Company description

Business Unit (BU) Vattenfall Power Solutions is a business unit of approximately 600 people within Business Area (BA) Vattenfall Generation that trains personnel in Swedish nuclear power, supplies nuclear fuel to Vattenfall's nuclear power plants, develops and implements projects and assignments and provides internal technical specialist services for all of Vattenfall's operations, Group staffs and stakeholders. This includes activities such as development and delivery of training, project management and support, analysis management and investigation, product development, nuclear safety and dam safety assignments.

We work actively with continuous improvement initiatives and development of our models, where our work and competence create great value for Vattenfall and its ventures.

We work closely and in some cases fully integrated with other Business Units within the Vattenfall Group. We also create external international business where we see that it benefits our strategic direction.

About the role

Vattenfall is a safe and stable employer that is at the forefront of several innovative areas, with the goal of becoming completely fossil-free. We are now looking for several experienced project managers who want to be part of this journey.

We are looking for you who have a strong drive, a good ability to create and lead high-performance teams and an interest in working with development and complex, challenging projects. With us, you are offered exciting and varied assignments in the energy sector. Many of our projects are conducted at our collaboration partners (such as Forsmark, SKB and Hydro), which means a great variety in the nature and content of the projects.

The projects can include everything from plant modification projects, new and rebuilding of properties, land construction work to IT and development projects. The scope of assignments varies from small teams of around ten people to larger projects with up to fifty team members and multiple suppliers involved. We place great emphasis on matching your skills and experience with the right type of assignment.

As a project manager, you are responsible for leading cross-functional project teams, defining clear requirements and objectives, and ensuring that the scope of projects is clear to all involved. You will actively work to ensure that projects deliver according to agreed timeframes, budget and quality requirements. Vattenfall strives to be a learning organization that continuously develops through experience sharing, best practices and lessons learned from previous projects - all to improve our operations and promote professional development for our project managers.

We know that our employees are the key to our success and therefore want to create the right conditions for you as an employee. We care about your development and will always encourage you to use your skills and provide you with opportunities to grow through new challenges, training and skills transfer. With us, you have great responsibility for your own planning and execution of your tasks, which together with good working conditions and mutual trust provides a high level of flexibility and work-life balance.

You will be part of a team that values openness and cooperation and works for a positive working climate with a good community. You will work with highly competent colleagues both within your own unit and in other disciplines. We work actively with skills exchange and networking.

Requirements

We are looking for you who have an understanding of the project model and have the ability to drive and lead different types of projects. As a person, you are a team player who enables collaboration between different competencies and organizations. You are a good communicator at all levels, both internally and externally. You have an ability to build trust and engage others. You are business-minded, able to see the big picture and have a natural focus on results. You have a structured approach that allows you to manage change, set priorities and adapt to new conditions.

• We are looking for driven project managers with at least five years of experience in project management
• A civil engineer or equivalent academic education in a relevant field is desirable
• You have good experience in managing financial and resource planning in projects
• You can work both effectively individually and in teams
• Your role will require good communication with team members, customers and other stakeholders
• We are looking for you with strong leadership skills that can motivate and lead the team towards the project goals
• Your experience in implementing project management tools will be very helpful
• You should have strong analytical skills and be able to develop strategies to manage complex projects
• Experience in nuclear and hydropower operations is a plus
• PMI certification, IPMA or similar is meritorious
• Good knowledge of Swedish and English, both in speech and writing
• You have a B-driving license

Whether you are suitable for the position or not depends both on your skills / experience but also on your personal qualities. Therefore, do not hesitate to apply even if you do not meet everything listed above, it may be just you we are looking for.

We are convinced that diversity helps to build a more profitable and appealing 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, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation and disability.

Further information

In addition to helping to shape the smart energy society of the futurewe offer you a developing and varied job with many contact surfaces. For us at Vattenfall, it is important that work and private life have a good balance, which is why we offer flexibility in work and the opportunity to work from home if needed. We also have a lot of other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Read more about our benefits here.

Location: Solna, Uppsala, Forsmark, Västerås or Gävle. Travel is included as a natural part of the service, but we are actively working to reduce these with technical aids. Traveling 1-3 days a week occurs. Of course, depending on the project, there is also the possibility of working from home.