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Electrical Designer for the Energy Transition – Umeå, Luleå, Sundsvall, or Östersund
Vattenfall ABVästerbottens län, Umeå
Previous experience is desired
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About the Company
Vattenfall Services Nordic AB builds, maintains, and develops energy solutions for energy and electrical facilities. We are developing Sweden's energy infrastructure to create a sustainable future where we find new innovations that contribute to a sustainable society. We work with many different customers and suppliers, involving significant investments in the energy transition. With us, you work in a socially vital operation and ensure everything runs smoothly.
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About the Role
Do you want to become an important part of the energy transition? Vattenfall Services is Sweden's leading contracting company within the energy and electricity sector, and we are developing Sweden's energy infrastructure! At us, you work in a future-oriented industry with a strong focus on a sustainable future. We need more energy heroes, and now we are looking for electrical designers who want to join the journey! Is that you? Together we make a difference, for the whole society.
As an Electrical Designer, you work on creating electrical designs for station projects, such as transformer stations and hydropower stations. This involves the design of control systems, local power supply, and relay protection. In the projects, you work together with other electrical designers as well as project managers and design managers.
Within the Technology business area, you become part of a competence network of approximately 190 engineers across the country. Here you have the opportunity to develop, share knowledge, and work with cutting-edge technology. Travel may occur in the role to visit stations.
Examples of tasks included in the role:
- Prepare complete electrical designs
- Perform design adaptations
- Opportunity for design leadership
Requirements
We are looking for you who has a strong analytical ability and enjoys solving complex problems. You have solid knowledge in the field and are happy to share your expertise with your colleagues. Taking responsibility for a task and driving the work forward together with the design team is second nature to you. Since the role involves handling advanced issues, it is important that you are structured in your working method.
We know that you will develop together with us. But we would like you to already have:
- Post-secondary education in electrical power or equivalent work experience
- Experience in designing control systems for switchgear or hydropower stations
- Experience in configuring relay protection is meritorious
- Good knowledge of Elprocad and/or Elmaster
- Good IT and computer skills
- Good knowledge of Swedish, both in speech and writing
- Valid driver's license (Category B)
Additional Information
We offer
After several decades in the energy industry, we know that our employees are our most important and valuable asset. Therefore, we offer you a varied workday with great opportunities for personal and professional development. We are a large and secure employer that still feels familiar, where employee safety, well-being, and collaboration are important parts of our corporate culture!
At Vattenfall Services, you can make a difference, and together we take responsibility for a sustainable energy transition, together we give power to a sustainable life.
Location: Umeå, Luleå, Sundsvall, or Östersund.
For more information about the position, contact the recruiting manager Magnus Lundqvist at [email protected]. For questions about the recruitment process, contact the responsible recruiter Lea Skånberg at [email protected]. During holiday periods, answers to questions may be delayed, but we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Union representatives are Torbjörn Blom (Akademikerna), Magnus Tjergefors (Ledarna), Johan Larsson (SEKO), and Christel Karlsson (Unionen). You can reach all of them via Vattenfall's switchboard, 08 739 50 00.
Please submit your application by August 9, 2026. We do not accept cover letters in the application. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV. We only accept applications via our website.
Working within Vattenfall means working with socially vital infrastructure. Therefore, many of our positions are security classified, and you may be assigned to wartime duties. If this position is security classified, a security clearance will be conducted before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act. Any wartime assignment is based on the employment contract and the Total Defence Conscription Act. In addition to security clearance, a drug test is performed.
At Vattenfall, we value being active, positive, open, and safety-conscious. We are looking for employees who share our vision and can contribute to strengthening our corporate culture. We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and strive to be good role models when it comes to diversity. Vattenfall works actively to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or disability. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.
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