Operations engineer
Umeå, Sverige
Anställningstyp Full-time
Jobbposition Civil engineer, operation and maintenance, electric power
Arbetsmodell On location
Sista ansökningsdag 10 juni 2025
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By the people of Umeå, for the people of Umeå We are an energy and communications company owned by Umeå municipality and everyone who lives here. With safe and accessible solutions, we ensure that a growing Umeå is always heated, lit and connected. By spreading knowledge, running community projects and supporting a vibrant association life, we are helping to shape the future.

We have a socially important function. Electricity supply plays a crucial role in the everyday lives of both society and individuals. We also contribute to the climate transition and enable sustainable development. With us, you are involved in making a real difference, in this role you contribute to the work with the region's energy supply and energy transition.

As we have a retirement departure, we are now looking for you who want to work at the operations center at Elnät (shift work) where you will work with the operation and monitoring of the electricity network. You will be part of a team that together with you consists of 12 people, of which 7 are shift-working operating engineers.

Your mission We are responsible for a long-term sustainable electricity network with high supply availability, which includes everything from planning and construction to production, operation and maintenance. An electricity network that is actually one of the best and most reliable in Sweden, which we are of course proud of!

In the role you will:

  • Be switching manager at voltage level 130-0.4kV
  • Work with operational monitoring
  • Manage operational disturbances and act as switching manager in Elnät's operations center and direct staff working in the field.
  • Work with outage planning (plan for outages) in connection with fault rectification, investment and maintenance work in our electricity network.
  • Work with alarm management
  • Create operating orders
  • Work with exchange of evidence
  • Receive fault reports.

You have many interfaces, such as external customers, operation centers in nearby distribution areas and you will also work closely within the team and with other teams within Umeå Energi.

To succeed in the role, you have:

  • Theoretical background corresponding to a university engineer with a focus on electric power/electricity/energy  alt. education together with work experience that we consider relevant
  • Fluent knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing
  • Good computer skills
  • B-driving license.

Advantages for the position:

  • Experience with distribution networks
  • Control room work
  • Shift work
  • Experience with Digpro, ESA.

Personal qualities: As a large part of everyday life involves independent work and that you need to direct people in the field, it is important that you are responsible, calm, structured and careful. You are solution-oriented, unpretentious and feel confident in making decisions. As you have many contacts in the role, we believe that you find it easy to collaborate with others and enjoy being the spider in the web.

With us you get more than a job:

  • A workplace where we care about each other and the people of Umeå
  • The opportunity to develop and make a difference - for real
  • Benefits that make everyday life a little easier

Read more about what it's like to work with us at jobb.umeaenergi.se

How to apply for the job:

Submit your application no later than June 10, 2025.

Interviews may take place on an ongoing basis, so please apply today!

For more information about the position, contact recruiting manager André Steegmans, 072-225 12 82. For questions regarding the recruitment process, contact HR Susanne Sundstén, 076-147 58 87. Union representatives can be reached via our switchboard, 090-16 00 00.

We look forward to hearing from you! Welcome to us!

As a socially important organization, it is important for us to have a safe working environment for our employees and that our assets and information are protected. As part of our systematic security work, we therefore carry out background checks for certain positions. Some of our roles require a security clearance, if this is relevant for the position you have applied for, you will receive more information about it at a later stage.

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