Urban Planner (Plan Architect) at Lerum Municipality – Build the Future of Lerum

Lerum Municipality is known for its beautiful natural surroundings with lakes and forests. The municipality has 3,200 employees and 43,000 inhabitants but expects significant growth in the coming years. Lerum is located just a 20-minute commute from Gothenburg and is currently facing a period of intensive development with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality works to ensure good service, high welfare, and a thriving business climate.

Dagens Samhälle named Lerum the winner in the category of large municipalities (2025) – an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities regarding schools, healthcare and social care, economy, culture and leisure, attractiveness, business life, and future factors such as digitalization and civil preparedness. Lerum is, in short, a Super Municipality!

2 positions.

Job Description

As an Urban Planner (Plan Architect), you will lead your own detailed planning projects and be part of project groups. Here, you will work with varied and socially vital projects, from major infrastructure to housing development in central Lerum and other urban areas of the municipality. The role can be partially shaped based on your experience, specialist competence, and interests.

You will become part of the planning unit where we work closely together and with other operations within the municipality. Here, you will contribute to developing the Lerum of the future through sustainable and feasible urban planning.

We have an open and flat hierarchy work climate where we share knowledge, support each other, and develop operations together. We value a good work environment where collaboration, job satisfaction, and engagement are a natural part of everyday life.

The position includes, among other things:

• Independently lead detailed plans and planning programs
• Project manage detailed planning projects with responsibility for time, budget, quality, and progress
• Prepare planning documents, planning maps, sketches, investigations, and reports
• Coordinate investigations and materials within areas such as design, architecture, technology, and sustainability
• Responsible for documentation, registration, procurement, and economy in own projects
• Collaborate with internal and external actors, lead consultations, and provide advice on planning matters

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have:

• A Master's degree in physical planning, architecture, landscape architecture, or other equivalent education
• At least seven years of experience in physical planning and drawing up detailed plans in a municipality or as a consultant
• Good knowledge of the Planning and Building Act (PBL), the Environmental Code, and the planning process
• Very good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both verbally and in writing
• Good knowledge of Office, CAD, and GIS programs, as well as experience with digital project tools

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience from politically governed organizations
• Experience in leading detailed plans through the entire process to legal force
• Experience in project management within urban planning
• Knowledge of GEOSECMA Physical Planning and/or Antura
• Specialist knowledge in areas such as architecture and design, landscape architecture, cultural heritage, development, environmental law, EIA, or planning of municipal services and operational land

To succeed in the role, we are looking for you who:

• Are proactive, solution-oriented, and structured
• Can drive several planning processes in parallel and prioritize effectively
• Have good collaboration skills and a holistic perspective
• Have a good understanding of urban planning, the planning process, and feasibility
• Have an interest in planning law and environmental scanning
• Are engaged, communicative, and receptive, contributing to a good collaboration climate, cohesion, and job satisfaction

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Employment Terms

Type of employment: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent.
Working hours: Daytime.

Operations Manager Jasmina Lilja can be reached during weeks 33-35 for any questions.

About Lerum Municipality

The development in Lerum Municipality should be sustainable, and our management is based on the global goals in Agenda 2030.

We believe that our differences enrich and positively develop the individual, the organization, and society. As an employer, Lerum Municipality actively works for gender equality and diversity and against all forms of discrimination and offensive treatment.

We value a good work environment where you can combine work and leisure. As an employee, you will have access to a range of benefits, such as a wellness allowance and staff care programs.

Lerum Municipality is covered by the Main Agreement HÖK and the Collective Agreement General Provisions AB. We apply individual and differentiated salary setting, and the individual salary is influenced by both the difficulty of the position and your competence and experience.

In accordance with the Pay Transparency Directive, we have made salary statistics available on our website, and you can find information about our collective agreement, staff benefits, and the applicable salary range for the current position here: lerum.se/jobb-och-foretagande/jobba-hos-oss/din-lon-och-dina-formaner (https://lerum.se/jobb-och-foretagande/jobba-hos-oss/din-lon-och-dina-formaner).

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We warmly welcome your application!

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