Vacant job

In this role, you will work for the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket), a government agency responsible for Sweden's long-term infrastructure planning, as well as the operation and maintenance of state roads and railways. The agency works towards an accessible Sweden where people and businesses can travel and transport goods in a smooth, safe, and sustainable manner.

The assignment is located within the Ostlänken program, which involves the construction of a new approximately 16-mile double-track railway between Järna and Linköping. The work is carried out from the Swedish Transport Administration's project offices in Solna/Sundbyberg, Nyköping, or Norrköping.

About the Role

The Swedish Transport Administration is seeking a resource consultant as Project Manager for Program-Wide Production Coordination for the Ostlänken program. The assignment involves acting as a support to project managers and project directors regarding interfaces, logistics, material handling, and production planning.

The role is advisory and strategic, focusing on ensuring the program's progress, deliveries, and goal achievement regarding scope, time, costs, and quality. The assignment may also involve temporarily replacing or supporting project managers or project directors in various roles within the projects.

The assignment also includes transferring knowledge to employees at the Swedish Transport Administration regarding the tasks performed by the resource consultant.

Role and Responsibilities

As the Project Manager for Program-Wide Production Coordination, you will, among other things:

• Contribute to the program achieving its goals regarding scope, time, costs, and quality.
• Ensure the program's progress and deliveries, taking into account the needs and priorities of project stakeholders.
• Support project managers and project directors in questions regarding interfaces, logistics, material handling, and production methods.
• Participate in decision-making regarding production planning, production monitoring, purchasing strategies, and cost control.
• Prepare decision-making materials and clarify the scope and prerequisites of the projects.
• Ensure coordination of project activities and the projects' internal and external contact surfaces.
• Promote experience feedback and information exchange between projects.
• Work independently and together with others to guide the various parts of the program forward in necessary decisions.
• Contribute to innovation and development by challenging requirements and prerequisites.

Competency Requirements

We expect you to meet all the following mandatory requirements, which should be clearly reflected in your CV:

• A university or college education of at least 180 ECTS credits with a technical focus within civil engineering, or alternatively, other relevant education combined with experience deemed equivalent by the client.
• At least ten (10) years of current work experience from the production phase with construction production, including production planning for railways.
• At least five (5) years of current experience in supporting a client organization with issues regarding progress, production methods, and logistics.
• Good ability to write written reports and conduct oral presentations in internal and external contexts.
• Good knowledge of relevant standard contracts AB, ABT, ABK, as well as AMA.

By "current" experience is meant:

• 10 of the last 15 years for the requirement of 10 years' experience.
• 5 of the last 10 years for the requirement of 5 years' experience.

Value-Added Requirements

Value-Added Requirement 1: It is a value-add for the client if the offered resource has experience from development assignments and change work that has resulted in savings for projects in the construction phase.

Value-Added Requirement 2: It is a value-add for the client if the offered resource has worked with the development and implementation of innovations.

Value-Added Requirement 3: It is a value-add for the client if the offered resource has the best possible understanding of the program's and role's challenges and complexity, is self-initiating, solution-oriented, and has very good collaboration and communication skills.

Assignment Information

• Assignment Period: 2026-09-15 or earlier until 2028-09-15.
• Extension Option: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 years.
• Scope: Approximately 80–100 %.
• Location: Solna/Sundbyberg, Nyköping, or Norrköping.
• Presence: As a starting point, work at the project office five days a week; some remote work may be approved.
• Travel in the role: Travel occurs, primarily to project offices in Södertälje, Nyköping, and Norrköping, approximately 4 times per month.

Application

Please submit your application as soon as possible.

If you have questions about the assignment, please contact the responsible recruiter at [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application!

Open to All
We focus on your competence, not your other prerequisites. We are open to adapting the role or workplace to your needs.