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Engineer in Protection – Radiation Protection and Occupational Health
Vattenfall ABHallands län, Varberg
Previous experience is desired
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Company Description
Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant delivers fossil-free electricity every day, all year round. We have more than 40 years of experience in electricity production. Ringhals is located on the west coast in Varberg Municipality, six miles south of Gothenburg.
Our employee culture is characterized by competence, expertise, and positive people who want to share their knowledge. At Ringhals, we are constantly developing our operations and working methods to meet the demands placed on us by customers and the outside world. Therefore, we see individual development as a major part of the company's future. Here, you are offered personal development in a workplace with many opportunities.
Read more about our operations: https://group.vattenfall.com/se/var-verksamhet/ringhals (https://group.vattenfall.com/se/var-verksamhet/ringhals)
About the Role
Do you want to contribute to safe operations and an important societal mission?
At Ringhals, you have the opportunity to work in a business where safety, responsibility, and collaboration are in focus. We are now looking for an Engineer in Protection who wants to contribute to our important work within radiation protection.
We are currently looking for an Engineer in Protection for the group Operational Protection Operation Ringhals 3 & 4.
About the Position
Operational Protection is responsible for performing, developing, and managing tasks within the business area (Protecting individuals, facilities, and the environment) for the entire company.
As an Engineer in Protection, you will work within the field of operational protection, which includes both radiation protection and occupational health and safety.
The work spans all operations and includes, among other things:
- Independent protection work as well as monitoring and control of the facilities' status and internal environment from a protection perspective.
- Collaboration with contractors by planning individual tasks and participating in projects and major maintenance work.
- Documentation responsibility, meaning you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing routines for our operations. Furthermore, you have overall responsibility to ensure that work is documented and carried out correctly.
- Acting as an instructor in certain radiation protection training courses and being part of Ringhals emergency preparedness.
Requirements
About You
We are looking for someone with at least a high school education. You have relevant radiation protection training or equivalent knowledge, and experience from operation, maintenance, or protection activities at a nuclear power plant is meritorious. The role requires very good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written, as well as good knowledge of English.
The work involves a high degree of freedom under responsibility, so you need to be self-reliant, meticulous, and service-oriented. To contribute to the unit's development, we want you to be creative, receptive, and positive towards change. It is also important that you enjoy working in a team and want to contribute to our cross-boundary work within Ringhals.
Additional Information
We Offer
Here, you have the opportunity to develop in a business that is important for society and the future fossil-free energy supply. Ringhals offers good development opportunities, internal training, and benefits such as reduced working hours, occupational pension, and parental leave supplements. Read more about our great benefits here.
Location: Ringhals
For more information about the position itself, contact recruiting manager Olle Fält at [email protected]
For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Lina Friberg at [email protected]
OBS! The advertisement will be online for a longer period over the summer, which means our availability for questions may be somewhat limited.
Union Representatives: Patrik Andersson – Akademikerna, Jonas Eriksson – Unionen, Anders Karlsson – Ledarna, Alexander Johnsson – SEKO. All can be reached at 0340-66 70 00.
Please submit your application by 9/8. Selection and interviews take place after the final application date. You apply for the job by answering some selection questions and attaching your CV; no cover letter is required. We only accept applications via our website. Tests are part of our recruitment process.
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 regarding 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.
Vattenfall is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, and our operations are subject to regulations regarding security protection, nuclear non-proliferation, and export control. Due to these regulations, a background check is conducted for many of the positions in our operations before employment is granted. For positions that involve participation in security-sensitive operations or placement in a security class, this check involves a security clearance in accordance with the Security Protection Act. In addition to the security clearance, a drug test is also conducted. You may be called up for military service. Any such call-up is based on the employment contract and the law on total defense duty.
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