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Company Description

AFRY offers services within engineering, design, digitalization, and consulting. We are dedicated experts within industry, energy, and infrastructure, creating value for future generations. AFRY has Nordic roots with global reach. Our shared principles – Result driven, Client centric, Empowering, and Accountable – guide us in how we work, develop, and succeed together. Join us in accelerating the transition to a sustainable society.

Job Description

We are nearly 300 employees in the region stretching from Gävle all the way up to Kiruna. We deliver tomorrow's infrastructure solutions within road, street, and earthworks design, as well as other socially beneficial specialist competencies to our customers.

To the Section of Civil Engineering in Umeå, with colleagues in Skellefteå, Örnsköldsvik, Lycksele, and Dorotea, we are now looking for a new Group Manager. Within the section, we work with earthworks, road, and railway design, water and sewage, construction and project management, landscape architecture, and land surveying services.

As a Group Manager with us, you will have a role with great variation, opportunities for many contacts and customer meetings, with the responsibility to achieve successful and sustainable business. You are responsible for the group's operations, including planning, strategies, profitability, marketing, quality, personnel, and competence development. You combine your management role with working as a consultant for a certain amount of time, preferably as a Project Manager.

The section currently consists of approximately 30 employees, and the group will consist of 10-15 employees.

You report to the Section Manager, and together you lead and drive the group forward. You will be based at one of our offices in Umeå or alternatively Örnsköldsvik.

Qualifications

At AFRY, we are all team players, and in the role of Group Manager, it is required that you are engaged, responsive, curious, and collaborative. As a leader, you are passionate about creating and developing relationships both internally and externally. You have a university degree or a Master of Science in Engineering, or alternatively, long experience within infrastructure, preferably as a multidisciplinary Project Manager or Technical Manager, or have acquired knowledge from the industry in other ways.

You need to master Swedish and English fluently in speech and writing.

To succeed in the role, we believe you have at least seven years of experience working in different roles and stages within civil engineering projects, either as a consultant, contractor, or client. You are driven by having contact with existing and potential customers, both within the framework of ongoing assignments and seeing opportunities for new business. Problem-solving is a natural and enjoyable part of the work, and you enjoy sharing your knowledge to find innovative, sustainable solutions for society together with colleagues and customers. Previous experience in the consulting industry and a broad network are meritorious.

Additional Information

With us at AFRY, you get access to nearly 19,000 colleagues who are highly skilled in their specialist areas, and our hope is that you will learn as much from us as we will from you. We want our employees to thrive and develop through clear competence development programs tailored to each individual.

We also know that employees who are well, both physically and mentally, are the most important success factor. Therefore, we are keen on a good work environment and balance between work and leisure. We want to be your ideal employer, regardless of life stage, and we understand the importance of a functioning whole. For all our employees, we offer a modern workplace in a global context with both forward-looking spirit and security.

AFRY is ranked as one of Sweden's most popular employers among engineers. With us, you help develop innovative and sustainable solutions within infrastructure, energy, and industry. We offer a workplace with forward-looking spirit and security through collective agreements and employee benefits such as flextime and full pay during parental leave, among others, for all our employees.

Within AFRY, there is a strong drive within sustainability and design issues, and through various internal networks, we participate in seminars, forums, and help each other develop. In addition to competence development through all inspiring colleagues at AFRY, we offer continuous support through our various leadership and technical networks as well as internal training.

We can offer you career opportunities at a modern workplace with challenging tasks and exciting projects around the world.

Do you also want to be part of AFRY's journey forward and create tomorrow's infrastructure? Then we look forward to receiving your application today! We review applications on an ongoing basis.

Last day for application is 2026-06-30.

Contact details for further questions:

Filip Lindgren, Service Area Manager Civil Engineering
[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
+46 72-208 43 84

For all recruitment at AFRY, an ID check, reference check, and verification of education are always conducted as a basis.

We decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of additional job advertisements.

At AFRY, we drive change in everything we do. We believe that change happens when brave ideas meet, when we collaborate, create innovation, and embrace creative solutions; that is how we create the future. We are constantly seeking qualified candidates who wish to join our inclusive teams around the world. Become part of us and accelerate the green transition.