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Company Description

Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. The Vattenfall Group employs approximately 21,000 people. For over a hundred years, we have electrified industries, delivered energy to homes, and transformed lives through innovation.

About the Role

Do you want a meaningful job where you can contribute to making a real difference for society and the energy transition? Here, you are part of a socially vital operation and get to work on exciting projects, cutting-edge technology, and colleagues who value each other.

Vattenfall Eldistribution is at the heart of the energy transition and plays a central role in the powerful electrification taking place in society. We are building tomorrow's power grid today, operating a socially vital infrastructure that distributes just over half of all electricity produced in Sweden. Our mission is truly important – become part of Vattenfall Eldistribution!

We are now looking for a colleague to join our legal business support team within the Permits & Rights unit.

The unit consists of approximately 55 employees who, among other things, work on securing new permits and rights for power lines, which are prerequisites for the company to build and maintain the power grid. As legal business support, you will support the unit across the country – from Kiruna in the north to Malmö in the south.

This is a specialist role where you function as the unit's legal expert support. You do not work operationally in projects but rather support the business with complex legal issues related to permits and land access.

As legal business support, you work broadly and advisory with legal issues within the unit's area of operation. You play a central role in translating legal requirements into practical solutions for the business.

You will, among other things:

• Provide support and advisory services on legal issues within the unit
• Be primarily responsible for legal advice within the unit
• Monitor and influence the development of the examination of concession and land access cases
• Participate in external collaboration forums with authorities, among others
• Contribute to legal environmental scanning within the unit's mission
• Negotiate cooperation agreements with municipalities and other landowners
• Act as a consultative body when drafting new and modified contract templates within the unit's area of operation

Requirements

We are looking for you who:

• Have several years of experience working with legal issues related to land access, cadastral procedures, real estate formation, or land and development issues
• Hold an academic degree in law, land surveying, or a corresponding field.
• Have good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written
• Hold a valid Class B driver's license

Qualifications that would be an advantage:

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities and believe that you possess a high degree of self-leadership, are unpretentious, outgoing, and have a natural ability to collaborate. Since the role involves many contact points both internally and externally, we see that you are communicative and comfortable expressing yourself professionally in both speech and writing and are accustomed to advising non-lawyers. You thrive working in a group and have a solution-oriented, structured, and organized approach to work.

Additional Information

We offer

Aside from being part of shaping the smart energy society of the future, we offer you a developing and varied job with many contact points. At Vattenfall, it is important to us that work and private life have a good balance; therefore, we offer flexibility in work and the possibility to work from home when needed. We also have many other employee benefits, such as reduced working hours, favorable pension agreements, parental leave supplements, and more. Read more about our benefits here.

Location

Trollhättan

For more information about the position, contact the responsible manager: Erika Persson, 073-805 14 77, [email protected]. For information about the recruitment process, contact the responsible Executive Recruiter Cecilia Wijkman, [email protected].

Union representatives for this position are Christian Ericsson - Ledarna, Anne-Marie Sjöbohm - Akademikerna, Jan-Olof Eriksson – Unionen, and Ulf Tengman - SEKO. All contacts can be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard 08-739.

Please submit your application by August 14, 2026. Selection and interviews take place after the application deadline. We only accept applications via our website. We do not accept personal cover letters. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV.

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.

As security for Vattenfall and its employees is crucial, we will conduct a "pre-employment screening" before each employment. These checks are based on the role you will fill within Vattenfall.

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 investigation 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 Liability Act.

We look forward to your application!