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Company Description

Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant delivers fossil-free electricity every day, 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 working to develop our operations and our way of working to meet the requirements set by customers and the outside world, which is why we see individual development as a large part of the company's future. With us, you are offered personal development in a workplace with many opportunities.

Please 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 lead a business with great significance for Ringhals' long-term safety, availability, and fuel economy? As Head of Unit for Reactor and Fuel Technology, you will have a central role in developing both people and operations within a technical specialist area that contributes to fossil-free electricity production.

About Us

The Reactor and Fuel Technology unit is one of seven units within the Maintenance area at Ringhals, with main tasks such as procurement of nuclear fuel, dimensioning reactor design, and monitoring reactor and fuel economy. The unit also involves monitoring external experiences and handling technical issues regarding the facilities, assisting the organization with technical support.

About the Role

In the role of Head of Unit, you lead the operations towards common goals with a focus on the whole picture. You have personnel responsibility for the group manager and the associated staff for the unit. You are also part of the Maintenance Area Management Group, where you actively participate in the overall and strategic work. Together with the management group, you ensure that your unit develops in the desired direction and that we have a good work climate for well-being and performance.

The role of Head of Unit for Reactor and Fuel Technology is varied, and you will have the opportunity to drive your own issues while collaborating with other departments and groups within the organization. In the role, you have many different contacts within Sweden and internationally, e.g., with suppliers, authorities, external collaboration forums, and organizations.

Requirements

About You

We believe that you who apply have:

• An education as a civil engineer or university engineer, or alternatively another education or experience that we assess as equivalent
• Previous experience as a manager with personnel responsibility, preferably from technical operations
• Good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish as well as experience communicating in English
• Previous experience from the nuclear power industry

As Head of Unit, we see that you have good self-awareness as well as good organizational skills and a holistic view. You are secure in the leadership role, and it comes naturally to you to engage and motivate others to develop both employees and operations. Collaboration, cooperation, and continuous improvements are seen by you as a clear path to success, and you create conditions for open and clear communication within both your own unit and the organization at large.

Additional Information

Other Information

To achieve our strategic goals, we constantly develop our employees to ensure that all employees are best equipped for their tasks and areas of responsibility, both now and in the future. Vattenfall and Ringhals is an employer that takes responsibility and listens to its employees' needs. Ringhals offers several internal trainings where you will be able to further develop yourself and create the cutting-edge competence required in your specific area. We also have a number of employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave supplements, and more. Read more about our great benefits here.

Location: Ringhals

For questions about the position, contact hiring manager Niklas Magnusson 0702289471

For questions about the recruitment process, contact responsible recruiter Lina Friberg [email protected]

NOTE! The advertisement will be online for an extended 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.

Welcome to apply by August 16, 2026 Selection and interviews take place after the last application date. You apply for the job by answering some selection questions and attaching your CV, no cover letter. We only accept applications via our website. Tests are part of our process in this recruitment.

For this position, we have chosen to recruit ourselves and therefore decline all contact with recruitment agencies and from you who sell advertisements.

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.

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 on candidates for many of the positions in our operations before employment occurs. For positions that lead to participation in security-sensitive operations or placement in a security class, this check means that a security clearance is conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act. You may be called up for military service. Any such placement is based on the employment contract and the law on total defense duty.