collaboration, and responsibility.

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Responsibilities

Your main tasks include:

• Coordinate traffic and movements within maritime, rail, and road transport.
• Ensure order, safety, and compliance with the port's regulations, port rules, and operating instructions.
• Act as an alarm receiver and initiate measures in the event of incidents and deviations.
• Monitor the port area via technical systems and radio communication.
• Lead and coordinate efforts in case of accidents, near-misses, environmental incidents, and other disruptions.
• Be the first point of contact and coordinating function towards authorities and response actors.
• Contribute to and maintain a clear, documented situational picture.
• Monitor external traffic flows, weather, and other factors affecting the port's operations.

What We Offer

Here you will find a socially important and meaningful role in an operation that is crucial for the region's and the country's logistics and supply. You become part of a professional environment where responsibility, trust, and collaboration are at the center.

Qualifications

Who are you? Personal qualities in focus

To succeed in the role of Port Control Operator, we are looking for someone who thrives in an operational leadership role, where responsibility, pace, and decision-making are a natural part of everyday life. You have a knack for acting in a coordinating, guiding, and secure manner – especially in situations where many actors are involved and clear leadership is crucial.

You are:

• Calm, stable, and stress-resistant even when conditions change rapidly.
• Confident in yourself and your judgment, with the ability to make well-founded decisions on the spot.
• Analytical and structured, with a good ability to quickly create a holistic view.
• Communicative and collaboration-oriented, with a professional and clear approach.
• Responsible and integrity-driven, with a very high safety awareness.
• Independent but also comfortable working closely with other functions and actors.

Requirements:

• Upper secondary education.
• Category B driver's license (manual transmission).
• Very good IT skills, preferably from production or monitoring systems.
• Very good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish and English.
• Documented ability to work independently and make decisions.
• Very good analytical and operational ability.

The position is security-classified, which means a security clearance check will be conducted before employment.

Merits:

We consider it a merit if you have:

• Experience working in a control environment, e.g., control room, command center, security, or operations center.
• Operational background within maritime, transport, logistics, rescue services, security, or authorities.
• Experience of collaboration with emergency services and other societal actors.
• Post-secondary education within maritime, transport logistics, crisis management, or security.
• Training within ISPS, the Security Protection Act, maritime security, or port security.

Salary: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent position.
Working hours: Schedule. Shift schedule: day/night/weekend.

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