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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 a global reach with deep roots in the Nordic region. Together, we accelerate the transition to a more sustainable society.

Job Description

Do you want to join us on the journey where we support our customers towards safer and more reliable production? We are currently looking for driven and experienced Machine Safety Specialists who want to contribute to developing and strengthening our growing team! The demand for qualified support in machine safety is increasing rapidly among our customers, and we need to expand our team to meet this demand. If you want to create real value for both our customers and our team, this is the role for you!

As part of AFRY's Industry Division, you will become a key player in the Nordics' largest Safety organization, a collective force of over 150 experts in occupational safety, machine safety, process safety, fire protection, as well as civil protection and emergency preparedness, distributed across approximately 30 offices in Sweden. Here, you will work at the forefront alongside the European Commission, standardization bodies, and national authorities to influence and develop future safety requirements.

As a Machine Safety Specialist at AFRY, you will work with qualified and developmental assignments related to machinery and facilities for some of Sweden's most exciting industrial operations. Since our offering is cross-industry, your assignments may vary between different sectors such as: Manufacturing, Process Industry, Metal & Mining, Energy, Food & Pharmaceutical, Construction, and Civil Engineering.

You will become an important partner to our customers by identifying and interpreting product and user directives, thereby helping them ensure that their facilities or products meet all requirements for safe and secure operation. You will be part of our national specialist group, where you can work both independently and in close collaboration with colleagues.

Your tasks may include, among other things:

• Expert advice regarding machine safety & compliance with legislation
• Training in risk assessment methodology, CE marking, and documentation
• Machine risk assessments and compilation of technical documentation
• Support in CE marking of machinery or machine lines
• Comprehensive assignments from a machine safety perspective, as well as from the perspective of user directives

The location is flexible. We have the opportunity to hire in several locations in central Sweden, such as Stockholm, Uppsala, Gävle, Västerås, Karlstad, Falun, or Borlänge. Travel within and outside Sweden may occur in this role.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who:

• Have several years of documented experience working with machine safety
• Have good knowledge of the EU Machinery Directive (and preferably the Low Voltage Directive) and harmonized standards, and a good understanding of machine risks and functions for both mechanics and electricity
• Are accustomed to leading risk assessments
• Have a technical education at the upper secondary level and/or university level, or equivalent
• Are proficient with computers and have good knowledge of the Office package including SharePoint
• Hold a valid B driving license
• Have good language skills in both English and Swedish

To thrive with us, we believe you are a team player with a strong interest in technology and a desire to build relationships, both internally and with customers. You are solution-oriented, flexible, and thrive in a role where you handle multiple tasks in parallel. The role also involves responsibility for planning and structuring your work, managing budgets in your assignments, and ensuring deliveries within agreed timeframes. We are looking for someone who is curious, takes initiative, wants to develop, and wants to contribute to driving our work forward.

Additional Information

A balance between work and leisure is something we value highly at AFRY. We offer joint activities within our Safety business area as well as joint activities within Club AFRY, where the entire local office participates. We actively work to promote diversity - we are a company that believes this will make us even stronger, more productive, and successful.

Contact person for questions regarding the position:

Christian Kron, Interim Service Area Manager & Recruiting Manager

[email protected]

Contact person for questions regarding the recruitment process:

Fanny Sjödell, Recruiter

[email protected]

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

Welcome to apply, by August 21st. You are welcome to submit your application earlier, but we will review the majority of applications after the summer holiday, and it may also take a little longer than usual for us to get back to you.

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

At AFRY, we drive change in everything we do. We believe 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 looking for qualified candidates who wish to join our inclusive teams around the world. Become part of us and accelerate the green transition.