Water and Wastewater Planner at Enköping Municipality

Enköping Municipality is the workplace for you who wants to contribute to creating a sustainable and good society. At the Technical and Service Administration, we are responsible for what makes Enköping function – from water and roads to public spaces, properties, and services. We plan, build, develop, and manage with a clear focus on sustainability, quality, and the big picture.

The Water and Wastewater (VA) department is responsible for one of society's most important functions – delivering clean drinking water and managing sewage and stormwater. We are approximately 50 employees who together develop and manage the infrastructure that makes daily life work.

In the coming years, we face several major initiatives. We are building a new wastewater treatment plant in Vappa, developing the drinking water supply of the future, and continuing to invest in our pipe networks to meet the needs of a growing Enköping. The new treatment plant is the municipality's largest investment ever and is scheduled to go into operation in 2028.

At the Project and Planning unit, approximately 15 employees work within investment planning, project management, construction management, administration, and customer service. Here you will meet dedicated colleagues with high competence and a shared focus on developing the operations.

We are now looking for two Water and Wastewater Planners who want to help shape the future water and wastewater system.

Do you want to know more about Enköping Municipality as an employer? Visit our job and career website: https://enkoping.se/jobb (https://enkoping.se/jobb)

2 positions.

Job Description

As a Water and Wastewater Planner, you work with planning, developing, and future-proofing the municipality's water and wastewater facilities. You translate the operations' needs, legal requirements, and long-term goals into concrete plans and investments that will function for many years to come.

Regardless of your specific focus, you will among other things:

develop long-term renewal and investment plans
conduct preliminary studies and prepare decision-making materials for investments
plan and prioritize future investment needs
act as the client for investment projects driven by our project managers
ensure that administration plans are kept up-to-date and quality-assured
monitor new legal requirements, authority requirements, and technical development
collaborate closely with the operations organization, project managers, consultants, and management

Water and Wastewater Planner - Facilities

You are responsible for the long-term development of our waterworks, wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, and pressure boosting stations. Your focus lies on the facilities' function, capacity, and future investment needs. You ensure that our facilities are prepared for tomorrow's demands on operational reliability, environment, and sustainability.

Water and Wastewater Planner - Pipe Networks

You are responsible for the long-term development of the municipality's pipe networks for drinking water, sewage, and stormwater. Your focus lies on renewal planning, capacity, and future expansion. You work on identifying investment needs and ensuring that the pipe networks develop in tandem with the growing municipality.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a relevant university education in, for example, water and wastewater technology, civil engineering, environmental technology, or equivalent.

You have experience working within water and wastewater, technical infrastructure, or other operations with major facility and investment issues.

It is meritorious if you have experience with:

facility administration or investment planning
public sector operations
LOU (Public Procurement Act) and tenders
water and wastewater law or environmental legislation
budgeting and investment work
using digital tools and AI support in analysis and documentation work

Who are you?

You like to think long-term and thrive on finding solutions to complex issues. As a person, you are analytical, structured, and proactive. You find it easy to collaborate, build trust, and drive issues forward. At the same time, you have the ability to look up and see the big picture.

We Offer

With us, you get to work with socially important infrastructure and investments that will influence Enköping's development for a long time to come.

You become part of an operation with high competence, great engagement, and many exciting development issues on the agenda. We offer, among other things, flexible hours, the possibility of remote work based on operational needs, wellness benefits, and the opportunity to exchange vacation days for more days off.

Do you want to help plan the future water and wastewater system in Enköping? Then we look forward to receiving your application.

Interviews may be conducted on a rolling basis.

Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Start date according to agreement.

During the interview process, you will need to verify your citizenship. This can be done with a passport or alternatively a certificate of residency together with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must show that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, as required by the Aliens Ordinance.

As part of our recruitment process, we want the final candidate to show an extract from the criminal record register ("Control of own information"). The extract is ordered by the applicant from the Swedish Police Authority.

A security interview will also be conducted with the final candidate as part of the recruitment process.

Your application documents are subject to the principle of public access and may therefore be released as a public document after a confidentiality assessment. If you want to know more about how Enköping Municipality generally handles personal data, there is more information on our website.

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