Food inspector
Kiruna, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Food inspector
Work model On location
Are you the one?
In Kiruna, you can experience everything from a magnificent mountain world to an exciting cultural life, from the midnight sun to the northern lights, from snow-filled winters to light-filled summers. Kiruna municipality is Sweden's northernmost city to which we are now moving. Kiruna is thus in an exciting situation and there is great faith in the future. Our employees are our most important resource and we are looking for you who want to be involved and contribute to Kiruna municipality's operations maintaining a high quality with the residents in focus. We are each other's work environment and we strive for a climate that is characterized by our value base RASK where respect, responsibility and cooperation in Kiruna municipality are the watchwords. WORK DUTIES As a Food Inspector, you will work with handling and control in the food area. Together with your colleagues, you plan and carry out inspections and audits at food facilities throughout the municipality. You will also handle incoming registrations as well as investigate complaints, suspected food poisoning and provide advice and information to companies. The work includes frequent contacts with companies, citizens and the media, actors that you must be able to deal with in a professional manner. We are a relatively small environmental office, which means that you as an inspector have the opportunity to work very broadly within the supervisory areas and that we stand in for each other when necessary. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who are a trained environmental and health protection inspector, nutritionist or have other education that the employer deems equivalent and suitable. We would like for you to have experience of working as a food inspector or from work in the food industry. To thrive in the role, you need to have good organizational skills, be service-oriented and good at communicating. You need to be able to work both independently and in a group and have flexible thinking when it comes to work tasks. It is advantageous if you have previous experience of working within a political organization and especially within municipal administration. It is also advantageous if you have experience in government work. For the role, it is required that you express yourself well in Swedish in both speech and writing. We attach great importance to personal suitability. Driving license class B is a requirement. OTHER To work with us, you must share Kiruna Municipality's shared value base where respect, responsibility and cooperation are the watchwords. We offer a pleasant working environment and stimulating tasks and that you as an employee get a good balance between work and leisure. We have many different benefits where you as an employee can train free of charge at various training facilities up to SEK 5,000/year, we have cabins in the mountains that you can rent, we offer the opportunity to exchange wages for days off. We strive for equal gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, we welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to everyone. Kiruna Municipality sees full-time as a right, part-time as an opportunity. It is advantageous if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami and/or Meänkieli, as the municipality of Kiruna is an administrative area for these languages. The municipality of Kiruna has made media for this recruitment and therefore prohibits us from contacting advertising sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.
Why you should work with us!

Explore one of the most fascinating cities in Europe, at the edge of Sweden's Arctic Circle. In Kiruna, global industry leaders in mining, space, and green technology are pushing the boundaries of what is possible for a fossil free future. Explore diverse career opportunities in Kiruna, where innovation just happens to be surrounded by some of the most beautiful nature in world. Help save the planet durning the day, while escaping into Sweden's breathtaking arctic wonderland on your time off! 

Application due date 2024-05-09
About the employer
Explore one of the most fascinating cities in Europe, at the edge of Sweden's Arctic Circle. In Kiruna, global industry leaders in mining, space, and green technology are pushing the boundaries of what is possible for a fossil free future. Explore diverse career opportunities in Kiruna, where innovation just happens to be surrounded by some of the most beautiful nature in world. Help save the planet durning the day, while escaping into Sweden's breathtaking arctic wonderland on your time off!
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