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Captains for Pilot Training

Working as a Pilot at the Swedish Transport Administration (Sjöfartsverket)

As a pilot, you navigate ships through difficult passages along our coasts and maneuver vessels to and from ports. You will board various types of ships equipped with different types of navigation equipment of varying quality and scope. This places high demands on your skill and ability to adapt to different situations.

We are currently recruiting pilots for:

• Gävle Pilot District (Gävle/Söderhamn)
• Södertälje Pilot District
• Oxelösund Pilot District (located in Oxelösund or Norrköping)
• Gothenburg Pilot District
• Malmö Pilot District
• Vänern/Canal Operations Area

The commute time is 90 minutes, so we prefer that you live, or are willing to live, near one of these locations.

Please check the link below to see what it is like to work as a pilot at the Swedish Transport Administration:

Who are you?

To be suitable as a pilot, you are a person who has developed a good ability to collaborate with many different types of people. It also requires that you have high multitasking capacity, are calm, stable, and controlled in pressurized situations. It is important that you have good self-awareness and sound judgment. You are accommodating and work actively to deliver solutions to our customers. Your personal qualities will play a major role.

You must hold a valid Swedish Captain's License Class I. (Ship's officers Class II with suitable experience from senior positions may potentially be assessed as equivalent). You have a valid medical certificate for seafarers. You have completed Basic Safety Training in accordance with STCW and hold a valid certificate. You must have a driver's license for cars. We want you to have gained practical experience working as an officer on board modern ships. We assume that you have acquired excellent communication skills in both Swedish and English over the years.

Working as a pilot suits both women and men. The position may require Swedish citizenship. Security clearance with register check may be conducted before an offer of employment is made.

Why should you choose the Swedish Transport Administration?

The Swedish Transport Administration is a service-producing business authority within the transport sector. Our working environment is unique and our mission is unique – Sweden's most beautiful workplace. Our mission is to develop transport and shipping in line with the decisions of the Riksdag and the Government. Our business idea is to offer efficient sea routes, modern services, and maritime partnerships for growth, competitiveness, and sustainable development.

The Swedish Transport Administration offers a pleasant working environment with good opportunities to balance work and private life. Our work is based on the public sector values; we also work actively for gender equality, diversity, and inclusion, and consider it a given that you share our views.

How and when?

Those who start as pilots undergo a training period of 6-12 months, during which a probationary employment applies. The mentoring team consists of pilots in active service. A condition for permanent employment is that the training is completed with a passing grade.

The positions are to be filled as soon as possible, with the latest start date in early 2027 and training starting in mid-March 2027.

We conduct our selection using, among other things, in-depth personality assessment through work-psychological suitability tests, practical driving in a simulator, interviews, and possible security clearance. Tests and interviews are primarily conducted starting after the summer of 2026. Security clearance is only done for final candidates, where security clearance interviews are primarily conducted at the Swedish Transport Administration in Norrköping.

Information:

Acting Head of Gävle Pilot District Anna Laurell 010-4785242 [email protected] Reference number 26-04588

Acting Head/Nautical Officer Södertälje Pilot District Johannes Folkegård 010-478 5587 Reference number 26-04585

Acting Head of Oxelösund Pilot District Per Lagerström, 010-478 55 56 Reference number 26-04587

Head of Gothenburg Pilot District Lars Axvi 010-4784701 Reference number 26-04582

Acting Head of Malmö Pilot District Björn Andersson 010-478 5223, Reference number 26-04586

Operations Manager Vänern/Canal Fredrik Hansson 010-4785567 [email protected] Reference number 26-04584

Union Representatives:

Pilot Association Ronny Löf, 010-478 52 84

Application:

Register your application, together with a current service record from the Swedish Transport Agency, to verify your qualifications and certificates, no later than August 9, 2026.

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