Business description

Diversity, efficiency, innovation and attractiveness!

With the common core values, a present leadership and committed employees, we create a sustainable working life together.

Are you the committed employee we are looking for?

We need more firefighters for our four shift teams. At Gällivare Rescue Service, you work as one of 5 players in a small organization. We have a large geographical area to handle, everything from mines to mountains and vast mountain forests. Most of the municipality's inhabitants live in the urban area of Gällivare, where our full-time station is also located, centrally located in the town center. In our villages we have five rescue guards who help us by being first on the spot and being able to help initially.

We handle about 300 alarms per year.

We have cooperation with our neighboring municipalities, and the industrial fire departments in the area.

A work in Gällivare municipality is characterized by job satisfaction, commitment and respect for the equal value of all people. At Gällivare Rescue Service, it goes without saying that everyone should feel accepted and enjoy their work, regardless of origin and gender.

Gällivare Rescue Service works to be an attractive workplace where employees are given the opportunity for personal development.

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Duties

As a firefighter with us, we want you to get involved in our various areas of activity based on your interest and suitability. You will work with accident prevention work such as supervision, information and training, therefore we want you to be good at talking to people and building trust.

When the alarm goes off, you are one of us who should be able to handle the event as quickly as possible in a professional and efficient manner. To do this, we need to train and maintain our vehicles and equipment. We work shifts with work every other weekend.

We are looking for you who have an interest, willingness and ability to help others. You need to be able to show judgment and behave calmly, steadily and controlled in stressful situations. The job requires practical, physical and social skills.

It is important that you have a positive attitude, are a good teammate and can also work independently.

Pre-employment interviews and work-related and physical tests will be conducted.

Qualifications

• Protection against accidents (SMO)
• Driving license at least B
• Approved treadmill test according to AFS 2007: 7 (not older than 3 months) is attached to the application.
• Good swimming skills at least Guldbojen certificate is attached to the application
• Ability to work at high heights and not have a tendency to claustrophobia.
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing.
• Advantageous
• Supervision A
• Working experience as a firefighter
• Driving license C, CE, BE
• Scooter license
• Medical training for emergency care, chainsaw card, other relevant vocational training.
• Strong emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

In the framework of the National Minority Languages Act, Gällivare municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is an advantage when applying for employment in Gällivare municipality.

Working hours / Duration

Full-time until further notice

Probationary period of 6 months is applied

Salary

Monthly salary, we apply individual salary setting - please state salary requirements in the application.

Access / Application

To your application, we want a CV and a cover letter.

We also want a treadmill test (no older than 3 months) and a Certificate of the Gold Buoy with a positive result.

On request, original documents are provided.

Interviews may take place on an ongoing basis.

Access: Immediately or by agreement, we have a planned introductory training on September 14.

Last day to apply: 2026-08-16

Recruitment may take place on an ongoing basis

Information

Head of unit, Emma Franz 0970-818340 emma.franz@gallivare.se

Union representatives

Kommunal, tel: 010-4429919, mailto:Gallivare.norrbotten@kommunal.se

Other

Gällivare municipality offers you: Wellness benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret (TV, fixed-term, longer temp)

• Fresh care hour (TV, fixed-term, longer temp)
• Take part of the workplace's Trivselpeng (TV and fixed-term, longer temp)
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare municipality's leisure association) (all employees)
• Possibility of vacation exchange (not holiday service, Pan, Bea, not earned full vacation during the year)

Welcome with your application!