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Do you have a few years of experience as a mechanic or service technician? Are you interested in learning everything about combat vehicles and enjoy working in a workshop environment? Then this might be the right job for you!

Markverkstad Norr

Here, you will have the opportunity to work with exciting tasks to contribute to making Sweden and the world a little safer. We value mutual trust, and here you will have both personal responsibility and good opportunities for professional development. Our employees are important to us, and you will have the opportunity to maintain a good work-life balance. We also offer training during working hours, generous working time agreements, parental leave, and up to seven weeks of vacation per year.

Markverkstad Boden is a department within the Army Staff, with approximately 180 employees. We operate in Boden, Luleå, Arvidsjaur, Vidsel, Umeå, Östersund, and Sollefteå. You will be part of the Combat Vehicle Section together with 30 other colleagues.

We perform maintenance on the Swedish Armed Forces' ground equipment and provide technical system support. This includes maintenance in the form of inspections, repairs, manufacturing, dismantling/scraping, modifications, operational support, technical adaptation, and equipment surveys.

Main Responsibilities

As a mechanic here, you will primarily work with combat vehicles, tanks, recovery tracked vehicles, and their subsystems. You will work with troubleshooting, repair, maintenance, and modification of combat vehicles. Other types of vehicles may also be involved. The work will also offer opportunities for further development within equipment systems. Internal training during working hours will be available.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• You have at least a two- or three-year upper secondary education in vehicle technology, industry, or other education/competence acquired through professional experience that the employer considers equivalent.
• You have relevant experience of work or practice in a similar field.
• General computer literacy.
• Category B driver's license.

Personal Qualities

You appreciate working in a team and contributing to a good atmosphere in a work group. As a combat vehicle mechanic, you are cooperative, flexible, and service-oriented. Furthermore, you are willing to develop and have a systematic and careful approach when working. We are looking for you who have a positive attitude towards the work and the operations.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

For the agency's mission to be successful, it is assumed that all employees act according to the existing values. The Swedish Armed Forces' values protect the equal value of all people, justice, and equality and promote democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se).

MERITORIOUS

• The Swedish Armed Forces' mechanic training on any vehicle system is desirable, alternatively system technician training.
• Experience working with the Swedish Armed Forces' equipment and vehicles.
• Forklift license.
• Electrical training/electrical understanding.
• Hydraulic training/hydraulic understanding.

Other

Employment type: Permanent employment starting with a 6-month probationary period.

Employment level: Full-time, daytime – varying working hours may be applied.

Work location: Boden.

Start date: As soon as possible after agreement.

The work also involves requirements for travel and duty, both domestic and international. The position is a civil appointment.

Since the job is often physically demanding, it is important that you have good physical fitness.

Information about the position

Section Commander Combat Vehicles Magnus Lindström: 072-238 69 48

Union Representatives

SACO: Ali Hemen

OFR-S: Tony Svensson

SEKO: Irene Ström

OFR-O: Birger Hedman

All can be contacted via phone 08-788 75 00

Last application date

Apply no later than 2026-08-16. Your application should include a CV and a cover letter where you explain why you are suitable for this position.

Applications for this position will only be received via the Swedish Armed Forces' website.

Information about the Swedish Armed Forces and the recruiting unit:

The Swedish Armed Forces are undergoing extensive development work to build a stronger defense against the backdrop of a deteriorating international situation and a new defense policy orientation focusing on national defense. Leadership for a stronger defense aims to increase robustness, simplify command and control conditions, and increase the prerequisites for mission tactics through decentralization of mandates and responsibilities.

In the Swedish Armed Forces, there is a strong value system based on openness, results, and responsibility. Professional development and personal health are valued and encouraged. There are good conditions for internal career mobility, wellness programs, and a good balance between work and private life.

Employment with us involves placement in a security class. Swedish citizenship is usually required. Security clearance with register check will be conducted before employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. Employment entails an obligation to be war-placed. The employment also includes an obligation to serve abroad. The meaning of this varies depending on the type of position.

A CV and cover letter must be attached to the application for employment. If you proceed in the employment process, certified copies of certificates and documents must always be presented. Calls from external recruitment agencies and salespeople are declined.