Water and Wastewater Engineer for Åre Municipality – Help Develop Sustainable Water Systems for the Future!

At Åre Municipality, we create the conditions for everyone who lives or visits here to realize their dreams. In our magnificent mountain environment, eager skiers coexist with down-to-earth life artists. There is a place for you too.

Our employees perform Sweden's most important jobs every day. Regardless of where in the municipality we work, we are all collectively dedicated to the citizens of Åre Municipality. We are many different professional categories working in the municipality at various workplaces. Everyone's efforts are needed to deliver good service and continue to develop operations and the entire municipality. We work to create value and quality of life for our residents, business owners, and visitors. With us, you make a difference, every day!

At Åre Municipality, we work based on the core values of being professional, respectful, and responsive.

As an employee at Åre Municipality, you will enjoy several benefits in addition to your salary; see the link under "Other".

Åre Municipality is a Sami administrative municipality, and we welcome applicants with linguistic and cultural knowledge of the Sami language.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

Do you want a role where you truly make a difference? Do you want to work in one of Sweden's most beautiful municipalities and contribute to sustainable societal development? Now, Åre Municipality is looking for new colleagues for our Water and Wastewater (VA) unit!

Why Åre Municipality?

Åre is a place for both adventure and development. Here, a fantastic living environment is combined with exciting challenges within the water sector. We are building for the future and are looking for you who want to help create long-term solutions for wastewater management in a growing municipality.

Your role with us

As a Water and Wastewater Engineer with us, you will become a key person in the work of developing and improving the municipality's water infrastructure. We are looking for you with interest and competence in wastewater treatment and operations.

Duties may include, among other things:

• Work towards sustainable, safe, and optimized operations.
• Inventory and analysis of facilities for maintenance planning.
• Risk analyses and action plans for safe and sustainable water purification processes.
• Act as the link between daily operations, long-term planning, and future investments.
• Continuously improve and develop our working methods and processes.

You will become part of a knowledgeable and engaged team of 12 engineers, of which five engineers work towards operations for the entire production from raw water intake to outgoing purified water to the recipient, together with operation technicians. We work closely together to solve complex challenges and build a sustainable water supply for the future.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Engineer with relevant education in Water and Wastewater (VA), environmental technology, civil engineering, process industry, energy systems, or similar.
• Experience from the water sector or politically governed organization is meritorious, but most importantly, you have the right drive and engagement.
• Communicates well in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

You thrive working in a structured manner and can analyze and prioritize effectively. As a person, you enjoy working both independently and in teams, and you display an egalitarian attitude that promotes both improvements and the common goal. We will place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Start date: By agreement.

The position is vacant subject to no surplus, need for reassignment, or precedence existing in the municipality. Probationary employment may be applied. More information about Åre Municipality can be found at www.are.se (https://www.are.se)

Regarding the recruitment process, we have taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore explicitly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

Our benefits: https://are.se/foretag-och-jobb/jobba-pa-are-kommun/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/vara-formaner (https://are.se/foretag-och-jobb/jobba-pa-are-kommun/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/vara-formaner)