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Do you have the courage to lead and create a Vallentuna where people and ideas can thrive? Do you want the opportunity to work in an exciting role with possibilities for development and to be involved in several major community development projects? We warmly welcome your application.

Vallentuna Municipality has the courage to lead. Our ambition is to be at the forefront when it comes to innovative solutions, smart working methods, and an efficient organization. As an employee, you play a vital role in this development. The municipality as a workplace is characterized by a consensus between politics and operations, where the common interest and responsibility for Vallentuna's best interests shine through. Customer focus, accessibility, and a welcoming attitude are important in our work to achieve good results and increased quality.

Commitment, cooperation, and equal value for all should permeate our organization. You, as a candidate, should naturally share our common values.

About the Department:

The Technical and Property Administration is responsible for managing Vallentuna as a great place for people and businesses to grow. We achieve this through the management, preventive work, and development of the municipality's buildings, nature areas, parks, streets, roads, and other facilities. The administration is organized into four departments: The Executive Office, the Property Department with cleaning services, the Street and Park Department, and Transport Services.

We at the Street and Park Department are a tight-knit and cheerful group of 17 people working with waste management, street and park operations, traffic operations, traffic planning, project management, parking supervision, scrap cars, vehicles, planning, construction, noise, nature, stormwater, etc. The department is now looking for a Street Engineer, and we value your personal development; therefore, we ensure you get the chance to develop and broaden your competence.

Responsibilities:

You will primarily work with the municipality's operational contracts for streets/winter road maintenance, lighting, paving, road marking, and associated stormwater management. Issues regarding noise, excavation permits, and insurance are also part of your own operations. Participation in planning and detailed planning work, coordination of utilities, and leading smaller projects within your own operations are included in the role, although various other types of questions and tasks may arise.

The role includes economic responsibility, involving planning, budgeting, and cost follow-up. As a Street Engineer, you will play a key role in several large parallel community development projects. You will contribute experience from early planning stages through to implementation and expansion phases. Duties include reviewing documentation, supervising street works, following up on inspections and warranty commitments, preparing cost estimates, and ensuring a smooth handover to operations.

You will work independently, developing and improving functions, routines, and documentation in close contact with colleagues in the Technical and Property Administration and the Community Planning Administration. The work also involves extensive contact with various project managers, contractors, and residents.

Qualifications:

• University education in road engineering, civil engineering, or other education deemed relevant by the employer, or equivalent work experience as a professional worker in operations and maintenance.
• Very good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written.
• Category B driver's license.

Merits:

• Several years of experience in similar tasks within operations and maintenance.
• Several years of experience as a client representative or in managing operational contracts.
• Good skills in Word and Excel, experience working in a digitalized environment, good GIS knowledge.
• Experience in procurement and contract follow-up.
• Experience in analyzing, following up, and documenting, e.g., fault reports, contracts, budgets, etc.
• Knowledge of contract law such as AB, MER, AMA.

Personal Attributes:

• You work towards results, show reliability, and take responsibility for planning and follow-up of your work.
• You strengthen relationships by helping others, cooperating, following rules and processes, and sharing information.
• You proactively develop, improve, seek solutions, learning, and knowledge.
• You are the link, provide service, show loyalty outwardly and inwardly, and monitor the external environment.
• Common values are visible in your treatment of others.
• You are organized and have the ability to keep many tasks going simultaneously.

Information:

As an employer, we want to capitalize on the qualities that a balanced gender distribution and cultural diversity bring. Vallentuna Municipality invests in competence development and a sustainable working life. To provide the best possible conditions for your role as an employee, Vallentuna Municipality has an Employee Academy where you will receive training and tools.

The position is a permanent full-time employment starting upon agreement. We apply individual salary setting, and a probationary period may be applied.

Vallentuna Municipality conducts background checks for all new hires.

All individuals hired for a leading position or a particularly significant position within the municipality must show an extract from the police authority's criminal record register. The e-service for applying via digital extract or form can be found here: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/arbete-till-en-ledande-befattning-inom-kommuner/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/arbete-till-en-ledande-befattning-inom-kommuner/)

To ensure quality in the recruitment process, we use the tool ReachMee. We ask you to submit your application by clicking the application link in the advertisement. We do not accept applications/expressions of interest via email. If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact the person specified in the advertisement. Interviews are held continuously, and the position may be filled before the final application deadline.

You are warmly welcome to send your application with a cover letter and CV by 2026-08-16.

For more information, contact:

Johan Carselind, Head of Street and Park. Email: [email protected], Phone: +46 8-587 849 24

More information and trade union representatives can be found at https://www.vallentuna.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/arbeta-hos-oss/lokala-fackliga-foretradare/ (https://www.vallentuna.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/arbeta-hos-oss/lokala-fackliga-foretradare/)