Company Description
AFRY is a leading European company with global reach in engineering, design and consulting. We accelerate the transition towards a sustainable society.
We are 19,000 dedicated experts in infrastructure, industry, energy and digitalization, creating sustainable solutions for future generations.
Job description
We are now looking for a dedicated Group Manager to join our Project and Construction Management group in Umeå.
You report to the section manager and together you lead and drive the business forward.
As a group manager, your main task is to be a good leader for the group's employees but also to process the market in northern Sweden to find new customers. Your role as a leader includes creating commitment and motivation, as well as conditions for employees to develop and take responsibility. You also have an important task of shaping a positive working climate and a dynamic workplace where goals, tasks and associated responsibilities are clear and where people have fun and develop at the same time. This is a position with great freedom to build, drive and develop the group with authority over the group's growth, recruitment, staff, customers and marketing. You have full personnel responsibility which means; recruitment, development, salary setting etc.
For the right person, there are great opportunities for personal development to continue to develop within AFRY. You are part of the section's management team together with several other group managers in a close collaboration characterized by trust and job satisfaction. You will combine your managerial role with working as a consultant, preferably as a project manager.
Qualifications
We are looking for you who are passionate about team development, satisfied customers and have a great interest in meeting both ongoing and upcoming construction projects in the North!
We think that you as a person are the one who creates self-driven employees and has an inclusive leadership. You show great commitment and are a confident decision-maker, who persistently drives the organization forward with a good communication ability. The pace is sometimes fast and it is important that you can plan and structure both the group's work and your own. In your role, it is important that you are committed, clear, structured and enjoy driving change.
Our valuable employees and great community are the main force behind success, so we attach great importance to you being a responsive, inclusive leader with high integrity and a strong moral compass.
For this role, we would like to see that you have many years of experience from the industry as a consultant, contractor or client, are a fan of doing business and are well versed in the consulting business.
You who apply have an academic education with a technical focus or other equivalent work experience.
We also see that you master Swedish and English unhindered and have easy to express yourself in speech and writing.
Further information
AFRY is ranked as one of Sweden's most popular employers among engineers. With us, you are involved in developing innovative and sustainable solutions in infrastructure, energy and industry. Right now, we are looking for the market's sharpest skills who want to create the society of the future together with us. We also hope that you will learn as much from us as we will do from you.
The deadline for applications is August 15, 2025.
Contact details for questions
Niklas Svensson, Recruiting Manager
niklas.d.svensson@afry.com
Timothy Kalkan, Recruiting Manager
Timothy.kalkan@afry.com
At AFRY, we drive change in everything we do. We believe that change happens when bold ideas come together, when we collaborate, innovate and embrace creative solutions, that is how we create the future. We are constantly looking for qualified candidates to join our inclusive teams around the world. Join us and accelerate the green transition