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Company Description

Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is Vattenfall's electricity grid business and one of Sweden's largest grid companies. We are responsible for a societal-critical infrastructure that distributes electricity to more than 900,000 businesses and households. As an employee, you contribute every day to ensuring society functions and to secure electricity supply for future generations. Together, we are building the grid of the future and enabling the transition to a sustainable society. Read more about what it is like to work here.

About the Role

Do you want a meaningful job where you can make a real difference for both society and the energy transition? Here, you are part of a socially critical operation with exciting projects, cutting-edge technology, and colleagues who value each other.

We are now looking for several experienced Automation and Communications Engineers who want to help build the maintenance operations of the future!

We are facing one of Vattenfall Eldistribution's largest investments ever – a historic effort to build a stronger, more resilient, and entirely independent capability in maintenance and repair. In a time when the external environment places increasingly high demands on robustness and durability, we are taking decisive steps to secure a power grid that can withstand difficult conditions and deliver when needed most.

Responsibilities and Tasks

We are now looking for Automation and Communications Engineers who want to strengthen our technology department. We offer you a free and responsible role where you help ensure a reliable and modern infrastructure in our facilities across the country. Here you will have good opportunities for both technical deepening and personal development in the role.

On the Technology & Control Plant Department, approximately 50 engineers work with specialist competence in automation, communications, control equipment, and design. Here you will meet colleagues who are passionate about technology, are happy to share their knowledge, and take great responsibility for both quality and safety.

Your Role as Automation and Communications Engineer

• Participate in preventive maintenance and troubleshooting of automation and communications equipment.
• Participate in projects for the conversion and new construction of automation and communications solutions, and ensure the implementation of new, ongoing projects within the area.
• Contribute to design, material procurement, design, implementation, installation, and commissioning.
• Handle supplier and contractor contacts.

Our work takes place in environments that sometimes involve high altitudes and potential risks, which means that safety and risk awareness are always at the center. At the same time, our daily life is characterized by collaboration, problem-solving, and the opportunity to work close to the technology that keeps Sweden's power grid running. Travel is a natural part of the work, mostly during the day, but overnight trips do occur.

Requirements

Our way of working is characterized by freedom under responsibility, and as a person, you are therefore driven by taking on challenges, solving problems, and achieving set goals. Since you will be in contact with both internal and external contacts, we are looking for you who are service-oriented and enjoy working both independently and in close collaboration with colleagues.

In addition to your personal qualities, we would like you to have:

• An education in telecommunications, automation, or electrical power, or equivalent practical experience assessed by the employer as equivalent.
• A few years of experience working in telecommunications, automation, or electrical power.
• Experience with technology such as optical fiber and radio-based communication, e.g., 4G and radio links, station bus-based networks according to the IEC61850 standard, and IP-based networks.

You express yourself easily in both Swedish and English, in writing and speech. A Class B driver's license is required.

Additional merits we value:

• Experience from the electrical power industry.
• Experience of previously leading projects or work, preferably as a project manager, or alternatively work experience as a coordinator within the industry.
• Practical experience of working with and configuring remote control and control equipment, e.g., RTUs and relay protection.

Additional Information

We offer an exciting workday and a good work-life balance at an attractive workplace with good opportunities for development. We work in a safe and motivating work environment, with a strong and positive culture characterized by care for everyone. To ensure you thrive, we offer the opportunity for continuous learning, good working conditions, and a wide range of employee benefits – Read more about our benefits here (#).

Location

Trollhättan, Åmål, Borås, Gothenburg, Skövde, Motala, Linköping, Kimstad, Sköldinge, Nyköping, Södertälje, and surrounding areas.

Contact Persons

For more information about the position, contact Department Manager Christian Falck, [email protected]. For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Johanna Sperling, [email protected].

Union representatives for this position are Christian Ericsson, Ledarna, Anne-Marie Sjöbohm, Akademikerna, Jan-Olof Eriksson, Unionen, Ulf Tengman, SEKO. All contact persons can be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard at 08-739 50 00.

Apply by August 9, 2026! We do not accept cover letters in the application. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV. We only accept applications via our website.

We are conducting ongoing selection. However, during the summer period, it may take a little longer before you receive feedback on your application or answers to your questions – thank you for your patience.

Working at Vattenfall means working with societal-critical infrastructure. Therefore, many of our positions are security classified, and you may be assigned to wartime duties. If this position is security classified, a security clearance will be conducted before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act. Any wartime assignment takes place with support from the employment contract and the law on total defense duty.

At Vattenfall, we value being active, positive, open, and safety-conscious. We are looking for employees who share our vision and can contribute to strengthening our corporate culture. We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and strive to be good role models when it comes to diversity.